A mini-diversion from sex/politics/religion

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The new War of the Dragon Queen D&D Miniatures come out today! I’m heading over to Games of Berkeley to pick up my cases this afternoon. Wish me luck on my “pulls” (gamer jargon which minis I actually “pull” out—they come in randomly assorted boxes).

Full disclosure: I get a discount at Games of Berkeley for running games there. I don’t get any special discount from Wizards of the Coast, although I probably should get some kind of lifetime consumer award from them.

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Zachary Drake said…
For those of you who are interested, I got 2 cases, and my huge rare pulls are:

Dracolich
Sorcerer on Balck Dragon
Aspect of Bahamut
Aspect of Tiamat

[pretty darn sweet if you ask me]

I got one of each of the huge uncommons, doubling on the Displacer Beast Pack Lord and the Bluespawn Godslayer (meh. people are calling him "Blue Barney")

So here's what I still need to collect from the set:

Huge Fiendish Spider Promo (the red one)
Golden Protector
Griffon Cavalry
Wizended Elder Watcher
Blackguard on Nightmare
Eldrich Giant
Large Green Dragon
Redspawn Firebelcher
Tundra Scout
7:07 AM, July 08, 2006
Anonymous said…
I enjoyed seeing the "pulls", too. : ) I don't think having two Blue Barneys is so bad, but then again, I'm not a gamer. Oh, and the male tavern keeper definitely looks pregnant.
4:55 PM, July 08, 2006
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