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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5439838" data-attributes="member: 58197"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">for medieval fantasy RPGs --Plenty of this available.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">3D!  I'm completely turned off by the cardboard discs that WotC is peddling now. --This too.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">durable.  Plastic isn't a necessity but I don't know of any alternatives that can bounce around in a box, fall of the table, etc. with minimal damage. --Not quite as much of this, but still a fair few options.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">relatively inexpensive but not "cheap."  DDM fit this bill well.  The minis were about $2 each or less than half of comparable metal minis but still decent quality compared to alternatives like "army men" from the dollar store. --I'd recommend Reaper's Legendary Encounters, using the pieces from WotC's new board games (you can get them on Auggies for way cheap), or just buying old DDM stuff secondhand.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">prepainted.  I paint minis from time to time but I'm not the kind of person who will spend an afternoon painting a dozen orcs. --Okay, forget the board game pieces. Legendary Encounters or old DDM it is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">lots of different sculpts.  I like Reaper's plastic minis line, for example, but there aren't very many of them.  As a DM, when I create an encounter with an orc tribe, I like to have 15 different orc sculpts on the table not 15 copies of the same sculpt painted differently or, worse, numbered or color-coded. --Oops, there goes Legendary Encounters. We're down to old DDM stuff now.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">mostly monsters and NPCs.  I use my minis mostly for DMing. --Not a problem...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">not out of print.  (sigh) --Aaaand, there goes DDM.</li> </ul>The sad fact is, I really don't think there is an alternative on the market. DDM was made possible by the combination of WotC's market share, randomized booster packs so that chase rares would subsidize cheap commons, and the skirmish game helping drive sales. With the skirmish game dead, and most hardcore DMs having already filled out their collections, there simply isn't enough market to support it any more. I think your best bet is just to scavenge old DDM figs on the secondary market... grab 'em fast before the prices rise.</blockquote>

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