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1. Nunally says

   This is a great game if you like miniatures, board games, RPG style rollers, etc. It combines the WoW lore and creature set with a timing system that makes the game move a bit slowly at first, but overall makes it a unique play style and a lot of fun.

   While I would prefer to paint the miniatures myself, these come prepainted on soft plastic (some bend). The appearance of most in the set is top notch. Some are sloppily done, others downright poor. But overall the moulding and painting is first rate.

   The maps are modular, so you can combine as many as you like for large games. You can also change spawn points and victory point locations.

   The addition of character cards (not to be confused with the WoW collectable card game) makes it fun and each character unique. Action cards for different characters add yet another layer of depth to the game play.

   The snap-on bases don’t always work, but when they function properly health and game “ticks” are easily tracked right on each character. It can be frustrating when a base pops loose in the middle of a game…

   And while this still does not quite accomplish my goal of finding something to give portable video games a run for their money during the winter… it is a lot of fun and worth the investment for a starter set and a couple of expansion packs.

   October 21, 2009, 3:45 pm
2. Irvine says

   The game is pretty pretty fun, moderately complex and with a good deal of variety in every game one plays.

   The miniatures are made of good quality plastic although they do not look as impresive as on the official page. I know that it’s hard to make a very detailed PREPAINTED miniature but I find most of the figures a bit under the level that a miniature should reach to ‘look nice’.

   And almost 50% of the bases do not connect properly to the miniatures so when lifted and moved, during the game, the figures start falling off. Very stupid mistake to make them that way.

   But overall- it is a good game:-)

   October 22, 2009, 4:25 am
3. Knight says

   From PlayingWithMyWeiner.com:

   I’ve been playing World of Warcraft since 2005. I swore I would never play the WoW Trading Card Game because I didn’t want to get sucked in like I did in 1997 with Magic: The Money Pit. My resolve faded when my best friend bought one booster pack to see what the art was like and found a Papa Hummel’s Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuits Card to be used in-game. Despite the several boxes of cards I’ve bought, I don’t really dig the game. It’s an improvement over Magic in that anything can be used as a resource, but, just as in Magic, all it takes is a few number crunchers to break the game.

   The mini game seems different. For one thing, it didn’t drag on forever and eighteen days. There was a solid, achievable win condition that could be reached in a reasonable amount of time. For another thing, the “inventory management” was much smoother in this game, where you select just a few powers to be in your “hotbar” and use them strategically, instead of managing thousands of options to get a deck of around 60, inside which is that one special card you hope comes up. Finally, the little pieces look cool. You can either keep them on their little game pedestals or take them out and let them adorn your desk. For a WoW geek like me, this seems like a good idea.

   The WoW Mini game is coming from Upper Deck in November, and I think I’ll at least pick up the Starter Pack.

   October 22, 2009, 4:35 pm
4. Levray says

   I bought the starter set to have the figures. I recommend starting out this game with the deluxe edition. If you’re not sure if you’re interested, the starter set should work fine.

   October 23, 2009, 4:02 am
5. Eton says

   Deluxe starter is a great thing for starting this cool game (WoW making money in every form:-)and in comparison to normal starter it’s so much better! It costs a bit more, true, but for that money one will get so much more than the normal starter provides- good quality map and most important 6 characters of which not all are common (like in normal starter), and the way the games should be played is 3 vs 3 characters not 2 v 2 like you get in normal starter.
   So if you are interested in trying this pretty good and intriguing game this is the product you have to start with.

   Regarding the post above, the bases where the miniatures are mounted ARE indeed pretty badly made. Every 2nd or 3rd base won’t connect to the miniature strong enough and pretty often when lifted the miniature will fall off.
   Very stupid and annoying thing in this generally pretty good game.
   If you like World of Warcraft its (almost) must-try

   October 23, 2009, 3:53 pm
6. Egan says

   The game is fun to play and it seems like there is a good amount of variation. The deluxe map board is a great upgrade from the paper map. My only real complaint is that none of the minis snap into the bases. They fit well and spin well enough but they do not lock into the base making it hard to move them around the board without pulling them out completely.

   Overall it is a fun game and is worth buying but be aware of the minor defect.

   October 24, 2009, 4:35 am
7. Campo says

   I did a lot of research into the WoW CMG before deciding on this purchase, so I was pretty aware of what I was going to get. One of the biggest draws of the Minis game was the thrill of opening up boxes in hopes of finding that rare character who may or may not be there. That thrill is maintained in this Deluxe Starter due to the presence of random figurines rather than set ones like in the basic starter. I was fortunate enough to get the Monster and Alliance factions in mine; which means once I buy the basic starter (which comes with Horde and Alliance U Bases) I will have 3 matching sets of U Bases for each faction (and 2 sets for Alliance). To the casual player this is trivial, but for someone who lives in specifics it’s a random chance which could make a large difference.

