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D&Dミニチュアパック第2弾の詳細
Expansion pack components:
- 8 randomized miniatures with statistics cards
Details on the new D&D Miniatures line:
- Miniatures are pre-painted plastic and range between 40 mm and 65 mm in height
- There are 60 unique miniatures in the Dragoneye set release
- All miniatures packages are randomized and are made up of rare, uncommon, and common miniatures
- All miniatures in the product line will be drawn directly from the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game rulebooks and accessory books
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彩色済みで塗装の手間が省け、軟質プラ製のため輸送や使用に過度に慎重にならなくても良い、という利点は第一弾と同じです。
今回のエキスパンションでは、60種類のミニチュア(Rare20、Uncommon24、Common16)が供給されますが、なんと言っても魅力はその名前が示すようにDragonでしょう。
Wyrmling、Very Youngなども魅力ですが、やはりLarge Red Dragon (Young)はこのセットの顔とも言うべき魅力があると思います。
その他のミニチュアとしては、PHBからRegdar、DMGからDwarven Defenderがお目見えしたほか、DraconianやPurple Dragon Knightなど、他の世界のキャラクターも収録されています。
WotCのサイトにチェックリストとミニチュアの一覧が掲載されているので、そちらで気に入ったミニチュアがあるか確認してから購入するのも良いと思われます。
もっとも、気に入ったミニチュアがあっても中身はランダムですので手に入れるまでが大変かも知れませんが。
ミニチュアゲーム用としては、かなり強力なユニットが多くなっており、その意味でも購入意欲をかき立てる商品だと思います。
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.
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.
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