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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 5478729" data-attributes="member: 725">Chainmail miniatures never were pre-painted, so I'll leave the pre-painted discussion to another recent thread.I see no reason why WotC would need or want to kick GW on it's behind in the miniatures market. They would be like any other competitor, and instead of taking it's queues from GW it should take it's queues from Privateer Press, they started with a few factions and a limited amount of miniatures to create a skirmish game, over the years it has evolved to a large range with a lot of factions. And battles are getting bigger and bigger.But to be honest, as long as WotC is owned by Hasbro, they shouldn't attempt it. Hasbro has a whole other vision on what are good margins, what is a good product and how many sales a succesful product make.Also, now is not the time to release a large new fantasy miniatures game/line, there's The Hobbit by GW next year and that is going to get a lot of attention.But if there where a Chainmail skirmish game, use things that make the D&amp;D brand 'unique' in the market. Gnolls, monsters, etc.But the need to buy D&amp;D minis has diminished, other manufacturers make excellent miniatures that are very good fits for almost all of the iconic D&amp;D monsters (and some not so iconic monsters). Not to mention the glut of cheap prepainted plastic (nearly indestructible) miniatures that the bowls of WotC spit out over the last few years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 5478729, member: 725"] Chainmail miniatures never were pre-painted, so I'll leave the pre-painted discussion to another recent thread. I see no reason why WotC would need or want to kick GW on it's behind in the miniatures market. They would be like any other competitor, and instead of taking it's queues from GW it should take it's queues from Privateer Press, they started with a few factions and a limited amount of miniatures to create a skirmish game, over the years it has evolved to a large range with a lot of factions. And battles are getting bigger and bigger. But to be honest, as long as WotC is owned by Hasbro, they shouldn't attempt it. Hasbro has a whole other vision on what are good margins, what is a good product and how many sales a succesful product make. Also, now is not the time to release a large new fantasy miniatures game/line, there's The Hobbit by GW next year and that is going to get a lot of attention. But if there where a Chainmail skirmish game, use things that make the D&D brand 'unique' in the market. Gnolls, monsters, etc. But the need to buy D&D minis has diminished, other manufacturers make excellent miniatures that are very good fits for almost all of the iconic D&D monsters (and some not so iconic monsters). Not to mention the glut of cheap prepainted plastic (nearly indestructible) miniatures that the bowls of WotC spit out over the last few years. [/QUOTE]

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