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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 1065683" data-attributes="member: 4">Yeah, I don't quite understand the thinking myself.&nbsp; I guess you could argue that the potential target for this product line might be a D&amp;D player, but also might not be a D&amp;D player.&nbsp; I got a box of the minis as a free preview from WotC and besides 16 figs I got terrain cards, rules, stat cards, a battle mat (basically a folded poster with a grid), and a d20.&nbsp; As I was looking through the stuff, deciding what to keep (the figs, the terrain cards, the battle map, the die) and what to toss (the rule booklet, the stat cards), it occurred to me that this might be a kind of ideal game for folks who sorta like the idea of D&amp;D but don't want to bother with the biggest challenge -- finding a DM.&nbsp; The rule book is the DM, in a sense.&nbsp; Sure there's no plot, no character development or improvement, but you get to have battles.&nbsp; It's not for me, but it does seem to be something in between a boardgame and an RPG, and that might appeal to some.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 1065683, member: 4"] Yeah, I don't quite understand the thinking myself. I guess you could argue that the potential target for this product line might be a D&D player, but also might not be a D&D player. I got a box of the minis as a free preview from WotC and besides 16 figs I got terrain cards, rules, stat cards, a battle mat (basically a folded poster with a grid), and a d20. As I was looking through the stuff, deciding what to keep (the figs, the terrain cards, the battle map, the die) and what to toss (the rule booklet, the stat cards), it occurred to me that this might be a kind of ideal game for folks who sorta like the idea of D&D but don't want to bother with the biggest challenge -- finding a DM. The rule book is the DM, in a sense. Sure there's no plot, no character development or improvement, but you get to have battles. It's not for me, but it does seem to be something in between a boardgame and an RPG, and that might appeal to some. [/QUOTE]

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