striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
    
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| As the last thread was getting full and the answers now compiled and soon to be posted in the locked thread above, I thought it mihgt be time to start a new thread for questions. This might help Ian, Shoe, and Lidda in finding the questions and giving some of their wonderful, if not sometimes humorus responses.
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Ridureyu
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1622 Posts
| | 04/28/2006 2:15 PM |
| | How much wood could a woodchuck really chuck? | |
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reezel
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555 Posts
| | 04/28/2006 2:17 PM |
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5622 Posts
| | 04/28/2006 2:35 PM |
| Will more older, now out of print, minis be recylced into newer sets?
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Originally posted by Schooly_D
Username - he deals in minis
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Daunte
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518 Posts
| | 04/28/2006 3:30 PM |
| | With the new Gargantuan and collosal dragons coming, will any info about the scenarios included with them be released beforehand? My FLGS is going to be running a scenario and giving them away as part of it. It will most likely be the weekend after they are released, ill be running it and was just hoping to have more then just a few days to prepare everything. | |
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738 Posts
| | 04/28/2006 3:33 PM |
| | Giving them away!! Were is this?? | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6614 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 04/28/2006 3:55 PM |
| This thread needs to be linked to the stickied, locked thread, like the last one was so that it can be located more easily. Can a moderator do that, or does it have to be jai?
Also, I hope that the unanswered questions from near the end of the last thread that can be answered will be answered and not lost since we're moving onto this thread. | |
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jgsugden
Commander
4320 Posts
Walnut Creek, CA
| | 04/29/2006 3:58 AM |
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Originally posted by jgsugden
...As there are 14 common models, 4 commons per booster and 6 boosters per case: I wonder if we're looking at two slots of commons - each with 7 figures in it, and 2 figures from each slot being in each booster?...
quote:
Originally posted by the Great Shoe
...Distribution: You've nailed the common distribution (added that there are not supposed to be duplicate commons)...
Thanks for the answers. It'll be interesting to see how these common slots play out...
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Hejas
Sergeant
434 Posts
Poland
| | 04/29/2006 7:45 AM |
| Two questions:
1. Is it possible for the European shops to get retailer kits with repaints and epic cards?
2. Can Wizards send some promo minis to European DDM developers to give away at various occasions? I - and many other Polish players - buy 3 cases of every set and the price is a lot higher than in USA (the same is when I order from USA - all the s/h and taxes crap...) - it would be nice if we could get some promo minis to every case or something...
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 9:30 AM |
| | Going to give this topic a bump so that the WotC crew don't have to search for it later. I'll try and get the other information finish so it can be posted. | |
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Humble Minion
Sneak
118 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 9:51 AM |
| Just repeating a question asked in the last thread, so it doesn't fade into oblivion... [)]
I'd be interested to hear about the decision-making process that goes into which figures make it into sets, particularly the very limited huge slots. Is there a ratio of 'classic' MMI critters vs new stuff you try to maintain, or a distribution of alignments? What makes a rare, and what makes an uncommon? Obviously the more complex a mini and the more detailed its paint job, the more likely it is to be rare, but that shouldn't have a big impact on which mini concepts are put forward as possibilities.
Obviously the inspiration for this question is the Bluespawn Godslayer. It's a creature nobody has heard of (MMIV, presumably), from first appearances it doesn't look like something RPGers will be wanting multiples of (how many 'godslayers' are there in your campaign, much less templated ones?), and it's hard to see even skirmishers wanting more than about three or so. I can't personally see any reason that such a creature would be an uncommon, so I'd be interested in hearing the reasoning at your end... | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 9:55 AM |
| I have a feeling that the answer to this question is going to be in the articles they are going to produce on 'set construction'. Which should cover:
Mini selection,
Rarity selection
Theme construction
Palette choice
etc | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 9:58 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Vash
I have a feeling that the answer to this question is going to be in the articles they are going to produce on 'set construction'. Which should cover:
Mini selection,
Rarity selection
Theme construction
Palette choice
etc
Vash is correct, IIRC. Shoe made a comment about doing an article on this topic. The other idea would be to ask all these questions at one of the seminars at Gen Con. It is always fun to hit them up there with some good questions. | |
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Humble Minion
Sneak
118 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 10:03 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
quote:
Originally posted by Vash
I have a feeling that the answer to this question is going to be in the articles they are going to produce on 'set construction'. Which should cover:
Mini selection,
Rarity selection
Theme construction
Palette choice
etc
Vash is correct, IIRC. Shoe made a comment about doing an article on this topic. The other idea would be to ask all these questions at one of the seminars at Gen Con. It is always fun to hit them up there with some good questions.
