The purpose of wargaming miniatures is a visual one by nature. They are supposed to make your game look like a ‘real’ battle between armies. If you play historical wargames, it’s all about accuracy. If you play a fantasy or sci-fi wargame, it’s not. It is up to you how your army looks. Playability must be give, no question, but the rest is your imagination and creativity.
It’s the same with terrain. If you prefer 2d-terrain (which I do not, except for gaming mats), you probably do that to minimize technical issues and improve playability, but you basically end up with a boardgame. Boardgames are fun, often good designed (gameplaywise) and sometimes feature miniatures, but they lack the ‘visual greatness’ of miniature wargames, which is an essential part of the hobby for me.
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