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Post by pepebe on Mar 9, 2016 16:53:04 GMT
I thought it would be a good idea to start a list with boardgames that can be harvested for tabletop/rpg gaming. It would be nice, if everyone would add boardgames they know of. P.S. If you quote a post, remove all unnecessary images. That makes it much easier for people to go through all posts. List of boardgames covered so far:- Burning Crusade - World of Warcraft the Boardgame Expansion
- World of Warcraft the Boardgame
- D&D Adventuresystem (Castle Ravenloft, Wrath of Ashardalon, Temple of Elemental Evil, Legend of Drizzt)
- Loka
- Magic the Gathering Arena of the Planewalkers
- Descent
I won't cover these games here. There are literally countless pre painted minis available for these games. The best thing you can do is buy them in bulk on ebay and trade away everything you don't need. Sometimes you can get hundreds of them for less than 20 USD/EUR.
- Mage Knight
- Heroclix
- Horror Clix
- Dreamblade
- Heroclix
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Post by pepebe on Mar 9, 2016 16:53:31 GMT
Burning Crusade - Expansion for World of Warcraft the BoardgameInside you will find 53 miniatures. At least half of them are bigger than medium sized. The rest is medium sized (25 - 28mm). Note: All images below are from amaolivre.wordpress.com/miniaturas/warcraft-expansoes/ Alexis granted me permission to embed them here. A big thank you! 4x Abominations Perfect monsters for mad scientists... 4x Arakkoas 4x Fungal Giants (large) With some kitbashing, these could be magnificent umber hulks. 4x Mo’arg (large) Nice source for ambitious trap builders 5x Oozes (medium) (Very useful for harvesting arrows...). 5x Ravagers (medium) (Nice legs...) 4x Shivan (large) I'll kitbash them into winged demons with serpent legs. 4x Wrath Guards 4x Yeti (large) Simply awesome Yetis. I'll use them for frostgrave. 1x Infernal (large earth elemental) 1x Murlocs (medium) 1x Gnolls (medium) 1x Ghoul (medium) 1x Scarlet Crusaders (medium) 1x Naga (medium) 1x Giant Spiders (medium) 1x Worgen (medium) 1x Wildkin (large) Among the best owl bears I have ever seen 1x Ogres 1x Wraiths 1x Doom Guards 1x Drakes 2x plastic character figures You'll find more images on boardgamegeek.comPrice: They seem to be out of stock in the US, but in Germany you can get this box for less than 20 EUR. That's about 40 Cent / miniature. I got mine last year for 5 EUR at the Spiel Messe in Essen. I hindsight I should have bought 10 of them... Quality: The overall quality of the miniatures is above average. The Yetis and the Wildkin (Owlbear) are top-notch! 2do: Embed/upload some images
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Post by pepebe on Mar 9, 2016 16:53:52 GMT
D&D Adventure System Boardgames All D&D Adventure System Boardgames come with a huge set of 40+ miniatures. One or more of them are large or huge. So far there are 4 of this board games available(gallery links to boardgamegeek.com). * Wrath of Ashardalon (42 plastic miniatures. 5 hero figures, 30 monster figures, and 7 villain figures) * Castle Ravenloft (42 plastic miniatures. 5 hero figures, 30 monster figures, and 7 villain figures) * Legend of Drizzt (40 plastic miniatures) * Temple of Elemental Evil (40 plastic miniatures) Quality: Nicely sculpted minis. Scale is more 25mm than 28mm. The quality is very high. Price: The price for a used box on ebay is between 30 and 50 USD/EUR. If you are lucky, you'll get a large set of miniatures at about 1EUR/USD per mini. Quite a bargain. 2do: Upload some images. Add lists of miniatures included in each game.
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Post by pepebe on Mar 9, 2016 17:10:16 GMT
World of Warcraft - The Board Game120 miniatures and LOTS of cardboard tokens that might be useful in tabletop RPGs. 16 Murlocs16 Gnolls12 Ghouls16 Scarlet Crusaders8 Naga8 Giant Spiders8 Worgen6 Wildkin6 Ogres12 Wraiths4 Doom Guards4 Drakes4 Infernals16 character figures Quality: Most of the are ok. Some of them excellent. Have a look here for a detailed view. Price: This is becoming a collector's item. I haven't heard anything good about the game itself. Nevertheless prices have been skyrocketing in the last few month to ridiculous amounts (150 + USD). Even at 120 USD this is only 1 USD per miniature, so some people might still consider this to be a bargain. If you should ever be able to get one in good condition for less than 60 EUR/USD. GET IT!