   Another uncontrollable aspect of this package is the map included. I believe they all have the same layout and number of tiles, but depending on your interests you might find yourself disappointed. I was hoping for Winterspring or Tanaris but I got Ashenvale. That said, it’s still an amazing looking board and very high quality.

   For someone who has read a little into the game and is confident they will enjoy it, this pack is definitely worth the extra money compared to the basic starter.

   October 24, 2009, 3:48 pm
8. Ulmer says

   The rules are simple and easy to learn, as in 15 minutes to read through the manual, then you’re ready to play a basic game. The games go by quickly, so it’s good for fitting a one-off into a busy schedule, or getting lots of games in during an evening of play.

   The miniatures are big and look great (for plastic prepaints), with lots of detail and paintjobs. One fault is the clip-on bases: they don’t clip on so good. Luckily, that doesn’t really impact the game unless you’re a nitpicker.

   One suggestion: splurge on the deluxe edition. Six minis, six bases, six dice, a couple dozen cardboard counters, and a rugged cardboard, double-sided map to play on. Lots of value for the money.

   Game On!

   October 25, 2009, 4:09 am
9. She says

   Like many anthologies, this one is uneven. Nevertheless, it contains some very interesting articles, especially about gender and culture as expressed in World of Warcraft.

   My problem with the book, however, is that it purports to have a sort of dual viewpoint, being that all the academics writing about World of Warcraft here are also players. The problem is that none of them, as far as I can tell, have achieved level cap and immersed themselves in the endgame.

   Like many MMORPGs, World of Warcraft is many games all rolled into one. There is the leveling game (where you take a new character and head off into the world to have adventures, gradually gaining strength and power as you defeat various challenges). There is the player-vs-player game, where you engage in battles against other players, either in groups or solo. There is the professions game, where you learn to create items in the game and get gradually better and better at doing so, until you can (if you wish) create a business providing services for other players. There is the economic game, where the goal you set yourself involves making as much game money as possible. There are games related to earning what are called Achievements (although these did not exist when this book was being written), and thereby earning yourself titles and/or items such as special in-game pets or mounts.

   And there is the raiding endgame. In the raiding endgame, you reach the level cap and play around in small group encounters, gaining skill and gear until you are ready to join larger groups of players, setting off into some of the most intricately designed content in the game. The encounters there are complex and require serious coordination between largish groups of players to defeat. (To give you a sense of the complexity involved, there are some encounters that have taken groups of 25 people numerous attempts to defeat — and by “numerous”, I mean three or four hour sessions twice or three times a week for a month or more.) The organization required to put together a raiding team and keep it going strong for months on end is not trivial.

   Most World of Warcraft players at least try out the raiding game; some of them define themselves in part by their refusal to play that game. Different players take different approaches to this raiding game. Some define themselves as “hardcore” and treat the raiding game almost as a job (and they require a group of people to raid with who share the same approach, with the necessary level of organizational infrastructure to support such an approach). Others define themselves a “casual raiders” who seek to experience raiding content as part of what they do, without in any way treating it as “another job”. Since the fall of 2008, the raiding game has been available to most players who are at the level cap, at least in a very casual way.

   While one can certainly play World of Warcraft without ever raiding, no one can accurately describe the game or the social groups that develop within it without discussing raiding. The vast majority of the authors in this anthology have not reached level cap, and those that have (for the most part, and by their own admission) have hardly scratched the surface of this important part of the game. So much of the game design is built around raiding, so many of the social structures are organized around this activity, that it’s hard to take seriously a book about World of Warcraft that doesn’t address it.

   On the other hand, it’s a relief that these authors did not write about something they haven’t experienced. Most people who have raided, whether they still do so or not, will confess that it’s not really what it looks like from the outside. People raid for a variety of reasons, and the groups they form to support their raiding habits vary a great deal in response to their motivations. It’s tiring to read about “raiding” when the writer has obviously never done it, and can’t evaluate for herself what her informants tell her about their experiences doing it.

   At the same time, the lack of substantive consideration of the “raiding game” leaves a big gap in this book. It’s as if someone were writing a book about Major League Baseball and chose to act as if the American League simply did not exist. It’s hard to get a real sense of World of Warcraft if you don’t talk about the endgame (that is, the things people do in the game once they have reached level cap and determined to keep playing), yet the authors are largely not able to do that, since they haven’t gotten there yet.

   That’s a shame, because the dual-lens of player + academic is a valuable one, and I wish that this book had not ignored such a big part of the game.

   October 25, 2009, 4:10 pm
10. Bartoli says

    I ordered this book to help me write my thesis on online interaction, leaning towards writing about MMORPGs. It was just what I wanted. The range of topics is really good and each article is insightful. I really look forward to reading more from these authors. Its certainly helped open up a few more avenues for research!

    October 26, 2009, 4:07 am