[Gamefound] Wildspire Miniature's "Realm Reforged: Essential Fantasy Miniatures

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Wildspire Miniature's "Realm Reforged: Essential Fantasy Miniatures -- Physical & STL" : Was BLG's Fantasy Series II

If anyone remembers the Blacklist Games fiasco of Fantasy Series II, Wildspire Miniatures has the license for both FS1 and FS2 miniatures. W was able to obtain the molds for FS1, but is now seeking funds for the FS2 molds. W has retail product, so purchased the molds in advance. The crowdfunding is there to recoup costs and sort of pre-order the mini's. W is not affiliated with BLG, has run KS in the past for its previous miniatures, as well as is selling existing product retail. (The FS1 monster miniatures are already available online under their Classics line, though in a different format than BLG. AFAIK, They will also be available through the crowdfunding project.)

196 generic fantasy miniatures for $96. Previous backers of FS2 will get a further discount, so will pay $48 for the 196 miniatures (plus a $15 add-on if you want the fifth minion miniature you need for most minion enemy groups in Lasting Tales), one such discount per set pledged in FS2. W is partially paying for tariffs, so backers will pay $7+ additional for tariffs (dunno if that's per pledge). Take a look at the extensive FAQ for more info! A physical book of 5e stats is included. STL set for $49.

These miniatures are more for gamers than painters. If you're looking for hobby-level plastic of a nautical theme, see the Archon campaign. I did notice that both Archon and Wildspire are both offering a Chimera (free for returning backers) and Hydra. Not sure about the scale, but if you back both, it bet it will be "Take your daughter to slay the heroes day" at the office.

Campaign starts 4/15 : https://gamefound.com/en/projects/wildspire-miniatures/realm-reforged
Wildspire Miniatures available on Amazon, including FS1 monsters: https://www.amazon.com/stores/WildspireMiniatures/Homepage/page/B343BFEF-3714-440E-9750-50FC66D51848



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Some preview molds on the W discord!
https://discord.com/channels/1323486096444620850/1331014475888726066

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48 hours left!



Posted this on BGG about the discounted additional Classic + Realm sets:



Some reasons for buying another Complete Collection (Classic and Realm), retail or otherwise:
* Reinforcements add-on is only for Realm sets to become equivalent to FS2 sets. AFAIK, Reinforcements do not upgrade Classis sets to FS1.
* Some Elites require three more mini's as their Entourage. So you could have a regular minion group of five Bandit Cutthroats, and three more as a Bandit Captain Entourage.
* You may wish to fight more than one enemy that have only one miniature in a FS or Wildspire set for whatever reason (eg. two Centaurs).
* Second dragon. Dragons and wyrmlings of different colors have slightly different abilities.
* Other miniatures games that use more than five mini's of a monster type (eg. Spellslingers and Sellswords, D&D).

I did notice that the Classic set has only two Banshees and two Ghosts. So, even if you bought a second set, you'd have 4x Banshees, and 4x Ghosts, not enough for the 5x minions. However, you can certainly proxy Banshees as Ghosts (male and female ghosts), though, thematically not vice versa (Banshees are female!).  If you paint a Ghost or Banshee, wrap some cotton around the base for a quick ghostly fog effect!

A duplicate set of Heroes (Mercenary Guild) isn't as important. I've only really wanted multiples of dwarven paladins after third level armed with polearms (high resistance, high damage, second strike  and *nobody* makes that sort of mini. Same for my Elven Ranger who wants a spear.

And, if you're still unsure about multiple sets b/c you haven't even played LT yet, you can always wait for retail.