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Wizkids – D&D Onslaught Miniatures Game

Wizkids’ Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught is a miniatures game that offers players a highly enjoyable and engaging experience. Despite its seemingly straightforward rules, the game offers a level of depth and strategy that kept players engaged throughout. The game is scenario-based and allows players to collect treasure, level up, and bring powerful abilities to bear using dice rolls, upgrade cards, and the new combat dial card system to keep track of the action. The combat system is familiar to those who have played D&D, but the luck element of attacking is greatly reduced by the implementation of the “advantage” mechanic, which allows players to select the highest roll of two dice, thus increasing the chances of a successful attack.

Additionally, the game is set within the Forgotten Realms, allowing for 1v1 combat in various scenarios, and it offers expansion packs such as Red Wizards and Many Arrows factions for players looking to expand their options. Furthermore, the game also provides free scenarios that can be printed and played at home, as well as in-store organized play events and tournaments. The core set includes material for two players, featuring twelve characters from two factions, Harpers and Zhentarim, as well as a horde of monsters, 21 pre-painted figures in total. The miniatures included in the core set can be substituted with other Wizkids miniatures as a proxy, each miniature has its own combat dial cards and there are also 3 dial cards for the Champion monsters (Black Dragon, Troll, and Ettin). The game also comes with a fold-out game board and a variety of tokens. Overall, Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught is a well-crafted and enjoyable miniatures game that offers a plethora of options for players to explore. Game overview from the rulebook:

Game Overview

Dungeons & Dragons Onslaught is a competitive skirmish game in which each player controls an adventuring party from one of the powerful factions of the Forgotten Realms. Parties delve into dungeons, battle rival adventurers, and confront fearsome monsters on a quest for treasure and glory!

Tutorial

Here’s a video of a learn to playg that goes through all the components so you can see them for yourself.

Red Wizards Faction Pack (separate expansion)

The Red Wizards Faction Pack expands your games of D&D Onslaught with a scheming and nefarious faction comprised of powerful spell casters and their martial allies. The Red Wizards have a number of characters capable of summoning minions like skeletons and shadowy hounds to their aid. Summoned creatures are represented by tokens, but could also be represented with miniatures bought separately from WizKids’ D&D miniature lines.

Faction Packs are a perfect entry point to start collecting a new faction that will be supported with additional characters and content in the future. You can choose this faction in place of one of the two factions included in the Core Set.

Contents*

  • 6 highly-detailed, pre-painted miniatures
  • 6 Combat Dial Cards
  • 12 Level Up Cards
  • 2 Red Wizards faction dice
  • gameplay tokens
  • rules sheet

Many-Arrows Faction Pack (separate expansion)

The Many-Arrows Faction Pack expands your games of D&D Onslaught with an aggressive, hard-hitting faction largely comprised of Orc warriors and their allies. The Many-Arrows specialize in Rooting and Slowing their foes, keeping the opposition from vital objectives and within range of powerful, short-ranged attacks.

Faction Packs are a perfect entry point to start collecting a new faction that will be supported with additional characters and content in the future. You can choose this faction in place of one of the two factions included in the Core Set.

Contents*

  • 6 highly-detailed, pre-painted miniatures
  • 6 Combat Dial Cards
  • 12 Level Up Cards
  • 2 Many-Arrows faction dice
  • gameplay tokens
  • rules sheet

LINKS

https://www.dndonslaught.com