Reaper Miniatures
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Reaper Miniatures is an American manufacturer of pewter figurines in the 25-35 mm scale, which include fantasy and science fiction figures. Reaper, based in Denton, Texas, has developed tabletop miniature game systems that may be played with their figures. The Reaper Miniatures mascot is a succubus named Sophie.
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[edit] History
Reaper Miniatures started in Fort Worth, Texas on 4 July 1992. Initially two lines of miniatures were produced: Distinguished Flying Collectibles (a line of WWII aircraft) and Renaissance Dreams (a line of fantasy jewelry).
Reaper moved to Lewisville, Texas in April 1993, and at this location several old miniature lines that the company owned were reactivated, and were combined into the Dungeon Dweller 25 mm fantasy line.
Reaper saw further growth and need for expansion in August 1994, and moved into a 2500-square-foot warehouse at 320 Smith Street in Lewisville. Late in 1995, they launched the Scrye Counter series of collectible card game accessories and to date over 500,000 have been sold worldwide. The Dark Heaven 25 mm fantasy line was launched in 1996, today the top-selling fantasy role-playing game (RPG) miniature line in the world. Reaper has also expanded into the European market through a partnership with a miniatures company in England.
In July 1998 Reaper moved to 817 S. Mill Street in Lewisville, and has now launched the Warlord 25 mm fantasy line, CAV N-scale sci-fi line (Combat Assault Vehicle), Reaper Box Sets, Reaper Pro Paints and Reaper Masters Series Paints. January 2004 saw Reaper move once again, to a new production facility located at 9062 Teasley Lane Denton, Texas.
[edit] Community & web presence
Reaper has an active online community, from their online forum, to their Asylum online store.
Reaper products are very popular among tabletop RPG players. Their offering of figures suitable for use as PCs and monsters is broad, and the Reaper website offers a Fantasy Fig Finder to help roleplayers to find the figure they require.
[edit] Miniature Lines
[edit] Current Miniature Lines
As of 2006, Reaper has three major lines of miniatures:
- Dark Heaven Legends: Primarily suited to fantasy role players. It contains many of the models helpful for running role playing campaigns; from models to represent characters and monsters to familiars, weapons and accessories. This line provides the bulk of miniatures, which has now passed 3000 serial numbers.
- Warlord (miniature game): Reaper's highly successful skirmish game. Set in Taltos, 10 factions fight in the provinces for control. Players battle across the world, and then log into warlordhq.reapergames.com to report wins and losses, thus allowing a dynamic, evolving world.
- Combat Assault Vehicle (CAV): A game similar to BattleTech. Much like Warlord, players battle across the world and post results at reapergames.com as 10 fighting companies battle for dominance over 6 planets. CAV 2 is currently being developed.
- Legendary Encounters was announced on March 5th, 2007 as a pre-painted non-collectible miniature line. These should be released in June of 2007.
[edit] Previous Miniature Lines
- Legend of the Five Rings (L5R): Another miniature line directed at a specific role playing setting: the Rokugan setting. This has an oriental flair, with samurai and ninjas for characters and enemies. Reaper's license for L5R expired on October 31, 2005.
- Exalted: This line of miniatures was made specifically for White Wolf's Exalted RPG. Reaper's license to produce this line expired at the end of 2005, and it is no longer in production.
[edit] External links
[edit] Official Site
[edit] Other Sites
- Exodus Road Hobbies - Offering 20% off MSRP Classic BattleTech miniatures, Reaper Warlord minis, CAV, Dark Heaven Legends, Warmachine, Hordes, sci-fi, fantasy and other tabletop miniature games
- Talon Games - makers of the BattleHex Terrain System, the official miniature terrain for Reaper's CAV
