I gotta agree with you, running DnD with floor plans, exact measurements and stuff really detracts from being able to focus your mind on staying in character. That works much better for wargames. My childhood DMs both would also just give us the gist of what was happening. Some of us had models of our characters, just to help us imagine what they were like.
Personally I'd try something like heroquest, warhammerquest or something like that if I wanted a dungeon crawl simulator. They seem better designed with such combat in mind.
That said, I too wouldn't want to discourage these gamers from creating incredible dioramas.
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