How did you discover HeroScape?

[Revdyer]

I hope this question is worth a poll. It is my first one ever.

I first noticed HeroScape because of a store display of the Knight of Weston when I was looking for a knight figure to use in a children's sermon.

[LilNewbie]

Saw the game demo at GenCon 2004 and all I can say is they had me at "Heroscape". :D

Newb.

[yagyuninja]

Was looking for new board games to play with friends.

During one online search I was looking at About.com, and he (Eric Arneson or somesuch? the guy who snapped our precious picture of The Shelf) mentioned how incredibly awesome he thought this game called "heroscape" was. And BOY was he right. :lol:

[player_of_volleyball]

K/H addict invited me and another person to play one day. It was love at first site(heroscape not K/H addict) The other person was into it but stop like two weeks later. I bought it a few weeks later and was hooked for life.


THANKS K/H ADDICT!!!!!!!!!!!

[allskulls]

repost from other thread

I saw the commercial when it first came out and thought it looked cool but did not think it would compare to Heroclix. I would see it at TRU all the time. My son kind of drifted from Clix and I decided to get HS for him last Christmas (thinking it would be more for the kids). I got hooked and only played Clix twice since I became a Scaper, hence my sig.

[CupidsArt]

I went to walmart to buy some cards for the new YuGiOh expansion and became mezmerized by an odd box in the game isle. After a few minutes of looking I tried to convince a couple of my buddies to come to my house and we could try Heroscape out.

Instead of buying YuGiOh Cards I'd just buy HS and they could try it out with me. After a few questions back and forth I decided not to buy but went back every Friday and debated for 20 minutes on weather or not I should. After trying to find out more info on the web I came across .net.

At first I just looked around on the site, then I signed up just so I could enter my Liono Custom into Doc's contest. A few weeks later I bought the game, around the same time .net went down....for good. It's still a struggle to find more players but over the last year I've convinced more and more folks to try it out.

Bottomline, if it hadn't been for the box art, I would have never noticed HS (and wouldn't have spent so much $$ on it) :D

[justjohn]

Wal-mart store. Looking for toys for my daughter I saw it, thought it looked neat. Debated a couple of times whether or not to buy it, wife convinced me to get it after I had checked out the official site.

My wife was not familiar with mini games, so I was unsure how she would like it, so we started off with the regular game, and she HATED it. So we immediately played again using the master rules (sans the order markers, just back and forth movement) And we both were hooked. Played 2-4 games every night for a month or so. That was the January after it came out. We play 1-2 nights a week still. It's fun stuff.

[wimba808]

Camp actually.

I was at a stragety game camp were we played warcraft and warhammer online all day. Some kids brought it warhammer minitures and began to play a game on the table. I thought this was pretty cool. i remembered hearing about heroscape on TV so after camp i went to wal-mart and picked my firts master set.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Okay once again:

Late November 2004 I told my then 4 year old son to look through the Toys R Us ad and find anything he'd like Santa to bring him. 5 minutes later he came back saying, "Dad! I want Santa to bring me this!"

I took a look at the picture and descript and I said,

"Yeah, I want that too!!!" :D
Of course my son found a little bit of Valhalla waiting under the tree on Christmas morning.

In between the time of the TRU ad and Christmas, I discovered Herscape.net and Heroscape.com. On the official site I saw the images for Wave 1. By chance, on a casual trip to TRU post-Dec. 25, I found all the Mallidon's Prophecy sets in my local Toys R Us. They were the first sets there. I bought them in the display box.

Buying the master set was an easy-peasy decision, but buying all four of those expansions took me a good 20 minutes of deciding. I think it was difficult to buy them as my wife was with me at the time and $12.95 for each set seemed like a lot of dough!

I'm glad I bought them.

I gave them to my son for his 5th birthday, January 1, 2005!.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h249/jonan_jello/Johnny5thbirthdayheroscape.jpg

[hextr1p]

I voted other, as I first saw Heroscape in a JC Penny's catalog. I was drawn into the picture by the cool board and miniatures... but winced when I saw what looked to be a 5 year old playing the game.

