Open letter to whoever’s in charge of the D&D Miniatures web presence: uh, it might be kinda good to have a PDF of the Quick Start rules booklet from the Entry Pack up there? You know, seeing as how the Entry Pack is now out of print, and the next
Category: Miniatures Games
Aberrations details surfacing from the depths
My gaming group knows the pain of facing hordes of scaled races – lizardfolk, yuan-ti, draconians, and the like – in our D&D campaign. It would seem the next D&D Miniatures expansion, Aberrations, will bolster the ranks of my reptilian army.
Origins 2004: best in show
I am giving it to Pirates of the Spanish Main at this point. It’s simple, it’s got some exception-based stuff in it but there’s plenty of core gameplay for it to interact with, it’s cheap, and it’s ragingly fun. Even when you buy multiple packs per player, you are still
Warhammer Online pulls the plug
Games Workshop might have read the latest post on Greg Costikyan’s site, or maybe reality finally set in. Either way, as ICv2 reports, the Warhammer MMORPG has been called off. The website has the following announcement:
WizKids calls off LotR CSG
Looks like WizKids “has removed the Lord of the Rings CSG from its product release schedule. ” Perhaps their product launches were getting too cramped again, which was one of the main reasons they cited for layoffs in the past. They’ll reschedule it, no doubt.
Giants breaks the seal(ed)
Now, I don’t care much for “sealed” tournaments (opening the cards/minis/whatever, and playing with whatever you get), but then, I don’t care much for tournaments in general. But as at least one person has pointed out to me, the Giants of Legend expansion of D&D Miniatures is virtually impossible to
Giants on parade
Okay, now that we don’t have to poke around on Ebay to get early glimpses of the Giants of Legend set (well, one day early at this point, but still…), let’s have a look. Okay, first, the complaints. Enough with the minotaurs already (there’s a Skeletal Minotaur and another large
Giants of Legend sightings
With the new Giants of Legend expansion of D&D Miniatures streeting on Friday, it’s only natural we’d see more previews. There’s the June and Beyond preview at the WotC site, which shows a picture of and talks about the Bugbear Footpad, Bronze Wyrmling, Dwarf Sergeant, Ghast, Basilisk, King Snurre (a
Wizards announces activities for GenCon Indy 2004
Just in time to help build hype for Gen Con Indy, Wizards of the Coast has announced its line up for the Best Four Days in Indianapolis. Highlights include the conclusion of the Living City campaign, the D&D Miniatures Championship Finals, an early glimpse (and even a few pre-sales) of
Because we need more LotR miniatures games
Jeez. Although, honestly, this one is not looking like such a bad move at first blush. WizKids obviously has the capacity to make a lot of this punch-out plastic and make it cheap, and it looks from the picture like plasticard is well suited to the sort of rack-’em-up game
Dragon, Dungeon magazines get relaunches, ugly logotypes
Paizo Publishing has announced that, while Dungeon will be focused solely on D&D moving forward, Dragon will be widening its focus to all the media in which D&D appears: the minis game, computers, et cetera. Dragon will also include a WotC catalog every quarter. The relaunch officially happens in, of
WizKids snafu of the month
They just can’t catch a break, can they? This time, independent retailers are less than thrilled that the new HeroClix starter sets and booster design, set to go on sale two weeks or so from now, went on sale at WalMart yesterday. Alliance Distribution doesn’t even have their allotment yet,
Green Ronin to wield Warhammer FRP, other titles
This morning, Green Ronin announced it has struck a deal with BL Publishing, a subsidiary of Games Workshop, to be the exclusive RPG developer of GW properties. The products will be published by BL Publishing, allowing Green Ronin to concentrate on the creative aspects. As one would expect, the planned
Reaper website hacked, customer info stolen
As someone who’s getting more and more into miniatures gaming, it scares me a bit to hear what just happened to Reaper Miniatures. A group of hackers has stolen Reaper’s customer information, including credit card numbers used on the site’s online store, and is demanding money to keep from making
Join the Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
Well, it must be royal, ’cause it has Knight in its title: the Dark Riders expansion for Mage Knight streets today, featuring figures with riders, dark and otherwise, that can be removed from their mounts and placed on their own bases. Some figures I’ve seen might have benefitted from a