"How Should Anime-Style Paper Figures Be Drawn?" Topic

Let it go Bill. It's taking over your life (and TMP).

I don't see why anyone would need figures to play this game anyway. Seems to me they are completely superfluous (and thus this game has no place on TMP).

It's a story-telling game. There are no move rates or strict turns or anything like that. You do not play it out on a map with measuring or counting hexes.

Using figures is completely pointless (mind you I feel that way about all role-playing games).

It's a story-telling game. There are no move rates or strict turns or anything like that. You do not play it out on a map with measuring or counting hexes.

If you are saying that miniatures are only used when you need to measure things… I don't agree.

>Using figures is completely pointless (mind you I feel >that way about all role-playing games).
I tend to disagree on this point. I feel that miniatures and a small amount of scenery ADD to RPG's. One of the best I have ever seen was a custom made dungeon, probably 3'x4' per level, in 25mm scale. Guy had probably 12 or more levels, and more in the works. Full on RPG experience (AD&D). Made me want to do the same thing, but I am doing it in 15mm.
Even with minimal scenery – heck, just a big write on piece of white board laid down for making map as you go – even then figs can be useful for showing who is where in the party.

Oh, and another thing – I use paper figs instaed of metal in 25+mm scale.
I still have TONS of 15mm metal though! I primed 154+ METAL 15mm figs for my own personal use just a few days ago (before it got so cold outside you could hang meat!).

I'd say, with relation to the poll, that it depends on the type of manga, some of it being far more realistic than just BESM…

So what style of campaign you running Bill?

I think miniatures have always had a place in RPG's, it makes it much easier for players to identify with the surroundings and locations of doors, obstacles, monsters etc.

Plus there is the attraction of buying or converting and painting figures to match your character.

I would count myself to the group of people who abhor miniatures of any kind for use in roleplaying games. Not needing anything more than maybe a sketch map to give an idea of the world around the players is one of the central elements and challenges in a roleplaying game. If I wanted to play with miniatures and build scenery to move though, I'd stay with plain old miniatures wargaming.

Fair enough, each to their own. I find using miniatures spoils role-playing for me. I prefer the game to take place in the imagination of the players.

But I'm not trying to start a campaign to ban it or anything. If you chaps like role-playing with figures, more power to you.

If Polynikes hadn't added that last little bit in parentheses in his opening post, this topic wouldn't have veered away from the very good central point he made. Pity.

DBDD

But its a damn good central point and one I agree with.
lets get something else on the front page and chuck bizare thing in the 'seemed like a good idea at the time' Bin.

This is not the sort of site that I would expect [ever] to see the phrase "panty party". When will this end?

Sadly, I couldn't vote. There's no poll option to cover:

I don't care what the counters are. I wouldn't get within 100 feet of people playing this game. And if I knew them I'd be embarrased and pretend I didn't see them from across the room if they tried to wave me over.

And on the tangent point- Miniatures are very useful for RPGs. Even without a map or groundscale they are useful for spacial relationships. Who is closer to the monster, who is blocking who from firing, etc.

Imagine that you are running an upcoming anime-style game of Panty Explosion

See, right there is too much of a stretch for me… :)

You lost me right from the start too. This is getting a bit puerile now.

Using puerile in a sentence! I knew there was a reason I took a look in this thread.

To avoid offending the sensibilities of those who somehow see something offensive even in anime figures that are clearly non-sexualized, they should all be drawn wearing burqas with sailor suit trim! ;-)

I was a Dungeon Master loooog before I was wargamer. You might say that RPG's lead me into miniature wargaming as I found minis so useful for maintaining control of the games I ran. My players were in control of where their figure was on the map I had drawn out. Therefore the complaints of," No! NO! I was not the one in the hallway when the Dragon breathed its fire!" were put to an end. As has already been stated above, using minis in a RPG helps the players to see relationships to their enviroment so as to make a comparison as to where they are.

My players enjoyed collecting their own figures to represent their characters. Because I was the DM, I was provided with the excuse to collect large numbers of monster figures, NPC's and other minature items. Some of these became my first fantasy armies for wargaming. I never went as far as having much in the way of 3D terrain as I used a vinyl grid map that erasable markers could be used on. However, if I was to get back into running a RPG ever again the terrain options available now are fantastic.

Kim

Where's the "would never play Panty Explosion and am worried about the Editor's interest in it" choice?

So what style of campaign you running Bill?

One that's art-neutral, I think.

They should be drawn in a maximum security facility for registered sex offenders……

I voted, "definitely normal style". That way the figures can be used in a wider range of games. Never a bad idea when designing a figure range. Who knows, perhaps the publisher of PE will come out with another game.

On the use of miniatures in RPGs … what whitemanticore said.

I agree with Goldwyrm, but his answer is too long for this poll. It should be brief.

I agree that was too verbose. I was speaking in an inner voice. After a few coarser attempts, how about:

"Planning to play what?? Uh huh..No thanks. I've got to be somewhere else..far away."

I couldn't imagine playing in, nevermind running the game, so no vote from me.

That was a feeble attempt at a pun, Goldwyrm. "Panty." "Brief." Never mind.

ah..good one. I might have gotten it if you added that there was a boxer rebellion going on over this.