Well, in these hard times, WotC have officially announced they will not renew the license for Star Wars miniature figures (and the RPG stuff as well, it seems) so the last set, Masters of the Force, will be the LAST set.

Its a shame, because the figures were on the whole quite good. Every set would add a new storm trooper or droid or rebel fighter to make your collection take shape, and we were looking forward to more of the less common figures in different poses. More Tuscans, Jawas and wookies, for example, would have been nice.

Of course this also counts for the Star Wars Star Ship Battles game as well - now no longer to be licensed either. Thats a real shame as we were hoping for another release of star ships from the Star Wars universe.

You can still get hold of the more recent sets, but as stock runs down, they will become sought after by the serious collectors.

We have Star Wars singles for sale at www.rpgminiatures.com at present, so grab a handful while you still can - we will try to source some of the older sets where we can, and stockpile them for future buyers, but we can't make any promises.

I think I'm right in saying that for many GM's, the Drow are favourite bad guys. They are certainly my favourites. Dark, sinister, calculating and inteligent. The structure of their civilisations, the rivalries and machinations of their great houses, and that ever present Shadow looming over them ready to weave new threads into the web of lies, deceit and trickery the players inevitably fall into.... great stuff.

The range of drow figures increases with pretty much every miniatures set Wizards release, which is great news for people like me.

One of the great miniatures from the Giants of Legend range was the Drider Sorcerer. Now long out of print and very hard to get hold of, its a really desirable figure. The drider has been re-visited since in Desert of Desolation and lately in the Savage Encounters sets. Not as good as the original, but a worthy addition.

I love the Drow Blademaster from Desert of Desolation, and also the assassin from Demonweb, but my favourite is the Xen'drik Drow Stingblade, a  Rare miniature from the Dangerous Delves set. It just oozes malice!

check him out!

Savage Encounters is the November 2009 figure set for Dungeons and Dragons. Its a 40 miniature set of pre-painted 25mm scale plastic miniatures. This set completes several monster lines from the Monster Manuals.

Noteable miniatures are the Angel of Valor Legionnaire and the Tiefling Necromancer.

Full set lists and images available from Legendgames and RPGMiniatures.com