WizKids’ D&D Onslaught Miniatures Game Gets Two New Factions
June 30, 2022 by brennon
WizKids has announced two new factions that are going to be joining their D&D miniatures skirmish board game, Onslaught, next year. Magical power and deadly cunning get introduced into the mix with the Red Wizards and the Many Arrows.
Red Wizards // D&D Onslaught
The Red Wizards pack introduces nefarious and scheming spellcasters into your games of Onslaught. Powerful wizards are matched alongside some martial guardians with character abilities that can summon skeletons and shadowy hounds to aid you in battle. If you like being the villain then this could be the faction for you.
Maybe you prefer using brute strength and aggression to solve your problems?
Many Arrows // D&D Onslaught
The Many Arrows feature a band of Orcs that have teamed up with Goblins, Kobolds and a Bugbear in order to kick ass and take names. Specialisations within the group allow them to root and slow your enemies, keeping them away from vital objectives. Powerful melee attacks and short-ranged shooting then finish off the job.
As it stands, I'm not overly turned off by the pre-paints here. I think they've done a decent job on these and whilst they could use some tidying up and a wash or two, they look like they would be fun to play with on the tabletop. I do like the idea of just popping out the miniatures and getting going with a game too.
D&D Onslaught
For those unaware of D&D Onslaught, it is a miniatures skirmish game where you pit warbands against each other in straight-up fights and objective-based scenarios.
Game Layout // D&D Onslaught
WizKids previously announced the Harpers and the Zhentarim factions that will come in the core set alongside a host of monsters that can stand between you and victory. It should be noted that the game has been slightly delayed from its initial release but should be coming to tabletops around January/February of 2023.
There is a fairly hefty buy-in price for the game which could be one of the things that stands in its way. Coming in at $140 (£115) for the core set of Onslaught, it will come down to the gameplay to see whether or not it's worth diving into this one.
Could you be tempted by a new skirmish game set in the realms of D&D?
"Magical power and deadly cunning get introduced into the mix with the Red Wizards and the Many Arrows..."
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Those don’t look bad at all.
A “Many Arrows” warband without a bow in the bunch.
For pre-painted not bad, but not great paint jobs.
Wizkids has cultivated an audience of customers willing to pay frankly insane prices for pre colored D&D miniatures and scenery. Its surprising that it has worked, however there are a whole new generation of D&D players willing to pay their stupid prices for some odd reason. This should be an auto failure. Not sure if it will be or not, but it should be by any reason of common sense. What shocks me, is if you want to play a D&D skirmish game all you need to do is buy a player’s handbook and monster manual and have at it.… Read more »
It won’t be as DOA as FFG’s Runewars miniatures (: but, while the D&D prepainted miniatures themselves have kept going, the miniature game systems that use the D&D miniatures have died out, later or sooner. I have the most recent (?) attempt, Dungeon Command, and it ended after five sets were released. Even the D&D boardgames seem to be dying out, thanks to WK’s poor sculpts (the skeleton scales across games didn’t even match) and, imo, dull choice of miniatures (oboy, I’ll use that Juggernaut plenty of times). I dunno why prepaints are so popular, either. I do see from… Read more »
Ooh they look brilliant.
Not a fan of the Red Wizards… Most of them look weird escept maybe the Dragonborn…
As for the Many arrows, lol @fightcitymayor ! It probably refers to the Kingdom of Obould Many-Arrows in the Forgotten realms… I like this set
The concept is interesting, but I would want to see what the prepainted minis looked like “in the wild” before I bought any. I have had some serious dogs of sculpts and paint jobs from Whiz Kids in the (admittedly, now distant) past and it colours my opinion of making future purchases. Any word on what type of plastic they are using for the minis?
I love that the kobold on the right is waving “C’mon, Bring it!” with his hand. That’s some badass trash talk there. 😀