D&D Heroscape

[Crothian]

Not having D&D minis I have no idea.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

If we do the 2 day Ohio Game day it could be fun to play some Heroscape there.

Still thinking about memorial Day weekend?

 

[Zaukrie]

Yes, 100% they re-used D&D minis sculpts for this. There will be an expansion or two this year that will also be re-used DDM.

 

[ferratus]

2 players are against each other. I think one could use it for normal D*&D if you wanted, might be a pain to assemble lots of different battlefields though.

I love using heroscape tiles for 4e D&D. They are easy to put together quickly for a random outdoor adventure, and the raised elevation of the heroscape tiles gives a real 3-D perspective. I did a duegar ambush around the Minotaur Gate of Thunderspire Labyrinth just last session, and the Heroscape Tiles allowed me to make a scene that looked like the picture of the gate in the module.

The hex system seems not to make much of a difference for how the game plays. After all, there are only 5 players in a party so flanking isn't an issue. The only real issue seems to be with large creatures, which have to awkwardly straddle three hexes.

I wish there was square plastic interlocking tiles for interiors, I'd buy those over the dungeon tiles in a heartbeat. The dungeon tiles themselves just leave me feeling frustrated. They never stay together, and they never seem to have the right shape for what I want to do.