The cost of the game shouldn't be indicative of whether the miniatures require assembly. High quality miniatures simply require assembly. There a significant difference between the miniature quality of a CMON game and Warhammer Quest. The Warhammer Quest game is also going to cost more. Part of that is due to the miniature quality. However, the problem with Shadows of Brimstone is that the miniatures aren't any better than the single-mold soft plastic miniatures in most modern board games. It's a shame the revised edition didn't revise the miniatures as well. But, I don't think the game is popular enough to have a budget that'd change the production line in that way. As far as your miniatures specifically, buy some Tamiya extra thin plastic cement. Run the brush along the joins so that the cement slips between the cracks. The cement will melt the plastic and fuse the two parts together. You'll no longer have wobbly miniatures that fall apart. About the only thing you'll want to avoid with the plastic cement is holding parts that have the glue on them. If you do, you'll melt your fingerprints into the plastic. But, if you take your time, the glue dries fairly quickly. Overall though, Shadows of Brimstone is a quirky, sandbox game. They provide a lot of content and components to homebrew some of it. My biggest gripe with the game is that I wish all equipment and player abilities had a card. It'd be nice to just have a character tableau instead of having to write everything down.
Thanks for the advice. I will try the plastic cement. As you say, it is a shame about the subpar production. I think this is why I am mainly unhappy with the price to quality ratio and people should be aware that you are not getting a Oathsworn or Batman GCC for the price you pay. FFG are a small publisher producing titles that have cult followings and it's great to see that it's still going, tapping into a niche. Reminds me of D&D =P
They did revise the miniatures on the revised editions. All of them I think. Especially the hero miniatures. The Harbinger, for example, didn't have the eggs on the base that it now has. As for the skills and town items, you can find those online ready to print and cut. I have cards for everything: town items, mutations, skills, etc.
The cost of the game shouldn't be indicative of whether the miniatures require assembly. High quality miniatures simply require assembly. There a significant difference between the miniature quality of a CMON game and Warhammer Quest. The Warhammer Quest game is also going to cost more. Part of that is due to the miniature quality.
However, the problem with Shadows of Brimstone is that the miniatures aren't any better than the single-mold soft plastic miniatures in most modern board games. It's a shame the revised edition didn't revise the miniatures as well. But, I don't think the game is popular enough to have a budget that'd change the production line in that way.
As far as your miniatures specifically, buy some Tamiya extra thin plastic cement. Run the brush along the joins so that the cement slips between the cracks. The cement will melt the plastic and fuse the two parts together. You'll no longer have wobbly miniatures that fall apart.
About the only thing you'll want to avoid with the plastic cement is holding parts that have the glue on them. If you do, you'll melt your fingerprints into the plastic. But, if you take your time, the glue dries fairly quickly.
Overall though, Shadows of Brimstone is a quirky, sandbox game. They provide a lot of content and components to homebrew some of it. My biggest gripe with the game is that I wish all equipment and player abilities had a card. It'd be nice to just have a character tableau instead of having to write everything down.
Thanks for the advice. I will try the plastic cement.
As you say, it is a shame about the subpar production. I think this is why I am mainly unhappy with the price to quality ratio and people should be aware that you are not getting a Oathsworn or Batman GCC for the price you pay.
FFG are a small publisher producing titles that have cult followings and it's great to see that it's still going, tapping into a niche. Reminds me of D&D =P
They did revise the miniatures on the revised editions. All of them I think. Especially the hero miniatures. The Harbinger, for example, didn't have the eggs on the base that it now has.
As for the skills and town items, you can find those online ready to print and cut. I have cards for everything: town items, mutations, skills, etc.
Thanks for this video, was just thinking about getting Shadows of Brimstone 🥳
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