If the boosters arn't selling well, it's because even a casual analysis of the spoiler lists shows that over 70% of the minis are not close to being playable. So as Isaac said you can get all the minis you want cheaper as singles on ebay.

And Dreamblade deliberatly avoided using an established fiction for the source of it's figures. By doing that, the dreamblade designers have a compleatly free hand to design any ability/mini the game play needs without the web forums complaining about "not historically accurate" etc...But it does also mean that set-1 starts with zero pre-established customer base.

For me, the main issue is not the price as much as it is the number of minis in the set... 96, of which more than 30 rares, that's a lot. Throw in the extra cost per booster, and it makes DB very expensive to collect.

Cheers

Al.

For me, the main issue is not the price as much as it is the number of minis in the set... 96, of which more than 30 rares, that's a lot. [/QUOTE]

True, 32 rares (at about $10 each) is expensive. So the fact that less than a half dozen of the rares are tier-1, makes it a lot cheaper to play tournament quality warbands.

The majority of a top tier warband are commons. with only a small number of uncommons & rares. e.g. The top 4 warbands at the gencon constructed tournament used 5-7 rares each. But most of them were Scarab Warcharms. While the Scarab is a bit cheaper (spawn cost) than the alternaties. You can substitute a mix of {Kt of Tommorow, Kt of S&J or Hawkeyed Instigator} for the scarabs with only a small loss of efficiency.

If you want to play dreambalde "on the cheap" (well as cheap as a CMG gets ) Check the forums for lists of tier-1 units. And what actually won at gencon. And buy only those. Ignore posts which claim "all the units are playable".

Note; you can download a printable set of spoilers from  http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dbm/article/20060714c and test play any expensive minis before actually buying them.