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<blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 999619" data-attributes="member: 4790">i began playing d+d when i was too young to understand the rules properly with friends who didn't understand. we misread lots of things, cheated like heck and made up our own rules left and right, there relaly wasn't even a need for the book after our first couple of sessions. &nbsp;but the minies were right and i knew it. i loved them! painting them, posing them, moving them to and fro. then came landscapes, hideous ones, beautiful ones, playing outside inder the deck because the terrain was soooo cool.&nbsp;when i went away to college and started gaming again i think part of what drew em back in was knowing i could get out my toolbox full of ogres with chipped paint and hordes of skeletons, from base lead to simple white spray paint (even the bases) to some prety details individuals. &nbsp;i liked pulling out some mini or the other to satify a need but there is no feeling like having an orc xbower represent an orc xbower. who amongst us hasn't let their selection fo minis sway their choices when designing an adventure or choosing a module? heck, on of the few modules i bought (xsomehting i think, took place on an island with dinosaurs, i just found it again recently) i chose because i saw the areana and thought &quot;i already own a giant spider, and just finished painting it!&quot;&nbsp;i immmediately went home and repainted it in gaudy colors with a pattern based on the b+w illustration in the book.&nbsp;and now i play over the internet. my group is pretty great, nice combat/roleplay mixture (they even roleplay during combat!!) but i miss moving all that lead around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alsih2o, post: 999619, member: 4790"] i began playing d+d when i was too young to understand the rules properly with friends who didn't understand. we misread lots of things, cheated like heck and made up our own rules left and right, there relaly wasn't even a need for the book after our first couple of sessions. but the minies were right and i knew it. i loved them! painting them, posing them, moving them to and fro. then came landscapes, hideous ones, beautiful ones, playing outside inder the deck because the terrain was soooo cool. when i went away to college and started gaming again i think part of what drew em back in was knowing i could get out my toolbox full of ogres with chipped paint and hordes of skeletons, from base lead to simple white spray paint (even the bases) to some prety details individuals. i liked pulling out some mini or the other to satify a need but there is no feeling like having an orc xbower represent an orc xbower. who amongst us hasn't let their selection fo minis sway their choices when designing an adventure or choosing a module? heck, on of the few modules i bought (xsomehting i think, took place on an island with dinosaurs, i just found it again recently) i chose because i saw the areana and thought "i already own a giant spider, and just finished painting it!" i immmediately went home and repainted it in gaudy colors with a pattern based on the b+w illustration in the book. and now i play over the internet. my group is pretty great, nice combat/roleplay mixture (they even roleplay during combat!!) but i miss moving all that lead around. [/QUOTE]

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