» HeroScape: you can also hit burglars on the head with the loaded box
Monday, October 4, 2004
HeroScape: you can also hit burglars on the head with the loaded box
I’ve been wondering when this year’s successor to Epic Duels and BattleBall - that is, this year’s cheap, silly WotC game with a Milton Bradley logo on it instead - would come out. Turns out it came out in June and I just missed it. Oh, and it’s $50.
Heroscape looks to be a simple, flexible combat game, without any of the cool little gameplay uniquenesses that made BattleBall so appealing… but I guess Epic Duels was that way too… but Epic Duels was cheap. On the other hand, a lot of gamers will buy Heroscape just for the massive collection of plastic hexes. Even just one of these boxes will do you pretty well for Classic BattleTech; two of them and you’re stylin’ like the Dwarven Forge booth at Origins, for just a C-note. If I had other uses for the terrain I would totally jump on this, and the gameplay does seem to have its fans, but I’m not comfortable calling this a real successor to Epic Duels at this price point. When it comes to MB games, I want the game to be worth the dough, and the lavish bits to be all gravy. I guess I want too much. I will probably wear down and buy this eventually unless someone warns me off (hint).
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Chris H. Says: October 4th, 2004 at 3:12 pm
Sold several copies at our store already….
I am unhappy with the price point as compared to the quality of “stuff that’s in the box.” But If I get a chance to play it, I will drop some notes…
tenkenshi Says: October 5th, 2004 at 10:10 am
The game actually came out in wide release in late August. The game is very good value for the $ with roughly 20 minis and associated terrain. The price is about $40( Walmart ). I have not seen it sold for $50. I highly recommend checking it out and playing it.
misuba Says: October 5th, 2004 at 11:30 am
If you want to see it sold for $50, go to an actual game store - they can typically only get it by paying inflated prices at distribution, or by trucking down to Walmart and buying it there.
Chris H. Says: October 5th, 2004 at 3:44 pm
Misuba got it in one….Selling it at $50 means we are making about a 25% margin on it, but in interest of supporting people who are interested in this type of game, we are giving it the shelf space.
grot Says: October 7th, 2004 at 8:44 am
The game is quite good actually, and the community has been making scenarios for it like crazy - deathracing, capture the flag, you name it. It’s not so much a game, as a game toolkit. One guy even did a very slick flash based scenario map generator.
Don’t sell it short until you’ve had a chance to play it a few times. As for value - the minis kick the CR@P out of DnD minis in terms of sculp and paint - and you get a ton of them - 30, not 20, including an awesome dragon that would slot into any RPG campaign with a little extra work on the basing.
The communit hotbed appears to be http://www.heroscape.net.
Oh, and BTW, the pieces in the box EXACTLY make an original OGRE board.
misuba Says: October 7th, 2004 at 11:59 am
Really!!
“It is dismissed… as coincidence.“
antihero999 Says: October 10th, 2004 at 8:30 pm
october 10-16 toys r us is running a buy 1 get 1 free promo on all board games by the big 3(mb, parker bros, hasbro). pick up 2 hero scapes for just $40. great deals.
chris