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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 1030985" data-attributes="member: 3586">Not really accurate."Skirmish" indicates battles fought with only a few combatants on each side, the scale is 1 miniature represents 1 combatant. In general, most skirmish battles consisted of fewer than 20 figures per side."Mass-combat" indicates battles fought with many combatants on each side. To handle the scale (which may deal with 1000 or more combatants on each side), figures generally represent 10 or 20 combatants.Chainmail was Skirmish-only. It was a major failing of the game; originally there were plans to scale it up to mass-combat, but such did not occur, indicating the confusion in Wizards over what the game was intended to achieve. There is a definite difference between Chainmail and D&D - leadership rules being the main one - but not enough to capture my imagination.D&D Miniatures is designed for three (primary) purposes:* To provide a cheap source of miniatures for the D&D Role-playing game, which appeal to people who don't have a lot of time to spend assembling and painting miniatures.* To provide a skirmish level wargame, on the level of Mordheim or Mage Knight* To provide a mass-combat level wargame, on the level of Warhammer or Battlesystem.With regard to the first reason - which is the main reason I'm interested in the line, and I suggest a similar reason applies to most readers on ENworld - these figures are NOT going fill every need you'll have for miniatures in the D&D game.However, they will give you a good starting point.A DM will be able to easily get a selection of monster figures for a cheap price. Don't understimate how good the price is! At $1.25 a figure, with no painting or assembly required, that's very good for most people.For unique figures (PCs and strange monsters) that the DM really wants, this line isn't probably going to help. Instead, it will most likely fuel more interest in metal miniatures. Reaper will benefit quite well, I suggest.Cheers!</blockquote>

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