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The Minis Poll

Started by RPGPundit, December 27, 2015, 11:17:07 PM

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December 27, 2015, 11:17:07 PM
How many rpg miniature do you own? (note: not counting minis that are for board or war games)

How many miniatures have you used in the last 3 months in an RPG?
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#1
December 28, 2015, 12:36:02 AM
I'm afraid I don't draw a line between my wargaming and roleplaying miniatures.  When people ask what I plan to use this miniature or that for I answer "whatever I want."  The very idea of limiting the use of miniatures to the specific game they come from is a loathesome marketing scam.

So, at least a couple thousand with a couple hundred seeing regular use in D&D lately.
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#2
December 28, 2015, 12:41:11 AM
I don't get minis for a single purpose.  If I can't use it for another game, preferably dedicated for it, as WELL as for RPG gaming, I don't get them.

That said, I have several sets.
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#3
December 28, 2015, 12:59:39 AM
Several hundred, anyway; I've never counted.

I use them in almost every single combat; people like the spatial reference.
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#4
December 28, 2015, 01:33:26 AM
I tried, but found it too pricy.  So I only got four minis.

Doom

#5
December 28, 2015, 01:40:11 AM
Lawdy, hundreds, and I easily use 30 in a night, sometimes three times that if I need a big scene. But otherwise, I've got at least 6 at the table, at least three encounters a night. I figure one solid horde (15 or so), one encounter (8 or so) and one big bad (1)...but sometimes there are more encounters in a night, and I try not to use the same monsters over and over.
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#6
December 28, 2015, 01:48:24 AM
None and none.
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December 28, 2015, 01:58:35 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;870786How many rpg miniature do you own? (note: not counting minis that are for board or war games)

How many miniatures have you used in the last 3 months in an RPG?
None. And none.

Omega

#8
December 28, 2015, 02:10:27 AM
Actual RPG minis: About a dozen. Ive got the bard mini I won from the Greyhawk event at Gencon sitting on the desk here, and my old Call of Cthulhu professor.

Just about everything else is from non-RPG board or wargames. Warhammer, Chronopia, Mutant Chronicles, HeroQuest, HeroScape, etc.

To-Date I own zero Wiz-Kids minis.

Have I used any recently? No. Not in over a decade and even then that was sparingly. Mainly to show some start positioning so the players could better visualize the situation. In the end some dice do the same job.

Simlasa

#9
December 28, 2015, 02:46:34 AM
Like David Johansen I've got thousands of figures, but none are relegated to just RPGs or just wargames.
They don't get much use in RPGs of late because most of the games I play are online.
Our Pathfinder GM has a lot of those bendy plastic prepaints, and sets of the Dwarven Forge terrain... and we use those once in a while, but it's usually more hassle than it's worth to get them out and do the whole mapping thing. It's also (IMO) no match for theater-of-the-mind... so unless something complicated is going on... no figures.

Quote from: David Johansen;870798The very idea of limiting the use of miniatures to the specific game they come from is a loathesome marketing scam.
Agreed, I mix and match manufacturers as long as the scale and style is somewhat of a match.

TristramEvans

#10
December 28, 2015, 02:59:19 AM
Well over 1000.

TristramEvans

#11
December 28, 2015, 03:16:52 AM
Quote from: Simlasa;870812Like David Johansen I've got thousands of figures, but none are relegated to just RPGs or just wargames.

Of course not, no one does that.

"Oh, I've got these great minis that would be perfect for this dungeoncrawling scenario, but I cant use them, because these are for wargames only!"

What Pundit should have said is: "miniatures that you actually use for rpgs, regardless of their other purposes".

Warthur

#12
December 28, 2015, 03:19:17 AM
I own several Blood Bowl teams, a compact Flames of War army and some Saga minis (both for base Saga and for Crescent and the Cross), but I use minis for wargames, not RPGs.
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#13
December 28, 2015, 03:22:50 AM
Quote from: Warthur;870819I own several Blood Bowl teams, a compact Flames of War army and some Saga minis (both for base Saga and for Crescent and the Cross), but I use minis for wargames, not RPGs.

I play wargames that are RPGs.

S'mon

#14
December 28, 2015, 03:28:07 AM
Maybe 4,000? Too many to count, anyway. I guess a typical RPG session uses around 30.
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