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Toy Soldiers and Strategic Thinking: The Value of Miniatures Gaming
BigBox Games features a full line of pre-painted collectable miniatures games. These products have become very popular in the gaming community because of their eye appeal, collectibility and a high degree of play value. They also stimulate strategic and creative thinking and inspire interest in history and story telling.
Miniatures have always been an important part of gaming. The ancient game of chess is made up thirty-two miniature playing pieces; each represents something of strategic value in the real world. For centuries, military miniatures have been the source of entertainment for children and a tool for the development of actual tactics by armies around the world.
In recent years, miniatures have found their way into the “electronic sandboxes” of popular real-time-strategy games published for personal computers and video game consoles. With budgets in the millions of dollars, games like Age of Empires and Warcraft explore strategy and resource development in scenarios based on fantasy and real world history.
The success of virtual miniature worlds has caused a new category of toy gaming to appear. Publishers like Wizards of the Coast, WizKids and Sabertooth Games have introduced miniatures games with fantasy/science fiction, historical and even sports themes. These games involve detailed rule systems and methodology that require analytical thinking, simple mathematics, tactical strategy and creative problem solving. All the products are based on story lines that encourage role-playing and social skills development. |