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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 8/26 5:14pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Hi I've just brought the saga edition rpg and was wondering if it is completely necessary to use the miniatures like the book said? and if there is any good alternatives? thanks. -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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LightWarden Registered: Oct '01	Date Posted: 8/26 5:36pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	It's nifty, but not necessary. If you have access to a computer while you game, it's often not a bad idea to use RPTools. Specifically, their Token Tool, which you can use to take any image and crop it into a token which you can put down on your map. If you don't have a physical map, you can use Map Tool from that same site once you find an image you want to use. If you haven't found an image you want to use, you can use the internet to find stuff, such as the ever-useful RPGMapShare.com. -----signature----- CDG Guild Master Strange how one small thing can determine the fate of so many... especially if it's a twenty-sided die The Internet is SERIOUS BIZNESS! It's all fun and games until someone loses a leg. TF.N RPGs: Less fun than pretending to have sex
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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 8/26 5:56pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Looks awesome I'll definitely look into using it thanks mate. -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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buellsmith Registered: Jun '09	Date Posted: 8/26 7:03pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	all you really need is a grid and some markers. I have seen gms use coins with a letter or designator drawn on top of coin with a sharpie for each character.
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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 8/26 7:36pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	buellsmith posted: all you really need is a grid and some markers. I have seen gms use coins with a letter or designator drawn on top of coin with a sharpie for each character. wouldn't that just make it look kinda cheap?? -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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Katana_Geldar Title: Former CR Tasmania, AU' Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 8/27 3:21am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Unfortunately, yes. But we used counters for a long time before the players decided to bring their own miniatures. -----signature----- Jacen and the two Vergeres http://gmgeldar.wordpress.com/vergere-essay/ Now, if you don't mind, I am somewhat preoccoupied telling the laws of physics to shut up and sit down.
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Jedi_Dajuan Title: Admiral keeps forgetting to change her title! Registered: Dec '02	Date Posted: 8/27 6:36am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	It's kind of a one or the other thing. You either use miniatures or you look cheap with using other stuff. -----signature----- EV got me demoted, a winnar is him "you will quickly be known as the cool teacher. just be sure to start of the clas by explaining to all students they are to address you as the admiral." -- jedi_knight_birr
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Aragorn327 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/27 8:18am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	My gaming group almost never uses grids/miniatures/whathaveyou. Games run fine. -----signature----- "Question not the ways of the script, there's always a bigger fish" Wyrd bið ful aræd.
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DarkLordoftheFins Title: RPG & Minis Forum D6 Game Master Registered: Apr '07	Date Posted: 8/27 5:17pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	I always felt they limit my player imagination and make action scenes to tabletopish . . . -----signature----- Member of the "Triumvirate" - GM of 133 ABY I have seen younger man called old - LordT Some men just wanna watch the world burn . . .
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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 8/28 5:37pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	What do you guys think about paper miniatures? -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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Katana_Geldar Title: Former CR Tasmania, AU' Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 8/28 5:46pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Unless you are making them of papier mache, I hardly think they would be durable. It's not that hard to go to a hobby shop and buy a few standard game tokens until you can afford to buy good miniatures. -----signature----- Jacen and the two Vergeres http://gmgeldar.wordpress.com/vergere-essay/ Now, if you don't mind, I am somewhat preoccoupied telling the laws of physics to shut up and sit down.
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Koohii Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 8/31 12:19am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Several game stores and comic shops have the cheap WotC minis for $1 or so for the super commons. They would probablly be happy to off-load a few. Grab a few generics to take care of whatever you need and go from there. Since you're not trying to complete a set or anything, it should be fairly easy to outfit yourself. -----signature----- Create happy mediums: Free prozac to all psychics & Jedi I'm met 6yo adults and 36yo children Still working toward Ni-Kyu Go Ju Ryu
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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 9/2 2:19am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	I really don't think that forking out too much money would be any good for my pockets at the moment. I Reckon I'm better off making my own. Lucky I can draw real good -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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Koohii Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 9/2 8:51am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	Another option is to use Lego people. Hey, it works for LegoStar Galactica and Irregular Web Comic. -----signature----- Create happy mediums: Free prozac to all psychics & Jedi I'm met 6yo adults and 36yo children Still working toward Ni-Kyu Go Ju Ryu
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Darth_Nerfherder Registered: Aug '09	Date Posted: 9/2 11:18pm Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	That could work but i still want to have the diversity of the characters and frankly there isn't much too choose from with the aliens. Unless i like mod them which really don't want too cause I'm a massive lego fan. -----signature----- If life is like a box of chocolates where do they put all thoes orange ones nobody wants???
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Koohii Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 9/3 11:24am Subject: Using miniatures with the starwars saga edition rpg
	OK, check out Legostar Galactica from Aug 25. Watch the video. That guy manages to create a huge variety of aliens with just a few different pieces. Granted, they haven't made Duros, Noghri, Squibs, bothans, or a bunch of the aliens, but what they have made is pretty impressive, and you can make your own any time. -----signature----- Create happy mediums: Free prozac to all psychics & Jedi I'm met 6yo adults and 36yo children Still working toward Ni-Kyu Go Ju Ryu
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