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Post by Gilvan Blight on Jan 13, 2011 13:15:09 GMT -5
No clue exactly what this means... I hope it's not a 5e harbringer. Janauary 12, 2011 By Wizards of the Coast Today, Wizards of the Coast announced some changes to the 2011 D&D product line-up and release schedule. (see this week’s Ampersand column by Bill Slavicsek). Wizards has made the decision to depart from prepainted plastic miniatures sets. Lords of Madness stands as the final release under that model. Special collector’s sets will continue to be released as we make use of plastic figures in other product offerings (including next month’s Wrath of Ashardalon) and we will continue to explore more options for players to represent characters and monsters on the tabletop. Heroes of Shadow, originally scheduled for March, has been rescheduled for April to accommodate a format change. Additionally, three D&D RPG products have been removed from the 2011 release schedule: Class Compendium: Heroes of Sword and Spell, Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Emporium, and Hero Builder’s Handbook. Wizards plans to continue releasing content this year through other formats including board games, accessories, and digital offerings. Lastly, Wizards will no longer be providing downloadable monthly compilations of our D&D Insider articles. Instead, articles will only be posted individually. This is not a reduction in content, just a clarification of presentation. Full article: www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd/dramp/2011January
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drachenfels
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Post by drachenfels on Jan 13, 2011 14:09:36 GMT -5
"we will continue to explore more options for players to represent characters and monsters on the tabletop."
sounds like more cardboard token sets like those that were in the 4.0E box.
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Post by Gilvan Blight on Jan 14, 2011 9:01:52 GMT -5
They definitely are heading towards the pogs. They also note that you will still be able to get miniatures in their upcoming boardgame releases. My problem with this is that they aren't pre-painted.
As a miniature painter myself I hated the cheap plastic pre-paints that WotC and Wizkids flooded the market with. I didn't touch them for years. Then I decided to check out a D&D miniature game release event for a lark and fell in love with them. The reason: no prep time and they look great from arms length on the table. A badly painted pre-paint looks 10x better then an unprimed piece of metal. Plus they had minis that actually looked like the monsters in the monster manual which was a nice change from having to tell my players that the GW Black Orc is a Gnoll and the Doom Diver is an Arcane Ballista.
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