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Do any GMs use miniatures for their games?

Generally when gaming I will use them depending on the rule set. My son (one of my players) is higher functioning autistic/Aspergers and he finds them very useful to help visualise scenes and so I'm currently working on a set of character models for our cast of player characters. However I wondered how prevalent miniature use is and what miniatures, tokens or counters you might use?

I think I've only ever used minis in FS once, and that was for a combat aboard a starship. I think I used old WEG Star Wars miniatures. Another GM in my group frequently use RISK minis in fantasy games, especially for large combats, and that's been quite successful as well. Usually though, minis are not very common in the gaming groups I am involved in.

I don't use the VP system, but we always use miniatures. I once, a long time ago, made this list of minis as a brainstorm. Short answer: Infinity are the best models for the game.

NOBLES
- Hawkwood Nobles (1-3)
- Hazat Nobles (1-3)
- Li Halan Nobles (1-3)
o Male Lord: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -mushashi/
o Li Halan noble (needs rifle conversion): http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... s/sun-tze/
o Male Knight: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... /oniwaban/
o Female Knight: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... u-kitsune/
o Male Knight (needs gun conversion): http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... kempeitai/
o Female knight (needs gun conversion): http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... mpeitai-2/
o Li Halan ninja / man-at-arms (could be converted into a noble with head swap and tabard): http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... es/ninjas/
o Another Li Halan ninja: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -massacre/
o Geisha: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/M ... test/50152

- Decados Nobles (1-3)
o Needs to fix gun: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... ty-hunter/
o Needs some conversion: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... res/devas/
- Al-Malik Nobles (1-3)
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... k-mansuri/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... s/saladin/
o Needs conversion work: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... sin-fiday/
- Other Nobles and Hangers-on (2-8)
o Trusnikron noble: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... hunters-2/
o Amazing noble figure: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... patroclus/
o A very similar noble figure: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... /achilles/
o Lady in Waiting with pistol: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/M ... test/50260

- Generic Noble Guardsmen / Soldiers (4-10)
GUILD
- Charioteers (1-3)
o http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50178
o http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50001
- Reeves (1-3)
- Scravers (1-3)
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... res/nagas/
o Scraver gang boss: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50112
o http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/M ... test/50047
- Scraver Gang / Mooks (4-10)
- Engineers (1-3)
o Male Engineer: Possible guilder: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... achinists/
o Male engineer: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... engineers/
o Female engineer: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... erventors/
o Female engineer: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50016
- Muster (1-3)
o Male muster bountyhunter: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... /metros-3/
o Female Muster soldier: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... iot-grrls/
o Female muster soldier: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -infantry/
o Generic musters / soldiers: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... nfantry-2/
- Muster soldiers / slavers (4-10)
- Generic High-tech guilders / merchants (4-10)
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... port-pack/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... /daktaris/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... ockmakers/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... quadron-2/
o Female guilder: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... ya-gromoz/
o Merchant / townsfolk: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/M ... test/50086

- Generic merchant league soldiers with high-tech equipment (4-10)
o Female soldiers: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... dalisques/
o More female soldiers: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... lisques-2/
o Decent generic soldiers: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -garous-2/
o Generic soldier / muster: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... za-unit-2/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... ssaries-3/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... khawarijs/
o Another generic soldier / muster: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... afza-unit/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -regiment/
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... m-bakunin/
o Good generic soldiers: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... uaciles-2/
CHURCH
- Monks (1-2)
- Brother Battle (1-3)
o Brother Battle Male: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... de-fersen/
o Brother Battle Female: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... an-of-arc/
o Brother Battle in Adept Robes 1: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... sepulchre/
o Brother Battle in Adept robes 2: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... c-knights/
o Brother Battle in Adept robes 3: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... -santiago/
o Brother Battle in Adept Robes 4: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... pitallers/
- Priests (2-4)
- High-ranking Priest of Bishop
- 1-2 Medics (modern to high tech)
- Avestite Leader
- Avestites Squad (4-10)
- Eskatonic Mystics (1-2)
- Church Agents
o Female agent: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... ustodiers/
OTHER
- Serfs (low tech) (4-6)
o Serfs (porters): http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/M ... test/50102
- freemen (modern tech) (4-6)
- Thugs (modern tech)
Thugs (low tech)
- Vuldrok (space Indians / Vikings)
- Kurgans (space ottomans)
- Aliens
o Decados gene cartel monster: http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50031
- Cyborgs
- Changed
o Dog Warrior infinity model
o http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity ... iple-zero/
o http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/S ... test/50092

Wow, that's quite a list The infinity minis are great though!

Currently for our game I'm using a lot of Games Workshop miniatures but I've got a varied collection that I've aquired over the years.
I'm converting figures to use for our player characters:

Sir Hemlock Justinian - GW Mordheim elf
Sir Hassimir Fenrig Torenson - GW Imperial Navy officer
Marquis De Havilland Hawkwood - GW Vostroyan First Born
Novitiate Joysay - GW Redemptionist Priest
Mr Lawrence of the Scravers Guild - Ral Partha Shadowrun Yakuza

I don't use miniatures due to the lack of having any and being to expensive to ship over here.
But I use lots of maps... lots and lots.
Combat, scenarios, you name it.

The Noble Armada, Shipdeck Plans are the best!!! =D

Map wise I use a variety of sources: Whizkids Heroclix maps, old Games Workshop "floor tiles" - including the ever useful set they did for their Judge Dredd rpg, Fiery Dragon's Starship tiles, WotC Star Wars miniatures maps and some of my son's collection of D&D maps.

Failing that a white board and dry wipe marker pens

I have some miniatures from a couple of the Reaper lines that I like to use. Hopefully sometime in the future FASA Games will be able to offer some new Fading Suns specific miniatures but the mists of time remain unrevealed to me right now.

I'd also recommend Alternative armies Ion Age miniatures

http://theionage.com/

I used to have a bunch of them the first time around but I'm pleased to see them back in production in 28mm...(and also in "God's own scale" - 15mm)

By the way I have been putting pictures of the miniatures we are using in our games on the campaign blog (check my signature for the URL).