New Posts For Thread: Dragon 399 - Ampersand: New Frontiers: D&D and Board Gameshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_GamesDragon 399AmpersandNew Frontiers: D&D and Board GamesBy Bill SlavicsekIt’s that time of year when a young gamer’s fancy turns to thoughts of lazy days, blockbuster movies, and all-out war...Talk about this editorial here.You can use these miniatures with your Pnp D&D games, if you don't care that they are not the same scale.D&D miniatures use about the 25 mm scale of minis, the Conquest minis look to be 15 mm scale, unfortunately.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_Games?post_id=495711741#495711741You can use these miniatures with your Pnp D&D games, if you don't care that they are not the same scale.D&D miniatures use about the 25 mm scale of minis, the Conquest minis look to be 15 mm scale, unfortunately.Sat, 14 May 2011 12:52:51 -0500The notion of having dungeons on a wargame map, where some of your forces can adventure for items that may give them bonuses, is straight out of the early 90's TSR boardgame "Greyhawk Wars". (And even that was a nod to the origins of D&D -- the Chaihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_Games?post_id=495680877#495680877The notion of having dungeons on a wargame map, where some of your forces can adventure for items that may give them bonuses, is straight out of the early 90's TSR boardgame "Greyhawk Wars". (And even that was a nod to the origins of D&D -- the ChaiSat, 14 May 2011 07:25:40 -0500Hrm, I'm less than pleased with the focus on board games. By all accounts, they're reasonable - and I'm goign to get my hands on at least one when I can afford to.But I'm not buying them for the board game. I'm buying them for the minis, and less shttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_Games?post_id=495676181#495676181Hrm, I'm less than pleased with the focus on board games. By all accounts, they're reasonable - and I'm goign to get my hands on at least one when I can afford to.But I'm not buying them for the board game. I'm buying them for the minis, and less sSat, 14 May 2011 06:11:13 -0500Not unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere. But where I am, it's in the mid-90s Fahrenheit.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_Games?post_id=495675293#495675293Not unless you live in the Southern Hemisphere. But where I am, it's in the mid-90s Fahrenheit.Sat, 14 May 2011 05:58:10 -0500Its winter for god's sake.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/27610745/Dragon_399_-_Ampersand:_New_Frontiers:_DD_and_Board_Games?post_id=495674953#495674953Its winter for god's sake.Sat, 14 May 2011 05:52:36 -0500