Chairman7w
Sergeant
484 Posts
    
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I wonder what that refers to. (or if it refers to anything at all) It almost seems "too" random to just be on there. | |
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Tactician
Sergeant
888 Posts
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:32 PM |
| | Hmm, that is pretty random. | |
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DaemonKain
Warrior
312 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 1:36 PM |
| | Could be a quirky reference to the number of breath weapons in the set... there will be a lot of dragons, after all. | |
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Omand
Commander
3118 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 03/15/2006 1:37 PM |
| Hello,
It is marketing speak.
To blow away is to beat by a huge margin, to surprise, or to astound someone. In the context of WotDQ I think the marketing guys are trying to get at all of those points, meaning that if you buy WotDQ you will be able to do all of the above.
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6621 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/15/2006 1:42 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by DaemonKain
Could be a quirky reference to the number of breath weapons in the set... there will be a lot of dragons, after all.
That makes sense. Since there will be a few huges that will be dragons, they can blow away their opposition with size and breath weapons. | |
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jgsugden
Commander
4320 Posts
Walnut Creek, CA
| | 03/15/2006 1:55 PM |
| | No. This refers to the new 'meta'mechanics. They're adding player skill to the equation in the palce of die luck. Instead of relying upon the roll of a die, you'll rely upon physical or mental prowess. In this instance, they're refering to the new breath weapon where a player puts his face above the creature with a breath weapon and blows as hard as he can. Any figure that gets knocked over is stunned and ... oh, wait, I'm 17 days early. Never mind. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 03/15/2006 1:56 PM |
| | Maybe there's going to be a Huge Air Elemental. [:)] | | | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 2:46 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by jacksonm
Maybe there's going to be a Huge Air Elemental. [:)]
Surely you jest... I'd like that!
I like the other suggestion of blowing on your opponents mini until it alls over. It you don't pass out then you win. I'll need to add fishing wieghts to all my minis now. [)] | |
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forkedmoon
Underboss
1305 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 2:47 PM |
| | The new snot dragon with it's cone of epidemic sneezes. DC 22 - living creatures diseased - At beginning of turn roll save (DC22) if failed creature sneezes itself one square away from any adjacent figures. Adjacent figures must make immediate save or become diseased as well. | |
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Wakalimasu
Sergeant
738 Posts
Calgary
| | 03/15/2006 3:06 PM |
| free mini electric fan in every booster
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Gunthar
Commander
2938 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:11 PM |
| Maybe the Dragon Queen has a gun.
Or maybe she has fallen on hard times and needs a new source of income. [B)] | |
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frogrodeo
Sergeant
706 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:11 PM |
| | I bet the HR department had them add in the word "away" just so the marketing phrase was PC and non-offensive... [:D] hahaha | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:34 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Gunthar
Maybe the Dragon Queen has a gun.
Or maybe she has fallen on hard times and needs a new source of income. [B)]
ARGH! Terrible image there. | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 3:53 PM |
| | Rather than plastic, all the miniatures in WotDQ will be made of paper mache, so it really will be feasible to "blow away" opposing units. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3858 Posts
Adelaide
| | 03/15/2006 4:44 PM |
| | Apart from the dreadful mental images some of those post gave me, I think I`ll go with the electric fan mini. | |
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devasque
Sergeant
874 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 5:05 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Bert the Troll
Apart from the dreadful mental images some of those post gave me, I think I`ll go with the electric fan mini.
Still doesn't help the mental pictures, sitting amidst a pile of plastic and boxes with little whirring noises. And my wife thinks it a bit strange I like little plastic people to begin with [:p] | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2385 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 5:15 PM |
| | Its probably just a saying that some marketing guy thought would be neat in there. I doubt it means much. | |
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frogrodeo
Sergeant
706 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 6:01 PM |
| It's gotta be some secret code. I'm going to try and crack it with my decoder ring from a 1985 box of Fruity Pebbles....
"All your mini arebelongtous"..... hmmm, I dont understand that last word.... [)] | |
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zenthrus
Commander
4836 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 03/15/2006 10:24 PM |
| 12-gauge shotgun included in every booster case [:P]
One of the large uncommons is the "bullet" It's kind of like the "Bulette" but different [:P] | |
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frogrodeo
Sergeant
706 Posts
| | 03/15/2006 11:34 PM |
| I would be a little worried if the first Huge preview is titled "Russian Bulette" [:D]
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Loclif
Skirmisher
26 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 4:17 AM |
| | Well, they could have fed the Aspect of Tiamat one to many bean burritos.... | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2385 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 7:30 AM |
| | lol I'm going to be really made if we somehow get another Bulette. I think that would be the groan heard around the world heh. And riots.. | |
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Ridureyu
Underboss
1622 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 12:47 PM |
| | We just need something else that people THINK they want now, but will be ticked off about when they get ten. | |
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trollbill
Warrior
176 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 12:57 PM |
| | Maybe the huges are inflatable? | |
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robby
Sergeant
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lurkinglidda
Warrior
230 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 2:33 PM |
| You guys and your conspiracy theories!
Here's the deal:
quote:
It is marketing speak.
To blow away is to beat by a huge margin, to surprise, or to astound someone. In the context of WotDQ I think the marketing guys are trying to get at all of those points, meaning that if you buy WotDQ you will be able to do all of the above.
I am the "marketing guys" in this case. It's hard to get all of that into one bullet point. You condense where you can. "Blow away your opponents" did the trick.
Cheers,
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Sharn Inquisitor
Underboss
1623 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 2:44 PM |
| | Come on folks are you all idiots or something? The reference to blowing away your enemies is simple. We weren't fortunate enought to get the Sand Giant in just War Drums. We'll have another Sand Giant, of the exact same sculpt and stats in Dairy Queen. God, could it get any more obvious for you folks???[}:)] | | | |
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Sir Bozak The Damned
Commander
2854 Posts
Québec
| | 03/17/2006 3:06 PM |
| | Well, I can see the point, although for non-skirmishers, it must be the, I sincerely hope, the sheer magnicificence of the size, scuplts and paint jobs on the Dragons, Aspects and other huges that will blow even your friends and family that think you are weird for spending that much on plastic toys... [)] | |
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Arnminster
Warrior
296 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 3:23 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned
Well, I can see the point, although for non-skirmishers, it must be the, I sincerely hope, the sheer magnicificence of the size, scuplts and paint jobs on the Dragons, Aspects and other huges that will blow even your friends and family that think you are weird for spending that much on plastic toys... [)]
My Wife does think I'm weird but she lets me spend that much anyways once she found out that she could sell them for a profit after I die! | |
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orcmonk220
Underboss
1608 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 3:26 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Arnminster
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Bozak The Damned
Well, I can see the point, although for non-skirmishers, it must be the, I sincerely hope, the sheer magnicificence of the size, scuplts and paint jobs on the Dragons, Aspects and other huges that will blow even your friends and family that think you are weird for spending that much on plastic toys... [)]
My Wife does think I'm weird but she lets me spend that much anyways once she found out that she could sell them for a profit after I die!
Nothing like supportive family, eh? [)] | |
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Omand
Commander
3118 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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frogrodeo
Sergeant
706 Posts
| | 03/17/2006 10:59 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by lurkinglidda
"Blow away your opponents" did the trick.
Aha! PROOF from the actual "marketing guy" that they are trying to trick us! Now I really wonder what the true intent was.... [:D] | |
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