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Title: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Dragoneye Expansion Pack by Wizards of the Coast ISBN: 0-7869-3317-8 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 17 January, 2004 Format: Misc. Supplies Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great for DMs
Comment: The Upside:
You don't have to buy and paint dozens of minitures, which means more time for adventure planning (or, better yet...HALO). These minis are light, pretty resilant, and give you a wide spectrum of monsters/NPCs to challenge your PCs with. Personally, I've always hated painting minis (mostly because I have better things to do) ...so this makes combat tons easier.
The Downside:
You don't get to choose what you get when you buy a box. They come packaged randomly, so what you "don't see" is what you get. Also, some of the minis aren't painted nearly as nicely as seen on the posters or in the mini handbook. But, if you want 'finely painted minis', you wouldn't be buying plastic.
Overall:
For the money, they're an okay deal (hence, the four stars). Were they less expensive (about $5.00 a box), they would have gotten 5 stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent accesory for D&D games
Comment: One thing I've always disliked about miniture games is the building process... fun in small quantities, but when you want to get a large quantity together, built, painted, etc....it becomes discouraging. These figured are not only pre-painted they are also plastic molded (much lighter and easier to store without damaging them) and designed for use in all D20 games. They also include a card with both the "official" mass-combat rules and a complete set of stats for use in Dungeons and Dragons (including spells, equipment, magical items...even a challenge rating).
Downside--$10 for 8 figures that you can't pick out before hand. Still cheaper than most figure sets, but it still works enough for me to buy several boxes (I've got two Red and three Brass dragons already).
I recommend it for D&D gamers. Wargamers only if you don't mind buying a ton of boxes to get what you want.
Rating: 5
Summary: More iconic D&D figures
Comment: This release comes only two months after the release of the base D&D Miniature set called Harbinger. The total figure count for Dragoneye is a bit lower at 60 (Harbinger has 80), so it's a bit easier to collect a whole set. Each box typically has 4 commons, 3 uncommons and 1 rare. I think the total numbers are 20 rares, 24 uncommons and 16 commons, but I'm not 100% positive.
This set introduces Dragons to the D&D Miniature line. You have 5 regular dragons (Red, Brass (might be Bronze), Black, White and Blue), several Half-Dragons (Gold Champion and Silver Sorcerer), Dragon Samurai (Samurai that pattern themselves after a Dragon, in this case Red and Copper) and a few Draconian from the Dragonlance series. The larger dragons and half-dragons are rare, the smaller white dragon, blue dragon, samurai and Kapak Draconian are uncommon, and the Baaz draconian is common.
While Harbinger had a lot of Orcs, this set has Goblinoids -- two goblins, a hobgoblin and a bugbear miniature are all common in this set. There are more Drow and Orcs to expand the group you can get in Harbinger. One surprise is that there are no undead figures in this set, which is probably a good thing considering the large number of undead in Harbinger.
The overall figures have improved from Harbinger. The Black Dragon is wonderful, the Red Dragon is very imposing for a Large figure, and many of the uncommons look better than the rares of the prior set. There are still some poor figures; the new kobold isn't nearly as detailed as the Harbinger set, the Goblin Skirmisher looks a bit like a pole-vaulting leprechaun, the white dragon sometimes looks like it was painted with a vial of white-out, and the Abyssal Maw has been described elsewhere as the Absymal Maw.
I still think it's a good buy. The D&D Statistic cards and prepainted nature can really save time for a busy DM. I've only played the Skirmish game a handful of times, but it seems to be a fast version of a D&D combat. The point costs seem mostly balanced, but I really don't have enough experience to fully judge it.
With nearly a full set of both Dragoneye and Harbinger, I've been forced to buy a tacklebox to carry around the figures -- it's a great way to transport them. (You don't have to worry about bending them out of shape like a metal miniature collection -- a nice bonus for the DM on the go! :) ) I don't think these figures replace metal miniatures, but I do think they augment them -- prepainted hordes fight against your well-painted PCs.
I'm already looking forward to the next set.
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Title: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Harbinger Expansion Pack by Wizards of the Coast ISBN: 0786933151 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 24 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Entry Pack by Wizards of the Coast ISBN: 078693316X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (Dungeons & Dragons, Edition 3.5) ISBN: 0786928867 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Complete Warrior (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by Andy Collins, David Noonan, Ed Stark ISBN: 0786928808 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 03 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Dungeon Master's Guide: Core Rulebook II (Dungeon & Dragons, Edition 3.5) ISBN: 0786928891 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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