Chainmail Miniatures Game

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Template:Greyhawk source The Chainmail Miniatures Game was a ruleset created specifically for D&D, based on the 3rd Edition, and released in 2001. It streamlined the gameplay, making it easier to use for skirmish scenarios consisting of numerous individual units. The storyline for the seven factions was set in far Western Oerik on the world of Oerth, in an area known as the Sundered Empire.

Description

From the back cover of the original starter set:

"The God of War is dead, and six factions vie for control of his legacy. Will your batle-hardened warbands lay claim to his lost power or be swept from the field like chaff?

The Dusgeons & Dragons Chainmail miniatures game is an everything goes battle-royale based on the D20 system and features some of the most infamous creatures the D&D ;universe as ever known.

Build your army with care or feel the sting of classic D&D spells and new abilities taken straight from the Player's Handbook. This Starter Set contains everything that two people need to start playing, including rules for multiplayer play."

Time to throw down."

Publication History

The First Chainmail miniatures Starter Set came out in 2001. According to the Lost Minis Wiki: Wizards of the Coast revived the Chainmail skirmish game and released a range of miniatures to support it. This game would eventually become the D&D Miniatures skirmish game, and many Chainmail sculpts would be later turned into prepainted plastic: the last recognizable one being the Large Ice Elemental (Para-Ice Elemental) in the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures set #12, "Unhallowed".

The Chainmail brand would be discontinued in August 2002 but many of the miniatures ... would reappear in several of the D&D 3.5 Miniatures boxsets. [1]

Reception

Chainmail product line at RPG.net

References

Citations

  1. Lost Minis Wiki. Miniatures-workshop.com. Retrieved 2020-Jul 23

Bibliography

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

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