If you are an avid role player you probably crave new miniatures to get onto the gaming table.
At least that’s the general case with most members of our ‘Meeple Guild’ each of us having dozens of minis we have gathered through the years – admittedly some never glued together, others never or barely painted, and many never seeing game play – but we always look longingly at the next one we want.
Well mini fans Canadian company Helios Tabletop has just ramped up things in terms of our collective collecting addiction.
This company really has burst on the scene in the most exciting of ways.
In a world where increasingly minis are purchased as stl files and you are left to print them hoping your printer is up to the task Helios still produces physical minis.
But they have taken that a step further creating what are essentially ‘theme packs’ releasing a small set of related minis monthly. You can get in on a month delivery schedule and this little white box – nothing fancy in the packaging – of mini joy arrives in your mailbox.
And, better yet the minis inside are complete. No gluing which we all know is the absolute worst part of miniatures.
Now this review specifically is looking at the Cavern of Kobolds, Mythic Box.
Now kobolds are what we might term an under-appreciated dungeon denizen, but one look at this box of kobold baddies will change that. These are fierce defenders of the dark which will have your RPG characters wishing they were back in the local tavern with a mug of grog.
“The decision to do a Kobolds Mythic Box came about for a few reasons,” offered Nick Di Scipio with Helios via email.
“First, they're classic fantasy enemies and almost everyone has faced them before in their campaigns.
“Second, we meet a lot with local DMs and players and during a specific round of interviews with local DMs it was one of the enemies a lot of DMs wanted to see in our Mythic Box line and so we took that input and decided to make it the next Mythic Box encounter at the time. Since many players have encountered kobolds before, we knew we had to make our version stand out and get people excited about Kobolds again. We didn’t want it to feel like just another throwaway skirmish - so we set out to create something that felt fresh, dynamic, and memorable.
“That meant bringing a lot of depth to the encounter like tasking the party with a time-sensitive objective of interrupting a shamanic ritual to prevent the awakening of an ancient dragon, incorporating environmental puzzles that players must solve to progress through the encounter, and designing unique combat mechanics that push beyond the usual kobold tactics.”
Oh yes, Helios makes integrating their mythic boxes into a campaign – at least a D&D 5e one with an included ‘combat encounter’ a more or less random encounter to drop into a dungeon as a very good excuse to get these beauty minis to the table.
“The idea for the Mythic Boxes came from a desire to make Dungeon Master's lives easier so they could focus on the parts of DMing they love without all the stress and time that comes from the hours of prep before a session,” explained Di Scipio. “We wanted to create immersive, ready-to-run encounters that deliver both high-quality miniatures and a range of DM tools like stat blocks and story hooks in one package. With two-thirds of the Helios leads being Dungeon Master's, we know how time-consuming it can be to prep all the aspects needed to run an exciting and unforgettable encounter - so we wanted to make it much easier to deliver a consistently exciting experience for their party, while still allowing the DMs to keep their creative freedom intact.”
So what does The Meeple Guilder in charge of 3D printing, and a mini-painting addict think of the Helios minis.
“I did some work on those kobolds last night, I need to know what resin these guys use it's pretty resilient,” Jordan noted in a group chat we have going. “Tiny bit of support clean up but no printing errors and the detail is pretty good on them.”
The detail drew praise from Jordan as well, noting he “appreciated the fancied up cave bases for the kobolds.”
When asked about a fav kobold, well Di Scipio has one.
“Most people would probably say the Kobold Shaman is the best piece in the set with his potions, crude staff, and skull mask but I personally think it's the Kobold Thief as his design is quite unique and we wanted to incorporate the bag he carries as part of his combat mechanics by giving him an ability to 'scoop up' smaller players,” he said. “I'm sure DMs will be delighted to work this into their combat and snatch players away when they fail the dexterity save because we sure enjoyed that!”
Overall the kobolds are very nice, and can be very useful for an DM or D&D table, which is really what Di Scipio said was Helios’ goal.
Toward that goal Helios hit the target dead centre.

Love the details, from the numerous arrow's sticking out of the quivers to cavernous grounds around the base of the miniatures! High quality for sure. And a well made adventure to boot! Well done.