Sell me on D&D Miniatures

[Mercule]

You were warned.

Yeah, but I thought I'd at least have use them for something, first. So far, my 2 year old daughter has played with them more than I have. She has some weird facination with the Myconid Guardian.

 

[MerricB]

Hehe. Welcome to the addiction that will dominate the rest of your life.

One of the interesting things with the minis is this: even though I buy packs and, like you, only think about half will be useful... I actually use more than half of them. They actually reward diversity in DMing.

With non-random minis, you tend to buy what you think you need. You end up with a collection full of orcs, goblins, zombies and ogres, with a few strange things.

I have a collection full of orcs, goblins and zombies (and with rather a few ogres on their way), with a lot of strange things. And those strange things keep on wanting to be used.

Of course, the mini line isn't perfect yet - they're yet to do a rhinocerous. But they're getting there.

Cheers!

 

[Ed Cha]

Minis seem to have their own appeal (pre-painted, collectible, etc.), but I prefer lead figures. The only thing is that they're heavy, can break, costly, and you need to paint them (which I'm terrible at). Since I gave up on collecting them a long time ago, I just go with counters. They're cheap, portable, and readily available. Using dice is just... bad.

 

[Gez]

Of course, the mini line isn't perfect yet - they've yet to do a rhinocerous. But they're getting there.

I have a Rhek.

 

[Psychic Warrior]

It's possible I've only seen the little pic of it, obviously not the real mini but at least from that angle I don't like it at all. It seemed to me too "punkish" with the red hair and the oversized morningstar. Maybe it's just off for my taste, and I'm being too traditionalist, but I liked the first Ogre mini 100 times more

But that 'Ogre' was oversized by about 1" and had an awful pose. I...you...we...