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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 9641898" data-attributes="member: 1465">I think your review is a bit too D&amp;D centric. Indeed the Wildspire minis are marketed as &quot;DnD compatible&quot; which IMHO sounds like a marketing ploy (are there even some fantasy minis which are &quot;incompatible&quot; with DnD, considering that 5e even has firearms rules?) so if they attract criticism for making minis with size not matching the MM creatures, it is their only fault. However, the way I see these is that they aren't official 5e minis so they are of course free to provide fantasy creatures that are good for other RPGs. For instance, mummies aren't usually needed in large numbers because they are high level monsters in DnD, but they could definitely be low level in other RPGs.Names are deceiving. &quot;Magma ooze&quot; makes you think why would I need this? Was there even ever a magma ooze in a past monster manual? But look past the name on box and this is easily a template for ANY ooze: paint it in a different colour and it's an ochre jelly, grey ooze or black pudding at your preference! As it is medium-size, team them up together and make it a large ooze.I am not in the market for these as I have long acquired the habit of using Lego instead of traditional minis, but I really think these are very good for anyone starting out... and I think they almost break [USER=3586]@MerricB[/USER] 's old &quot;rule for minis&quot; which IIRC went like &quot;large range of figures available, non-random, low price: pick two&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 9641898, member: 1465"] I think your review is a bit too D&D centric. Indeed the Wildspire minis are marketed as "DnD compatible" which IMHO sounds like a marketing ploy (are there even some fantasy minis which are "incompatible" with DnD, considering that 5e even has firearms rules?) so if they attract criticism for making minis with size not matching the MM creatures, it is their only fault. However, the way I see these is that they aren't official 5e minis so they are of course free to provide fantasy creatures that are good for other RPGs. For instance, mummies aren't usually needed in large numbers because they are high level monsters in DnD, but they could definitely be low level in other RPGs. Names are deceiving. "Magma ooze" makes you think why would I need this? Was there even ever a magma ooze in a past monster manual? But look past the name on box and this is easily a template for ANY ooze: paint it in a different colour and it's an ochre jelly, grey ooze or black pudding at your preference! As it is medium-size, team them up together and make it a large ooze. I am not in the market for these as I have long acquired the habit of using Lego instead of traditional minis, but I really think these are very good for anyone starting out... and I think they almost break [USER=3586]@MerricB[/USER] 's old "rule for minis" which IIRC went like "large range of figures available, non-random, low price: pick two". [/QUOTE]

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