Wow, More WoW! Warcraft Minis Game Announced

Having mastered the MMORPG world and tried its hand at card games, roleplaying games, and board games, World of Warcraft has a new way for you to spend every waking moment immersed in Azeroth. Enter the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game! Announced today at Germany's Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair, Upper Deck has four WoW Minis on the slate for fall of this year: a two-player WoW Starter Set, a Deluxe WoW Starter Set, randomized WoW booster Packs, and the Onyxia Raid Set featuring a biggie sized Onyxia for your dragon or raid-party slaying pleasure. It also looks like WoW has learned a few lessons from past minis games, offering a few different ways to play, the promise of a robust tournament scene, and some neat conventions in the way thier figures are constructed:

Each premium pre-painted miniature will showcase a detailed version of an iconic World of Warcraft character and be mounted on a uniquely engineered removable base, allowing each figure to serve as both a game piece and a collectible. In the spirit of the action and adventure of the MMO, the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game will offer standalone raid and dungeon scenarios, letting players battle either individually or cooperatively against other teams of players or the game itself.

Already there's a few pages up for World of Warcraft Miniatures, the announcement at Upper Deck and the new WoW Minis page with several other pictures of upcoming figures. Already I'm looking forward to having a waist-deep collection of WoW green skins, cause even if the game's not awesome any roleplayer can tell you that you can never have enough orcs!