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Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures Game
GamingReport managed to track down the elusive Rob Heinsoo for a quick Q&A on the new Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures Game.
Q: Will the new game rules be easier then Chainmail?
RobH: Yes, the new D&D Minis rules are simpler to play than Chainmail.
The memory issues you refer to are much reduced. We tried to eliminate some of the memory/bookkeeping issues that we sometimes screwed up ourselves during play.
Q: What will be the main differences between the new game and Chainmail, ruleswise? Will we still have the order system?
RobH: I don't wanna talk about rules differences yet, and I'm not even sorry I don't wanna talk about 'em yet!
Q: Will the new statistics cards be the same size as an ordinary CCG card, so that one can use CCG card protectors and erasable pens?
RobH: The stat cards are, indeed, regular playing/trading card sized.
Q: Will the basic rulebook in the starter set be about the same scope as the one in the Chainmail starter set?
RobH: I'd say the rulebook has more game-related material than the Chainmail rulebook.
Q: Will there be any big bad dragons? How about big good dragons?
RobH: The name of the second set is DRAGONEYE, so go ahead and make your own guesstimate!
Dungeons and Dragons movie sequel
There are reports of a sequel to the Dungeons and Dragons movie. The first film was promoted as Dungeons and Dragons: The Movie in the United Kingdom and this lends some weight to the rumours the sequel will be called Dungeons and Dragons: The Sequel. Little is known about the plot but it is believed to involve an evil wizard stealing a powerful black orb.
Zinc Entertainment is known to be taking the lead and working with Marching Band Productions and Sweetpea Entertainment in order to put the movie together. Zinc Entertainment is a division of Joel Silver’s Silver Pictures. Joel Silver, famous for producing the Matrix trilogy, was the executive producer of the first DnD movie.
The film is due for release early in 2004.
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