Dungeons and dragons miniatures/dice?

Question

Dungeons and dragons miniatures/dice?

Answer 1

My dad used to play when I was younger. He collected the miniatures (pewter) and painted them. He was real good at painting them, he even got different colors in the eyes so they looked real. I still have them around somewhere. The dice too. I used to like to play with them growing up.

I digress....what is your question though? What about them?

Answer 2

Well, I'll guess you are wondering where they are and how to get  them?

Most good game and hobby shops carry the various polyhedral dice used for D&D.  For a typical game, you would want to start with 2 each of four sided, eight sided, ten sided, twelve sided and 20 sided, and at least 3 six siders.  You can get them in a variety of colors and styles.  For a big online selection, try www.chessex.com.

You don't need miniatures to play the game - you can use markers, or even just skip a board entirely and use your imagination. However, minis can be helpful.  Wizard of the Coast makes a line of official D&D miniatures; these are randomly packaged in 'boosters' of 8 miniatures.  They are plastic and prepainted, and good quality.  You can buy individual miniatures from the line at various online stores; most commons are quite cheap (10-20 cents each).  The D&D miniatures are also used for a skirmish miniatures game.

If you'd rather have minis to paint, you can look at miniature lines like Reaper (http://www.reapermini.com/) which has a great selection of metal minis.

If you are buying D&D stuff, be aware that D&D 4th Edition will be out in a few months, and most current books will not be compatible.  However, miniatures and dice should still be perfectly usable!