Miniatures Handbook
Cover of Miniatures Handbook
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| Author | Jonathan Tweet, Mike Donais, Skaff Elias, and Rob Heinsoo |
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| Genre | Role-playing game |
| Publisher | Wizards of the Coast |
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Publication date
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October 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 192 |
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| OCLC | 53277725 |
| LC Class | GV1469.62.D84 D836 2000 |
The Miniatures Handbook is an official supplement for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.
The Miniatures Handbook is a D&D supplement intended to complement the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game, containing variants for the rules, covering dungeon crawls and mass battles while offering 3rd edition prestige classes.
Miniatures Handbook was authored by Jonathan Tweet, Mike Donais, Skaff Elias, and Rob Heinsoo, and published by Wizards of the Coast in October 2003. Cover art was by Stephen Tappin, and interior art was by Trevor Hairsine, Des Hanley, Adrian Smith, Stephen Tappin, and Richard Wright.
Jonathan Tweet explained the initial goal behind the book: "The Miniatures Handbook and the D&D Miniatures line in general developed because we saw that miniatures were a big part of the D&D roleplaying experience. We wanted to support players who use miniatures in their games, as well as create easy-to-use miniatures for players who would like to use miniatures but don't. In addition, we built on the experience Wizards has with competitive games. Our D&D miniatures are designed to work in a roleplaying game, but we've also created a head-to-head skirmish system for fighting fast, tactical battles with them. The Miniatures Handbook, like the miniatures themselves, supports both roleplaying and head-to-head wargaming."
Shannon Appelcline noted that the book "got somewhat mixed reviews and some things like the mass battle rules - which may have dated back, in part, all the way to Wizard's unpublished 'Military Order' book - were derided as not working well with the random nature of the miniatures. Still, the book probably served its purpose of cross-marketing Dungeons & Dragons and the Miniatures game."
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