D&D Attack Wing National Championship + Designer Meet & Beat

A few weeks back, WizKids announced their US National Championship would take place on April 11-12, 2015 in Glen Burnie, Maryland at Games and Stuff.

WizKids will be having tournaments for Dice Masters, Heroclix, Star Trek Attack Wing, and Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing, as well as other events (see the event list).

The Prize Structure for the DNDAW US Championship looks like this:

  • The Winner will receive:
    • An invitation to the 2015 Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing World Championship
    • A Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing Bahamut Premium Figure
  • Top 2 will receive:
    • A Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing Tiamat Premium Figure
  • Top 4 will receive:
    • A Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing Silver Dragon Premium Figure

In addition to the tournament, the Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing designers, Andrew Parks and Manny O’Donnell will be attending on Sunday, April 12th for a Meet and Greet Sunday morning, and, as a bonus prize to participants in the tournament, two random players who did not make the Top 4 will be selected to compete with Andrew or Manny in a game of Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing!

If they win, they will get an opportunity to work with Andrew and Manny to create a new Upgrade Card that will be released in a future Dungeons and Dragons Attack Wing product!

The Meet and Greet is scheduled for 10am (EST) and the designers will be signing game items if desired.

The match is scheduled for 2pm, or whenever the tournament Swiss rounds are over. The Format is 120 point constructed Legion.

The DungeonMaster and I will also be there, though in no official capacity, but we’ll be around during both the Meet and Greet and the match, so let us know if you use DNDAW.com, we’d love to hear from you!

We could also, if desired, bring a list of questions for those of you who can’t make it.

So, what do you need to know? What questions do you have for Andrew or Manny (or us)?

(Besides the poop token question, it’s already on the list)

In related news … Wizards/Wiz Kids announce Elemental Evil line of miniatures

As you may or may not know, Wizards of the Coast and Wiz Kids recently announced a new line of minis, this time focusing on Elemental Evil: http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/miniatures/minis_elementalevil

gnollSince some of the same figures used in the first few waves of Attack Wing were also in the previous line of minis (Tyranny of Dragons) were also used for Attack Wing, it seems likely some of this line will be used as well.

The release date was today (March 4th) and several D&D fan sites have been building lists and galleries of images of the figures.

I’ve found a bunch of incomplete lists, but the first complete list (with images) I’ve found was at MiniatureMarket.com.

A glance through the figures, and we can already see some of the figures that will be coming out for Attack Wing. The OP prizes Hieracosphinx and Solar Angel are both from this set, and a couple of the dragons look familiar (though there also seems to be some new poses for some dragons that have already made appearances).

I think my favorite might be the the Gnoll I posted above. What’s yours?

Pop over to MiniatureMarket.com to take a look at the new figures, but if you’re looking for a simple list to copy and paste, here’s one:

The full list:

Elemental Evil #001 Magmin (Common)
Elemental Evil #002 Forest Gnome Ranger (Common)
Elemental Evil #003 Svirfneblin Rogue (Common)
Elemental Evil #004 Fire Snake (Common)
Elemental Evil #005 Fire Bat (Common)
Elemental Evil #006 Psuedodragon (Common)
Elemental Evil #007 Shield Dwarf Fighter (Common)
Elemental Evil #008 Wolf Spider (Common)
Elemental Evil #009 Ghoul (Common)
Elemental Evil #010 Troglodyte (Common)
Elemental Evil #011 Earth Cult Warrior
Elemental Evil #012 Dread Warrior (Common)
Elemental Evil #013 Water Cult Warrior (Common)
Elemental Evil #014 Air Cult Warrior (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #015 Gold Dwarf Guard (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #016 Wight (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #017 Fire Cult Warrior (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #018 Moon Elf Ranger (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #019 Earth Elemental (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #020 Water Elemental (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #021 Duergar Fighter (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #022 Gnoll Fighter (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #023 Peryton (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #024 Earth Genasi Fighter (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #025 Ogre (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #026 Owlbear (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #027 Ettin (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #028 Fire Elemental (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #029 Air Elemental (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #030 Solar Angel (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #031 Hieracosphinx U)
Elemental Evil #032 Griffon (Uncommon)
Elemental Evil #033 Air Genasi Rogue (Rare)
Elemental Evil #034 Fire Myrmidon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #035 Salamander (Rare)
Elemental Evil #036 Basilisk (Rare)
Elemental Evil #037 Darkenbeast (Rare)
Elemental Evil #038 Black Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #039 Blue Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #040 Green Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #041 White Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #042 Brass Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #043 Bronze Dragon (Rare)
Elemental Evil #044 Chimera (Rare)
Elemental Evil #045 Silver Dragon (Premium Figure)

