BEYOND BELIEF: HOW MONOLITH RUINED COOL WITH BLOAT
It promised so much. The miniatures game to mash up all your minis from multiple games and manufacturers. Surely no-one could mess up such a winning concept? Guess again.
[Originally published on Tabletop Tribe]
“Miniatures Bloat” is becoming a common phrase with regard to crowd-funded tabletop games these days. Even without the biggest players/culprits (CMON, Monolith, Mythic Games etc.) the market and industry as a whole are top-heavy with boxes crammed with (admittedly beautifully sculpted for the most part) bits of plastic of various sizes and hues.
For many this is a turn-off from the outset, but there remain legions of ardent mini fans, willing to shell out hundreds of dollars on impressive injection-moulded centrepieces for their gaming tables.
What’s undeniable though, even for ardent miniatures fans, is the sad fact that many of the models in question (particularly those supplied gratis as Stretch Goals during crowd-funded campaigns), hardly ever see the light of day, let alone the tabletop.
