Heroscape is back?! Update: the fund failed.

[vecna00]

Now up on Hasbro Pulse! HEROSCAPE AGE OF ANNIHILATION: Vanguard Edition

More info: Heroscape’s new boxed set costs $250, but it could jumpstart the decades-old wargame

$249.99 is rather more than I expected, but might be a fair price, considering it's twice as much stuff as the original starter set and everything is more expensive than it was in the 2000s...

Yeah, that price tag is definitely a barrier for me right now.

 

[jolt]

8000 backers seems like an awful lot to hope for. The Monsterpocalypse game earned 1.3 million dollars on Kickstarter but only had 6370 backers. I'm going to back it and I hope it succeeds but 8000 is pushing it IMO. Especially since they don't have the benefit of KS advertising.

 

[darjr]

Almost two thousand. It’ll be interesting.

 

[Marc Radle]

I know I backed!

 

[MinisGallery]

I am just curious what Heroscape's fans think about the decision to not include pre-painted miniatures, so here is a Poll:

Heroscape Poll Regarding Pre-Painted Miniatures

Earlier this year Hasbropulse launched a new HasLab funding project for reviving Heroscape. This was a unique fantasy battle board game produced between 2004 - 2010, that involved a unique terrain system and pre-painted miniatures. I was quite surprised that the attempt to breath new life into...

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[JEB]

Not looking promising at this point - they're not even halfway to their goal and there's just two weeks left.

 

[vecna00]

Not looking promising at this point - they're not even halfway to their goal and there's just two weeks left.

Yeah, they may have overestimated somewhere.

 

[Zaukrie]

It's just too much money.

 

[Eric V]

I would have done it if the minis were painted (or at least uniform colour like grey; the bright colours just don't do it for me).

 

[jolt]

IMO, it was never a very realistic goal. There are Kickstarter projects that have had that many backers and games that, with add-ons, can cost many hundreds of dollars. But when you look at those campaigns, most backers only ever back at the "base" level; usually $50 - $100. Generally, only a small number can afford to back at all-in levels/ Expecting 8000 people to fork over $250 all at once is a pipe dream in the gaming market.