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Dreamblade, what about it?

Started by Settembrini, October 10, 2007, 03:41:23 AM

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Settembrini

October 10, 2007, 03:41:23 AM
Is it a failure?
It was pushed quite hard at the 2006 GenCon, I never heard of it again.
I never got what it was supposed to be: Fantasy minis, but not D&D? WTF?

Any info on that game?
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jrients

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October 10, 2007, 10:23:17 AM
There still seems to be a trickle of players for Dreamblade at my local FLGS, but it certainly hasn't caught on in the way I'm sure WotC wanted it to.

Back when I was running 3.5 I would have bought some boosters if I knew a source for D&D stats for those figures.  The designs are charmingly freaky in small doses.
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beeber

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October 10, 2007, 12:19:56 PM
i'd love to pick up a whole bunch of 'em cheap, for any future need.  the designs are kind of out there, from what i remember.  could use them for creature inspiration and stat them on the fly.  could be chaos creatures, fey denizens, or invaders from dimension x or something.

never played the actual game, tho.  no interest there.

Mcrow

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October 10, 2007, 12:57:23 PM
I'd say by amount of hype and attention WotC gave it Dreamblade is a failure.

I've been seeing Dreamblade stuff in the discount bin for a while now.

stu2000

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October 10, 2007, 07:18:46 PM
There are too many similar products in the same niche. Heroscape on the relaxed side, Hybrid on the hobbier side, and a bunch in the middle. Not to mention all the clickys and whatnot. Dreamblade just didn't do anything to distinguish itself.

It's cool, once you think about it, how many awesome games are out.
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Abyssal Maw

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October 10, 2007, 08:10:57 PM
It hasn't really caught on, but you can get cheap common Dreamblade minis and chop them off their bases to make some cool figures. I have a friend who customized a whole group of Vrocks that way.
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October 11, 2007, 07:21:30 AM
Interestingly, FRP Games is currently hawking their Dreamblade minis at 50% off. Now is the time...
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