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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris Knapp" data-source="post: 6163146" data-attributes="member: 65116">So  true. We always use Ral Partha leads as soon as we could afford them.  before that, it was coins or paper. But it was a lot more free-form, and  we never used a tape measure or compass like we did when we played  Napoleonics. Accuracy just wasn't as necessary.My opinion is  mini use in newer editions is so prevalent because the rules seem to  expect them. The 3E & 4E rulebooks are filled with references to  them, and when your listed action economies default to scales of  movement geared to minis, its hard to separate them out. When the rules  give you options of a 5 foot step or 1 sq shift, and the rules also  specify that the default battle map is 1" = 5 ft, and the scale of the  current FRPG minis is 1" bases, how can someone not expect to use them?</blockquote>