DDM - Collect, play, or what?

[Wombat]

Don't like the pre-painted minis.

 

[FallenTabris]

I hate that the things are 'collectable' in random boxes. I'd love to be able to buy prepainted plastic minis for my games. But I'm not going to churn through 4 boxes of DDM to find certain things I want. That is way too expensive a proposition. And I'm not going to buy 'singles' off the 'net either. This whole rare, uncommon, common occurance of minis skews the prices of individual pieces.

 

[BlueBlackRed]

I used to play DDM, then the twins came and away went the time and money.

Now we just collect them a little at a time for the group.

 

[megamania]

Heh, yeah I meant RPGs, although I suppose there are other games you could play with them. Substitute tokens in monopoly?

My son uses a kobold regularly when we play. I once used a dire rat.

 

[megamania]

Thinking about the poll, I would be very surprised if it didn't come out heavily in favour of "I use them in my RPGs". Why? Because ENWorld is devoted to RPGs, not minis games. If you asked the same question on another site, one dedicated to minis games, the answer would be very different.

Agreed.

Most people I know buy a few select figures for their RPG only. There a few diehard skirmishers in Vermont however.

 

[KB9JMQ]

Well I only use them in my RPG. I don't like the DDM game at all.
First I bought several cases until I had them all cause I liked having extras.
Then I bought complete sets since some were so-so and I didnt want extras.
Now I am only buying a case and will see if I even want more after that.

 

[pogminky]

Too expensive, too random, too manky looking.

Use uber-cheap plastic soldiers & dinosaurs as minis now.

 

[Ander00]

I always wanted them primarily for D&D, but I also played DDM early on.

I was pretty heavy into the collecting, and have a couple of complete sets to show for it, but I have now all but stopped buying them. I could see myself getting maybe 3 of the commons/uncommons from Against the Giants.


cheers

 

[Holy Bovine]

I've played the miniatures game a few times but was never really impressed by it. It was like D&D without the fun Rp aspects.

I still buy singles off eBay but even that is dwindling as I just don't need anymore of these things. 3500+ is way too many as it is.

 

[Tuerny]

I used them for RPG and for skirmish. Mostly for skirmish. I find the current collectible format to be fine. I would rather have them available and relatively cheap and pre-painted than not have them at all. Getting them off of e-bay or a retailer is no big deal.