Still intrigued the following day, I Googled, "Heroscape" just to take another look. BoardGameGeek.com's site came up, along with Heroscape.Net. And honestly, if it weren't for the enthusiasm of Hero and the members of .NET, I would've forgotten about the game.

I lurked around .NET for about a week, reading every post possbile. Then I downloaded the PDF of the game's instructions... and I was hooked! The day after I read through the Master Rules, I went out and bought the game from TRU, drooling over the colorful box as it rested peacefully in the stomach of my cart... and as my wife couldn't help but laugh at me. I took the game home, set it up, and played a rough solo match... and the hook sunk deeper.

And then Mallidon's Prophecy was released... and not long after that, my wife signed me up for therapy.

;)

[reapersaurus]

Please edit the poll and add BoardGameGeek.
(unless you consider the generic term of Online discovery to properly gauge BGG's exposure effect)
It is a HUGE information source for gamers deciding about new games.

I distinctly remember all the hubbub and furor on BGG about this new miniatures game that had interlocking, hex-shaped 3D terrain you can build maps from, and I was hooked.
I did the Walmart Scavenger Hunt, and ended up finding a Master Set pretty early along (I think August 2004).

[geddy lifeson]

My wife and I started playing D&D with a couple of friends. For me it had been almost 20 years and the wife never played. My friend talked a few times about some game he liked called Heroscape but I was more into rekindling my interest in D&D.

Finally before they moved (due to the military) I thought I would take him up on th eoffer to play. Needless to say some 5 hours later I was hooked like a crackhead and waiting to buy my first sets. This was the last BOGO in Oct. I actually thought I only needed one MS. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Joah]

Long story, here's the shortest version. I read/heard about the game on the Wotc boards. Didn't think much about it at the time. A week later, at the local Wally, I had my first peek at the MS. "Cool", I thought......then I picked it up....Haven't been the same since.

[Revdyer]

Please edit the poll and add BoardGameGeek.
(unless you consider the generic term of Online discovery to properly gauge BGG's exposure effect)

Right on the nose, reapersaurus. It was exactly BBG and Google that I had most in mind by the term "on-line discovery." If you've got a better term for it, I'll gladly consider changing the poll item.

[cavie]

Saw the commercial a LONG time ago and thought - man that will be a cool game to get someday.
Then between discussions with my father in law and checking it out on BGG with him, he decided it would be a good gift for my son and I, and...he was right. Since the initial Master Set he bought I've been hooked since.

[Su-Bak-Na]

I went to the LEGO isle and saw it on the oposite side of the LEGO shelfs then bought it imediately.

[markwars]

While shopping for my son for Christmas 2004 I saw the display in the TRU games aisle. I sat there and stared at the display for about twenty minutes before my wife found me and told me that our five year-old was too little for this game.

Shortly after Wave 1 came out I found myself again on that aisle only my son was with me. He loved it too. The Lego-like aspect of terrain building and the minitures were just too much for us to resist. I immediately bought the Master Set and all four of the expansions.

At that point I began to notice the commercial from time to time. I also discovered how much I wanted more terrain and figures so I bought more Wave 1 and another Master Set.

When Wave 2 came out I immediately snatched it off of my local Walmarts shelf and began hitting other Walmarts to get more.

When RttFF came out I couldn't find it. That's when I found the HS.net site - which promptly disappeared. A few weeks later I found HQ. A few weeks after that Grungebob had the first DFW Crew get together and I was invited. The rest as they say is history.

[Revdyer]

And a good history it is, too, markwars.

[Aranas]

I also found HeroScape while shopping for my son for Christmas 2004. Never heard of the game before that. My son loves D&D, dragons, swords and the like. A lot of people were playing D&D-minis at that time but I was definitely not attracted by the game despite 20 years of RPG. D&D-mini had a strange smell that reminded me of another game... Magic the Gathering! For those who don't know the game, it is a CCG (collectible card game) in which it is not always the best player that will win but the guy who can spend more than you... :evil:

So, I took a chance with HeroScape and oh-no! got hooked! :shock:
We now have a new row in our budget spreadsheet for HeroScape stuff...

