Mini's on a boardgame

Started by acctingman, April 29, 2017, 12:16:30 PM

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acctingman

Has anyone used mini's for a boardgame?

I was thinking Conflict of Heroes would be fun with 6mm GHQ minis.

Really hope I didn't step into the realm of blasphemer here by asking this?  :o

Steelgrave

I used to play Monopoly with my painted AD&D miniatures....does that count?   :)

bayonetbrant

Quote from: acctingman on April 29, 2017, 12:16:30 PM
Has anyone used mini's for a boardgame?

I was thinking Conflict of Heroes would be fun with 6mm GHQ minis.

Really hope I didn't step into the realm of blasphemer here by asking this?  :o

We used the collectible A&A minis & maps for some Tank on Tank games. 

A few years ago when Mark was still running LNLP, he had some W@W games at a con in Raleigh w/ 6mm minis on an oversized map.

Then there's always Tide of Iron, M'44, Battle Cry, etc
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acctingman

I've been thinking that with miniatures on the board, while aesthetically pleasing, there is the issue of having the stats on a separate sheet and may cause some slow down to the game.

Nefaro

Quote from: acctingman on April 30, 2017, 12:07:57 PM
I've been thinking that with miniatures on the board, while aesthetically pleasing, there is the issue of having the stats on a separate sheet and may cause some slow down to the game.

That's always been my view.  Where counters/pieces with stats on them being substituted being counterproductive.


But there are a few cases where I'd appreciate picking up a load of little minis & painting them.  The Command & Colors series is a good example.  They don't have stats on the pieces themselves, and I'm not all that crazed about the wooden blocks with the stickers on them - compared to having minis, anyway.  More so since my first intro to the system was the older version of Battle Cry which had little (cheap-ish) plastic minis, which was great.