Anyone buying Dreamblade?

[werk]

I'm just surprised that WotC has bought in on the collectible mini idea.

Like magic cards or D&D books weren't geeky enough, now you get to carry around little plastic dolls and set them up in a large table-top display to play? Oh joy! I just can't see how this will appeal to children over age 9, which I would assume is their target demo. I guess DDM was just too successful to pass up the opportunity?

They need to focus on growing their customer base, not sucking it dry with more capital intensive games.

I will not be purchasing.

 

[Thanee]

I just can't see how this will appeal to children over age 9, which I would assume is their target demo.

I'm pretty sure their target audience is a lot older than 9.

It's a highly tactical game, and they kinda force a tournament scene for this game currently.

Only played it once with some demo minis, and it felt a little limited, but that might change with gazillions of special abilities coming out.

Won't buy it, though.

Bye
Thanee

 

[werk]

I'm pretty sure their target audience is a lot older than 9.

I'm sure too, but doesn't that exclude age 9 to 23 due to image perception alone? It just doesn't make good business sense to me.

I don't know, maybe high school/college has gotten a lot more accepting/less ridiculing since my day Those are your disposable income/buying toys demo, right?

Hey, wave your geek flag, more power to you, I'm past the point of caring what other people think/say about my hobby. But 9-23 year olds usually don't have that perspective...unless heavily medicated for depression

 

[kenobi65]

Why can't they be used for D&D? Why is the scale "not suitable"?

Well, from what I remember reading, they're considerably bigger than the 25/28mm scale (1" bases) that are the default for D&D. In fact, the original info release on the game said that they'd be on 40mm bases (the size used for Large minis in DDM), and the minis themselves would typically be comparable in size to Large D&D minis.

So, maybe useful for Large critters, but that's it.

 

[DaveMage]

No, I'm not going to get into it. DDM is quite enough where is comes to collectable minis. The last thing I need is another bad spending habit...

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Nope; not interested. I was kind looking at the Axis & Allies minis, though...

 

[Festivus]

All the bases are the same size, approx 1.5" and are square, which to me is too big for a medium creature and too small for a large (my table has 1" grid layed out and all my other minis fit that scale).

I could use them but they would be a bit off size-wise I think when compared to everything else I own that fits that 1" scale.

 

[Zaruthustran]

I've played it. It's an interesting game, pretty fun blend of board-strategy and miniatures strategy. But yeah, you have to evaluate it as a stand-alone strategy game. Pretend it's from some other gaming company, and try not to value it in terms of D&D or DDM.

I mean, you guys play Puerto Rico, Settlers, Shadow Over Camelot, and other games, right? When put alongside those, Dreamblade stands up fairly well.

-z

 

[Warbringer]

Nope; not interested. I was kind looking at the Axis & Allies minis, though...

Skip it. If you like WWII, I'd recommend Flames of War. Good price, paint realy easy

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Skip it. If you like WWII, I'd recommend Flames of War. Good price, paint realy easy

Thanks for the tip -- I'll check it out.