by Gianthogweed
I just got Descent 2nd Edition with lair of the wyrm and I'm getting slammed as the overlord. I've played 3 quests so far with my buddies and lost all of them. Maybe I'm just really bad at this game, but I really do try my best to go for the objectives. The monsters I choose from just seem too slow and die too quickly. I was wondering if the Conversion Kit will help swings things more in my favor. Will it? Or will it just make things harder for me.The reason I didn't get the conversion kit was because it didn't include any miniatures and I don't have any good proxies to work with. I was thinking of maybe making some stand ups for them. I realize that this is going to be a daunting task considering there are 50 monsters and 48 heroes, but I really can't afford to buy the first edition and expansions right now and don't want to spend a ton of money on proxy minis that don't exactly fit this game.
So I'm guessing I'll have to make do with stand ups. Does anyone have any tips on how to make them? Do the conversion kit cards tell you what size the monsters are? How can I be sure to make the bases the right size so that they take up the right amount of space on the board? What bases should I get? What sort of cardboard should I use? How can I ensure that the pictures I'll be printing out to use with the stand ups will be the right size?