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Dear all,
I have attached a word document which contains a spreadsheet detailing my D&D Miniatures purchases so far. I hope that those of you buying Harbinger boosters will find the information useful.
When making my decisions on how many boosters to purchase, I calculated my chances of getting any particular sort of miniature based on the information provided by Wizards of the Coast.
Basically, using my knowledge of how many miniatures were in a case, as well as the rarity of miniatures included, I figured that there would be, on average, the following chance of any particular miniature in a case:
Rare: 0.59
Uncommon: 1.45
Common: 3.2
That translates into 59% chance for any particular rare, 1 miniature and 45% chance of a second for each uncommon, and 3 miniatures and a 20% chance for a fourth of each common.
I knew that this would not be exact, but I was hoping that it would work out close to this.
This information is also included at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Based on these figures, and my assessment of my needs as an active DM, I decided to buy three cases of D&D Miniatures. I have record the results of my purchases so far.
I have bought 45 boosters, 1 starter, and acquired 3 promo miniatures at Gencon. I still plan to get three more boosters when they come in, but will probably stick to my original estimate, and purchase no more boosters beyond the final three (at least until the new set comes out!).
Am I pleased with the results? For the most part. My guesses were mostly right. You will note that when it comes to commons, most of the time I was right on the mark, or fairly close. I was less accurate when it came to the uncommons and rares, which I believe is due to the fact that the number of miniatures I purchased was not sufficient to produce a true average. I think if I had bought one more case, the matches would have improved for rares and uncommons, but I had spent too much money already. Lord knows that I would trade some of those Hound Archons for Drow and Orc clerics in a heartbeat.
In the future, I would very much hope that rarity would be tied to the number of creatures commonly used in the game. I would have liked for some of the ogres and trolls to be uncommons, for example, as you need a lot of those, especially for mid to high level play, I would expect the same to be true for the Miniatures game as well. Right now, I after purchasing nearly 3 cases, I still don’t have all the miniatures listed in the sample armies in the Miniatures Handbook (pg 129), though I do come really close.
Anyway, this information may be useful to those of you out there trying to decide how many boosters to get, or if you want to get selected miniatures on the secondary market.
Finally, I should point out that there is a promo miniature that you were supposed to get if you pre-ordered the MH. I assume this to be Mialee, but I am not completely sure. In any case, I included it in my checklist.
Thanks,
JavaApp
I have attached a word document which contains a spreadsheet detailing my D&D Miniatures purchases so far. I hope that those of you buying Harbinger boosters will find the information useful.
When making my decisions on how many boosters to purchase, I calculated my chances of getting any particular sort of miniature based on the information provided by Wizards of the Coast.
Basically, using my knowledge of how many miniatures were in a case, as well as the rarity of miniatures included, I figured that there would be, on average, the following chance of any particular miniature in a case:
Rare: 0.59
Uncommon: 1.45
Common: 3.2
That translates into 59% chance for any particular rare, 1 miniature and 45% chance of a second for each uncommon, and 3 miniatures and a 20% chance for a fourth of each common.
I knew that this would not be exact, but I was hoping that it would work out close to this.
This information is also included at the bottom of the spreadsheet. Based on these figures, and my assessment of my needs as an active DM, I decided to buy three cases of D&D Miniatures. I have record the results of my purchases so far.
I have bought 45 boosters, 1 starter, and acquired 3 promo miniatures at Gencon. I still plan to get three more boosters when they come in, but will probably stick to my original estimate, and purchase no more boosters beyond the final three (at least until the new set comes out!).
Am I pleased with the results? For the most part. My guesses were mostly right. You will note that when it comes to commons, most of the time I was right on the mark, or fairly close. I was less accurate when it came to the uncommons and rares, which I believe is due to the fact that the number of miniatures I purchased was not sufficient to produce a true average. I think if I had bought one more case, the matches would have improved for rares and uncommons, but I had spent too much money already. Lord knows that I would trade some of those Hound Archons for Drow and Orc clerics in a heartbeat.
In the future, I would very much hope that rarity would be tied to the number of creatures commonly used in the game. I would have liked for some of the ogres and trolls to be uncommons, for example, as you need a lot of those, especially for mid to high level play, I would expect the same to be true for the Miniatures game as well. Right now, I after purchasing nearly 3 cases, I still don’t have all the miniatures listed in the sample armies in the Miniatures Handbook (pg 129), though I do come really close.
Anyway, this information may be useful to those of you out there trying to decide how many boosters to get, or if you want to get selected miniatures on the secondary market.
Finally, I should point out that there is a promo miniature that you were supposed to get if you pre-ordered the MH. I assume this to be Mialee, but I am not completely sure. In any case, I included it in my checklist.
Thanks,
JavaApp
