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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4975663" data-attributes="member: 317">I started gaming back in 1983 with AD&D when I spent the night over at a friend's house and saw his brother's collection of old Grenadier D&D minis.  The minis were what drew my attention initially, and what really hooked me on gaming.  Until then, I had helped my dad with his model railroad, so I loved models and minis, but little figures of knights, wizards, and dragons are about a million times more awesome than a conductor or a lady with a baby carriage! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />Ever since then, I've always heavily incorporated minis and terrain into my games, and I've never had a negative reaction from a player because of it.  In fact, most players LOVE to have a personalized mini for their PC, and I use a ton of Dwarven Forge terrain, as well as homemade terrain I make specifically for certain events or encounters (which always draws oohs and ahhs from players).  To me, the collection and painting of minis is part of the hobby as well as a hobby in and of itself, and I can't imagine gaming without them.  I think 3e and 4e both assume the use of minis, which is fine with me- minis are an aid to the imagination, not a replacement for it.  I really don't understand the complaint that a game "requires" minis- thats not a bad thing at all IMO.</blockquote>

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