D&D Skirmish "Dungeon Command" Pre-Orders on Amazon

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**Manchu**

This is old-ish news for RPGers but I hadn't seen anything on Dakka.

Three "expansion packs" listed so far on Amazon:

STING OF LOLTH - July 17: "Sting of Lolth includes such heroic miniatures as assassin, arachnomancer, sorcerer, spiders, and spiderguards."
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Command-Dungeons-Expansion-Miniatures/dp/0786960175/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_29

HEART OF CORMYR - July 17: "Heart of Cormyr includes such heroic miniatures as ranger, rogue, knight, defenders, and warriors."
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Command-Dungeons-Expansion-Miniatures/dp/078696023X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

TYRANNY OF GOBLINS - August 21: no description as of yet
http://www.amazon.com/Dungeon-Command-Dungeons-Expansion-Miniatures/dp/0786960442/ref=pd_ys_ir_all_30

According to WotC:

Each Dungeon Command faction comes in its own box, containing twelve miniatures (plus the cards, tiles, and rules for the game). In addition to their use in Dungeon Command, these miniatures can also be used in the D&D RPG, with their cards further usable with D&D Adventure System board games (Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, and The Legend of Drizzt). While each faction is meant to be played by a single player, quick-start rules allow two players to engage in a shortened version of the game using only one box.

MSRP for all 39.99USD. No pics as of yet.

Some more info:

Rodney Thompson wrote:The upcoming miniatures skirmish board game is called Dungeon Command, and we had an open playtest for its system in the latter half of 2011 that yielded some great results. Thanks again to all of you who participated in the playtest, as you really helped us make the game better! The game will be sold in faction packs, each of which contains everything that one player needs to play the game. This includes twelve non-random, thematically linked pre-painted miniatures, plus the cards and tiles you need to play the game.

The first two packs are Heart of Cormyr, consisting of adventurers and heroes from Cormyr, and Sting of Lolth, consisting of drow forces and their spider minions. Soon afterward, we will have Tyranny of Goblins, which consists of goblinoid creatures and their allies. In addition to having a story theme, each faction also has a game mechanical theme that causes it to play slightly differently than other factions. For example, the drow focus on mobility and treachery, while the adventurers have a broader base of abilities but work well with other adventurers. Goblins are easy to get out onto the battlefield, and swarm over your opponent.

We've got a few other expansion packs in the works, and as more packs come out players will be able to combine the creatures and cards from those packs to build their own warbands, which should give the game a lot of replay value as you come up with your own combinations of creatures, pick the right orders to issue to them, and choose a commander for your force.

http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ro3/20120131

**CT GAMER**

Too bad those links have "no image available" boxes.

**pretre**

Awesome that they are selling themed packs of non-randomized minis though.

Reading that I saw:
"Drow, Random Human Guys and Gobbos!"

Always nice to have extra minis for D&D, especially if I can get the ones I need for an adventure theme.

**Manchu**

CT GAMER wrote:Too bad those links have "no image available" boxes.

I really hope that they won'y just be the same sculpts/repaints -- as per the board game pieces.

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pretre wrote:Always nice to have extra minis for D&D, especially if I can get the ones I need for an adventure theme.

Also, note the price point is competitive with Paizo's WizKids line that just released.

**H.B.M.C.**

Wizards are notoriously bad at showing off what comes in their products. Trying to find pictures of their dungeon tile line is a nightmare...

**Kroothawk**

Good to know, but I am quite certain that this is just a repackage of existing miniatures. I seem to have all Drow mentioned.

**tarnish**

so are these pre-painted? scale? material? all these things seem to less important for some reason.

**Manchu**

If Kroothawk is correct, they are pre-painted plastics in rough 30mm scale.

**Kroothawk**

More non-heroic 28mm scale. And I would guess prepainted, but that's only a guess. Material a soft bendable plastic. You find D&D minis on ebay.

**Gavin Thorne**

Kroothawk wrote:More non-heroic 28mm scale. And I would guess prepainted, but that's only a guess. Material a soft bendable plastic. You find D&D minis on ebay.

Probably the same kind of models included with Heroscape, if you're familiar with them.

**Kroothawk**

There was a late Heroscape box with Drow using recasts of D&D minis, if you mean that. Also other small boxed boardgames using these, but the latter with unpainted models.