[Oprime]

Well After my interest in MtG wained and around '03 (played since revised 3rd ed) my buds and I were kinda looking to fill the hole of what to do when we hung out.

Then I found SWM summer '05. I had never played a minis game before but the Star Wars aspect sold me on it.
I was all exited and called my buds over that weekend.

We got into it and clamoured to "catch up" buying alot of boosters.

During this time from summer to late fall my son who was eight REEEAALLLYYY wanted to play SW with Daddy and his friends, but I felt the game (rated 12+) was a bit over his head.

So I went lookin for something we could do together that was similar and found HS I dont even rember the store, I just remember holding the box , showing him saying " now this would be cool , we could play this together". I stood there for 20 minutues trying to convince him but he was like "noooo...", The reality being he wanted to play SW (you dads know what I mean).

Well I knew if he got it he would like it so couple months later as christmas approached I bought it for him.

You all know the rest , its the same for all of us, I dont even think he or I could tell you what else he got for christmas last year :D

Haven't played SWM since either....

[Rhydderch]

Was out at Toys R Us looking for Christmas gifts for the kids of some family friends.

[bunjee]

Christmas, 2004, boyfriend was home with the family in Alabama, saw HS while shopping for presents. He called me that night to tell me about it, one of my first comments was:

Baby! It has dragons!(I was checking the hasbro website) And started looking for more information. Started reading .net soon after, joined in Jan or Feb of 2005. Hooked like a fish.

We even have matching, different color, fig cases. Awww, aren't they cute?

[ultradoug]

One day I was at my local walmart, I was minding my own busness when spiderman started talking to me, he was sitting on a Hex I was triping out...
http://www.heroscapers.com/oldgallery/albums/userpics/10027/SpideyAvatar.gif
OH MY WORD IT MOVES!

I dont rember much other then the words "I don't cost that much." Over and over as this red guy with wings told me that I had to take over the world using EPIC.
Anyway.
weeeeeeeeeeeee

[Agent Minivann]

I saw the commercials when I was watching Saturday morning cartoons with my kids. I thought "That looks cool". The commercials kept appearing, and I kept thinking the same thing.

The MS boxes kept stalking me in stores. Finally I was doing Christmas shopping last December at TRU. My parents send us a check so they don't have to pay for shipping on Christmas presents when we aren't going to their place, or the other way round, so I had a $40 budget to buy myself something. You can figure the rest out.

[dickflea]

Watching cartoons when the ad was on......what more can i say the rest is history. :D

[Nooblar]

Two years ago I was BIG into the LEGOs. I was really dubious about all those specialized, expensive games that had no online community. But as my schedule got tighter I found that good modeling time just didn't happen anymore. My ideas got shelved until I was purely running a PBeM rpg and not even building anymore. I hadn't played a game of Brikwars in over a year, and the LUGNET boards were getting hostile and divisive.

When Gibberish told me about this new game he got for Christmas, I was very suspicious. Minis that you couldn't pose or customize with equipment? HOW MUCH per expansion pack? Isn't there any more detailed terrain?

Then I played a game. My defenses slipped, but held. I felt a huge reward in modeling a new Lego model and posting the pics online (come to think of it, my gallery is still intact here (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=lego-dude9) if you're interested). Could this new game really give the same reward? One more game and it was out with the old and in with the new. I still mean to model things in Lego later, but for now Heroscape is all there is! :D

[Revdyer]

By the way, Nooblar, I really like your Celtic chain sig decoration.

[0rbital]

In an effort to try and get my 10 year old and me off the video games and play some board games I found BGG. Got really into Carcassone and it's expansions for a while, then Ticket to Ride, and finally I saw Heroscape on BGG and it hooked me quick. 3 weeks later and about $200 less in my pocket and I'm addicted :D

[Oogie_Da_Bruce]

I tend to stop at TRU's and other toy stores in my regular rotation and saw it sitting there on the shelf.

Must have passed it 4 or 5 times before I picked it up. Must have picked it up 5 or 6 times before my girlfreind said, "Just buy it!!! You know your gonna get it anyways!"

And that was it!!!

