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Dungeons of Dread booster (D&D Miniatures Product)
Studio : Wizards of the Coast
by Wizards of the Coast
Release Date : 2008-04-08
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Released : 2008-04-08
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780786947553
UPC : 653569253129
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 7 reviews)
List Price : $14.99
Our Price : $8.16
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Product Description |
Iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters and monsters.
This latest D&D Miniatures Game release is designed for use with the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game starter and includes D&D characters and iconic D&D monsters. In addition, several figures are drawn from key 2008 D&D titles.
Each booster pack contains 8 randomized, prepainted plastic miniatures with stat cards. The complete set contains 60 miniatures. |
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D&D miniatures have a new look. And I don't like that look. They are using a new glossier paint scheme. I find it to be very fake enamel-like paint. What happened? I also found the sculpts on this set to be uninspiring. And this is the first full set for the 2E mini rules and for the 4E RPG rules. Yet there are no dragonborns but plenty of tieflings. Odd. Overall, I would say to order individual minis that you want from various places instead of getting a random booster. |
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Better quality than previous boosters |
The figures in the new booster have greater detail and more accurate paint jobs than in previous packs. I've had good success in getting new figures in each pack. The creativity of design is fun to see - armor and shields have terrific detail and patterns, wings are better textured and even the ugliest beasts have vivid color and character depth.
Particularly good, in my amateur opinion, are the Angel of Valor, Ascendant Hellsword, and the Bugbear Headreaver (holding a reaved head, of course). Even the orc raider has a battered shield.
The new packaging makes it easier to get everything out, but it is extremely difficult to open the boxes without completely mangling them. |
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A good way to add to a collection. |
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I was looking for something to add to my order to recieve the free shipping and saw this item at a 40 % discount from what I would have to spend at my local hobbie store. It filled my needs wonderfully. Thanks. |
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Mixed Bag, not as good as previous releases |
The latest D&D miniatures release is so-so. Some of the miniatures are pretty nice, such as a young red dragon, a vrock, and an ettin; all of which were too expensive to buy from previous sets, and the sculpts and paint are good.
Other miniatures are horrible in not only concept, but the sculpt and paint is just staggeringly bad. The hydra is no longer a multi-headed dragon like creature, instead it has reverted to the medieval representation and looks like a gaggle of snakes had a superglue accident. While I could get over the change to the appearance the sculpt of the hydra is slightly less well done than the 1982 bendable version TSR put out, and the paint job of muted green with a dab of muddy yellow is less than stellar.
There are a lot of good miniatures in the set for RPG purposes, and the new DDM rules are actually pretty good. Spiders, hook horror, drow, dire wolf, etc. The main gripe I have is the sculpts for many of the miniatures are really horrible. The new grick is...I don't have the words for how bad it is.
The griffon, while a decent piece, is monochromatic. The troglodyte is not only a solid grey color, but almost looks like it is curled into the fetal position, since they didn't make the weapon or tail separate from the body.
The new bulette is very nice looking, but the dire wolf no longer has spines, and the magma brute doesn't even have a discernible head. The new hag is wonderful looking, but neither the gnoll or orc are even close to the sharpness of the ones from Night Below.
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Still love D&D, just don't think this was their best effort. |
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Great for new players wanting to expand their collection |
My friends and I just recently got hooked into the wonderful world of D&D miniature gaming. We got the D&D miniature Starter Kit that came with the new revised rules (called Dungeons of Dread rulebook), and we had a blast. After having so much fun with the starter kit, we decided to buy some boosters and we picked up several of these Dungeons of Dread packs and really liked them.
What's nice about the Dungeons of Dread boosters is that they come with updated stat cards that use the new rules, so you can immediately play them with your starter kit (if you bought the recent version). These new stat cards are in full color and look better than the old stat cards, and apparently they will tie the game closer to the new 4th edition D&D RPG game. I don't play the RPG game, but I may plan to in the future.
Like others have mentioned, these boosters do recycle some miniatures from older booster sets so veteran collectors may be unhappy about this, but this was done to help new players so they won't have to search to find old booster sets, which go back as far as 15 expansions back. As a new player, I think this is great way to introduce players into the game.
I also bought some boosters from the older series like Desert of Desolation, Night Below and Unhallowed, so I was able to compare the quality of the minis. I thought Dungeons of Dread overall had a better consistency in quality and paint job than Desert of Desolation. While both Desert of Desolation and Dungeons of Dread has some mediocre minis, I found Dungeons of Dread to a bit better. Night Below however seemed the worst, while not horrible, it was not as good as Dungeons of Dread or Desert of Desolation. Unhallowed however, was the best with consistently good paint jobs and the minis tended to be larger.
Important: one thing to be aware is that if you buy older booster sets (anything pre-Dungeons of Dread), is that the packaged stat cards were designed to be used with the original (now called "vintage") rules. But fear not, you can go online to the publishers website, Wizards of the Coast, and download the updated stat cards in PDF format for printing. As of this writing, only Desert of Desolation and Night Below have been updated. Unhallowed will be updated in May/June 2008. The other booster sets will be available later.
So if you're new to D&D miniature gaming, I think these are great introduction, and overall I've been pretty happy with them. They use the newer stat rules that help to streamline gameplay, so it's a great time to jump in and learn the game.
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