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Message: <blockquote data-quote="baradtgnome" data-source="post: 6651903" data-attributes="member: 2722">Minis.  Prior to starting D&D many a decade ago, me and the core of my core were hex based war gamers.  The tactical aspect of the game is quite important to most.  Also, one the the less ancient players has quite a collection of minis he very much likes to bring to the game.  It would seem a blasphemy not to use them.Having said that, I will use theatre of the mind when combats are very small and simple (which does not happen very often), or if I am forced to handle something that just does not fit neatly on the battle field.example - last outing there was an encounter with a group of orcs and ogres who were holding a river crossing (50+ enemies) spread out over nearly 1,000 feet.  I changed the grid distances so I could show where the groups were, and where the party members were and handled the individual combats theatre of the mind as they happened.Interesting to note - our use of minis and some use of theatre of the mind has not changed over the years of play and the changing of editions.  We do what comes natural to us and the supposed style of the edition has not influenced that style as far as we can tell with regards to minis vs TotM.</blockquote>