D&d Minis Hurrayyy!

[satori01]

I saw a display of them at ComicCon and had the opposite opinion. I probably wont be buy any, or if I do they will have to be at a severe discount.

I like the sculps, and the colors, but the figures pale to metal ones, and frankly I would rather take the time to paint decent figures. I know other people have other criteria, and if they work for you that is great, but for myself seeing them in person pushed me into the no buy catergory.

 

[Bagpuss]

When are they due and will any get outside the USA (unlike Chainmail)?

 

[Hawklord]

Bagpuss,

Amazon UK are listing them as being "published" from the 1st September ( although they're not available yet for pre-order).

Btw you can still get Chainmail stuff from them as well.

 

[Henrix]

If there's a gnome mini, I'll be a customer for life. I haven't seen a single gnome mini, ever.

Huh?
Wizards already did. Here's their gnome illusionist, as painted by yours truly:

They also had a gnome fighter, both in their D&D line, as well as the infamous gnome with weird repeating crossbow for chainmail.
All of them gnomesized, which the Reaper Blato Burrowell isn't (although it's a nice figure).

 

[trancejeremy]

Okay, distribution is not particularly wonky, I think you just don't understand how the packaging method interacts with the # of figures.

For every individual rare you get, you'll pick up 27*3/33= 2.45 of each uncommon figure, and 5.4 of each common figure.

Because of the 3 uncommons & 4 commons in each pack, fewer common figures makes the gap between uncommons & commons different to how it might appear.

No, I really think it is wonky, at least from a collectible game point of view as opposed to just buying them for use in RPGs (which is basically irelevent when it comes to either MK or the new D&D minis game).

What drives sales of booster packs is the chance at getting a really really rare figure. It's basically gambling, or not far from it.

By having only 3 levels, and with each pack definitely having a figure of the most rare level, this will not be much of a factor for the D&D mini game.

Wizkids stuff generally has 1 unique per every 4-6 booster packs, though it depends on the set. There was one set that had super-rare figures (The 4 Horsemen, I think there were 16 of them, total, 4 of each type), and they ended up on ebay going for $1000 each.

By having a flatter distribution curve, the "rare" figures will actually be fairly easy to get.

This is not a good thing for a collectible game.

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

Huh?
Wizards already did. Here's their gnome illusionist, as painted by yours truly:

They also had a gnome fighter, both in their D&D line, as well as the infamous gnome with weird repeating crossbow for chainmail.
All of them gnomesized, which the Reaper Blato Burrowell isn't (although it's a nice figure).

I only said I'd never seen one, not that one didn't exist I stayed away from the Chainmail minis after the first few I bought required way too much assembly for my tastes.

Nice paint job, though.

 

[CleverName]

Yes, since they are totally random, I can't just go and buy the 5 orcs I need for this weeks game. I have to buy random packs and hope I get a couple of orcs. I hate the fact that they will be random. I play RPG's, not collectible mim games, I should be able to buy what I need, and not end up hoping I get what I need and have a bunch of stuff I'm not going to use.

Then wait a month or so for the non-random monster packs WotC will be selling.

 

[KenM]

Then wait a month or so for the non-random monster packs WotC will be selling.

I had not heard they would be doing monster packs. Thats good, if they have a rare orc or whatever, and you get the monsters you need.

 

[Olive]

I had not heard they would be doing monster packs. Thats good, if they have a rare orc or whatever, and you get the monsters you need.

I think Clever Name is speculating. I've enver seen any press release from WotC sayign they would, and the posts that MerricB has complied in a different thread from the WotC Lead Mini Designer suggests that there are no current plans to do so.

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58188

edit: here's the quote I was thinking of:

Rob Heinsoo

• Is there a possibility of releasing singles or army packs if the line does well?
RH: Singles, I'm sure not. That's what the secondary market is for. Army packs? Not per se. There's a possibility of something like that, though, at some point.

 

[proditor]

So how does the new hardback fit in?

It's obviously not a requirement for the CMG end of it, but yet again it seems that with the addition of classes, full D&D mini rules for 3.5, etc, etc, we're being led down the primrose path again.