Krosmaster

A tabletop game based on the French cartoon/vidya Dofus/Wakfu. Essentially a skirmish game using miniatures on a game board, features characters from both games and both cartoons among generic characters in a timeline defying way. The game is played more with different objectives than an outright arena play (although arena IS one of the scenarios and the most basic one). The actual plot for the game is loose; Demons of Rushu and/or Xelor being a dick have snagged characters from all over the timeline and dropped them into scenario settings for their amusement. Nothing remains canon since everyone gets bomfed back to the state they were in when they came, and sent back to their timeline again sans new memories. Thus you can have Iop-god Goultard and young Kerub fight Dark Vlad Goultard and old Kerub.

Each miniature comes with a code (as long as you didn't purchase it second-hand, in which case it may have been already been used or in the fineprint the seller may have said the code isn't included with your purchase so beware). Said code is used online to get the miniature in a vidya version of the game, which can be played in case you have no amis de grande classe avec des goûts exigeants.

The game was produced via Kickstarter, but obtaining miniatures (let alone the starter set) outside France or the UK prior to 2014 was a costly endeavor. Not as costly as the Warhammers, but not cheap either. Thanks to a second Kickstarter, the game made the leap to Engrish nations and across the drink. The starter set sits at about $60, with four-character packs that contain extra scenery available for sale at about $30. Individual random minis come one to a box and contain a cardboard piece of scenery or NPC monster and run about $7 each. The Frigost expansion pack costs about $40. Technically, all that's required to play is the miniatures plus their cards and a rulebook. This makes the game fairly easy to pirate, although since most fans get into it for the adorable miniatures of characters from the cartoons/games, then want to upgrade the cardboard Kamas (currency tokens) and scenery to plastic you can quickly get in over your head without feeling like you're spending much money.

The miniatures focus on generic characters from races in the vidya, along with a few monster characters, and the main cast from the television cartoons as the most rarest and most expensive minis in any given set.

Viewing them for prolonged periods may induce diabeetus, so pack insulin.

Sadly, despite desperate pleas from fans there is still not yet a Smugduck mini. A special promotional 4-pack was released for Treasures of Kerub however featuring young Joris, young Kerub, old Kerub, and young Lou.

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  The Krosmaster starter set. Also, Amalia.
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  Krosmaster being played on a high end board.
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  The first season of Krosmaster minis. Increasingly expensive, and mostly available in French. Thankfully the card is easy to read, there's translations online, and the code works in both forms of the game. The Brotherhood of Tofu miniatures are the most expensive of the batch.
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  The second season of miniatures. The "Terminatot" miniature is a caricature of the co-creator of Wakfu and founder of Ankama, Anthony "Tot" Roux. A few "hidden" miniatures exist in the set as well including Dragon form Adamai, evil Qilby, Dark Vlad Goultard, and so on.
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  Krosmaster explained.
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  A fan's custom-modded Amalia.