elfinboots
Skirmisher
42 Posts
    
Washington State
 | | 03/23/2006 7:24 PM |
| will it have poster maps intead of the cardboard tiles?
how about new miniature selection?
I hope it includes stat cards like the current ones for skirmish. | | | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 12:15 AM |
| The minis look like (but are not guaranteed to be) the:
* Greycloak Ranger
* Cleric of Moradin
* Evermeet Wizard (Blue robes instead of pink)
* Regdar, Adventurer
* Large Blue Dragon
* Unknown other baddies
We currently believe it will be tiles and not posters, and it is very reasonable to believe that Stat Cards will be included as they were in the original.
I will be getting at least one (maybe two) of these. I will at least be on the lookout for a bonus set of tiles if nothing else...although the Evermeet Barbie looks much better in blue, and I could always use another couple pieces of plasticrack. | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6842 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 03/24/2006 2:08 AM |
| I hope there are tiles that work with the ones from the first basic set. That way, there are more options in putting together a larger map.
I hope the cards are normal cards instead of ones with serated edges like last time.
Whatever miniatures they put in are fine with me. Repainted would be preferred.
They have probably made all those decisions already, but if not, I can always hope that it comes out the way I have described as preferred. | |
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Thenameless
Warlord
12481 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 03/24/2006 3:31 AM |
| | I'm with Corim in hoping that they use tiles instead of maps - and the more generic, the better. After several incarnations of the basic game, if we were given different tiles every time, one could put together an extensive dungeon floor plan. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 9:33 AM |
| Personally, I'm hoping for both maps and tiles.
A number of generic "dungeon" tiles and a large map for use in a final encounter with whatever baddie figures into the included adventure(s) and a small hamlet or large tavern/inn on the back would be awesome. | |
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7908 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 03/24/2006 10:49 AM |
| | I'm with Sulaco on this one. I like the tiles that came in the first one, but a skirmish legal, or at least skirmish QUALITY map would be great. Both would be fantastic. | |
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elfinboots
Skirmisher
42 Posts
Washington State
| | 03/24/2006 11:38 AM |
| So this would be the blue dragon from deathknell?
Why no new sculpts in the basic game?
more generic card tiles would be ok if they work with the ones from the last set, but really I prefer the poster maps. With a pair of double sided maps they could do an exterior woodlands with ruins for the dungeon entrance and then the first three levels of the dungeon. Of course since it is a blue dragon I guess the ruins should be in a desert with boulders or something.
I cant see me not wanting to buy the basic set, but if I already have all the figures in it and there is no poster map... more money for skirmish boosters. | | | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 11:56 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by elfinboots
I cant see me not wanting to buy the basic set, but if I already have all the figures in it and there is no poster map... more money for skirmish boosters.
Tell that to everyone who bought the first one for the Orc Warriors and Black Dragon. For all we know this one will have 3 Drizzts in it. [)] | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 03/24/2006 11:59 AM |
| quote:
So this would be the blue dragon from deathknell?
Why no new sculpts in the basic game?
Because that would be considered an "Exclusive" unless this new sculpt would appear in a future set.
WotC wont do exclusive minis because it ticks off certain fans.
Who knows we might get a mini that will end up in an upcomming set in this thing...but I doubt it.
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jgsugden
Commander
4320 Posts
Walnut Creek, CA
| | 03/24/2006 12:57 PM |
| For the record: Some of us believe that Evermeet Barbie is not in the set, but that the blue garbed figure on the box is a figure that will appear in War of the Dragon Queen (or even Blood wars) that has a similar pose to the Evermeet Wizard. Given the complete lack of summoners in recent sets, it seems unlikely that they'd rerelease a figure that could be used for skirmish that can summon ...
There is still a long time before the basic set hits the streets. Accordingly, we'll probably have a long wait before we know for sure ... | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 03/24/2006 1:02 PM |
| | Hmm, I hadn't thought about plugging in tiles from the last Basic Game with tiles from the future one. That could be good times... | |
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LargeMarmot
Sergeant
463 Posts
| | 03/25/2006 1:44 AM |
| | The final word is that no one really knows anything beyond the fact that there will be a blue dragon and some form of Regdar via the picture on the front cover. | |
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Can of the Cave Beer
Commander
2838 Posts
| | 03/25/2006 2:52 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by jgsugden
For the record: Some of us believe that Evermeet Barbie is not in the set, but that the blue garbed figure on the box is a figure that will appear in War of the Dragon Queen (or even Blood wars) that has a similar pose to the Evermeet Wizard.
That might be the case, but I'm (reluctantly) betting on Evermeet Barbie. I had that picture enlarged to mini-size, skewed to the proper angle (hopefully) and then sat there and compared it to Barbie. Those poses were spot on to my eyes.
But I've been wrong before, so there's hope for the future after all! [)]
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Given the complete lack of summoners in recent sets, it seems unlikely that they'd rerelease a figure that could be used for skirmish that can summon ...
Unless there were summons available in the Basic Set as well--but that's speculation of the most uninformed sort. We still have yet to see that Level 9 Hyena for the Gnoll Sergeant, after all.
As for Skirmish, I'm sensing a different angle being used for summons--things like the Horde Zombie and Terror Wight come to mind--plus minions. But that's really the realm of another forum. | |
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