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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3758278" data-attributes="member: 16574">Anecdotal account: I never used minis much in my games in the 80s-90s, nor did I see them used much by others. Occasionally we'd have a set of minis on the table establishing the party marching order, but they were mostly ignored and never moved unless people changed positions or someone died -- I never played in a game with a gridded battlemat until 2004. However, my current group uses minis and a battlemat and all of the players but me prefer it this way and claim that's how they've always done it. Part of this could be regional -- I grew up in Indiana, whereas I'm now living (and all the other players grew up) in southern California -- except that the way I saw minis used in rpgs at GenCon (over 10 years, from 1988-97) was generally* the same way I saw them used in my home games, game-club games, and local/regional convention games, even though I assume GenCon was drawing players from all over the country, not just the midwest.*there were a small handful exceptional games that used minis and elaborate 3D dungeon-models, but these were rare and unusual; I'd guess that 95%+ of the rpg sessions I both played in and observed at GenCon over the entire 10 years either didn't use minis at all or used them solely to represent party marching order.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 3758278, member: 16574"] Anecdotal account: I never used minis much in my games in the 80s-90s, nor did I see them used much by others. Occasionally we'd have a set of minis on the table establishing the party marching order, but they were mostly ignored and never moved unless people changed positions or someone died -- I never played in a game with a gridded battlemat until 2004. However, my current group uses minis and a battlemat and all of the players but me prefer it this way and claim that's how they've always done it. Part of this could be regional -- I grew up in Indiana, whereas I'm now living (and all the other players grew up) in southern California -- except that the way I saw minis used in rpgs at GenCon (over 10 years, from 1988-97) was generally* the same way I saw them used in my home games, game-club games, and local/regional convention games, even though I assume GenCon was drawing players from all over the country, not just the midwest. *there were a small handful exceptional games that used minis and elaborate 3D dungeon-models, but these were rare and unusual; I'd guess that 95%+ of the rpg sessions I both played in and observed at GenCon over the entire 10 years either didn't use minis at all or used them solely to represent party marching order. [/QUOTE]

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