Cool New Minis - Heroscape Game

[BlackFalconKY]

Hey folks,

While browsing the toy section of Wal-Mart last night looking for anything I could make work on game night, I found an awesome new game with its own line of miniatures. It's a Hasbro product called Heroscape. The game itself looks neat, but I was particularly drawn to the very highly detailed miniatures (especially the dragon) and the several figure expansion packs. They are just a tad more expensive than official D&D miniatures, but they offer a variety of figures and are very, very detailed. Also, unlike D&D miniatures, you can see what you are buying because the package is transparent. They are mounted on bases a little large for d20 gaming (just a hair smaller than a Mage Knight base).

I picked up two of the expansion packs last night and got miniatures that I'll use as a yuan-ti abomination, a pit fiend, an angel, a human centurian, three orc archers (or other humanoid), four orc swordsman, and an orc mounted on a dinosaur. No two figures are the same.

Anyhow, sorry if this isn't new news to everyone. I just saw it last night and wanted to pass the info along!

Charles Plemons

 

[Keeper of Secrets]

Cool. What is the price range on these things?

 

[BlackFalconKY]

The website (www.heroscape.com) retails the game itself (with 30 minis) at $39.99 and the expansions at $12.99. At Wal-Mart, the game was $39.99, but they were selling the expansion packs for $9.92. There are four expansion packs currently available: a Roman legion, a Grut legion (look like blue orcs), a 'snipers and vipers' pack (looks kind of like 3 storm troopers and 3 yuan-ti), and a heros pack (has a Roman, an angel, a demon, a yuan-ti and the dinosaur with Grut rider).

Charles Plemons

 

[NTZ]

Thanks for the info. I'll have to check these out the next time I am shopping.

NTZ

 

[Dr Awkward]

The game is a lot of fun, too. Don't overlook that. A great intro to skirmish wargames for kids or newbies, with basic and advanced rules. My two daughters love it.

- DocAwk

 

[BlackFalconKY]

You know, it might be informative if people named off game systems or whatnot that contain miniatures useful for gaming. I know there are a lot of games out there with useful minis, and I'm the kind of person who isn't above buying a game just to get the figures! I'm sure there are a lot out there I don't know about. So folks, tell me some of the products you've found with useful d20 game pieces!

Useful Miniatures:

HeroQuest (oop)
Dragon Strike (oop)
Crossbows & Catapults (oop)
Heroscape
Mega Bloks Dragons
Mage Knight
Warhammer 40k

 

[francisca]

The game is a lot of fun, too. Don't overlook that. A great intro to skirmish wargames for kids or newbies, with basic and advanced rules. My two daughters love it.

- DocAwk

I'll second that. I'll probably be starting my son in on it soon.

I also got all four expansions for x-mas. They haven't hit the battlemat yet for D&D, but soon.....