‘Dice Stars’ Shakes Up the Old ‘Yahtzee’ Formula
‘Dice Stars’ is an easy-to-learn tabletop dice game for 1-4 players ages 10 and up. A standard game takes around 20-30 minutes from the first roll to the final score tabulation.
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Tag: WizKids
WizKids Introduces Beautiful Unpainted Miniatures Line
Wizkids, the industry leader in pre-painted plastic miniatures, has announced a new line of unpainted plastic miniatures sets featuring more than 150 new sculpts.
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‘Pathfinder’ Miniatures Review: ‘Rusty Dragon Inn’
All good adventures start and end in a rompus pub. With the ‘Rusty Dragon Inn Pathfinder Battles miniatures’, Paizo, the makers of the ‘Pathfinder Roleplaying Game’, teamed with Wizkids, provide a wealth of figures and dungeon dressing for your very own miniature adventurers’ hang-out.
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Dice Masters: Spider-Man Is Amazing
This set, “The Amazing Spider-Man,” introduces 132 new characters and several unique card abilities that may or may not be seen again outside of this set. Most notably are the “underdog” and “ally” abilities.
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Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy Some Cheap Minis?
How can one start a miniatures collection without breaking the bank? One trick is to find old ‘Mage Knight’ lots on Ebay.
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The Dice Section #28: ‘Temple of Elemental Evil’
Haircuts. Boxing. Sword and sorcery and dungeon crawls, including a revolutionary occurrence in our 5th Edition ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ campaign and a review of the new ‘Temple of Elemental Evil’ board game from Wizards of the Coast and WizKids. We reminisce about childhood games like ‘Hero Quest’ and ‘Dragon Strike’, and (spoiler alert) decide that we could all do a lot worse than ‘Temple of Elemental Evil’ as an introduction to the dungeon crawl genre.
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Game Review: Dungeons & Dragons – Attack Wing
Having played a brief demo of WizKids’ Dungeons & Dragons – Attack Wing at this summer’s GenCon, I was really looking forward to the fall release of the Starter Set. I’ve finally had the chance to play a few sessions, and am itching for more.
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A Small Taste of D&D – Attack Wing
If you’ve been waiting for a tabletop aerial combat game that includes more shimmering scales and fewer S-foils — more actual fire power than, you know, “firepower” — you’ll probably be interested in WizKids’ Dungeons & Dragons – Attack Wing, set for release next month. I had a chance to play a short demo at this year’s Gen Con, and it sure seems like fun.
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Marvel HeroClix TabApp Review And Giveaway!
The new HeroClix TabApp game combines traditional HeroClix tabletop game figures with the HeroClix TapApp that brings them to life on iPad versions two and up. You download the app for free from the app store and then purchase the special HeroClix TabApp figures to create this interactive, solo-play game.
Continue ReadingGame Review: Star Trek Fleet Captains
One of the benefits of attending GenCon is that you can pick up copies of games before they’re scheduled to be in retail stores. I walk through the aisles very carefully, trying not to be lured in by something that …
Continue ReadingPaizo and WizKids Launch Pre-Painted Miniatures Line
Yesterday, Paizo Publishing and WizKids Games announced that they’re releasing a set of pre-painted plastic miniatures for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Beginner Box. Slated for October 2011, this box will be an introduction to the best-selling spiritual successor …
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