Goodman Games released its third Battle Tiles set over the weekend, bringing the total of miniatures- and RPG-compatible scenery tiles to over thirty. The PDF tiles sets provide key areas of interest to spice up combats or adventure sessions, letting GMs concentrate on story and tactics rather than props. Each
Category: Miniatures Games
Dennis Mize passes at 49
Famed miniatures sculptor Dennis Mize, one of the first employed by a fledgling Ral Partha way back when, has died of a heart attack slightly more than a week ago. If you own fantasy miniatures, you probably own more than a few that were samples of Mize’s outstanding work (in
Rumored WizKids Clix announcement tonight at GTS
So another source tells us that the mysterious extra product WizKids will announce tonight after their BSG shpiel is Toon Clix. This would give them the trifecta of stuff that people buy action figures of in comic book shops, scaled down to clicky size. Which is not a bad strategy
The Dreamblade dinner, or: when retailers attack!
Chris’ own title for his report on WotC’s Dreamblade reveal at GTS is subtitled “How not to make a presentation at a trade show.” So there’s your roaring start. On a happier note, he’s hearing unconfirmed reports that a new hardcover edition 2.0 of Flames of War will be announced
D&D Minis ’06: Hugeness confirmed
For those that missed the catalog mention, impending hugeness was reiterated last week. Wizards made a D&D Miniatures news announcement on its website that mostly repeated known plans for 2006. Perhaps most important, it brought more attention to the War of the Dragon Queen set, coming in July. Adding more
Classic BattleTech relaunches for Gen Con
Full details here, but the view from 1000 feet up is this: new core rulebooks that integrate, oh, twenty years’ worth of rules into a new, allegedly simple whole, plus some somewhat confusingly-named Starterbooks for the factions (I think), and – coolest part – an introductory box set with plastic
WizKids announces HorrorClix for Gen Con
Here ya go. I’d wager that both the theme and the presence of “Clix” in the name are meant to appeal to collectors of plastic things, rather than gamers. Collectors are the sole remaining audience for Clix games as far as I can tell. I mean, maybe they don’t not
“Great” news about Colossal Red Dragon
Dear whoever’s in charge of writing press releases for Wizards these days: okay, seriously, I know there’s no good way to deliver bad news, but we’re not retards, alright? It’s bad enough that the D&D Minis Colossal Red Dragon will cost $75 and miss Indy by a month; that makes
Finally, something that Dwarven Forge compares favorably with on price
BrickQuest: Master Maze with LEGOs.
There’s no need to fear, Underdark is almost here
In preparation for tomorrow’s release, Wizards has posted the Underdark figure gallery. This new set for D&D Miniatures introduces rules for Epic level figures, such as Balor, Artemis Entreri, and Elminster. It also gives those who picked up the Fane of the Drow adventure the rest of the figures needed
WizKids takes another crack at CMGs for the kids
Zypods are basically Russian nested dolls with Clix-oid rules and game features instead of little babushka faces. The press release says it’s launching in a test market now… but the product page indicates that the test market is essentially half the major cities in the center of the country. (Plus
Racer Knights of Falconus video shows cars, small dice, strange woodchips
WhiteWolf is opening the kimono on next month’s CSG entry Racer Knights of Falconus with a 10MB downloadable video about setting up the game. It clearly shows the cars and some of the other widgets that structure the game, including something odd to demarcate their play area that reminds me
D&D Minis news trickling out of Indy
According to numerous websites, there’s a fair amount of D&D Miniatures information coming out of GenCon. Here’s what I’ve been able to round up:
Live at GenCon ’05: Privateer Press Announcement
Matt Wilson of Privateer Press announced the upcoming release of their new miniatures game called Hordes. Check out the video of the announcement and the figures. Privateer Press Hordes announcement (Quicktime required)
Rocketmen First Look
Okay, so, new poly-card CSG whatever, due out at Gen Con and I don’t think it got a sneak release anywhere although I could be wrong. OgreCave obtained four packs and got sort-of-enough ships to play a three-player game. If we had played a two-player game we would definitely have