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<blockquote data-quote="bhandelman" data-source="post: 5761391" data-attributes="member: 99667"><p>I wasn't arguing page count, I was showing that a focus on using tabletop miniatures has always been there, something you inferred was new to 2008. You were expected to use a wargaming system to play it originally, so I'm not sure how intending you to use miniatures in 1974 could be understood any other way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I actually do have copies of the three books from the white box (6th printing, mine refers to haflings and such), but not Chainmail. I haven't been able to buy it, though I have gone through copies owned by others. If you are willing to part with yours for a reasonable price I would be more than interested.</p><p></p><p>All of your stuff about combat focus I don't find very valid. I've never seen a DnD game that didn't focus on combat, whether using miniatures or not. Again, it goes back to those arguments I always heard people make about gaming sessions where nary a die was thrown.</p><p></p><p>My point was that tactical combat with miniatures was how the game started out. The idea that DnD shouldn't focus on combat or didn't before 2008 is silly to me, considering one of the three main books has been dedicated just to monsters you would encounter in combat since the beginning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bhandelman, post: 5761391, member: 99667"] I wasn't arguing page count, I was showing that a focus on using tabletop miniatures has always been there, something you inferred was new to 2008. You were expected to use a wargaming system to play it originally, so I'm not sure how intending you to use miniatures in 1974 could be understood any other way. I actually do have copies of the three books from the white box (6th printing, mine refers to haflings and such), but not Chainmail. I haven't been able to buy it, though I have gone through copies owned by others. If you are willing to part with yours for a reasonable price I would be more than interested. All of your stuff about combat focus I don't find very valid. I've never seen a DnD game that didn't focus on combat, whether using miniatures or not. Again, it goes back to those arguments I always heard people make about gaming sessions where nary a die was thrown. My point was that tactical combat with miniatures was how the game started out. The idea that DnD shouldn't focus on combat or didn't before 2008 is silly to me, considering one of the three main books has been dedicated just to monsters you would encounter in combat since the beginning. [/QUOTE]
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