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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9789453" data-attributes="member: 19675">There’s probably others, but The Fantasy Trip was an early rules light FRPG from Steve Jackson Games.  It was played on a hex grid with flat cardboard game pieces.  It was a little more wargamey than AD&D, and had fewer options, but it was still robust enough to run straightforward adventures or even campaigns.Most people I know played it as a “beer & pretzels” alternative to more complex games.  Once you became familiar with the system, PC creation could be done in 5-10 minutes.It went out of print years ago.  But fortunately, it was recently re-released, so it should be a relatively easy find and fairly inexpensive.  (I don’t know if they changed anything.)Not only that, Dark City Games used a version of the same system to create RPGs in a variety of genres.As for minis in general?  In my time in the hobby, I’ve seen a lot of variations.  There’s the conventional metal or plastic minis from all kinds of games.  There’s flat cardboard pieces like those mentioned above.  SJG also used to sell cardboard minis you’d fold into a 3D shaped (and they still might).Besides those, I’ve played at tables that used coins, Go/Othello/Pente/flat-bottomed glass beads, boardgame pawns, or beads mounted on pins or needles that have been mounted on styrofoam.  I know others who’ve used hard-shell candies or gummies.  And of course, you can use game pieces from board games if they’re the right size.  The Monopoly Terrier makes for a fine werewolf. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="😜" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61c.png" title="Winking face with tongue    :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" data-shortname=":stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

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