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That is one reason I don't like D&D, it is a glorified boardgame the hides it's wargame roots under a very thin layer. I like tactical rpg on the computer but investing that level of math and detail in a pen & paper game is so boring, for me at least.
My group plays pretty loose goosy with the rules. We just look at it and make a quick estimate of whether something looks in range. They also have little range finder tools that are helpful for quickly determine cones, spheres, etc. We're also the kind of party that doesn't really keep track of gold. Apparently gold has a weight?
For this reason I actually don't like playing one shots with people I don't know, because they don't play by all of our house rules, lol.
In general I don't really like Pen&Paper RPGs where you need miniatures (and for worse range finder tools) to play them. But that is a me thing, don't read my words as that I want to say D&D should change. Far away from that, D&D is a great game and I love it on the PC (where it IMHO only works, not at the table)