!!Oops!!

I have been trying to find some figures to use on maps for role-playing games.

I had looked almost everywhere in KL. I knew where to find them in Penang, but I was sure they would cost a lot at that shop as well.

Finally, while we were at Mid-Valley Mega Mall, I found a place selling figures that would work for what I want.

The official Dungeons and Dragons miniatures were crazy expensive. Three painted figures for the player-characters cost 46 Ringgit! A box that had two set figures and 10 random figures (could be players or monsters) cost 86.50 Ringgit! This random factor was not appealing despite the better price.

I saw a boxed game called Talisman for 87.30 (or something like that) that had 14 player figures as well as cards and things. I thought that this was a complete game.

After discussing it with Siew I decided to buy Talisman. A complete stand-alone game that I can play or use the figures for other games, it was a win-win situation.

Or not.

When I got home I did some checking. What I bought was an UPGRADE pack to change one version of Talisman to the most updated. It was NOT the complete game.

That is sad, but the figures are nice and can be used for what I want. In addition I can use the cards for other things. I have looked around, but not been able to find a printable version of Talisman that I can use this upgrade pack with.

I have found some things that go with Talisman and even old versions, but not the latest version. It seemed like it would be a neat game. But, that's ok. I have the figures, later I can even paint them, and they will work perfectly for what I wanted to find figures for originally anyway, without costing 15 Ringgit per figure! (6.25 Ringgit per figure is a lot better!)

I saw some painted figures for a game that were 12.50 for 7 random figures. Again, the random factor, and these were more like monster types of figures. Those might be worth buying later, but they don't cover the basic purpose that I want to cover.

I can always print monsters to use, but finding decent characters were not easy to find pictures of, oddly enough.

I think this will work out quite well, if my intended group of players has time to play with me!