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<blockquote data-quote="El Ravager" data-source="post: 1424526" data-attributes="member: 738">Here are my thoughts on the matter.&nbsp; My apologies if this closely mirrors what has already been said.&nbsp; I really don't understand the flak that WotC gets over the randomized minis.&nbsp; Admittedly, I have been out of the CCG and never played any of the wiz kid’s games, but my impression is that players of those games don't complain too much about the randomized collectable nature.&nbsp; It’s part of the game.&nbsp; WotC saw the success that wiz kids was having with their minis game and apparently determined there was room on the market for them to try their hand at a similar game. See, in my mind, the minis are for the minis game first and for DnD as a convenient cross purpose.&nbsp; If WotC had made a collectable minis game and not used DnD they would have been heavily criticized.&nbsp; But they did use DnD for a basis of their minis game and they are still being slammed because it isn't tailored for the average RPG player.&nbsp; Well of course they are not.&nbsp; They are not a roleplaying game supplement.&nbsp; They are their own game.&nbsp; And taken as their own game, the randomized nature is not any different from any of the other collectable games.&nbsp; Now, should WotC simply made a plastic prepainted minis line for DnD RPGs is another question.&nbsp; But they didn't so don't hold these to that standard.&nbsp; Apples to Oranges.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Ravager, post: 1424526, member: 738"] Here are my thoughts on the matter. My apologies if this closely mirrors what has already been said. I really don't understand the flak that WotC gets over the randomized minis. Admittedly, I have been out of the CCG and never played any of the wiz kid’s games, but my impression is that players of those games don't complain too much about the randomized collectable nature. It’s part of the game. WotC saw the success that wiz kids was having with their minis game and apparently determined there was room on the market for them to try their hand at a similar game. See, in my mind, the minis are for the minis game first and for DnD as a convenient cross purpose. If WotC had made a collectable minis game and not used DnD they would have been heavily criticized. But they did use DnD for a basis of their minis game and they are still being slammed because it isn't tailored for the average RPG player. Well of course they are not. They are not a roleplaying game supplement. They are their own game. And taken as their own game, the randomized nature is not any different from any of the other collectable games. Now, should WotC simply made a plastic prepainted minis line for DnD RPGs is another question. But they didn't so don't hold these to that standard. Apples to Oranges. [/QUOTE]

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