D&D Random Card Boosters (for minis)

[philreed]

Something I keep expecting to see is a release of booster packs with 10-11 cards. Each card would feature variant statistics for the collectible minis (the rarer the card the higher the CR).

 

[Ilium]

Yet cheaper to make than the minis themselves, with all that Pokemon/M:TG collectible goodness. I could definitely see it. There'd even be value for the RPG side, since the card could be double-sided with an advanced/higher level version of the creature. I love those little cards for my D&D game. Much easier to reference during the game than my book or even the online SRD (which is what I usually use during play).

 

[philreed]

Yet cheaper to make than the minis themselves, with all that Pokemon/M:TG collectible goodness. I could definitely see it. There'd even be value for the RPG side, since the card could be double-sided with an advanced/higher level version of the creature. I love those little cards for my D&D game. Much easier to reference during the game than my book or even the online SRD (which is what I usually use during play).

I thought they would be like the current cards (one side with minis stats and the second side with RPG stats).

 

[MerricB]

Something I keep expecting to see is a release of booster packs with 10-11 cards. Each card would feature variant statistics for the collectible minis (the rarer the card the higher the CR).

Have you seen the epic cards they release through the RPGA and their website? (Only for the DDM game, but anyway...)

Cheers!

 

[philreed]

Have you seen the epic cards they release through the RPGA and their website? (Only for the DDM game, but anyway...)

Cheers!

I've seen a few of those, yes.

 

[Glyfair]

Something I keep expecting to see is a release of booster packs with 10-11 cards. Each card would feature variant statistics for the collectible minis (the rarer the card the higher the CR).

I don't see the upside to random cards, compared to random miniatures. Random miniatures upside is that the company can afford to make niche monsters they wouldn't otherwise make, and the price can stay down because they reduce certain handling costs.

Monster/NPC stats aren't something people buy on an individual basis. That cuts those upsides right there. Buying them randomly defeats the tie-in purpose. Someone without a complete or near complete set of a DDM set is going to see a large amount of waste ("Don't have that figure. Don't have that figure.")

A book/document of variant stats for a DDM sets (or even the Mage Knight sets, usually available for a heavy discount) is something that might interest me. I've thought about taking some of the MK sets and creating d20 stats for the miniatures (especially the MK Dungeons sets).