Heroscape?

[der_kluge]

I came across something called Heroscape at Wal-Mart last night. It was in the board game aisle. It was $39.95 if I recall. But, they sold little expansion sets for the game. From the looks of it, the game is probably not terribly unlike the D&D miniatures game. You have these little hex tiles which you can use to build a battle map and it comes with a bunch of little figurines. The game has a weird variety of figurines from futuristic figures with laser guns, to orcs, to elves, to demons, and even a guy riding a dinosaur.

But, it also has expansion sets, so I picked up the "Blade Gruts" for $9.92 which has 7 perfectly scaled, painted figures not unlike the D&D miniatures. It also has some little hex bases which can interlock with each other, 4 of those. So, while the "gruts' make great orcs (albeit a little blue for my taste), the rest of the figures are kind of iffy. There is another expansion with "vipers and snipers" and while the vipers make great Yuan-ti, the snipers look like stormtroopers.

Hasbro makes the game. They have a website here: http://www.hasbro.com/heroscape/

Here are the expansions (which are listed at $12.99 each on the website)...
(each has a picture which can be expanded to see the detail of the figs)

Roman Legionnaires (which they were out of, but I'll have to get these...)
http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.15417/dn/heroscape/default.cfm


Grut Orcs
http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.15415/dn/heroscape/default.cfm


Vipers and Snipers (snake guys and stormtroopers)
http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.15416/dn/heroscape/default.cfm


A demon guy, an angel, a dinosaur-mounted dude, a snake guy, and a warrior. I may have to get this one as well...
http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.15418/dn/heroscape/default.cfm

 

[der_kluge]

And my daughter didn't want to play with anything but the orcs on the table this morning. So, we learned a new word today, 'orc'.

 

[Krieg]

About how big are the figs? Reasonably close to 25-28mm range?

 

[Rel]

About how big are the figs? Reasonably close to 25-28mm range?

Reasonably.

A guy in our game group was in a game store a couple months ago that was running a "buy one get one for half off" sale and got this thing for $20. Best $20 he ever spent. The game itself is pretty fun and the terrain is really neat. I would consider translating the 1&1/2 inch interlocking hexes into a workable version of a battlemat.

The rules for the game are fairly straight forward and each unit has some kind of "special power" that makes it unique. All in all I highly recommend picking it up, even at $40.

 

[Mystery Man]

I got this game for son for Christmas. We have a lot of fun with it! He enjoys making up his own terrains and creating stories and challenges for them. A DM in the making. FYI he's 9, turning 10 in just 2 short months.

 

[Twowolves]

This is an incredibly fun game, and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in a "beginner" style miniatures game. The paint jobs are better (IMO) than the official D&D minis, and the rules are like Warhammer used to be about 5 editions ago; very streamlined and simple, but fun.

I had been trying to get a group of friends into miniatures gaming for years with no luck, until this game came along. It's been sort of a gateway game to wargames, since not only have I gotten them to play this, but now they play Star Wars minis as well. I know, I know, baby steps. My fiance LOVES it, and even asks ME to play! How great is that!!

Twowolves Howling

 

[mmadsen]

Roman Legionnaires (which they were out of, but I'll have to get these...)
http://www.hasbro.com/pl/page.viewproduct/product_id.15417/dn/heroscape/default.cfm

Man, why did they have to give them gi-normous swords? Sigh.

 

[Rel]

Man, why did they have to give them gi-normous swords? Sigh.

Well it would be a small matter to chop them down to gladius size.

 

[Greylock]

Ohmigawrsh, that dinosaur is the spitting image of my char's current mount. Can't make out much of the rider, though. Where did you find these? Oh ick. Wal-mart.

 

[CalicoDave]

If ya want more info on this game two places to look are:

www.boardgamegeek.com

and

www.heroscape.net which is a fan site dedicated to heroscape.