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 10, 2016 3:02:51 GMT
all D&D board games including the expacs of the Command stratregy game are worth it. exemple... wrath of ashardalon cost like 80$ and the dragon in there alone, is worth half of that in price. thats not including all the other 30+ minis coming along as well and the adventure book which can be used to create a d&d adventure. so paying 80$ for any of those d&d board games is much more then worth it.
i also have descent which doesn'T cost too much and has some "descent" minis in them.
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Post by teazia on Mar 10, 2016 5:14:13 GMT
You could get a used copy of the Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie Box last year for around $40 shipped if you hawked ebay. It comes with plenty of minis and more importantly lots of great modular terrain. I don't know the price these days however. I am swimming in both!
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Post by pepebe on Mar 10, 2016 9:39:34 GMT
HeroscapeYou could get a used copy of the Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie Box last year for around $40 shipped if you hawked ebay. It comes with plenty of minis and more importantly lots of great modular terrain. I don't know the price these days however. I am swimming in both! Yes, heroscape. Great stuff. The minis come prepainted and the quality isn't half bad. I've seen some really nice dragons and other large minis. The overal theme is "genre agnostic". You'll find minis from every genre on the board you can imagine (Modern/Fantays/SciFi). The hex tiles for this game are also awesome: Paintjob: Between average and good. Sculpts: The boxes cover a broad spectrum of genres. Nice sculpts. Availability: Used to be on sale for a while, but now very hard to get. Price: At the moment they are quite pricy. Ich checked ebay.com and ebay.de and I didn't find something I would call a bargain. The master sets are around 100 USD, so each mini costs more than 3 EUR/USD. You can get a much better ROI looking for Mageknight/Heroclix/Horrorclix prepainted minis. Master Sets:Heroscape Master Set: Rise of the Valkyrie - 30 minis - GalleryHeroscape Master Set: Swarm of the Marro - 25 minis - GalleryHeroscape Master Set: Battle for the Underdark - 10 minis - GalleryThere are also a lot of expansion. For a complete list, have a look at boardgamegeek.com
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Post by pepebe on Mar 10, 2016 10:12:09 GMT
Descentall D&D board games including the expacs of the Command stratregy game are worth it. exemple... wrath of ashardalon cost like 80$ and the dragon in there alone, is worth half of that in price. thats not including all the other 30+ minis coming along as well and the adventure book which can be used to create a d&d adventure. so paying 80$ for any of those d&d board games is much more then worth it. i also have descent which doesn'T cost too much and has some "descent" minis in them. I agree, Descent is a great source for minis... Paintjob: They come unpainted. Quality: With a few exception I'm totally in love with the 1st edition monster miniatures. I've only seen a few 2nd edition monsters, but they seem to be different from the old game (still quite good to awesome). Regarding the character minis I'm torn between cool and crappy. The plastic seems to be much to soft and the details will be very difficult to paint. Price: Volatile. I can only recommend to get those boxes whenever you can get them for a reasonable price (2 EUR/USD per mini). As the first edition it is out of print, prices for these boxes are rising. As you will get an aweful lot of minis from Jounreys in the Dark, I believe the highest ROI can be found here. Try to get it for less than 100 EUR/USD, you'll make a bargain. 2nd edition boxes can be grabbed for a good price, but they seem to contain less miniatures. First EditionDescent: Journeys in the Dark - 20 heros, 60 monsters (6 Tan and 3 Beastman, 2 Giants, 3 Manticores, 6 Sorcerers, 6 Razorwing, 9 Skeletons, 2 Dragons, 3 Nagas, 3 Ogres, 6 Hell Hounds, 9 Bane Spider, 2 Demons) - Gallery Descent: The Well of Darkness - 6 Heroes, 27 Monsters (18 Kobolds, 6 Ferrox, 3 Golems) - Gallery Descent: The Tomb of Ice - 6 Heroes, 21 Monsters (3 Ice Wyrms, 3 Medusae, 3 Wendigos, 6 Shades, 6 Lava Beetles) - GalleryDescent: The Altar of Despair - 6 Heroes, 21 Monsters (6 Blood Apes, 6 Dark Priests, 3 Deep Elves, 3 Trolls, 3 Chaos Beasts) - GallerySecond EditionDescent: Journeys in the Dark - Eight hero figures and 31 monster figures - Gallery
For a complete list of all Decent boxes visit gameboardgeek.com
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Post by indigo777 on Mar 10, 2016 10:42:29 GMT
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Post by pepebe on Mar 10, 2016 11:05:36 GMT
