Legomania!

[The Shaman]

Okay, so I've been working on my own LEGO-for-roleplaying project; here are minis for my Flashing Blades campaign.

A cuirassier (heavy cavalryman) prepares his pistols for a caracole against a Spanish tercio as a piquier (pikeman) look on. The caracole consists of riding to just within pike range of the enemy infantry and discharging one's pistols at them.

A Knight of Malta and a Barbary corsair reis (captain) battle aboard the deck of a galley off the coast of Sicily.

A masked highwayman demands a lady's jewels; she's looks terrified, but she's got a surprise hidden in the folds of her gown.

Two noblemen come on guard over a point of honor in a tavern as a frightened barmaid looks on.

Three musketeers, aided by a poor Gascon in a tattered cloak, battle five of the Cardinal's Guards in the courtyard of a Paris convent; one of the musketeers defends himself with a main-gauche while another wards away blows with his hat.

They still need some work, such as pipecleaner-plumes added to their hats, but they're coming along.

Credits: The tabards and cloaks come from MMCB Custom Minifig Cloth Accessories and the rapiers from Brickarms.

 

[Glade Riven]

I asked about this once, and Monte Cook said that when he was with WotC they'd approached LEGO with the idea and the LEGO folks weren't interested.

Seems like a natural fit to me.

And Hasbro (Wizard's parent company) being a major competitor to LEGO had little to do with it . LEGO is also known to be extremely picky when it comes to what brand tie-ends it endorses.

For this to happen, WotC would have to convince Hasbro that it's worth investing in creating LEGO compatable knock-off bricks (such as the UBuild-it brand) for D&D. To do so would probably end up replacing the miniatures line, but I have no idea how good or bad that is doing.

 

[The Shaman]

And Hasbro (Wizard's parent company) being a major competitor to LEGO had little to do with it .

Competition in no way precludes a mutually beneficial partnership.

LEGO is also known to be extremely picky when it comes to what brand tie-ends it endorses.

Very true.

I wish I could find the post with Mr Cook's reply, but I think it was lost in the board crash years ago.

 

[FoxWander]

I thought you guys were nuts till I googled and found this:

That does look pretty dang slick. These aren't the red and blue legos of my youth.

Here's the site that's the source of that awesome Lego dungeon- Brickquest

I found that site years ago. It's actually a whole gaming system, with Lego character sheets and everything- but that's besides the point. Anyone interested in Lego D&D should check out their modular dungeon page and the revised modular system.

Or you could go for something simpler, emulating the dungeon style in their new Minotaurus game. That game has the new micro-figures for a 1 dot = 5 feet scale.

Here are a few more D&D Lego resources:

• D&D Monsters
• The Lego D&D Flickr page (Check out the Hand of Vecna prop on page 4
• Saber Scorpion's Lego Page - For recreating specific characters with a little repainting and printable decals.

 

[Impeesa]

Been thinking about this myself recently. You will, of course, need supplies and inspiration.