Now, thanks to Zavala, there are other options for DM’s looking to get the most out of the game rules. Many DM’s ended up turning to places like eBay just to get the basic mini’s that they would need to actually play the game properly. Of course things got even worse when Wizards of the Coast stopped producing as many miniatures, choosing instead to focus on starter sets and random booster packs, while letting many of the popular and commonly used figures go out of print. While it became easier for players to understand distances and scale, it ended up making it kind of difficult to play the RPG without the grid maps and miniatures. The miniatures were so popular that when the game mechanics were redesigned, Wizards of the Coast actually incorporated the miniatures into the game rules.
