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Everything you want to know about the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures game produced by Wizards of the Coast!If you have any news about the game, please e-mail me at merricb@yahoo.co.uk. A good place to gain further information - especially from Rob Heinsoo and Mike Donais, two of the designers of the game - is the D&D Miniatures Forum on the WotC boards. Merric's Law of Miniatures: Non-Random Packaging, Cheap Prices, and a Large Range of Figures: Choose two. What are D&D Miniatures? | Recent News: |
News New Tournament Report: All Fun and Games in Cary NC March Tournament A new Tournament Report has been posted to the articles page by ilarue: All Fun and Games in Cary NC March Tournament ()
Resources updates! Two updates to the Resources page:
Cadfael has sent me the latest version of his Set spreadsheet, covering all sets up to and including Deathknell.
Patrick Lynch has released the Collectible Package Generator update for Deathknell. ()
New Article: Warband Building for the Lawful Factions A new Article has been posted to the articles page by Zardnaar: Warband Building for the Lawful Factions ()
Bloodhulk Fighter Mons Johnson (Wizards R&D) has confirmed that the Bloodhulk Fighter does not yet appear in any D&D RPG book - although it might in the future. ()
Warband updates There have been a bunch of new warbands submitted - thanks so much for taking the time!
However, as this page was being swamped by notices of new warbands, I've moved all new update notices for them over to the Strategy News page. New tournament reports and other articles will be reported on both pages from now on. ()
New Warband: Crow centaur A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by Kiirnodel: Crow centaur ()
Dungeon magazine to publish poster miniatures maps From the letters page of Dungeon #121: "With the upcoming Age of Worms Adventure Path... we plan to publish a number of miniatures-scale poster maps to represent key encounter areas." ()
New Warband: Fireproof Mk. II A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by The_Grand_Poo_Bah: Fireproof Mk. II ()
New Warband: All Out Attack!!!! A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by A Pearse: All Out Attack!!!! ()
New Warband: Nature's Revenge A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by eMpTy Kay: Nature's Revenge ()
New Warband: The Big Brothers A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by Half Dragon: The Big Brothers ()
Underdark - Hamatula Another catalogue tidbit from Kilamanjaro: "I'll let you all know that Hellspike Prison says it's meant to work with the Underdark expansion and it features a Hamatula devil on the cover, could be a hint that we'll be getting a Hamatula in that set." ()
New Warband: Undead Terror A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by Atrus: Undead Terror ()
New Article: Zombie White Dragon - a hidden treasure? A new Article has been posted to the articles page by Phatboi: Zombie White Dragon - a hidden treasure? ()
New : Speed: Are faster units really better? A new has been posted to the articles page by AesophDarkfable: Speed: Are faster units really better? ()
Deathknell distribution Frank Laycock has kindly shared with us the details of the slot distribution for Deathknell. I've added it to my Deathknell page.
I've also finally updated the Distribution Notes page with the details from the past few sets. ()
Warband Tracker Brimulk has sent me this Warband Tracker spreadsheet (Excel). He says of it:
I have been working on a very basic spreadsheet that players could use for tracking skirmish data. It is pretty raw, but has most of the fields I found useful when playing the skirmish game.
Let me know if you'd like to see anything added or changed to it. Like I said, it is raw and doesn't have any coding to it, but I may work on creating drop downboxes and such in a later version. For now, it is just designed as a template to handwrite or type skirmish warband information in. ()
Archfiends and Dragoneye spoiler lists back up! I've reposted the spoiler lists in html format for Archfiends and Dragoneye.