Just to avoid any confusion, remember that while these may be the same minis, they are not the Attack Wing versions and do not come with the Attack Wing cards!

Multi-Element Support in Legion Builder

The Legion Builder now has better support for  creatures with multiple elements.

That is all. 🙂

 

Bronze Dragon (OP 3 Prize) and Solar Angel (OP 6 Prize) revealed

Looks like Teri Litorco cannot be stopped as she reveals two more Organized Play prizes. The long lost OP3, which Teri teased way back in 2008 (ok, maybe not that long ago), Bronze Dragon, and OP6, the Solar Angel.

OP3: Bronze Dragon

OP6: Solar Angel

And, of course, Legion Builder links:

Wave OP3: Bronze Dragon

Quelindritar and the Bronze Dragon plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave OP6: Solar Angel:

Auroniel and the Angelic Paladin plus these Upgrades have been added:

Chimera (OP5 Prize) Preview Video and some silliness …

That Teri Girl is still going strong, with another preview of another Organized Play prize:

Chimera:

 

While we wait for the cards to go up into the Legion Builder …

Burning Ballista, Swooping Dragon is also proud to present to you a one-act performance by the Chimera:

Goathead played by … Chimera’s goat head.
Dragonhead played by … Chimera’s dragon head.
Lionhead played by … Chimera’s lion head.

The scene opens with the lovely chimera flying home after a successful hunt.

GOATHEAD is humming and begins to sing.

GOATHEAD: Chim Chimera, Chim Chimera, Chim Chim, Cher-ee …

DRAGONHEAD, growling: No.

LIONHEAD, rolling his eyes: Oh, please. Not again.

DRAGONHEAD, carefully enunciating each syllable: It’s Kai-mare-ah.

GOATHEAD, now grinning: Keymera?

DRAGONHEAD, frowning: KAI-mare-ah.

GOATHEAD, slowly, over-enunciating the word: Cam-er-a?

LIONHEAD, pleading with DRAGONHEAD: Don’t let him bait you, Dragonhead …

DRAGONHEAD, screeching in fury: KAI-MARE-AH!”

LIONHEAD, threatening: I swear, I will steer you both into the next mountainside!

GOATHEAD, glances over LIONHEAD’S head at DRAGONHEAD, catching DRAGONHEAD’s eye.

GOATHEAD, smirking: Whoa there, Kitty Perry, are we gonna hear you roar?

LIONHEAD, roaring: DO NOT CALL ME THAT!

GOATHEAD, with a falsely apologetic face: I’m sorry, didn’t mean to get your Goat!

DRAGONHEAD, snickering and grinning at GOATHEAD: Yeah, we’re sorry, we didn’t mean to let this argument … DRAGON!

GOATHEAD, giggling then yelling: Don’t horn in on my joke!

LIONHEAD, rolling his eyes in frustration: Why am I stuck with you two?

DRAGONHEAD, grinning at LIONHEAD now: We’re sorry, Liono, you know we’re manely joking.”

There is silence for a few long seconds as the Chimera flies majestically.

GOATHEAD, whispering with a loud, exaggerated whisper: We’re not really sorry … we were lion …

LIONHEAD whimpers.

END SCENE.

Oh look, cards are ready.