Ah, rightio. I do remember reading about that, but hadn't heard anything about it for a while and wondered if it had faded off the radar. I'll look forward to the articles.
And the Bluespawn thingy would make a good piece to discuss in the article as an example, I should mention... | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 10:56 AM |
| | OK, I was justing look at the pictures on the website, and hoping for the next preview to pop up, when I starter to think about the 2 "mounted" minis. It would appear from the silloetes that there is a Telantra Halfling mounted on a dinosaur and some "big" creature mounted on a mastadon. My question is, in previous conversations it was said that all mounted minis will be rare do to extra production steps, are both of these minis rare? Will we be seeing more monuted minis? | |
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Vash
Underboss
1995 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 11:02 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by striderlotr
OK, I was justing look at the pictures on the website, and hoping for the next preview to pop up, when I starter to think about the 2 "mounted" minis. It would appear from the silloetes that there is a Telantra Halfling mounted on a dinosaur and some "big" creature mounted on a mastadon. My question is, in previous conversations it was said that all mounted minis will be rare do to extra production steps, are both of these minis rare? Will we be seeing more monuted minis?
To piggy back off that, if there is ever a huge mounted mini (since that last image seems to be some sort of elephant and they're Huge correct?) Does that same statement of Mounted Rares filter into the Huges?
Could we possibly see Uncommon Mounted Huge minis?
I would think that the amount of production steps to create a Huge is roughly the same whether they are mounted or not. | |
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Ghendar
Warlord
11197 Posts
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| | 05/01/2006 11:34 AM |
| From the previous question thread
Why take up a huge uncommon slot with a creature most if not all of us are only going to want one of????? (Bluespawn Godslayer) And yet those of us who buy multiple cases are going to get more than one.
I'm still trying to trade away my extra Nightwalkers. [xx(]
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10283 Posts
United States
| | 05/01/2006 12:19 PM |
| Okay, a post I made elsewhere just made me think of some cool questions to pose.
Question 1: is the Rust Monster among the figures in consideration for a release?
Question 2: any chance the Rust Monster will be the anti-Construct piece that CG so desires?
Question 3: if there were a forthcoming Rust Monster, and it did either great damage to Constructs or forced them to make Morale saves (or something else equally cool), would you say so here?
[:)]
Edit: Nobody's touched these questions, I wonder if it means anything.
Second edit: I continue to wonder if it means anything that no one has responded to these questions. /whistles/
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Talafenix
Sneak
128 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 1:04 PM |
| I'll answer the one's I can...
>>>Two questions:
1. Is it possible for the European shops to get retailer kits with repaints and epic cards?<<<
Yes we ship kit contents to various Hasbro offices each month. The contents are identical to the US one's but they assemble locally. Therefore any variance is due to that. Also any delay is due to either shipping and customs or their release schedules.
>>>2. Can Wizards send some promo minis to European DDM developers to give away at various occasions? I - and many other Polish players - buy 3 cases of every set and the price is a lot higher than in USA (the same is when I order from USA - all the s/h and taxes crap...) - it would be nice if we could get some promo minis to every case or something...<<<
That's down to where you get your cases. Plus we can't single out cases for just your country as they all come from select warehouses. Forinstance Europe orders cases and they get shipped to their designated warehouse. From there they are shipped to distributors across Europe. It's extremely hard to pack minis inside different cases as they may get sent pretty much anywhere in Europe from a huge inventry. When a distributor orders 200 cases the guys just grab a random 200 cases from the pile and sends them.
That said European offices also order and distribute alternative paint miniatures to shows and promotional events (like prereleases) as well. These are independant to the US and can be different miniatures to what is seen here. Yeah I know I've just sent you collectors into a spin as there are a bunch of low volume promotional pieces out there in Europe as well 8-)
Hope that helps.