The Harbinger spoilers are also up in the new format. ()
New Warband: PsiCorps A new Warband has been posted to the articles page by Kae'Yoss: PsiCorps ()
New D&D products with minis applications: - Sons of Gruumsh - 32 pages, 4th level stand alone adventure set in the Moonsea area, designed to facilitate the use of D&D minis (September 2005)
- Fane of the Drow - 2 double sided poster maps scaled for minis, 16 page adventure, and mini skirmish scenarios (September 2005)
- Hellspike prison - as Fane of the Drow (November 2005)
And some information on another release - Underdark Booster Pack - Drow priestess on box, features miniatures from Monster Manual, Book of Exalted Deeds, Complete Adventurer, Underdark, Unapproachable East, City of the Spider Queen, and the FRCS. Eight minis will have two cards, one for normal play and one for Epic play.
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Wizards warband generator updated Wizards have posted the latest version of their - there may still be a couple of bugs in it, however. ()
New Article: Undead Slayers by James the True A new article has been posted to the articles page by James the True: Undead Slayers ()
The Wizards Deathknell prerelease tournament Want to know how the designers and developers at Wizards and Paizo went at their own pre-release tournament? Find out on on the Wizards boards.
You've got Rob Heinsoo, Andy "Can't Roll to Save His Life" Collins, Mike McArtor, Jason Buhlmann and Jesse Decker popping in to share their experiences.
Great stuff. ()
New Article: Toronto Deathknell Pre-release by Gerry Smit A new article has been posted to the articles page by Gerry Smit: Toronto Deathknell Pre-release ()
New warband posted A new warband has been posted to the articles page by Simon BГ©langer: Icingdeath fury ()
Post your warband! Post your tournament report! I've added further functionality to the Articles page - you can now post warbands and tournament reports. I'll add sorting functions to the page once I have a few submissions.
Enjoy! ()
Deathknell gallery and checklist Wizards have posted the official Deathknell and ()
RPGA Rewards I got my RPGA DM Rewards yesterday. They've changed around the point structure some, as follows:
20 points: Plastic spell template (10' Flame strike and Glitterdust)
20 points and every extra 20 points: Promotional DDM (GMR3: Mad Slasher alternative paint)
60 points and every extra 60 points: A full set of 10 D&D Campaign cards
80 points and every extra 80 points: D&D Miniatures booster pack.
As I've only just started DMing RPGA games, I only got the template and the mad slasher - squashed. Not to worry, though. I'm very happy to have them.
The alternative paint Mad Slasher has green body and legs with red tips. ()
New Article: Welcome to the Article pages! by Merric Blackman A new article has been posted to the articles page by Merric Blackman: Welcome to the Article pages! ()
An update from Merric G'day, everyone!
You may have noticed that this site hasn't been updated as frequently as it has been. This is primarily due to the fact that I've been very busy over the past few weeks with work-related activities.
I've got a nice break for Easter coming up, so I'm hoping to fix up the various parts of the site so that they're all up to date, especially the Deathknell spoiler list.
I'm also hoping to add a warband and tourney report database that allows you to easily submit reports, strategy articles and warband lists, though I'd appreciate any feedback as to whether you want such options on the site. The previous version of me just posting decklists that were sent to me was proving problematical, especially with other demands on my time and the editing that was required of those lists!
I hope that those of you who got to the Deathknell prerelease events had a great time - I haven't had a game of D&D Miniatures in months, though I use the miniatures in my regular D&D RPG campaigns. I don't even know if there was a DDM prerelease in Australia...
Best wishes to you all,
Merric ()
Strategy article: Time Limit - Planned Withdrawal Shemnon has posted this article on D&D Miniatures strategy: ()
Deathknell nonpreview XIII - Done Deal Poor Rob. With the early release of packs in Korea and Japan, the spoiler lists being compiled, and the pictures also available, all he can give us are his on the design of the Voice of Battle, Valorous Prince and Thaskor.
