New Miniatures Spotlight & Gallery up on WotC site

[MerricB]

D&D Miniatures Spotlight - Miniatures in Roleplaying

The revised Player's Handbook states that "The Dungeons & Dragons game is a game of imagination, but it is also a game of tactics and strategy. Miniatures and a battle grid provide the best way to visualize the action. The game assumes the use of miniatures and a battle grid, and the rules are written from this perspective."

Those two sentences might seem innocuous to someone who's used miniatures for years, but they represent a change in thinking from earlier editions of the game.

Nice of them to admit it.

Also:

D&D Miniatures Gallery - More Monsters
* Drow Archer
* Drow Cleric of Lolth
* Drow Fighter
* Kobold Warrior
* Kua-Toa [sic].
* Lizardfolk
* Minotaur
* Troll

Unfortunately, no blow-up pictures at this stage. Scale is odd in the pictures - the troll looks really small, though I'm sure it's a large creature.

Cheers!

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Scale does look a bit weird but that doesn't bother me too much...The more I see of these the more I like them...nice pose for the Drow Archer too....

 

[MerricB]

For those paying attention, here are the 39 figures that have been revealed (and named) so far in the official galleries:

Arcane Archer
Azer Raider
Axe Sister
Barghest
Bearded Devil
Centaur
Cleric of Corellon Larethian
Cleric of Order
Cleric of Yondalla
Drow Archer
Drow Cleric of Lolth
Drow Fighter
Dwarf Axefighter
Earth Elemental
Elf Archer
Elf Pyromancer
Elf Ranger
Evoker's Apprentice
Fire Elemental
Gnome Recruit
Half Orc Fighter
Half Orc Monk
Halfling Veteran
Hound Archon
Human Wanderer
Kobold Warrior
Kua-Toa [sic].
Lizardfolk
Man at Arms
Mind Flayer
Minotaur
Medusa
Sun Soul Initiate
Sword of Heironeous
Tiefling Captain
Troll
Werewolf
Wild Elf Barbarian
Wood Elf Skirmisher

Does anyone have a complete list (with rarities) from GenCon?

Cheers!

 

[Forsythe]

Very simple question...

When will they be available for purchase?

And I would be happy to learn they are currently available, provided whoever indicates this also includes a link to a store.

Thanks,
Forsythe

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Very simple question...

When will they be available for purchase?

And I would be happy to learn they are currently available, provided whoever indicates this also includes a link to a store.

Thanks,
Forsythe

Early September

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

Scale does look a bit weird but that doesn't bother me too much...The more I see of these the more I like them...nice pose for the Drow Archer too....

I'm sure the scales are fine, the discrepancy is most likely just a function of the picture itself. If you look at the bases, they look to be of different thickness', - the ones that appear to have thinner bases are just shrunken images ( or the subject is further from the camera... )