LOKA: A Game of Elemental Strategy
Loka is a chess-like boardgame where elemental forces fight against each other. The boardgame comes with 4 elemental factions with 9 minis for a total of 36 miniatures: 1 queen, 1 rook, 1 bishop, 1 knight, 4 pawns, 1 king ( Gallery). Each mini is standing on top of a plattform/pedestal, so they can be used as statues right out of the box. Source: boardgamegeek.com (Geoff Core) Sculptures: The plastic seems to be a bit harder than the one usually used for plastic minis. Don't know how they will stand use and abuse on the gaming table. The scults are quite nice, but they have a certain style that make them look like chiseled stone. It's hard to describe... Source: boardgamegeek.com (Chris Palmer) Scale: The pawns are about 28mm. The higher ranking miniatures are larger. I would use them for important NPCs. Price: I was lucky to get the box with 36 mins for 20 EUR (sold, sorry). The usual price is around 50 USD/EUR, so each mini in a box costs a bit less than 1.50 USD/EUR. You also can buy booster packs with 18 minus for less than 20 EUR/USD. Each pack contains two complete sets of one elemental force (don't know how that makes sense...). More info on boardgamegeek.com
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Post by pepebe on Mar 10, 2016 11:20:05 GMT
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 10, 2016 20:44:03 GMT
for those in europe i guess... remember many of us aren't there and are paying with us dollars which basically are only 1 and a half of your euro. which means that for many of us its even more pricey then that.
exemple of me in canada... we're like 1.25 dollars further then your euro... so basically... it cost me a little more then double your number. 50euro, would cost me like 125 dollars.
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Post by pepebe on Mar 10, 2016 21:05:37 GMT
for those in europe i guess... remember many of us aren't there and are paying with us dollars which basically are only 1 and a half of your euro. which means that for many of us its even more pricey then that. exemple of me in canada... we're like 1.25 dollars further then your euro... so basically... it cost me a little more then double your number. 50euro, would cost me like 125 dollars. Crafting is about doing things on a low budget. We have to be patient and if the moment arrives we have to strike without mercy. There are many things that are sold for cheap in the US but simply to expensive if we include shipping to Europe. I guess this is true the other way around for stuff shipped from Europe to the US or CA. Don't know how much the difference is for you if you have to pay shipping from the US to CAm but i guess that it is about half the amount I have to pay for stuff from the US. I've stopped looking at the sales category of miniaturemarket.com www.miniaturemarket.com/clearance.html), because shipping costs hurt so much that all those wonderful bargains actually more expansive than buying at a full price in Europe. Edit: There is a Confrontation/Wolfen sale at miniaturemarket: www.miniaturemarket.com/ssearch?q=confrontation+box#/?_=1&sort.price=asc&page=1 . 1-2 USD for a prepainted mini of high quality? Nice! But even if I buy a dozen of them shipping them home is simply too expansive.
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 11, 2016 20:26:17 GMT
exemple: at my gaming store, they sell the 5E books about 50$ each. if i would be buying off amazon, with shipping it would cost me 75$ so there are definite things i have to buy off the gaming sotre instead. i dont have to pay shipping there at least. but all the stuff they dont have i have to take off the US. and thats my problem... a few years back our dollars were equal it was a good time. but then in the last 2-3 years things have gone way higher. and now for every dollars i spend, i give the US 25 or so more cents. so i literally pay a little more then 1/4th what i should pay for.
this is why i never go for anything else then US, because everywhere else is just higher then that. that said there are always people underevaluting the price of things on the net. so i suggest you try and get stuff from particular instead. though at that point you maybe looking at a scam.
gosh why dont have i ahve the money when the time comes... they just got wrath of ashardalons at the gaming store and im fucking broke !
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Post by jennifer on Mar 12, 2016 8:17:27 GMT
I like Annie's 50/50 deal. 22 Viking Hirdmen and 20 Dark Age Warriors for $30. And the Frostgrave soldiers isn't a bad deal either at 20 for $30. And the official frostgrave undead kit is good at under $1 a mini.
What's nice with these kits is the they are customizable adn you can do kit bashing.
