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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 3000709" data-attributes="member: 545">It would not be RPing as we know it, but I could imagine a game where the role of DM is rotated, the &quot;point value&quot; of the PCs is totaled up, the DM gets a certain number of points based on a chart, and he runs a &quot;Warhammer-style&quot; tabletop battle against the heroic PCs.&nbsp; It would be easy to add wrinkles to keep the game unpredicatable, e.g. the DM can draw from the Nasty Surprise deck at the cost of a certain number of points.As I said, it is not a substitute for RPing, but having played in a Bloodbowl League one summer (individual players on your team roster experience up, so there is RPing-lite in the experience) and having watched all those WH40K happily slam their beautiful armies together, I can see how a game of this style could be appealing.Warhammer miniatures are one of the top 3 pillars that keep your average game store above water financially.&nbsp; I can see why WotC might be thinking that they could leverage the D&amp;D game to take a slice of that sales pie while not necessarily hurting the RPG aspect of the game.&nbsp; It could be done if marketed and packaged correctly.&nbsp; Keep a core that has a common base of rules.&nbsp; Then split off a RPG line and a Miniature Wargaming line.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 3000709, member: 545"] It would not be RPing as we know it, but I could imagine a game where the role of DM is rotated, the "point value" of the PCs is totaled up, the DM gets a certain number of points based on a chart, and he runs a "Warhammer-style" tabletop battle against the heroic PCs. It would be easy to add wrinkles to keep the game unpredicatable, e.g. the DM can draw from the Nasty Surprise deck at the cost of a certain number of points. As I said, it is not a substitute for RPing, but having played in a Bloodbowl League one summer (individual players on your team roster experience up, so there is RPing-lite in the experience) and having watched all those WH40K happily slam their beautiful armies together, I can see how a game of this style could be appealing. Warhammer miniatures are one of the top 3 pillars that keep your average game store above water financially. I can see why WotC might be thinking that they could leverage the D&D game to take a slice of that sales pie while not necessarily hurting the RPG aspect of the game. It could be done if marketed and packaged correctly. Keep a core that has a common base of rules. Then split off a RPG line and a Miniature Wargaming line. [/QUOTE]

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