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<blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 4552723" data-attributes="member: 16574">The mention of minis on the box-top is marketing copy (so retailers would know what to do with the game) and the Chainmail references (the Fighting Capability table and movement &amp; ranges being given in inches) are there for backwards compatibility -- to convince fans of the earlier game to give the new one a chance. Per Gary himself and various participants in the original Greyhawk campaign (including Rob Kuntz and Mike &quot;OldGeezer&quot; Mornard) they actually considered Chainmail and D&amp;D two separate games and didn't really mix them -- when playing D&amp;D they always used the &quot;alternate combat system&quot; and never used minis (though apparently Dave Arneson did, and also employed some proto-LARP techniques -- taking the players into another room and having them act out what their characters were doing). See also this quote from Gygax in The Dragon:&nbsp;The idea that OD&amp;D assumed or required minis, like the idea that the OD&amp;D rules are primarily about combat, is a myth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T. Foster, post: 4552723, member: 16574"] The mention of minis on the box-top is marketing copy (so retailers would know what to do with the game) and the [i]Chainmail[/i] references (the Fighting Capability table and movement & ranges being given in inches) are there for backwards compatibility -- to convince fans of the earlier game to give the new one a chance. Per Gary himself and various participants in the original Greyhawk campaign (including Rob Kuntz and Mike "OldGeezer" Mornard) they actually considered [i]Chainmail[/i] and D&D two separate games and didn't really mix them -- when playing D&D they always used the "alternate combat system" and never used minis (though apparently Dave Arneson did, and also employed some proto-LARP techniques -- taking the players into another room and having them act out what their characters were doing). See also this quote from Gygax in The Dragon: The idea that OD&D assumed or required minis, like the idea that the OD&D rules are primarily about combat, is a myth. [/QUOTE]

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