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 14, 2016 3:53:55 GMT
BattleMasters is full of 100+ figures, made by Games Workshop. Lots of miniatures for making army units, both Humans (Kinghts on Horses; Archers; Infantry Halberdiers; and more), and Beastmen of various types, including Goblins, Orcs/Hobgoblins, Minotaurs, and even Goblin Warg Riders, and one Giant. Also, the game includes a square, stone tower. It is a bargain, depending upon what price you pay for the game on e-Bay -- it is long OOP. Beware, though, many sets sold on e-Bay are incomplete. There is also the game, Lionheart, which contains 92 Human figures of various types: Knights on Plate barded Horses; Heavy Knights with Halberds; Peasants armed with pitch forks, and some others. Look for it on e-Bay, as it is also OOP. The game is comprised of two equal armies of figures, being based on a simplified chess-like set of rules; one army is made of silver plastic figures, while the other is made from the same molds, only cast in bronze-colored plastic. The silver figures are quick and easy to paint: just paint the bits which are not metallic, then apply The Dip; for the bronze-colored figures, I turned them into Hobgoblins, wearing Bronze Plate Mail. Bronze Plate Mail is one pip worse in AC, but considerably cheaper to make. Gygax states, in his 1977 AD&D Monster Manual, that Hobgoblins are often mistaken for Human allies, until they get close enough to recognize their race. I painted their faces orange, and then I dabbed a bit of blue on their noses. This was only necessary for those whose faces were exposed. For those whose face is hidden, the bronze armor is the only give-away. Their bronze armor also serves to tie them together as one army. The Lionheart game, along with BattleMasters, are fantastic for building armies. Cheers!
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Post by pepebe on Mar 14, 2016 8:44:19 GMT
sgtslag Hi, thanks for your contribution! What is the scale of both miniature games? If you have the tower, what are its measures?
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Post by pepebe on Mar 14, 2016 9:16:27 GMT
Dungeons & Dragons: Conquest of Nerath Board Game
Scale: 15mm "ish" From left to right: 1) elven archer from Dungeons & Dragons: Conquest of Nerath Board Game 2) elven archer from Runewars 3) human archer from BattleLore 4) Lannister archer from Battles of Westeros 5) Irish archer (1/72 plastic miniature) from "Wars of the Roses Irish Troops" miniatures set(all set is shown here www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=2268)6) elven archer (1/72 plastic miniature) from "Elves set1" miniatures set(all set is shown here theredbox.com.ua/set/53.htm)7) elven archer from War of the Ring (second edition) 8) Hero miniature from Runewars (25mm plastic miniature) Source: Post by leksa (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1472969/miniature-scale) Miniatures: 252 plastic playing pieces representing the champions and armies of Nerath, Karkoth, the Iron Circle, and Vailin ( Gallery). From what I have seen in the galley there is a whole bunch of nice Monsters (elementals, golems, flyers) that will fit into 25/28mm as well as interesting objective markers. SourceSculpts/Quality: I like what I see on Google Images... Price: 40 EUR/USD on ebay, market price around 65 EUR/USD. If you are into 15mm minis, this could be a bargain. If you are into 25/28mm, about half of the miniatures are actually useful still (still less only about 60 cents per miniature). More information about the game on boardgamegeek.com
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Post by pepebe on Mar 14, 2016 9:37:41 GMT
Battle Masters by Games WorkshopScale: 25mm ? Price: Seems to become a collectors item. Second hand games sell for about 100 USD/EUR. Miniatures: Over 100 "finely detailed" miniatures plus a nice tower ( Gallery)! - The Imperial Army:
3 mounted Lord Knights, 9 mounted Imperial Knights, 15 Imperial Men-at-Arms, 10 Imperial Archers, 5 Imperial Crossbowmen, 1 Mighty Cannon with 2 crew - The Chaos Army: 3 mounted Champions Of Chaos, 10 Chaos Warrios, 10 Chaos Archers, 10 Orcs, 10 Goblins, 6 Wolf Riders, 10 Beastmen, 1 Ogre Champion
Scultps/Quality: Old school GW pieces. A bit chunky/goofy for may taste, but still interesting. Source
SourceMore Information on boardgamegeeks.com
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Post by pepebe on Mar 14, 2016 10:02:12 GMT
Lionheart by ParkerScale: 25mm (about the same size as hero quest). Miniatures: 92 Human figures of various types: 10 mounted Knights; ? Heavy Knights (halberd and shield) ? Medium Infantry (spear and shield) ? Light Infantry (sword and shield) 16? Light Infantry (bow) ? Peasants armed with pitch forks (I love mobs) Quality/Sculpts: Some of the footmen look like they are in the middle of some wicked dancing moves. The style reminds me of the old heroquest models and I guess they would fit very well to this game. They are a bit chunky/goofy. I like the mounted units more though. SourcePrice: I've found a lot of them on ebay. They sell for 20 USD/EUR or less, so this might be a bargain.
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