[toddrew]

Similar to H_E_H's story - my son was coming of gaming age (we had been playing "Christianized" versions of Settlers and CCG's (Settlers of Canaan and Redemption), and while looking at the local game store saw "THE BOX" which made its way under the tree Christmas '04.

[Revdyer]

3 weeks later and about $200 less in my pocket and I'm addicted :D

It is amazing how quickly a $40 game becomes expensive! We start out with that nice, simple, great Master Set, figuring one is what it is all about. Then a few expansions are added. Then, reading on-line, you see that maybe more than one MS would be useful. Maybe two. Maybe three. Maybe more. And multiples of expansions. And terrain expansions. Then you've got to buy storage stuff. And a bigger table. And another table to put the cards on and roll the dice. Then....well, you all know how it goes.

[Grungebob]

Feb 2004... I was like "I wish somebody would make a game that had awesome prepainted figs that represented warriors from throughout time and space. These figs could all battle it out on an interlocking 3D hex based battlefield... I would do it myself but do not have the capitol" Then Habro popped up at NY City toyfare and my prayers were answered.

[shakey_snake]

Tired of the diplomacy involved in RISK, we decided that what we needed to do was play the dorkiest game we could find. I suggested Heroscape because I saw it at Target.

[AgentX-127]

Well, I have written this story up before on the ol' HQ, but here goes.

Last fall, I got a bug in me that wanted to play a board game. I used to play AD&D, Ogre, Car Wars, etc, and more recently Magic:The Gathering (of cash as my brother like to quip!)
But it had been a while since I had played any of those games. Sure, I had a lot of computer games to play, but I felt like I was missing some of that old school tabletop gaming charm (especially rolling dice!)

One of my favorite games was a single player hex based mini-RPG board game that came with a miniature, a printed hex based game board, rules and encounters booklets. It was called Barbarian Prince, by Dwarfstar Games. It was one of those "Pocket Games" from the 1980's.
My Avatar is from the cover of Barbarian Prince.

So, I looked all over my basement for a few days and I couldn't find the game!
It was driving me crazy. I looked on Ebay but didn't find it. I looked it up on Google and I came across the listing on the Board Game Geek site. I had never visited BGG before, and I started browsing the site, looking up old games like Dark Tower, and HeroQuest, thinking that I might like a new board game to play with my family during the upcoming holidays.

Then I started seeing these pictures of Heroscape on BGG. It was featured in a geeklist called "Most overproduced games." I read up on it, and the next thing you know, I am standing in TRU holding the Master Set box, looking at the expansions, thinking..."I am not going to get sucked into this like I did with Magic:TG...."

I introduced it to my brothers and they were hooked immediately. On Christmas, my whole family played Heroscape, including my 60+ Mom and Dad. My brothers both live in the same town as me, so now we play frequently.

I found the HeroscapeHQ website through BGG too.
I still can't find my copy of Barbarian Prince. But I don't care so much anymore, since Heroscape has filled my need for dice rolling.

[LilNewbie]

Slight Threadjack:

AgentX-127, you can download the Barbarian Prince game from this site (along with other Pocket Games):

http://dwarfstar.brainiac.com/ds_webfaq.html


Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.

Newb.

[AgentX-127]

AgentX-127, you can download the Barbarian Prince game from this site (along with other Pocket Games):
http://dwarfstar.brainiac.com/ds_webfaq.html

Thanks, newb.
Yeah, I found that out, but Heroscape took over, and I haven't even tried to play Barbarian Prince (even though it is a cool game.) Heroscape is all I need now. Oh, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

Heroscape and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.
Oh, and this office chair.

Heroscape, this office chair, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.

[toddrew]

Best. Scene. Ever.

:lol:

[netherspirit]

My first master set was the prize in a cracker jack box.

[LilNewbie]

My first master set was the prize in a cracker jack box.

That must have been a big Cracker Jack box!

:D

Newb.

[toddrew]

That must have been a big Cracker Jack box!



Where's Mr. Underhill? He's missing his cues :)

[reapersaurus]

Please edit the poll and add BoardGameGeek.
(unless you consider the generic term of Online discovery to properly gauge BGG's exposure effect)

Right on the nose, reapersaurus. It was exactly BBG and Google that I had most in mind by the term "on-line discovery." If you've got a better term for it, I'll gladly consider changing the poll item.Could you edit the poll to add at the end of Online Discovery (BGG or Google) :?:

Thx.

