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With regard to D&D minis... none of the stores in my area (Orlando, FL) were doing any regularly scheduled events of any kind with regard to D&D minis. So I had to take matters into my own hands. I held my first sanctioned tournament last weekend (Oct. 23rd). While I only had four players for this first event, I spoke to a lot of people that seemed interested in playing the skirmish game. One other thing... The Star Wars Minis game is going to be huge. It will be much larger than D&D Minis fairly soon. There are people excited by SWM that have never played a minis game. I'm a D&D purist so I won't be getting any SWM, but I honestly think that SWM will quickly rise to the top of collectible minis games. Take care... :)
Sorry. Tradable minis are covered already, because they're released in large sets. I'm talking about the small, sporadic blister and box releases for hobby miniatures games, such as Warhammer 40,000, WARMACHINE, Confrontation, and the like. Hmmm... I think strategy still holds up here, but another important thing with these types of minis is the painting. Perhaps some tips on painting... and I don't necessarily mean professional level painting tips. It could be something as simple as possible color schemes or very basic pointers on detailing. I don't know... this question might be better asked in a forum like http://www.minirealms.com. (sorry can't figure out how to do links in these posts... I tried using a standard HTML anchor tag, but it didn't appear to work when I previewed it... Here's another attempt <a href="http://www.minirealms.com">Mini Realms</a>) Anyway... just a thought... I don't actually play any of those games, but I love the look of the Confrontation minis. They're beautiful. :) --sam
Whoa, whoa, whoa there cowboy... There is no way that this would even be close to viable. Constantly changing errata and point values would make playing in a tournament way too much work for most players. Here's the reality of DDM. As of today... CE is the best faction. Why? There are a few minis that are highly efficient in that faction... Orc Champion, Ogre Ravager, Red Samurai, Drider Sorceror, Orc Warrior, Abyssal Maw, Tiefling Captain, etc. Does that mean that the other factions have absolutely no chance of winning at tournament? No... it just means that it's more difficult to win. I believe there was one CG band in the top 8 at the recent national tournament at GenCon. I'm pretty sure that was the only non-CE band in the top 8. Does this require set rotation? Not really... CE would still be dominant without the Orc Warrior and Tiefling Captain (from the Harbinger set). It would likely remain dominant without Dragoneye also. Why? It's niche is high hitpoint, high damage figures. That's a tough combination to beat. That said, the latest set gives a big boost to CG and also throws a couple of bones to LG and LE without giving CE a bunch more power (except the Chuul, which is pretty sweet). Even though CG has been made more viable, I still expect CE to dominate for a while. The next set (Death Knell) should provide a needed boost to LE as it should be filled with undead... and it will also have some nice LE additions like the Beholder and the Mummy Lord. The following set is rumored to be named Angelfire... which can only spell out a little bit of extra love for LG. What does it all mean? It means that future sets should produce warband building options for all factions that are tournament worthy. I fully expect to see all of the factions represented in the top 8 at next year's national tournament. We now bring you back to your regularly schedule topic. ;) --sam |