New D&D Minis

[talwynor]

I've been away from the d20 scene for awhile so please correct me if I'm wrong with any of the statements that follow. My understanding is that WOTC is releasing the Chainmail line as a prepainted mini line akin to MageKnight. My question is wiull the bases fit in a 1" sqaure map/grid? How many figs will be released and does anyone have details on what the ruleset will involve?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

It's not technically Chainmail. The bases, from what the preview pictures have shown, are round. No details on ruleset, and I forgot where those pictures were...someone can probably direct you to them. Only downside to this is that the boxes are going to be randomized...*shrug* I'm buying them anyway.

 

[Green Knight]

I've been away from the d20 scene for awhile so please correct me if I'm wrong with any of the statements that follow. My understanding is that WOTC is releasing the Chainmail line as a prepainted mini line akin to MageKnight.

As the above poster pointed out, it's not Chainmail. It's a new game, though from all likelihood many of the rules will be the same (Both rules-sets are based off D&D, so obviously there'll be similarities).

But yeah, it's a line of random, pre-painted, plastic miniatures.

My question is wiull the bases fit in a 1" sqaure map/grid?

The bases of the small and medium creatures will fit in a 1" square grid. The bases of large creatures will take up about 4 squares.

How many figs will be released

Approximately 80 in the first assortment, but they intend to add more. In September when it comes out, they'll be releasing Harbinger Expansion Packs (Through which they'll be selling the initial 80 figure assortment). But in November, they'll start releasing Dragoneye Expansion Packs, which'll have new miniatures, including dragons and Dragonlance figures (To coincide with the release of the Dragonlance RPG corebook).

The Expansion Packs, by the way, are $9.99 for 8 miniatures. So that's approximately $1.25 per miniature, though they ARE random. Won't know what you get til you open it. There'll be a rarity level ranging from Common, to Uncommon, to Rare. Each Expansion Pack will have 4 Commons, 3 Uncommons, and 1 Rare.

and does anyone have details on what the ruleset will involve?

No clue, beyond the following:

• It'll be a separate book, usable for miniature wargaming and D&D.
• It'll introduce new Core Classes, Prestige Classes, and other stuff.
• It'll have rules for anything from skirmishes to mass combat.

BTW: From the reports, so far (Last time I counted, there were 3 different sources attesting to this), it's likely that the miniatures are made out of polystyrene, not polyvinyl, which is the crappy malleable plastic that WizKids uses. Polystyrene is the plastic Games Workshop uses for its plastic miniatures.