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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9595505" data-attributes="member: 29398">Minis are mentioned (and promoted) in the 1e DMG.&nbsp; Can't remember if they're also noted in the 1e PH as well.We used minis for PCs from day 1, and used anything we could find for monsters and opponents: game pawns, chessmen, bits of wood (these also served as &quot;trees&quot; if the fight was outdoors), kids' toy animals, and so forth; all on a 2-inch-gridded chalkboard where 1 square (usually) represents 10 feet and the grid is mostly there for scale purposes.&nbsp; The later rise of plastic minis gave much greater access to more representative monster pieces; but the general rule is still that PCs use metal minis.[USER=83242]@dave2008[/USER] - just because the books gave distances in &quot;inches&quot; doesn't mean anything regarding expectation of a grid; often that symbol was just shorthand for &quot;10 feet indoors, 30 feet outdoors&quot;.&nbsp; Where it did mean actual distance on a table it assumed straight-line measurement regardless of angle, which still doesn't need a grid.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9595505, member: 29398"] Minis are mentioned (and promoted) in the 1e DMG. Can't remember if they're also noted in the 1e PH as well. We used minis for PCs from day 1, and used anything we could find for monsters and opponents: game pawns, chessmen, bits of wood (these also served as "trees" if the fight was outdoors), kids' toy animals, and so forth; all on a 2-inch-gridded chalkboard where 1 square (usually) represents 10 feet and the grid is mostly there for scale purposes. The later rise of plastic minis gave much greater access to more representative monster pieces; but the general rule is still that PCs use metal minis. [USER=83242]@dave2008[/USER] - just because the books gave distances in "inches" doesn't mean anything regarding expectation of a grid; often that symbol was just shorthand for "10 feet indoors, 30 feet outdoors". Where it did mean actual distance on a table it assumed straight-line measurement regardless of angle, which still doesn't need a grid. [/QUOTE]

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