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Category: Miniatures Games

Reaper announces pre-painted plastic figs sold non-collectibly

March 1, 2007 admin Miniatures Games 7 comments

That little noise you just heard was the sound a tiny, faraway shark makes when D&D Minis jumps right the hell over it. Or we could be wrong, and D&D Minis could actually have a life beyond DMs who buy and trade for the figures they really want. I guess

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Today’s free expensive idea

February 9, 2007 admin Miniatures Games 17 comments

So I was reading around in some old posts, and I found this thing about those baby remote-control tanks that could shoot each other. Well, that obviously didn’t go anywhere, probably because infrared isn’t very precise or articulate. But what if you could set down a table full of minis

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And a Star Wars starship CSG, too

February 7, 2007 admin Miniatures Games 5 comments

Well, it looks like WK is in full-bore throw-things-at-the-wall mode again, but at least the things in question are getting kinda interesting. If you don’t feel like linking out to read that, this’ll be a Pirates-style polystyrene CSG, redubbed “PocketModel TCG” for less crypticness (and more collector appeal, no doubt),

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Halo ActionClix announced for fall

February 2, 2007 admin Miniatures Games 14 comments

Just when I was really ready to give up on them, WizKids announces Halo ActionClix. Hey, if you want to do a licensed product that actually has gamer appeal, getting the very first tabletop license for what amounts to the number one video game is not a bad approach. Hell,

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Let the BattleLore modding begin!

December 17, 2006 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games

A bunch of dudes in Antwerp have taken BattleLore, kept the cards and the hexes, and wound up with a compellingly different game anyway. Warning: not for those who fear PDFs. Or tables (like, the kind you look stuff up on).

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Outsourcing your minis-painting to Asia isn’t just for the big boys anymore

November 14, 2006 admin Miniatures Games 4 comments

“We are a Sri Lankan miniature painting service that offers high quality, traditional miniature painting (no cheap speed painting tricks!) at the lowest rates on Earth […] Quality the average Western painter charges as much as $9-$12 to paint, we do for only $3.”

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Games Workshop shuts down forums

November 2, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Miniatures Games 3 comments

A reader pointed out that Games Workshop has decided to shut down its internet forums as of November 15. This is considered by many gamers, both GW fans and detractors alike, to be a bad move, something which GW is quite good at making these days. At least this time

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Hellboy lends his oversized hand to HorrorClix

October 16, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Miniatures Games 19 comments

Hellboy has given WizKids a reason to try a HeroClix/HorrorClix crossover product… other than the desperation retailers saw when WizKids announced the return period on HorrorClix would be cancelled for any distributor making a reorder. Even a windowed “Hellboy and the B.P.R.D Action Pack” with the Dark Horse Comics logo

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A tricorn of news items about Pirates

September 26, 2006 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games 6 comments

1) Vikings in February. I now have serious concerns about the number of factions in the game, but still: Vikings. 2) The announcement of the Quest for Davy Jones’ Gold board game completely went by me. This either means I am thick-headed or that their marketing plan for this product

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WizKids shuffles product releases

September 8, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Miniatures Games 33 comments

Though some circles still report the Battlestar Galactica CCG simply hasn’t taken off, WizKids is still planning Betrayal, the game’s first expansion set. A popular TV show tie-in, autographed cards (Crewman Cally cards, signed by actress Nicki Clyne), will be adding to the expansion’s lure. However, the 165-card set’s release

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WizKids forced to reorganize

June 20, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Card Games, Industry, Miniatures Games 5 comments

Times are tough all over. If you’ve been online today, you probably heard: WizKids has undergone another reorganization. According to the press release, this “brought about a tough decision to have a reduction in force.” No details are released yet about who will be leaving the company, or what specifically

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D&D Miniatures promo dragon at Paizo

June 5, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Miniatures Games

Though it somehow wasn’t mentioned in the company’s weekly newsletter, Paizo is now taking preorders for a Sorceror on Black Dragon limited edition repaint from next month’s Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game expansion, War of the Dragon Queen. The figure is only available to Dragon subscribers, and only 5,000 are

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Pirates gets all Nemo on your ass

May 18, 2006 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games

WizKids announces the Pirates of the Mysterious Islands expansion for PotSM, set for release in October. So what have we got here… new faction of submariney guys who hate everybody, new Mysterious Islands in every pack that have a bunch of game text to mess with you. And more monsters.

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Aliens vs. Predator confirmed for HorrorClix

May 17, 2006 Allan Sugarbaker Miniatures Games One comment

What was rumored is now confirmed: HorrorClix is licensing Alien vs. Predator. Since it was the lead choice in a WizKids consumer poll asking which licenses to go after, this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. Now, do gamers dare hope for an Alien Queen figure to compliment the Great

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Star Wars Starship Battles announced for November

May 17, 2006 Mike Sugarbaker Miniatures Games 4 comments

I guess we should go ahead and post about this, as it’ll likely be one of the few recognizable bits of flotsam in the coming CMG flood. “[S]pace vehicles of all sizes, from star fighters to capital ships, all represented in relative scale.” How will they do that and still

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