[Revdyer]

Heroscape is all I need now. Oh, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

Heroscape and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.
Oh, and this office chair.

Heroscape, this office chair, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
(geez, louise, I hope people know the reference)

[Revdyer]

Please edit the poll and add BoardGameGeek.
(unless you consider the generic term of Online discovery to properly gauge BGG's exposure effect)

Right on the nose, reapersaurus. It was exactly BBG and Google that I had most in mind by the term "on-line discovery." If you've got a better term for it, I'll gladly consider changing the poll item.Could you edit the poll to add at the end of Online Discovery (BGG or Google) :?:

Thx.

Sure...except I don't seem to know how to edit the poll categories. But if someone would tell me how to do that (via PM?) I'd do it.

[AgentX-127]

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
My wife sometimes thinks so.

Especially when a new box of Heroscape "toys" arrives at our house :!:
She's all like :grumble:

[0rbital]

3 weeks later and about $200 less in my pocket and I'm addicted :D

It is amazing how quickly a $40 game becomes expensive! We start out with that nice, simple, great Master Set, figuring one is what it is all about. Then a few expansions are added. Then, reading on-line, you see that maybe more than one MS would be useful. Maybe two. Maybe three. Maybe more. And multiples of expansions. And terrain expansions. Then you've got to buy storage stuff. And a bigger table. And another table to put the cards on and roll the dice. Then....well, you all know how it goes.

Definitely I think I won't be happy until I spend a few hundred more. I still need waves 2, 3, 4, 4.5 and more road, more wave 1, more lava, more MS, big rubbermaid containers.... :D

I played paper Magic the Gathering for many years and have played the online version since early beta testing. So I'm used to spending money on a game.

[Revdyer]

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
My wife sometimes thinks so.

Especially when a new box of Heroscape "toys" arrives at our house :!:
She's all like :grumble:

My wife is, like, "Well, it's cheaper and less emotionally expensive than an affair with your secretary."

[markwars]

My wife goes shopping for shoes and purses and comes back happy. It's a symbiotic relationship. 8)

[K/H_Addict]

i was watching TV in December of 2004. Along comes a commercial break. I was too lazy to change the channel, and i see a commercial with 2 little boys playing a game called "Heroscape" and i think "wow...that game looks fun" so i put it on my christmas list, not expecting to get it, but come christmas morning, there it was, stashed under our tree. I played it that day with my sisters b/f who didnt like it, and again a few days later with my dad, who didnt like it. So i figured, since no one liked it, it was a waste of time, and it stayed in a box until summer, when i decided to break it out again. This time i made (yes, forced) 2 friends (POF and someone else who i now despise) come over and play. they both liked it (having beat me in their first game :evil: ), they both went out and got their own MS, and the the guy i depsise lost interest in it, and then i found 2 more people, and i recently got another guy to buy a MS, still workin on 2 others........

[Revdyer]

By the way, looking at the results of the poll so far, doesn't it make sense to the major marketers to say, "Hey! Display this game right and you'll sell a whole bunch of them! Dudes!"?

[K/H_Addict]

Heroscape is all I need now. Oh, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

Heroscape and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.
Oh, and this office chair.

Heroscape, this office chair, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
(geez, louise, I hope people know the reference)


thats not nice, Rev!

whats the reference?

[AgentX-127]

Heroscape is all I need now. Oh, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

Heroscape and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.
Oh, and this office chair.

Heroscape, this office chair, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
(geez, louise, I hope people know the reference)


thats not nice, Rev!

whats the reference?

http://upload4.postimage.org/506162/the_jerk.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/506162/photo_hosting.html)
Steve Martin, as "The Jerk"

And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

[Revdyer]

Steve Martin's movie "The Jerk."
Thanks, Agent.

[vernz]

i seen it at walmart and then around thanksgiving the day after sales it was in the target ad so i went and bought it

[K/H_Addict]

stupid

[Revdyer]

language! please, K/H. You're more articulate and expressive than that.

