D&D Minis
DCI HQ
The DCI has set up two message boards for Tournament Organizers. DCI Tournament Organizer general is a place to ask questions that relate to tournament operations, policy, development, training, and anything else involved in tournament organizing. DCI Reporter Software is a place to ask questions about DCI Reporter functions and operation.
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DDM Resources
Pat Lynch's site hosts the Collectible Package Generator, which generates random boosters for the latest DDM set, and the DDM Card Printer, which prints card images of one's warband on a single sheet of paper. Excellent tools!
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Foxman: Drow Outpost
Jason Sallay (Foxman) analyzes the Drow Outpost map.
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Official D&D Minis Clarifications
Compiled by Guy Fullerton, this page provides "official clarifications for the D&D Minis game in the form of rules updates, errata, and FAQs."
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The DDM Wiki
Noble Sage created this collaborative resource for the DDM community.
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Wikipedia: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game
This article provides information on DDM sets, commonly used terms and abbreviations, and external links.
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WotC: Compiled D&D Miniatures Errata
Wizards of the Coast provides a download of the Wardrums rulebook and a printable list of skirmish rules errata (updated as of May 26, 2005).
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WotC: D&D Miniatures FAQ
Wizards of the Coast provides a printable list of answers to important questions (updated as of May 26, 2005), a download of the Wardrums rulebook, and links to the DDM online glossary and master list.
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WotC: D&D Miniatures Forum
The Wizards Community hosts a D&D Minis Tradehouse and discussion regarding general DDM topics; painting and modeling; tournaments; and warband critique.
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WotC: D&D Miniatures Tournaments
Wizards of the Coast provides tournament resources, information on premiere events, links to tournament rules and errata, DCI resources, and skirmish accessories.
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WotC: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Official Home Page
Wizards of the Coast provides information on DDM products, previews, image galleries, skirmish rules, and a warband generator.
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WotC: Retailer Kit Contents
"The D&D Campaigns program is a retail support program for Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures skirmishes and roleplaying. This event-support program is designed to run it as often as retailers and their patrons like, from once a week to once a month. Each month features a new D&D Campaigns season with new marketing support, play opportunities, and prizes. Primarily designed to provide participants with sanctioned tournament play, the retailer kit also allows for more casual league play as well as roleplaying support."
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WotC: Tournament Organizer Sanctioning Page
"The Wizards of the Coast Tournament Organizer website is the central area for Organizers to learn about Tournament Organizing, sanctioning events, advancing your Organizer level, and learning how to run quality tournaments."
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DDM Online Play
The Eternal Skirmish Campaign
The Eternal Campaign is played online with Vassal and uses a variation on the skirmish campaign rules presented in WotC's Miniatures Handbook.
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The Vassal Game Engine
"VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. It allows users to play in real time over a live Internet connection (in addition to playing by email). It runs on all platforms, and is free for personal use."
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VASSAL Engine Wiki
The Vassak Engine Wiki offers an overview, tips for getting started, module-creation tutorials, FAQs, resources for developers, and user supplied tutorials.
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Vassal Mod: DDM 1-12-3
This link takes you to the latest Vassal mod and extension (which now contains all Epic maps).
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DDM Strategy
Derry: Secrets of the Champions 2006, Part 1 (CG)
Michael Derry, a WotC delegate, tournament organizer, and D&D Miniatures Senior Judge, offers a snapshot examination of the current state of the DDM metagame just before the DDM 2006 Constructed Qualifier season. To date, this series has not been completed.
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Fenris: Activation Order
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a strategic analysis of creature activation.
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Fenris: Assaulting Magma Keep
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a strategic map evaluation.
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Fenris: Braving the Hellspike
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a strategic map evaluation.
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Fenris: Exploring Mushroom Cavern
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a strategic map evaluation.
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Fenris: Field of Ruin and Dragon Shrine
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a strategic map evaluation.
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Fenris: Learning from Losing
Jason Lioi, the 2005 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers perspectives on getting the most out of a loss.
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Kiddoc: Planning for Victory
Brian P. Mackey, the 2004 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers tips for tournament preparation (physical, mental, and organizational).
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Kiddoc: Secrets of the Champions 2005, Part 1 (CG)
Brian P. Mackey, the 2004 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a primer for the 2005 tournament season.
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Kiddoc: Secrets of the Champions 2005, Part 3 (CE)
Brian P. Mackey, the 2004 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a primer for the 2005 tournament season.
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Kiddoc: Secrets of the Champions 2005, Part 4 (LG)
Brian P. Mackey, the 2004 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a primer for the 2005 tournament season.
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Kiddoc: Secrets of the Champions, Part 2 (LE)
Brian P. Mackey, the 2004 D&D Miniatures Constructed Champion, offers a primer for the 2005 tournament season.
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Map Analysis: Frostfell Rift
This Hordelings thread discusses the ins and outs of the Frostfell Rift battlemap.
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Merric: D&D Miniatures Strategy News
Merric Blackman offers "collected articles, warbands, and posts about how to play the D&D Miniatures game."
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Playing to Win
David Sirlin, a multiple-time national tournament champion in video games, offers perspectives on winning at competetive games. This article is the first of five parts. Sirlin also has authored a book by the same name.
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Timmy, Johnny, and Spike: The Test
The R&D folks at Magic: The Gathering developed this test in order to discover what their players like about the game. The analysis is relevent to minis games as well.
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Timmy, Johnny, and Spike: What Does That Mean?
The R&D folks at Magic: The Gathering developed this test in order to discover what their players like about the game. This link goes directly to the explanation of the test archetypes.
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When Cards Go Bad
Mark Rosewater, lead designer of Magic: The Gathering, offers an analysis regarding why some cards are better (or worse) than others. The analysis applies equally to miniatures games.
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DDM Tools
Bifur's Warband Generator
"Bifur's Warband Generator is a tool to create and manage your warband for the Dungeons and Dragons Skirmish Game." Bifur's is now available as a stand-alone application and no longer requires Microsoft Access.
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DCI Ratings and Rankings
This link leads directly to DCI ratings and rankings for DDM, but AAM and SWM are easily accessible.
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DDM Skirmish Scorecards
Thanks to Robbdaman for creating a .pdf file of the skirmish scorecards given out at D&D Experience!
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KB Warband Generator
A Microsoft Excel based D&D Minis Warband Generator and Collection Tracker
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Map Explorer
"Map Explorer is a freely available tool to explore Line-of-Sight (LOS) on maps for the D&D Miniatures Skirmish game."
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Protect Your Maps: TC Bulk Toploaders
As the name implies, TC Bulk sells bulk toploaders. These are perfect for protecting DDM maps.
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WotC: D&D Miniatures Master List
Wizards of the Coast provides a comprehensive, sortable list of the 600+ D&D Miniatures released to date.
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WotC: Warband Generator
"Want to calculate and print out a rules-legal D&D Miniatures warband of any point total using any of the released miniatures? Our web utility makes it easy and quick to do. You can pick your faction, set your point total limit, and the warband generator gives you a list to pick from with the appropriate costs figured in, lets you pick terrain tiles, and automatically indicates when you've filled out your warband to its maximum skull-thumpin' potential."
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