POLL: How Wide is the Hobby: Virtual Miniatures

1003 votes were cast by total voters.

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If your basing isn't 1 figure = 1 man then a base is effectively a counter. Love my minis though

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VOTING RESULTS
Answer	Votes	%	Chart
if you use a miniatures ruleset, it's part of the hobby	138	14%
map games are part of the hobby	92	9%
boardgames with playing pieces in scale are part of the hobby	88	9%
it's part of the hobby, even if you use counters instead of minis	96	10%
it's not a minis game without minis	189	19%
games played via email with imaginary minis are part of the hobby	61	6%
it's not a minis game without painted figures	113	11%
it's not a minis game unless there's a table	79	8%
it's not miniature wargaming unless it's about a real war	21	2%
mini games must be simulations	10	1%
a virtual tabletop with icons can still be a minis game	67	7%
other (explain)	20	2%
no opinion	29	3%

POLL IS CLOSED

POLL DESCRIPTION

How do you define miniature wargaming? How inclusive is your definition?

Are games which use miniature wargaming-style rules, but which do not feature actual miniatures, included?

Is a "map game" part of miniature wargaming?

Or playing a boardgame that uses plastic playing pieces in a common scale?

Or playing with counters substituting for based figures?

(Poll options taken from this pre-poll discussion.)