Not having paid too much attention to the recent shenanigans at WizKids, we almost missed the news entirely that the Clix line of collectible miniatures is now dead. While Mage Knight was discontinued by WizKids some time ago, the system behind the game lived on, primarily through the HeroClix line. Since Topps’ purchase of WizKids, [...]
Okay, so we haven’t played it yet so can’t comment on the actual gameplay, but we recently saw some of the figures from the World of Warcraft (WoW) miniatures game, and oh boy were we surprised. While we didn’t have high hopes for the game to begin with, we figured that the production values would [...]
We don’t do many post-mortem posts at mendax.org, but perhaps we should start. We say that because things are usually clearer in hindsight, and understanding historical events is a boon to future decision making. That’s why when we commented on the World of Warcraft (WoW) miniatures game the other day, we thought about the interesting [...]
We were too lazy to report on the World of Warcraft (WoW) miniatures game slated for release on November 11th when we heard about it many months ago, but Massively’s recent post on the release reminded us of the irony. Warcraft has taken the opposite approach of its initial inspiration, Warhammer, by starting with video [...]
Not to come across as a Tobold-hater what with our recent post about him, but what’s with him being out-of-touch with traditional roleplaying games (RPGs)? The guy claims to be in a regular group that gets together twice each month, and yet he doesn’t understand the market? Okay, maybe it’s because he’s only been playing [...]