Search this site:
OgreCave Audio Report: fear the podcast!

Recent Reviews
Goblin Grapple
(Silver Gaming Co.)
Brothers
(505 Games)
Pathfinder Card Game
(Paizo Publishing)
Cthulhu Invictus Companion
(Chaosium)
Boss Monster!
(Brotherwise Games)
Murder of Crows
(Atlas Games)
More...

Features
Christmas Gift Guide 2010 (11/26/10)
PAX East 2010 report (4/9/10)
Christmas Gift Guide 2009 (12/4/09)
Games of the Ninja 2008 (12/5/08)
Christmas Gift Guide 2008 (11/27/08)
Screams from the Cave 2008
(11/7/08)
Ogres' Choice Awards 2008 (9/12/08)
Christmas Gift Guide 2007 (11/30/07)
Ogres' Choice Awards 2007 (8/17/07)
GAMA Trade Show 2007 report (4/27/07)
Christmas Gift Guide 2006 (11/30/06)
Ogres' Choice Awards 2006 (7/28/06)
Christmas Gift Guide 2005 (11/29/05)
Christmas Gift Guide 2004 (12/10/04)
Night of the Living Gamer
(Halloween RPGs)
(10/22/04)
More...

About OgreCave & staff

Join the OgreCave team

Syndicate us on your site

Interviews
Randy Angle - Gruesome Ghoulies (9/28/20)
James Wallis - Alas Vegas (2/13/13)
Gareth Hanrahan - The Laundry RPG (5/17/10)
Jamie Chambers - Signal Fire Studios (7/21/09)
Darren Watts - Hero Games (5/4/09)
Stan! (11/7/08)
Brendan LaSalle - Pandahead Productions (audio; 9/28/07)
Richard Garfield (10/12/04)
More...


D&D Minis news trickling out of Indy
 

« Live and mostly conscious from Gen Con Indy 05 | Main | Live at GenCon '05: Jason Mical of WizKids »

August 20, 2005
08:44 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says...
D&D Minis news trickling out of Indy

According to numerous websites, there's a fair amount of D&D Miniatures information coming out of GenCon. Here's what I've been able to round up:



  • GR has Q&A notes that tell of Underdark, the next expansion due this November, containing a Deep Dragon figure, Elminster, and "a Drow", as well as an "arcane siege engine, war troll," and the words "aspect of ..." trailing off to nothing. There's also mention of "more huge creatures" in 2006, including some for Star Wars Miniatures, and a focus on Dragons in upcoming sets.
  • Merric's D&D minis page has the regular and Epic stats for the Elminster figure, which is being given out as one of two promo figures at the show (the other being the Dark Naga). On top of various nasty spells of his own, Elminster has Mastery of Spellcasting, which lets him cast every spell each creature in his warband has once.
  • Also at Merric's, details on the War Drums starter expansion coming in March 2006. The set promises updated rules, full-color fold-out maps instead of tiles, and adjustments "to accomodate any size figure, from tiny to huge and even beyond." Can you say Gargantuan or Colossal? I sure can. I hope they don't get doled out slowly at conventions, like WizKids' Galactus, though.
  • This thread at Hordelings mentions several figures as confirmed. For the Underdark set: Xorn, a "X’endrick Champion (another Scorpion Clan Drow)", Half-Fiend Ogre, Dark Creeper, Grey Render, and Drow Arachnomancer. For War Drums: Wood Elf Ranger, Orc Mauler, Warpriest of Moradin, and Arcane Ballista.

More information will surely come to light in the days after GenCon, once attendees have time to digest what their innocent eyes bore witness to.

Comments

August 27, 2005 11:35 PM: Allan Sugarbaker says...

And now there's even more news: WotC has its first Underdark preview up at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/mi/20050825a , complete with the Deep Dragon, friend to all drow. And the winner of this year's D&D Miniatures Championship received a Balor, shown here: http://www.boredgods.com/DDM/index.html .

Post A Comment
Name:


Email Address:


Comments:


Remember info?




 
Back home, or browse the archives
  Powered by Movable Type 2.661

Site copyright 2001 Allan Sugarbaker. Trademarks and copyrights mentioned on this page owned by their respective owners.