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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 3757095" data-attributes="member: 49613">Maybe the misunderstanding is based upon the interpretation of the texts, then.&nbsp; I wasn't aware those were the &quot;facts&quot; you were specifically referring to (then again, some people have suggested that since the 1E DMG contains rules on diseases that therefore 1E campaigns constantly made you roll to catch a disease; most people look on the 1E DMG as a &quot;DM's toolbox&quot; rather than &quot;Required Rules of D&amp;D&quot;, so I admit there's a serious interpretive issue here).I don't see the 1E texts doing any more than promoting the use of minis.&nbsp; I don't think their use was ever assumed.&nbsp; 3E pushes minis really hard; 1E says they might be fun or useful and leaves it at that.&nbsp; Hence the texts you quoted which say that minis &quot;add color&quot;.I'd frame the difference as &quot;assumed use of&quot; (3E) and &quot;compatible with&quot; (1E).&nbsp; I think that compatibility was a big deal since the whole hobby evolved out of minis wargaming in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 3757095, member: 49613"] Maybe the misunderstanding is based upon the interpretation of the texts, then. I wasn't aware those were the "facts" you were specifically referring to (then again, some people have suggested that since the 1E DMG contains rules on diseases that therefore 1E campaigns constantly made you roll to catch a disease; most people look on the 1E DMG as a "DM's toolbox" rather than "Required Rules of D&D", so I admit there's a serious interpretive issue here). I don't see the 1E texts doing any more than promoting the use of minis. I don't think their use was ever assumed. 3E pushes minis really hard; 1E says they might be fun or useful and leaves it at that. Hence the texts you quoted which say that minis "add color". I'd frame the difference as "assumed use of" (3E) and "compatible with" (1E). I think that compatibility was a big deal since the whole hobby evolved out of minis wargaming in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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