Ian
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johnny.quest
Underboss
1341 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 3:31 PM |
| Ian Shoe/IuztheEvil, registration for Gen Con events has begun. The final event catalog has been posted, and there are no WotC seminars listed. Neither, by the way, is there anything from Paizo. What's the deal?
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Talafenix
Sneak
128 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:07 PM |
| Don't know that's an R&D and Paizo question as I'm only responsible for tournaments. Now those I can see!
Ian | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:22 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Talafenix
Don't know that's an R&D and Paizo question as I'm only responsible for tournaments. Now those I can see!
Ian
OK: So, is dreamblade really sold at with 500 players? Or is it sold out since it was listed erroneously as being open to just 4 players.
I just tried to get a ticket (been trying since registration opened), and it is saying that the event is sold out already. It might be, but I suspect the system still thinks there are only 4 slots!
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johnny.quest
Underboss
1341 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:23 PM |
| | I've read on the Gen Con forum that only four slots were available. | | | |
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johnny.quest
Underboss
1341 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:28 PM |
| | I was denied registration for the DDM Convention League because only four slots were available. | | | |
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Felagund
Sergeant
922 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:32 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by johnny.quest
I was denied registration for the DDM Convention League because only four slots were available.
You'd think those four guys would get tired of playing each other all weekend long. [:)] | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:38 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by johnny.quest
I was denied registration for the DDM Convention League because only four slots were available.
Now, clearly the catalog says there are only 4 slots for league, as well as dreamblade: BUT are you certain that that is the number that sold out? Do you see that reported somewhere ( I don't for Dreamblade...). Ian knew about this issue, so I'm very surprised this has happened...
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johnny.quest
Underboss
1341 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:43 PM |
| | All four numbers listed for the convention league are sold out, so I'm pretty sure that's what's happened, Pat. Given Gen Con's registration history, I'm not at all surprised. It'll get straightened out. | | | |
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Arnminster
Warrior
296 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 4:45 PM |
| | I checked my registration and it says I have 1 out of 4 of the Dreamblade slots so I think it was only listed at 4 max slots. | |
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Talafenix
Sneak
128 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 6:04 PM |
| What I know, what we request changed and what gets changed when, are all different things... Gen Con are working on it.
Ian | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 05/01/2006 6:13 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Talafenix
What I know, what we request changed and what gets changed when, are all different things... Gen Con are working on it.
Ian
But Ian, Gen Con NEVER has any problems at registration time... [)]
I figured this was the case... I'll keep trying.
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Hejas
Sergeant
434 Posts
Poland
| | 05/02/2006 6:59 AM |
| I heard that some SWM sets are going to be reprinted for Europe only.
As Harbinger, Dragoneye and Archfiends were really hard to get in Europe... You know what I mean. ;) Is that possible?
And thanks for answering my previous questions, I already contacted our Polish developer and they said that they already ordered retailer kits and promos. | |
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striderlotr
Commander
3370 Posts
| | 05/02/2006 9:33 AM |
| | I just looked and the Dreamblade event is not at 500, and still has over 400 slots open. | |
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XenoZephyr
Underboss
1083 Posts
| | 05/03/2006 9:28 PM |
| Ian,
The Gen Con League says that it will be 2 WotDQ boosters. It also says that it will be 200 pt warbands. Is that correct? (The assumption, specially with the 2 WotDQ boosters, has been that it will be 500 pt Epic warbands.)
Thanks
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Dordledum
Commander
3183 Posts
Netherlands
| | 05/04/2006 9:45 AM |
| Don't know if this has been answered already, if so: apologies.
With huges in WotDQ coming up and larger bases for large creatures, has the base material been changed? I noticed that a lot of the huge and some large bases tend to curl up and no amount of hot/cold water treatment will help.
just wondering,
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 12:23 PM |
| Shoe, Ian:
Limited play at WotDQ. We've realized that we have a "bit" of an issue with the MaxMini's event at GenCon. Namely, with GoL boosters, we told players that they could bring a booster, and keep their huge, and just draft with the 8 standard figures.
This isn't possible with WotDQ, as there are only 7 standard figures.
Have you given this any thought? Is there a way that you recommend utilizing WotDQ for 200 pt sealed events? Are there other issues that we don't know about (i.e. several King Snurre type figures that aren't really appropriate for 200 pt play to begin with) that further make this set inappropriate for 200 pt limited play?
