Mjollnir
Underboss
1430 Posts
    
Canary Islands - Spain
 | | 02/12/2006 6:21 AM |
| | Noone knows at least 3rd set name?, the one which will be released over November 2006? If not, when do you think it will be known? Thanks! | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
701 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 6:28 AM |
| | IIRC the name for 'Underdark' leaked rather late in the year last year. Wasn't it Origins in June before we knew? | |
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Sammael
Underboss
1881 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 6:34 AM |
| | The name Underdark became known in December of 2004, when WotC panel members got informed that one of them would receive a case of Underdark in the end-of-the-year drawing. | |
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Red Ranger
Sergeant
701 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 7:59 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sammael
The name Underdark became known in December of 2004, when WotC panel members got informed that one of them would receive a case of Underdark in the end-of-the-year drawing.
Shoot, seemed like it was later than that. | |
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Sammael
Underboss
1881 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 8:45 AM |
| | IIRC, I found the first Underdark booster picture in March. | |
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JodyJ
Warrior
257 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 10:08 AM |
| Without a leak, the name becomes known when the catalog for that set goes out to retailers.
Wardrums (or the March set) came out late July for both 2004 and 2005.
Underdark was unusually early because of the Advisory Panel.
The catalog for Sept-Dec tends to come out late March. The catalog for May-August in late November - Dec. And the Jan-April catalog in late July.
Although the fall set is just as likely to come out at the GAMA trade show when companies show off their fall/aka Christmas line-up.
"The 2006 GAMA Trade Show takes place March 13-16 at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada."
Some of Giants of Legend and the Fell Menace (original name for Aberrations) were leaked at GAMA TS 2004.
Last year not much because Underdark was leaked tres early and no figs for Angelfire were shown (I think Star Wars was the big item).
We might get the name at GAMA but the showcase pieces will likely be from Champions of the Force and WotDQ - huges plus the Icons dragons. | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 3:08 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned
I bet it is a an aquatic set :)
What are you willing to bet? | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 02/12/2006 3:08 PM |
| | I bet it is a an aquatic set :) | |
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madda
Sergeant
714 Posts
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WakeXX
Warlord
10131 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 02/12/2006 7:13 PM |
| It appears they are going for a War theme for 2006
Wardrums
War of the Dragon Queen... | | | |
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Sammael
Underboss
1881 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 7:20 PM |
| My bet for the last set of the year?
Blood War.
We seem to be getting one outsider-themed set per year. Also, Archfiends was released after Dragoneye. | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8888 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 02/12/2006 8:44 PM |
| | Guessing set names is like trying to win a lottery. I suppose, if you are right, the bragging rights would be enormous. | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 9:11 PM |
| Set names is though, but Themes are fun to speculate on... I still think we are going to see an "Elements" set. More elementals, and monsters out of the various Elements books...
Pat E | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10253 Posts
United States
| | 02/12/2006 11:12 PM |
| My vote will be for another dragon-themed set given that 06 is supposed to be the year of the dragon (for D&D anyway) or something like that.
Still, I'd like to see more outsiders, some elementals, and, for crying out loud, humanoids with different-than-usual weapons. C'mon, how hard is it to make a dwarf with a spear, or some human paladin types with warhammers?
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Black Flame Zealot
Sneak
102 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 11:38 PM |
| For those going to Winter Fantasy:
Make sure you attend the WotC D&D meeting just before the gaming starts on Thursday. The folks at WotC usually give a big presentation about last year's products, and we get a first look at some of the later 2006 products. Last year, we got the first info on some fall/winter releases for 2005.
I would not be surprised if they announce the name of the next set at this show. Winter Fantasy is WotC's D&D show - meaning it's specifically designed to showcase Dungeons and Dragons (as well as DDM). | |
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AesophDarkfable
Warlord
5628 Posts
| | 02/12/2006 11:45 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Black Flame Zealot
For those going to Winter Fantasy:
Make sure you attend the WotC D&D meeting just before the gaming starts on Thursday. The folks at WotC usually give a big presentation about last year's products, and we get a first look at some of the later 2006 products. Last year, we got the first info on some fall/winter releases for 2005.
I would not be surprised if they announce the name of the next set at this show. Winter Fantasy is WotC's D&D show - meaning it's specifically designed to showcase Dungeons and Dragons (as well as DDM).
I will be at the session for sure. mmmm I wonder if they mind audio recording of those, I could bring a little digital recorder for it. | |
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Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8888 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 02/12/2006 11:52 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
Set names is though, but Themes are fun to speculate on... I still think we are going to see an "Elements" set. More elementals, and monsters out of the various Elements books...
Pat E
"Elements", now that sounds like a good idea. Apart from the many elementals and their subtypes, it could also include some kind of an elementalist spellcaster like the one in the MHB. | |
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Knight of the
Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8888 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 02/12/2006 11:56 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
Still, I'd like to see more outsiders, some elementals, and, for crying out loud, humanoids with different-than-usual weapons. C'mon, how hard is it to make a dwarf with a spear, or some human paladin types with warhammers?
Dave
I agree with this last sentiment. We don't even necessarily need out-of-the-box thinking here. But, there are a lot of different weapons and poses available to the designers, and a little more variety would be appreciated. I was happy when they finally came out with the Spirit Folk Fighter, but I am waiting for a Spirit Folk Sorcerer - at this rate, it will be many years before I see it. | |
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Runelord151
Underboss
1203 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 12:03 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Thenameless
quote:
Originally posted by Vrecknidj
Still, I'd like to see more outsiders, some elementals, and, for crying out loud, humanoids with different-than-usual weapons. C'mon, how hard is it to make a dwarf with a spear, or some human paladin types with warhammers?
