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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5144738" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Speculation is in bold:</p><p></p><p><em>Hasbro owns Heroscape and D&D minis. <strong>The D&D minis line is seen as competition for Heroscape and the D&D minis do not sell as well.</strong> D&D minis are currently going onto Heroscape bases and sold as Heroscape minis in a trial period. <strong>If its a success with the Heroscape people D&D minis will be no more and the models will be made for Heroscape.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>I mean, regardless of the futures of the respective lines, using DDM sculpts for Heroscape is just good business sense. If you have a critter you want to make for Heroscape that resembles an existing one in DDM, it's silly to pay for a new sculpt and molds.</p><p></p><p>[Edit: Removed paragraph doubting whether the mythos of D&D could work with Heroscape, since apparently there is a full-scale crossover planned... still, doesn't mean one line will be killed off outright.]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Anything about 5E is speculation at this point. Even if it comes straight from WotC brass. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But tokens... mm. Is there really that much profit to be had in selling tokens? If not, then 5E has a strong incentive to support combat without minis. (Not exclusively, mind you. D&D has supported battlemat combat since before it was D&D and probably always will. But a game that can be played with or without battlemat is a different beast from a game that essentailly demands one.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5144738, member: 58197"] Speculation is in bold: [I]Hasbro owns Heroscape and D&D minis. [B]The D&D minis line is seen as competition for Heroscape and the D&D minis do not sell as well.[/B] D&D minis are currently going onto Heroscape bases and sold as Heroscape minis in a trial period. [B]If its a success with the Heroscape people D&D minis will be no more and the models will be made for Heroscape.[/B][/I] I mean, regardless of the futures of the respective lines, using DDM sculpts for Heroscape is just good business sense. If you have a critter you want to make for Heroscape that resembles an existing one in DDM, it's silly to pay for a new sculpt and molds. [Edit: Removed paragraph doubting whether the mythos of D&D could work with Heroscape, since apparently there is a full-scale crossover planned... still, doesn't mean one line will be killed off outright.] Anything about 5E is speculation at this point. Even if it comes straight from WotC brass. :) But tokens... mm. Is there really that much profit to be had in selling tokens? If not, then 5E has a strong incentive to support combat without minis. (Not exclusively, mind you. D&D has supported battlemat combat since before it was D&D and probably always will. But a game that can be played with or without battlemat is a different beast from a game that essentailly demands one.) [/QUOTE]
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