[K/H_Addict]

i felt it was an appropriate time to refer to the movie. sorry


how bout i edit it?

[Revdyer]

Perfectly done. And well done. I forgot about the dog...and I apologize to you for my outburst.

[shakey_snake]

Heroscape is all I need now. Oh, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch.

Heroscape and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.
Oh, and this office chair.

Heroscape, this office chair, and Peanut Butter Captain Crunch are all I need.

Ummm...Agent, doesn't that make you a, uh, jerk? :lol:
(geez, louise, I hope people know the reference)


thats not nice, Rev!

whats the reference?

http://upload4.postimage.org/506162/the_jerk.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/506162/photo_hosting.html)
Steve Martin, as "The Jerk"

And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.

I thought that was a Jerk Mini for a second.

[toddrew]

I thought that was a Jerk Mini for a second.

Great custom idea :D would definitely be immune from Dead-Eye Dan.

[Revdyer]

That would be great looking on a one hex base!

[netherspirit]

I pulled Heroscape from a stone and became king.

[Revdyer]

But what about a peoples' cooperative commune, your Majesty?

[Hahnarama]

I first saw it in the newspaper. The Indy Star actually ran a piece about HS the Friday before GC '04.

[Revdyer]

I wish we had a newspaper that tuned into the real world...although I realize that talking about HS as "real world" is a bit of a stretch!

[reapersaurus]

Please edit the poll and add BoardGameGeek.
(unless you consider the generic term of Online discovery to properly gauge BGG's exposure effect)

Right on the nose, reapersaurus. It was exactly BBG and Google that I had most in mind by the term "on-line discovery." If you've got a better term for it, I'll gladly consider changing the poll item.Could you edit the poll to add at the end of Online Discovery (BGG or Google) :?:

Thx.

Sure...except I don't seem to know how to edit the poll categories. But if someone would tell me how to do that (via PM?) I'd do it.My bad - I think an Admin has to modify poll options once they are first posted.... :(

[Revdyer]

My bad, too...I, like you, thought there was a way I could do it. But...on the other hand, by now, almost everyone should know what was meant.

[-Zim-]

I was actually in Wal-mart looking for some board games to buy so my cousin (who rarely comes to my house) and me could have something to do while he was staying with me. I picked up Risk and noticed the Heroscape masterset along with a few expansions next to it. I ditched Risk and bought the master set, and 3 of the 4 expanions of wave 4. He didn't come down for the weekend but I ended up being hooked on it.

[Agent Minivann]

3 weeks later and about $200 less in my pocket and I'm addicted :D

It is amazing how quickly a $40 game becomes expensive! We start out with that nice, simple, great Master Set, figuring one is what it is all about. Then a few expansions are added. Then, reading on-line, you see that maybe more than one MS would be useful. Maybe two. Maybe three. Maybe more. And multiples of expansions. And terrain expansions. Then you've got to buy storage stuff. And a bigger table. And another table to put the cards on and roll the dice. Then....well, you all know how it goes.

If I tell people I know that the $40 Master Set is all you really need to play, am I being dishonest?

[Revdyer]

No, I don't think that's dishonest, Agent Minivan. But in the interest of full disclosure you might want to mention that there are multiple expansions that greatly add to the game. Think about model railroading. There are lots of starter kits for that, but people who get hooked end up buying a lot more stuff than that.

[bad_calvin]

I saw it at Toys R Us (but I bought it at Wal-Mart-- EOV) while trying to find a "strategy game" for my son. I saw the little display with the miniatures in it and decided to check online about it. I found the HQ site, everyone was very helpful in answering my questions, UD especially was hooking a brutha up with some info.
After I got the info, I decided to go ahead and get it for him. Then after he recieved the gift we played, and he loved it... problem was I did too! I really did not think I would because I am used to more technical games, and it seemed so dumbed down that I didn't think I would like it. So, needless to say the kids and I love the game, and have all kinds of fun making terrain for it, and drawing pictures of battles, and writing stories of battles. So it is a lot of fun for us all, even though it was meant to be fun just for my son. :) It actually worked out better that way, because even his mom can't resist going and picking up a new set for him. :)
I have to add, that if it were not for all of the great new ideas presented hear, we might have got a little tired of it. But the customs , and different play ideas (quests!!!) keep us going. :)

