Upper Deck WoW Miniatures game
Looks like everyone’s favorite MMO (I kid I kid) is going to now be expanding into the miniature gaming arena according to this Upper Deck website. Direct from the site about the game:“Each pre-painted miniature will be mounted on a uniquely engineered base, allowing it to serve both as a game piece and a collectible. In the spirit of the action and adventure of Blizzard's MMO, the Miniatures Game will feature standalone raid and dungeon scenarios, letting players play cooperatively against other players or fully automated dungeons.”
Sounds interesting, but also sounds like something games like Descent and Dungeon Twister have been doing for years already. It is a shame that because of the name attached to it this game will probably get more press than a fine game like Descent, but it remains to be seen if it is actually better. You can bet if Upper Deck is involved it will be a min max type of game like many Wizards of the Coast products like Dreamblade and some others turned out to be.
While the WoW card game is not that bad, I will have to reserve judgment on this game since it is a collectibles game and not something like Descent. I would have been more excited if it had been something like HeroQuest and I didn’t have to open booster packs.
Tags: deck, miniatures, upper, wow
10 Comments
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Comment by Hudson on March 4, 2008 at 5:26pm - nah any miniatures game is cool
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Comment by Braden on March 4, 2008 at 5:47pm - oh wait so now no only is wow ripping off Warhammer lore and other thing but there going to rip of the game it came from...
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Comment by Hudson on March 4, 2008 at 5:49pm
- you could say that :)
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Comment by Bad_Panda on March 4, 2008 at 5:50pm -
Quick some one get Shimmer a chair FFS.
While shimmer might get excited about any RPG game its WOW RPG games that send her in to over load.
You know she will be trying to sell a Kindney so she can
afford this game. I wouldn't Mind but its probably her brothers boy friends kidney.
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Comment by Bad_Panda on March 4, 2008 at 5:52pm
- Yeah its probably her boyfriends Brother even lol.
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Comment by Hott_karl on March 4, 2008 at 7:29pm - gayyyy
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Comment by Geek Dad on March 4, 2008 at 9:26pm - I just want Murlock figures :)
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Comment by Bad_Panda on March 5, 2008 at 4:45am
- Yeah you can tell Warcraft Starcarft are homages to Games workshop games. They just tweaked them enough to stop them selves getting there arse sued to hell and back.
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Comment by Hudson on March 5, 2008 at 8:38am
- I DO like the fact you can play this solo against an automated dungeon, that peaks my interest a bit
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Comment by HeathenStorm on March 5, 2008 at 9:22am -
I'm stoked for this game too. Used to love playing Mage Knight Dungeons a few years back, which leads me to hope there'll be similar dungeoney mechanics involved.
The figures are at 40mm scale, which instantly makes them incompatible with about 99% of most people's collections. I'll be grabbing several boxes.
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