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Year Published
2003
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2, more than 2 players
(5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable
(3 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures
Alternate Names
D&D Miniatures
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This game is sold as Entry Packs and Expansions.
The Starter Set gives new players everything they need to play fast skirmish battles. They get 12 pre-painted miniatures, a stat card for each miniature, two double-sided battle maps, a 20-sided die (d20), damage counters, Quick-Start Rules, Advanced Rules, and a spell effect template. Special hints for beginners gets them playing quickly.
It allows three different ways to play:
1. Play using the competitive D&D skirmish rules in the Entry Pack.
2. Represent characters and monsters in the D&D roleplaying game
3. Collection for D&D Fantasy.

The skirmish rules allow players to compete in a war bands fight. Winner is the player whose war band eliminates enemy creatures equal to its own cost. There are also various other victory conditions.

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Expansions
The first expansion, Harbinger, contains 80 different characters, villains, and monsters taken straight out of the D&D Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual. These are the available expansions so far (please note that only a small number of the minis in a set will be related to the set theme):

  • Harbinger: basic D&D creatures
  • Dragoneye: dragons and more
  • Archfiends: evil beings from the outer planes
  • Giants of Legend: 4th expansion
  • Aberrations: unnatural monsters and more
  • Deathknell: dead, undead, and more
  • Angelfire: angels, genies, and more
  • Underdark: drow, giants, and more
  • War Drums: orcs, war trolls, and more
  • War of the Dragon Queen: big dragons and more
  • Blood War: demons, devils, and celestials
  • Unhallowed: vampires and other undead
  • Night Below: underground and shadow creatures
  • Desert of Desolation: desert creatures. Expands rules by adding mounts

Additional Expansions and Accessories:

Dungeons of Dread:

Battle the D&D game’s most iconic monsters with Dungeons of Dread™, a 60-figure expansion for the D&D Miniatures Game. Creatures are drawn from the pages of the new 4th Edition Monster Manual. Each booster pack contains:

  • 8 pre-painted plastic D&D minis, randomized with varying degrees of rarity to enhance collectibility
  • Stat cards and damage counters
  • Set checklist

Awards

  • 2007 Origins Award for Miniature or Miniatures Line, Colossal Red Dragon,
  • Designed by Andy Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, Chris Perkins; Art Directed by Robert Raper

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0 Official Cards with un-official figures
I used figures I had to make playable versions, and edited official cards to show their pictures. Dragon Samurai = Indy Heroclix Deathdemon Bariaur Ranger = Yu Gi Oh toy figure Grim Necromancer = Indy Heroclix Rasputin Slayer of Domiel = Indy Heroclix Magdalena Hunched Giant = Cheerios, Disney's Hunchback figure Earth Shujenga = Indy Heroclix Arashi Ember Human Monk = Indy Heroclix Boon Evoker's Apprentice = Mage Knight riders figure.
2009-02-15
1 Warbander 1.1.1e
Warbander v1.1.1e A Win32 warband generator for DnD miniatures. Includes all images and stats for v1 minis (from Harbinger to Desert of Desolation).
2009-01-31
5 RangerRob's Quick Reference Guide
My custom made quick reference sheet for playing DDM 2.0. Includes sections on: Setup, Round Sequence, Turn Sequence, Attack Sequence, Damage Sequence, Move Action, Attack Action, Conditions, Terrain, Mounts, and a FULL glossary with all errata/updates integrated. Best if printed on front and back of card stock and laminated. Please thumbs up if you like this! v1.2 update - includes icons for attacks/terrain and also updated wording formatting in a number of places.
2008-08-31
0 Information Markers for DD mini
Home made inforamtion markers for D&D Mini to keep track of effects, HP, used abilities, etc.
2008-06-20
0 D&D Minis Player Aide (editable)
I've got a few games under my belt now, and still forget plenty o' rules. This is largely taken from the back page of the rulebook, with a number of other tidbits thrown in that I tend to forget while playing. It's editable just in case your mileage (read: memory) varies.
2007-10-23
3 DND minis WB Assistant.xls
This excel workbook assists the player in building warbands and printing the cards for the warband. I found most of this information in an excel spreadsheet by Tim Whisenhunt and on DND Wiki. V 1.2 Updated to Desert of Desolation
2007-07-19
5 D&D Minis Collection Tracking Workbook
An Excel spreadsheet for keeping track of your D&D collection. Has a separate worksheet for each of the sixteen current sets and each sheet is sortable by number, name, rarity and quantity. Figures with available Epic cards are highlighted in blue. This is an update to DandDminisV1.xls and includes all sets up to and including Against the Giants.
2007-06-08
1 playaid.pdf
some handy rules summary and creature types special attributes
2007-05-27
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