Pity that they're rather important, then, isn't it? Hearing about the design process and the potential effects on the figures the game are some of the best articles for me. Rob, pay attention! More design notes, please! Oh, and tell us tales of playtesting triumphs (or disasters)! :-) ()
Commander's Notebook - Mind Flayer Latest article on the Wizards website: Commander's Notebook - , which presents three 100 points warbands built around the Harbinger Mind Flayer. ()
GAMA pictures of SWM and DDM GamingReport.com have posted a from GAMA. ()
GAMA news for DDM releases Deathknell (March 25)
Undead theme
60-minis set
$12.99 booster
Angelfire (July 22)
Angels vs. devils
60-minis set
$12.99 booster
Underdark (November 4)
Denizens of caverns and dungeons
60-minis set
$12.99 booster ()
Nicely formatted spoiler list for Deathknell I've uploaded a nicely formatted spoiler page; it's still incomplete, especially in the descriptions of spells and special abilities, but it should give you an idea of what's coming up. ()
Deathknell spoilers Pakcell and Kithmaker on the maxminis boards have revealed that the Deathknell minis are available in Korea. They have been posting the spoilers in on the maxminis boards. ()
Swords of Damocles The latest issue in The Art of Warbands articles is up on the Wizards site: ()
Deathknell preview XII The twelfth Deathknell preview has been posted: . Only one miniature, the Greenfang Druid, but a lot of interesting gameplay notes about it. One of the best of the previews, to my mind. ()
Strategy from the World Champ Knowledge Arcana latest issue has an article by Brian "Kiddoc" Mackey on D&D Miniatures tournament strategy - . ()
Wizards previews for March - Mat Smith looks at the upcoming releases from Wizards. Of interest to D&D Miniatures are the previews of the Centaur Hero, Goliath Barbarian, Voice of Battle and Zombie White Dragon.
The Sandstorm book is also due to be released this month, which will contain four tourney-legal tiles for D&D Miniatures. ()
Deathknell preview XI The eleventh Deathknell preview is up: . Orc Savage, Goblin Adept, Celestial Dire Badger. ()
More details on Deathknell figures Thanks very much to Makamaka for posting this:
- Rask is not a commander.
- The Dwarven Caver's commander effect gives orcs -8 to morale saves. Against other bands he gives a +1 attack.
- Greenfang Druid can command nearly any animal or magic beast. I'm guessing the commander effect is animal and magic beast followers gain regeneration 5.
- Mummy Lord: Powerful undead beater who can bludgeon the enemy to death or screw him up with spells
- Couatl: has snake's swiftness and a commander effect that gives all followers 10 damage resist from ANY energy type.
- Renegade Warlock: eldritch blast is 10 damage, unlimited usages, highly mobile
- Skullclan hunter: will be a top figure in LG armies. Once the Gold dragon's breath weapon is used, these guys will out damage the dragon! The hunters have an awesome sneak attack in addition to their fine straight attack ability.
- Gold dragon: they tout high mobility.
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Rob Heinsoo explains the change in rarity scheme! I've just added a major post by Rob Heinsoo to my designer posts page. In it, he explains why the rarity scheme has changed in Deathknell.
Deathknell has 24 rares, 24 uncommons and 12 commons. It remains at 1 rare, 3 uncommons and 4 commons in each booster. ()
Deathknell picture gallery My Deathknell preview gallery is now up; hold the mouse over the pictures for their names. I've tried to adjust the size of the pictures so that they're in scale with one another. ()
March Retailer Kit The contents of the March Retailer Kit have been posted on the .
12 Scorched Chamber Terrain Tiles
7 Longtooth Barbarian Promo Minis
3 20-ft. Radius Fireball Effects Templates
3 Copies of an Adventure for Mark of Heroes
2 Season Posters
1 D&D Campaigns "Play Here" Window Decal
Tournament, League, and Roleplaying Paperwork
A D&D Campaigns Newsletter
Event Reporting Forms ()
Deathknell wolves From Jai:
The Timber wolf is not the same stats as the Harbinger Wolf. Just same cost. And there is another ability out there that makes mention of "with Wolf in the name" that leads me to believe that Greycloak only gets one choice ... ()
Deathknell updates I've updated my Deathknell tracking page with point costs, and the gallery with a couple of pictures. ()
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