"Minis at the Strategic Level" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Nov 2016 3:13 p.m. PST |
Do you enjoy using miniatures when playing strategic-level games, or would you prefer counters/pawns? |
| USAFpilot | 12 Nov 2016 3:38 p.m. PST |
I enjoy war games and miniatures. The scope of the game, strategic level or not, is immaterial to the question IMHO. Any game above the skirmish level of a figure to actual human ratio of 1:1; the miniature is purely symbolic at that point. So to answer your question: yes I would use miniatures for strategic level games. And I would also use flags. |
| Dynaman8789 | 12 Nov 2016 3:54 p.m. PST |
The disconnect is too much for me to use miniatures – hex and counter games at that scale for me. |
| warwell | 12 Nov 2016 3:54 p.m. PST |
I like minis. For example, I'd rather play Risk with these
than these
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| Mako11 | 13 Nov 2016 3:11 a.m. PST |
I like the idea of small minis, though every time I start looking at the scale of Cold War bombers and interceptors I want for the project I shudder, and think perhaps the way forward is to really use nicely printed, cardboard counters instead. A pity, but some minis ranges are way over-priced (1/1200th scale aircraft), compared to others that are twice as big, or bigger, some of which are even 4X the size, and come prepainted, too. A pity. The downside of the larger ones is that you need a lot more maneuvering room, meaning bigger tables, and/or multiple transits of the same table to make the game(s) work, since otherwise the ground scale to the size of the aircraft gets ridiculous at strategic levels. |
 etotheipi  | 13 Nov 2016 8:24 a.m. PST |
Yes! It's like you were reading my mind. My condolences. |
| Weasel | 13 Nov 2016 8:52 a.m. PST |
Even board games look nicer with some figures :-) |
Joes Shop  | 13 Nov 2016 8:59 a.m. PST |
Yes, but some boardgames are much easier to convert than others since stacking rules can always be an issue. I prefer to use a simple boardgame with low counter density and simple stacking rules (e.g., AH's Afrika Korps) as the campaign module with battles fought out on the gaming table (using 3mm). |
| etotheipi | 13 Nov 2016 1:14 p.m. PST |
Yes, but some boardgames are much easier to convert than others We play a lot of Elder Sign. The little tokens that come with it are garbage. Too small, and they have a high density design. Instead of the counters that relate to the character cards, we have people make a LEGO figure of themselves for use instead of the counter. |
| Green Tiger | 13 Nov 2016 2:48 p.m. PST |
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| Yesthatphil | 13 Nov 2016 4:47 p.m. PST |
I prefer wargame figures. Phil |
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