[RobWeaver]

I first saw HS in a Walmart. I thought the terrain was awesome, and I wanted it primarily to use the terrain for other skirmish games, ie Star Wars and Mage Knight. At first I thought the characters were OK, if a little corny. When I got the game, I was thoroughly blwon away by the interactions between the characters, and the fact that the rules system is one I'm already intimately familiar with through Heroquest and BattleMasters. Short story: I have a modest collection of the expansions, have completely forsaken Mage Knight and havn't played Star Wars in over a year.

[Xotli]

Weirdly enough, I had to answer "television ad" even though I've never seen the commercial ...

The kid and his mom saw the ad on Sat morning and she told me about it. I started looking online. Found .net and said any game with a community this strong is probably good, so we got it. Played it a couple of times, tried to get my RPG friends to try it but no luck. Ended up putting it away at some point.

Then we saw VW in a TRU and suddenly we decided to buy some of this cool new stuff. Started playing again, went online again--hey, .net seems to be dying, but here's this HQ thing--played for a long time (still only with the kid), ended up putting it away yet again.

My second kid was born in early March. My RPG group had been floundering for a while (two of us have kids now, another is planning a wedding right now, no one seems to have the time any more) and my extended hiatus from being able to work on campaigns has possibly killed it dead. Had to have something to fill the void, and the (first) kid always seemed to enjoy playing (maybe not as much as me, but close enough), so we broke it out again. And bought even more figures. Finally decided to actually join one of these online communities, found .net was well and truly dead, so tried to join HQ ... and couldn't. Grrr! But shortly after that HQ keeled over and this place popped up.

And here we are.

[shakey_snake]

If I tell people I know that the $40 Master Set is all you really need to play, am I being dishonest?Honesty rarely fits the black/white pattern our semantics assume. I'd say that you're being equivocal.

[StarSlayer]

In truth, yes all you need to have is the original set.

Is that all you "need". no.

All the extras from the expansions help the game last longer, and continue to have more fun for longer times.

First time I heard of this, a buddy brought it over, at first, the thing that hit me was, hey. 3-D map for Battletech.

Still buying a lot, but don't get to play enough.

[RobWeaver]

If I tell people I know that the $40 Master Set is all you really need to play, am I being dishonest?Honesty rarely fits the black/white pattern our semantics assume. I'd say that you're being equivocal.

I think you can have as much fun with one $40 master set as with any number of the expansions. HS has very little power-creep, so the master set heroes and squads are still competitive and fun to play even when you have everything else. The terrain expansions (especially RttFF) are really nice, but never decome necessary. I play with a friend who has a master set, and a random smattering of expansions, two or three at the most. He just bought ones with characters that looked interesting to him. He plays a mean game and we have a great time at it!

[0rbital]

If you don't like building maps then 1 MS probably is enough. But if you do... better save some money :D

[ultradoug]

I found it at walmart. Had to get it all.

[RobWeaver]

If you don't like building maps then 1 MS probably is enough. But if you do... better save some money :D
Actually, map building is my least favorite part of the game. End up with a time-comsuming creation that, although beautiful to view, is nearly impossible to move! Really, I have a lot of trouble putting maps together. You know those questions on tests that say "If you folded this figure up as indicated, what would the result look like?" I have no idea - I can't do them. I have great trouble "thinking spacially" as my wife calls it. It took me 2 hours to put together the Migdol's Tomb board in the Master Set. I don't try anything more complicated than that. It's just too frustrating.
I also don't have a lot of space I can dedicate to a game in progress. Between my children and our pets, someone is going to walk off with the little pieces. Not to mention my wife's hobbies, which are also space-consuming. Basically, I need boards that I can knock together in 45 minutes or less, can fit on the dining room table, and don't mind taking apart when they're done. One master set's worth of terrain, RttFF and Volcarren Wasteland are more than enough for me! I have the little bits and pieces from the expansions, and a couple extra trees and columns that I use regularly, but I'm just not a big "big" board fan.

