Tenkar's Tavern: $900 Worth of Miniatures for $100

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

$900 Worth of Miniatures for $100 - Reaper Miniatures Kickstarter

This Kickstarter from Reaper is utterly amazing. The sweet point to pledge is $100, which gives you over $897 worth of Reaper Miniatures in high def plastic as of the time I'm writing this. It can only get better before it closes in the next few days. This site (be warned, it's slow to load but awesome) gives you the current lowdown on the value and close ups of the actual miniatures.

Here's the current $100 package with the current stretch goals included-

I haven't painted miniatures in over 20 years, but I guess I'll be getting back into the hobby ;)

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czakAugust 21, 2012 at 10:19 PM
One additional heads up - Reaper has announced that you can swap out the motorcycle riding succubus in the 100 dollar pledge for 25 dollars worth of add-ons / extras.

So 100 bucks gets you 200 minis and a dracolich (or other extra).
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czakAugust 21, 2012 at 10:25 PM
One additional heads up - Reaper has announced that you can swap out the motorcycle riding succubus in the 100 dollar pledge for 25 dollars worth of add-ons / extras.

So 100 bucks gets you 200 minis and a dracolich (or other extra).
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Aaron E. SteeleAugust 22, 2012 at 6:27 PM
It's truly mind-boggling. How could you not participate, at these prices?
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JasonZavodaAugust 22, 2012 at 10:37 PM

This deal is unbelievable. I think it is at 204 minis for the $100 pledge level with the ability to turn in the Sophie mini for a $25 credit for special offer minis.

These are fantastic reaper minis. I don't care if they are plastic it is the best bargain I've ever seen for a kickstarter.
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Why "Swords & Wizardry?"

Believe me when I say I have them all in dead tree format. I have OSRIC in full size, trade paperback and the Player's Guide. I have LL and the AEC (and somewhere OEC, but I can't find it at the moment). Obviously I have Basic Fantasy RPG. Actually, I have the whole available line in print. Way too much Castles & Crusades. We all know my love for the DCC RPG. I even have Dark Dungeons in print, the Delving Deeper boxed set, Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. BOTH editions of LotFP's Weird Fantasy and some dead tree copies of the Greyhawk Grognards Adventures Dark & Deep

I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

So, out of all that, why Swords & Wizardry? Why, when I have been running a AD&D 1e / OSRIC campaign in Rappan Athuk am I using Swords & Wizardry and it's variant, Crypts & Things, for the second campaign? (Actually, now running a S&W Complete campaign, soon to be with multiple groups)

Because the shit works.

It's easy for lapsed gamers to pick up and feel like they haven't lost a step. I can house rule it and it doesn't break. It plays so close to the AD&D of my youth and college years (S&W Complete especially) that it continually surprises me. Just much less rules hopping than I remember. (my God but I can run it nearly without the book)

I grab and pick and steal from just about all OSR and Original resources. They seem to fit into S&W with little fuss. It may be the same with LL and the rest, but for me the ease of use fit's my expectations with S&W.

Even the single saving throw. That took me longer to adjust to, but even that seems like a natural to me now. Don't ask me why, it just does. Maybe it's the simplicity of it. At 45 52, simplicity and flexibility while remaining true to the feel of the original is an OSR hat trick for me ;)

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$900 Worth of Miniatures for $100 - Reaper Miniatures Kickstarter

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