Torquo and the Chimera Predator plus these Upgrades have been added:

Corrosive Breath
Demonic Assault
Aggressive Surge
Multitasker
Iron Will

Hieracopshinx (OP4 Prize) Preview Video

That Teri Girl is back again, with another preview of another Organized Play prize:

Here are the cards (and, oh look, they’re in the Legion Builder already!):

Wave OP4 – Hieracosphinx:

Seti-Ram and the Hieracosphinx Mauler plus these Upgrades have been added:

Teri, where is the OP3 prize video?

More pictures from Toy Fair 2015

The folks over at ICv2 have some nice close-up pics on their web page. Give them some traffic love for sharing. Thanks to Raviv for pointing these out to us!

New D&D Elemental Evil minis (note that any of these could end up being figures used for Attack Wing)

More new D&D Elemental Evil minis (note that any of these could end up being figures used for Attack Wing)

Some of the figures recently revealed by Tom Vassel:

Gold Dragon

Gargoyle

Stone Giant

Young Bronze Dragon

Drow Elf Ranger

Red Dracolich

Our first returning figure, from the look of it:

White Dragon – note that he is not labeled an Ancient White Dragon though … (now this actually correctly points at the white dragon …)

and some new figures for Attack Wing:

Shield Dwarf Fighter – why does he fight shields? Did one kill his father?

Pegasus

Young Blue Dragon

Earth Cult Warrior

Water Cult Warrior

I think the Young Blue is still my personal favorite.

Spoilers about upcoming Organized Play events

Over on a German forum for DNDAW, “Dragon’s Hollow”  (apologies to my German friends if I’ve butchered that), a retailer has revealed that an upcoming chapter of Organized Play is titled “Elemental Evil.”

Hmm …

Wizards of the Coast recently updated their Elemental Evil webpage, but it does not yet contain any hints as to what might be joining the Attack Wing universe on the page. It does have a link to the WizKids minis page, that so far, there’s been no official notice of EE tie-ins yet.

Of course, sharp-eyed fans have spotted some interesting figures in the wild:

Zoom in on that image and it looks like there’s a “Water Cult Warrior” in the upper left and some sort of “Dwarf Fighter” on the bottom left, plus a good look at the Pegasus and a wee little Blue Dragon!

“Enhance!” (/mad typing on keyboard) “Zoom in a little more?” (/really hammering on keyboard)

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(Drat. Our crack engineering team tells me just yelling enhance and typing doesn’t magically enlarge and sharpen pictures …)

What kind of Dwarf Fighter is that? Someone guessed Gold. Runed maybe?

What’s your favorite of the newly discovered critters?

I like the tiny blue dragon, myself. I will name him George and I will  love him and hug him …

 

 

Waves 4 and 5 now available on the Legion Builder

Shh … the DungeonMaster has gone to sleep! Don’t wake her!

All the Wave 4 and Wave 5 Creatures have been added to the Legion Builder.

Here we go … (/takes a deep breath)

Wave 4: Gargoyle:

Malebolge and the Gargoyle Guardian plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave 4: Gold Dragon

Pacatus and the Gold Dragon plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave 4: Stone Giant

Ancoram and the Stone Giant Hurler plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave 5: Drow Elf Ranger

Drizzt Do’Urden (squeee!) and the Underdark Ranger plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave 5: Red Drocolich

Maurghoros and the Red Dracolich plus these Upgrades have been added:

Wave 5: Young Bronze Dragon

Eyruaad and the Bronze Dragon plus these Upgrades have been added:

Good luck theory-crafting!

(/passes out)

 

Waves 4 and 5 revealed by Tom Vassel of Dice Tower

Wave 4 consists of Gargoyle, Gold Dragon, and a Stone Giant. Wave 5 consists of the Drow Elf Ranger, Red Dracolich, and Young Bronze Dragon.

Wait a minute! Drow Elf Ranger. You know what that means!

Wave 4:

Wave 5:

Tom also did reviews for Waves 2 and 3:

Wave 2:

Wave 3: