Formerly of Wizards of the Coast. Re-issued in a "Living game" format. And in the original scale (minis' sizing), so that the fiasco that was Mutant Chronicles would not repeat.

Those who know the game will now what I'm talking about, to others, I really recommend checking it out (say here http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22897)

My impression was, that the game generated less interest than it should.

The only problem here would be the Wizards' well known attitude towards their own licenses.

I always maintainted that Dreamblade was the best game that no one played. We had a decent player base at our store, and evne held two 1K events (my brother-in-law won one of them against Sam Black in a 2-1/2 hour game). I loved the game, and really enjoyed the Chess aspect. Sadly, WotC overbalanced the game towards Valor right out of the block, and the game just didn't have enough time to evolve out of it. Also, I think WotC didn't do a good enough job of supporting it. If they wanted the game to be about the money for events aspect, they should have pushed it as the main reason to play the game. The difference between the competitve player and the casual player was even more skewed in this game than Magic.

I could see Dreamblade return as an LCG, but I doubt that FFG would invest in it. Jonathan Tweet is one heck of a game designer (I've been a fan of his since Over The Edge came out back in the early 90s), and I bet the game might even be more successful as an LCG. It would have eliminated the secondary market, but the game would need some stronger balance to overcome the fact that for 6 months everyone ran pretty much the same army.

I agree. Dreamblade (probably my favorite game of the past few years) would be an excellent candidate for a "living" type game. The collectibility really ended up hurting it in my opinion (as well as the extreme initial focus on tourney play without nurturing the casual play as well).

Perfect miniatures game for FFG.

~telengard

I love the game as well. But I wonder what a core set would look like. And how much the price would be. Bought hundreds of miniatures when the game was dead and cheap.

Good question, not sure how I'd approach that. Maybe have themed releases (aspect, lineages) or just do a release of 15/20 minis per cycle.

~telengard

I'd have them released in core and aligned/themed packs, something like "task forces".

I could see releasing 2 Core Set type products, each focusing on two different aspects. They could still manage to retail these for $40 each, give or take. The monthly packs would be smaller and probably more expensive than the lcg packs probably $15 for 5-7 figures.

Dreamblade might work more like how Wells Expeditions is handling Arcane Legions, with each booster being faction specific. Minis game by their nature are more expensive to produce, and the biggest question us whether an LMG could succeed in the marketplace.

Slightly off-topic, one of the artists for DB has been posting stuff from (what would have been) set 7 for Dreamblade if anyone is interested.

christopherburdett.blogspot.com/

Great stuff. FFG, make this a living miniatures game! Me and my friends will buy it.

You can have my computer version for free to give away too!

~telengard