Dave
I agree with this last sentiment. We don't even necessarily need out-of-the-box thinking here. But, there are a lot of different weapons and poses available to the designers, and a little more variety would be appreciated. I was happy when they finally came out with the Spirit Folk Fighter, but I am waiting for a Spirit Folk Sorcerer - at this rate, it will be many years before I see it.
I wholeheartedly agree. I'd really like to see more of the exotic races that have been comming out lately. Illumians are on that I would like, but I'm not sure how they would pull off the floating runes without a poor sculpt. | | | |
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devasque
Sergeant
874 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 11:20 AM |
| | Somewhere way back we had a whole thread on future set speculation. An 'elemental' flavored one was fairly high on the want list along with calls for Dragonlance minis along with more planer type minis (devils/demons/yugoloths)etc. | |
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yack
Commander
3152 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 02/13/2006 11:26 AM |
| | I have my fingers crossed for a water type set.. | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 02/13/2006 11:31 AM |
| Well, if they do an outsider-themed, which seems more logical than an aquatic one, I think it could be largely oriental, with the outsiders from the outerworld and Varanas,
Spirit-Folks, Nezumis, Koruborus and Hengeyokais as well as some of the Races of Stone, Dragon, Wild and Destiny and of course, more dragons [)] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 11:32 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by AesophDarkfable
quote:
Originally posted by Black Flame Zealot
For those going to Winter Fantasy:
Make sure you attend the WotC D&D meeting just before the gaming starts on Thursday. The folks at WotC usually give a big presentation about last year's products, and we get a first look at some of the later 2006 products. Last year, we got the first info on some fall/winter releases for 2005.
I would not be surprised if they announce the name of the next set at this show. Winter Fantasy is WotC's D&D show - meaning it's specifically designed to showcase Dungeons and Dragons (as well as DDM).
I will be at the session for sure. mmmm I wonder if they mind audio recording of those, I could bring a little digital recorder for it.
That would rock! I guess they don't make you sign any confidentiality crap then... | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
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Almalik
Warrior
266 Posts
Vancouver-ish, Canada
| | 02/13/2006 11:44 AM |
| | I'm guessing a summoning theme: summoners, lesser summoned creatures, familiars (once they figure out to work them out for skirmish), and a couple of big evil devil types. My second guess would be a nature theme (druids, fey, dark woodsy types). Will the third set of 2006 be a 100 pt. set? | |
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Username
Warlord
5557 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 11:51 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by PatEllis15
Set names is though, but Themes are fun to speculate on... I still think we are going to see an "Elements" set. More elementals, and monsters out of the various Elements books...
Pat E
Elementals & Exotic Locales would be my guesses. Perhaps they could be combined? THAT would be great! | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 02/13/2006 11:53 AM |
| | I think we already have too many Elves as it is...Dwarves could get a break also, more monsters and evil humanoids please WoTc. | |
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PaSquall
Underboss
1395 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 1:22 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sammael
My bet for the last set of the year?
Blood War.
We seem to be getting one outsider-themed set per year. Also, Archfiends was released after Dragoneye.
I had exactly the same idea, maybe they will do an 8-set cycle. With war drums we have the new starter set with all the classic minis, then we'll get WotDQ (as dragoneye), so logically the next set would have a fiend theme. And that would be great : bring on the marilith, arcanadaemon, nupperibo, succubus, aspects of Asmodeus and Grazzt !
However the march 2007 set could not be giant-oriented because it would be another huge set following WotDQ too closely... Too bad, we need uncommon fire and frost giants (me, at least [:D]).
And a fey/woodland creatures set would be cool too. "Enchanted forest" ? | |
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doubtofbuddha
Commander
3371 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 4:42 PM |
| | Ugh. Having more frequent huge releases will definitely push me more towards the secondary market for my purchases. | |
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taliesin
Underboss
1113 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 4:43 PM |
| I think it likely we'll be seeing a huge set once a year from here on out.
GoL was an experiment, and once WotC saw the sales figures, they did authorize more huges. It's the long production cycle that kept them from coming out for two years. I'm sure the next huge set is going into early developement right around now.
And who says we can't have huges every other release? SW Minis does![)] | |
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Harneloot
Sergeant
575 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 9:07 PM |
| oh yes!
...good call on the Blood War...
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yack
Commander
3152 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 02/13/2006 9:23 PM |
| I would have no problem at all with a Blood War set... I love my fiends!!![}:)]
Maybe finally get that Ice Devil!!! | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 02/13/2006 10:57 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by doubtofbuddha
Ugh. Having more frequent huge releases will definitely push me more towards the secondary market for my purchases.
This is the only reason I liked the four-releases-a-year schedule that we previously had. It spaced out the Huge set (even if the drain on the wallet was unsustainable for the rest of the sets). And I'm not advocating going back to four releases a year--I can't afford it.
Hopefully, WotC will still keep the every fourth set a huge. We'd get three Huge sets in four years--and that would help things out for me (and probably other cash-strapped addicts). The only problem with that schedule is the eventual Huge/Starter crossover. Although that could provide opportunities of its own. | |
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