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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 6733415" data-attributes="member: 29398">We've used minis since the dawn of history and will go on doing so until it ends. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And though we use a grid* (10' squares) we don't get anywhere near as clinical about it as 4e - or even 3e - would have.  Spherical effects are round, and if there's debate as to whether you're in an area of effect or not that's what dice are for.  If it's really tense we'll sometimes cut a piece of paper to the right size and use that; and last session when a "darkness" was cast on the middle of the combat I found I have a clear-glass side plate that's within a half-inch of exactly the right size, so we flipped it over and used that to show where the darkness was.* - the grid is on a chalkboard which we also use for mapping etc., meaning that for most encounters the set-up's already half done.Metal minis for party members, plastic ones for enemies.Theater of the mind would lead to too many arguments in our crew, including from me as half the time I'd probably misinterpret what was said.Lan-"over the years I've amassed far too many minis, might as well use 'em"-efan</blockquote>