New D&D Figs: 45-60mm!!

[El_Gringo]

http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=7666&mode=thread&order=0


Maybe I'm not reading this right. Under the Miniatures Entry Pack, it states that the sizes range from 45-60mm. Could this just be a typo?

 

[kengar]

I hope that's a typo! I mean, I have some ogre and giant figs that are 40-50mm, but -for normal figs- that's kooky!

 

[MThibault]

That's about the same size as Heroclix or Mage Knight figs. They'll have lower clearance if they've got thinner bases, in case you have low-bridges on your battlemat.

 

[drnuncheon]

That's about the same size as Heroclix or Mage Knight figs.

I was afraid of that. It looks like, after screwing up with Chainmail, WOTC is now going to go even farther afield with these new ones.

Chainmail's biggest problem was that it took battles that you could easily handle through the regular d20 rules, and put a cut-down version of the d20 rules on top of them.

What would be excellent would be a miniatures game that handles battles larger than d20 can do easily, along with support in the form of figures that can be used for either the RPG side or the wargame side (thus increasing your potential fanbase)

Chainmail had the latter but not the former. It looks like the new game may have the former but not the latter. Hey WOTC! Do both! The RPGers will buy lots of packs to get the commons, because you need lots of orcs, and the collectors will buy lots of packs to get the rares. Win-win situation!

J

 

[MThibault]

Actually, that size of mini is perfectly fine with D&D as long as you don't have 20 years of minis on your shelves already. Apparently they will be including these plastic figs in the new D&D boxed set that will be released this fall, so that introductory set might create acceptance for inexpensive, low-quality/low-hassle figs. Even if they are a bit bigger than what we're used to.

This shouldn't be surprising: the level of detail on 45mm plastic figs is pretty low so I can only imagine how abstract 25mm plastic figs would be.

I agree with you about 3e being a decent skirmish game as is Just release the figs and a book of statblocks with build-points assigned, and voila you have a d20 minis game. Too bad the d20 STL prohibits it.

Anyhow, I have no intention of buying randomly packaged figs anyway. If I need 6 bugbears for my game this weekend, I'm not buying 10 boosters in the hope that I get enough.

Cheers

 

[Voneth]

Chainmail had the latter but not the former. It looks like the new game may have the former but not the latter. Hey WOTC! Do both! The RPGers will buy lots of packs to get the commons, because you need lots of orcs, and the collectors will buy lots of packs to get the rares. Win-win situation!

J

Knowing how WotC makes money off collectable games, I don't see that word being used in their write ups of the game. I am thinking the minis are actualy randomized, not set up like it is Mage Knight. If anything, the stat cards look more valuable for game play than the figs.

 

[Frostmarrow]

40-65 mm? That's so dumb my clock just stopped.

 

[Darius101]

That 45-60 won't even be usuable on a battle mat unless they are coming out with a battlemat with bigger squares on it.
How annoying ..I think I will stick with my hotlead Reaper mini's.

 

[kengar]

That 45-60 won't even be usuable on a battle mat unless they are coming out with a battlemat with bigger squares on it.
How annoying ..I think I will stick with my hotlead Reaper mini's.

word

 

[Enceladus]

Randomly packaged? Hell no, I won't touch 'em with a 10' pole if thats true. I want what I want. No way no how.