D&D releases its first huge series in many, many moons. One would have to go all the way back to Against the Giants.

The second full 4E set once again spans 40 miniatures (5 per pack, 8 different packs in all). Seven slick huge minis are visible in the packaging. And since it’s a huge set, Ben had to fork out $19.79 for a booster but the mins were worth every hard-earned penny.

Ben’s game group is jumping into Thunderspire and this set provided lots of nice D&D miniature enhancement options (including the Duergar Cleric, Duregar Guard, Goblin Cutter, and Doomdreamer). The Irontooth mini from Shadowfell was a wonderful, sentimental touch.

So here’s our top five: Beholder Ultimate Tyrant (finally a beholder that makes Ben crap his pants), Storm Titan (love the added effects on the base – hopes it’s a trend), Balor (gets a Lord of the Rings likeness nod), Psychic Sentinel (Ben lost – a majority game group vote prevailed) and Talon Slaad (eyes, belly & teeth do all the right things).

And here’s our bottom five: Bolraza, Priestess of Bane (bitch please…lame), Githzerai Cenobite (never ever use this mini type), Githzerai Mindmage (see Cenobite), Rimefire Griffon (liquid paper paint job), and Human Rabble (has too much of a Gaston-Beauty-&-the-Beast look).

Legendary Evils is a truly amazing set (easily one of Wizard’s best ever). Ben anguished over each and every pick. Grab a case and enjoy.

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The group recently made a conscious effort to step up the 3-D game table environment for our new Thunderspire module. To use the same floors and terrain pieces from our previous Shadowfell adventure, would simply be…well…uncivilized.

So, we started to cast the Fieldstone pieces from Hirst Arts (molds 70 & 701). Unfortunately, this is a slow and meticulous process and our monthly game session loomed. Panic set in…

Then, like a gift from the gods, Ben stumbled upon the ArenaGear booth at Gencon. These wise lads had taken the Hirst Art molds and pre-cast, pre-glued and pre-painted them! Words do not describe Ben’s absolute glee. He bought as much of their pre-painted pieces (they come unpainted too) as he could carry back on the plane.

The in-game product results were simply spectacular. We now had representative walls and a whole new perspective to go with our game floor tiles. The pics speak for themselves.

ArenaGear seems to be in their early company stages so the best way to reach them at the moment is to drop Chad an e-mail.

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