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Great thoughts and suggestions on prize support. Thanks
Of course the ONE prize that would probably increase sales is impossible, unless you could convince someone to spare some Snowballs.
Another thing that was missing or felt missing from DDM that Magic USED TO have was the Arena. A month long sanctioned tournament you could play against anyone and at the end there was a prize.
Not sure how that works in the existing DDI structure, but gave chance for impromptu gaming to increase sales and product awareness, since you could decide when you wanted to enter the tournament during the month, and how often you wanted to participate.
Of course some sort of participation gimmick was in place to give something for entering. But again that is for the Guilds accounting and logistics departments to figure out how that could be done with WotC, legalities, and the DCI....
I like the arena idea. Our FLGS used to do a month-long league featuring a map with different territories. You'd start with one territory and then challenge someone to a skirmish in order to gain control of new territories. The person with the most land wins.
I like the arena idea. Our FLGS used to do a month-long league featuring a map with different territories. You'd start with one territory and then challenge someone to a skirmish in order to gain control of new territories. The person with the most land wins.
Sort of 40k method in which the conquest of the prebvious year/month determines what happens in the furture scenarios.
So having a month long arena would alter the DDM world and people would affect the next months games by the "popular" results of the past month actions from the players and winners of the regions for all of the arena.
Hmmm... many ideas swirling around in my pensieve....
But one god thing about it as well as bad, would be people don't need to bring their own maps, and the maps would be set forth for them and available at the venues.
Players would start the arena with some "faction", for lack of a better word, and work through as that faction to see what areas are conquer and how the world changes for the next month.
Of course the bad thing would be speed of results and getting the right maps sent out and mean certain "factions" will have a default map to play on.
But that just standardizes things a bit more and gives people and option to play and breach borders to get to new areas to play against other people, and a break-away faction built in to allow anyone to play anyone else so that the "rebels" of all factions exist and can get to regions outside their own control to fight all other factions.
Yep, it sounds interesting. I'd encourage you to write up the scenario rules and post them on the WotC forum for Tried's attention. He loves thinking about new scenario ideas.
Yep, it sounds interesting. I'd encourage you to write up the scenario rules and post them on the WotC forum for Tried's attention. He loves thinking about new scenario ideas.
The WotC forums...do I have to?
I can write them up and place them here somewhere in the minis forum maybe.
If I can attach zip files to include example images of the ideas and such along with the text.
Heh, your call. I know he frequents the WotC forums, but I'm not sure about ENWorld. I can let him know, though.
Ok I may be able to have an example years worth of league scenarios in concept by Monday providing the weather doesn't kill my power.
Any prefered image format to make the most out of avilable ENWorld storage space if compressed volume files are not able to be attached with my user level for Tried, yourself or others?
Not sure if I will try making the example maps in CC2 or the AD&D core rules map maker, or even just shop em up or dig out one of the WotC tile programs so people can make their own maps with existing tiles (and WotC can sell more tiles of the newer and older sets to encourage dual support of DDM and D&D play. )
I will work on the text today, and try images over the weekend when I know the preferred method and file type best for you guys.
(Might even make a flash video of examples if enough time.)
I don't know of any preferred image type. Do what works for you, I guess. I'd look to just outline the concept in detail, rather than doing a lot of work on specifics, if you know what I mean.
I don't know of any preferred image type. Do what works for you, I guess. I'd look to just outline the concept in detail, rather than doing a lot of work on specifics, if you know what I mean.
I just wanted to give pictorial examples of what a change in month means, not really play maps to play on, but how what happens each month effects the "story" for the next month.
I already got a 1 page (printed) HTML file full of stuff written down so far. So just need to refine and add some more and get the image examples thrown in.
Want to make sure all parties understand the concept so they can play with it further.
I'd love to see future support for DDM scenarios and dungeon delves. I know I loved to use the DDM 2.0 rules for very quick D&D-lite dungeon delves as background stories or one-on-one adventures.
A stripped down version of 4e might be better for something like this but I know I always used to use DDM.
If the Guild will be able to get advance looks on the new sets coming out, will they be able to give feedback on those sets?
I guess what I'm asking is if the Guild would be able to determine a point value and faction and have WoTC use those values for the bases of the figures. I'm assuming the figure rarity will be determined by WoTC due to paint steps/complexity/coolness of the figure.
No, we won't be able to get point values or factions on the bases themselves.
Hopefully they can use the existing point values, and make the minis actually worth what points are listed for 2.0, and in the event of 1.0 make the mini work with the proper faction listed on the mini as well.
Well here is hopefully something helpful to start, included is an icon of the Guild design.
No other images are there, but any questions or clarifications feel free to ask.
Hopefully they can use the existing point values, and make the minis actually worth what points are listed for 2.0, and in the event of 1.0 make the mini work with the proper faction listed on the mini as well.
I believe that the question was regarding the upcoming Heroes and Monsters line, which won't have factions or point values on the base.
I believe that the question was regarding the upcoming Heroes and Monsters line, which won't have factions or point values on the base.
I am not even thinking that much about them yet since they aren't out, so never crossed my mind that was the intent. OOPS!
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I completely missed that whole post with my mind going amile a minute and my post following it. Didn't ignore it purposefully.
Anything I didn't respond to it in particular that you answered that you want me to acknowledge other than I DID finally see the post, then let me know and I will respond if my replies to JQ haven't already done so.
Just didn't want you to think I did it on purpose.
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I am not even thinking that much about them yet since they aren't out, so never crossed my mind that was the intent. OOPS!
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