Thanks in advance!
Pat E | |
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sienar
Sergeant
636 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 12:36 PM |
| Ian:
I did not notice my question on the other thread get answered. Please excuse me if you did and I missed it.
Can you arrange to start doing a Composite Rating for DDM? From the ongoing thread about it, there seems to be a fair amount of interest in having one. | |
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English Ghost (OP Program Manager)
Talafenix
Sneak
128 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 1:20 PM |
| We're using two WotDQ booster 14 figures to build 200-point with 'evolution' in effect (win a mini everytime you play and evolve the warband).
I still have the scars from when we gave away one-and-one to events. People were... we'll say 'vocal' about how they wanted two boosters of the latest set and nothing older and hence my decision.
Can you build 200-points OK? Good question and as per standard variables yes you can. Is it optimal? Well that's another question. If you like CE and get a 'good' mix then that is technically not optimal for 'you'. Anyway the best option is 1 WotDQ 1 WD if that's what you're looking for outside of what we're doing.
Other things internally we've tried:
Add a booster after 'X' rounds.
Have evolving warbands by randomly capturing a mini from the opponents sideboard*.
Have evolving warbands by selecting a mini from the opponents sideboard*.
*we've tried both standard (as stated) or with the winner protecting one mini and going first. The mini then chosen is also protected.
It's kind of a gank but...
Next: I'm tinkering with team events, themed events, accumulator individual tournament.
Team events:
- Multi-player events of two players (Ettin format possibly)
- Individual matches with teams of 3 using a 'by round' accumulator from all three matches. 1 point loss, 3 points win. so variables from 3 - 9 points per round. Another advantage is that this can be run through existing tournaments each day for a total show without changes to what we're doing we just chose a tournament each day for this to count from.
Themed:
Each day we have a list of themed warbands. 70 percent have to be of that type the rest have to be infaction. Example: Dwarves, Orcs, Goblins, Surface Elves. 140 point have to be spent on that Type the rest would be within the faction. Non-faction types could be drafted IF allowable by command abilities. Example: Any Orc is allowed in your warband - allowing Krusk to be with your Orc Champions(illustrative only).
The following day maybe: Dwarves, Abberations, Outsiders, Drow.
You get the idea.
Winners are both for the individual tournament and overall event. With a winning faction/Type. Could you pilot the Dwarves to dominate the world?
Accumulator individual tournament:
Event long you'd gain 1 or 3 points based on your win/loss games in designated tournaments (see team above) for an overall top player at show. That may well then be a person who wins 4-5 rounds of swiss in a lot of events and never makes the cut to a tournament final as opposed to just giving more prizes to the winner of a couple of events. Plus it rewards those that play more with another goal.
I hope this helps demonstrate we constantly are striving to evolve the fun and competition in the game. Also we don't just sit here on an Ivory Tower and pronounce the world is perfect [:)]
Ian | |
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English Ghost (OP Program Manager)
Talafenix
Sneak
128 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 1:27 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by sienar
Ian:
I did not notice my question on the other thread get answered. Please excuse me if you did and I missed it.
Can you arrange to start doing a Composite Rating for DDM? From the ongoing thread about it, there seems to be a fair amount of interest in having one.
We'll look at it but no promises [:)]
Ian | |
Ian Richards
RPGA Program Manager
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sienar
Sergeant
636 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 1:34 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Talafenix
quote:
Originally posted by sienar
Ian:
I did not notice my question on the other thread get answered. Please excuse me if you did and I missed it.
Can you arrange to start doing a Composite Rating for DDM? From the ongoing thread about it, there seems to be a fair amount of interest in having one.
We'll look at it but no promises [:)]
Ian
Sweet! That's all we ask for.
Well, we'd like complete and immediate compliance with all of our requests, but looking in to it will do, too. [:D] | |
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PatEllis15
Commander
4462 Posts
| | 05/04/2006 1:37 PM |
| Thanks for the response Ian! I wasn't clear, but of course we are looking to use boosters for a Draft format event... sounds like we'll be "OK", but we should encourage people to bring no more than 1 WotDQ booster each...
Pat E | |
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