[Revdyer]

That is one of the neat things about HS, I think, RobWeaver. I love building maps, even more than playing on them. I think in terms of sculpting the map and usually they turn out interesting to look at and playable. It did take me a few months to learn what NOT to do in order to make the map work in a real game, but now it's just fun to do.

Needless to say, I'm sort of the dungeon master for our weekly group. We gather at my house because I have a room with a couple of tables and cabinets dedicated to the game. I also provide the beverages, which keeps the group happy. I'm also in control of taking away car keys and providing bedding when necessary!

But most of all, I like making new maps. I only have 3 MSs and 3 RTTFFs, one Tundra and one Lava; but that's enough to make some interesting playing fields.

[ultradoug]

RobWeaver
glue.

[Xotli]

Actually, map building is my least favorite part of the game.

Hey, me too. :)

Really, I have a lot of trouble putting maps together.

Yep, me too.

You know those questions on tests that say "If you folded this figure up as indicated, what would the result look like?" I have no idea - I can't do them.

Right, me neither.

It took me 2 hours to put together the Migdol's Tomb board in the Master Set. I don't try anything more complicated than that. It's just too frustrating.

I'll go you one better: I just put together one of GaryLASQ's (quite excellent) maps for 2MS + 2 RTTFF + 2 VW. It took me most of a night. By the time I was ready to plan, my son was already asleep. :(

Some people are map dudes. Personally, I'm a figure dude. :wink:

[ultradoug]

I'm a can't figure out dude.

[Xotli]

I'm a can't figure out dude.

That may be the best self-description I've ever heard ... :D

[Agent Minivann]

If I tell people I know that the $40 Master Set is all you really need to play, am I being dishonest?Honesty rarely fits the black/white pattern our semantics assume. I'd say that you're being equivocal.

I think you can have as much fun with one $40 master set as with any number of the expansions. HS has very little power-creep, so the master set heroes and squads are still competitive and fun to play even when you have everything else. The terrain expansions (especially RttFF) are really nice, but never decome necessary. I play with a friend who has a master set, and a random smattering of expansions, two or three at the most. He just bought ones with characters that looked interesting to him. He plays a mean game and we have a great time at it!

Rev, didn't you have a link to something about written communication? I think it needs to make a comeback. I thought about using this smilie: :joke: in my honesty post, but I decided against it. Smooth move, self.

[shakey_snake]

mine was supposed to be funny, too.
meh.

[Revdyer]

Rev, didn't you have a link to something about written communication? I think it needs to make a comeback.

Bunjee has the link in her sig, honestly.

[Teamski]

I found out about Heroscape back in October, 2004 when I bought Battleball BOGO at TRU. I didn't catch HS on the shelf at that point. I went home, checked out the Battleball site and saw the picture of HS. My jaw dropped and I was too late that night to go back. I went the next day (BOGO was over with, unfortunately) and bought my first set. By the end of the week, I had 4 sets!! I then joined the old .net that same month. I never looked back.......

The funny thing is that I am not a big mini guy, but a wargamer. Heroscape allows me to dabble into a cool mini figure game without the collectible BS, thus my 100% support for the game. The terrain is just too damn cool....

-Ski

[Revdyer]

Well, this poll is clearly finished, so a brief word to sum up.

It looks like about a third of the people voting here found out about HeroScape from a store display. That means that shelf space in brick and mortar stores is very important to the future success of the game. The comments elsewhere point in the same direction.

The other big place where people find out about HeroScape is from television. In the past the ads have been aimed at the children's market. I can't help but wonder what would be the result of an ad campaign on, say, the Spike Network aimed at 20 to 35 year old males. "The board game that is more than a game, THE BATTLE OF ALL TIME. Only the smart, the strong, and the brave need apply." Something like that.

So, that's my read from this thread.

[reapersaurus]

Those are good conclusion, and a good poll, Rev.

I'm actually kinda surprised, looking back at it and seeing only 58 votes. :shrug:

We have that few active members here, that wouldn't click a button/survey as universal as this?

[Revdyer]

Well, reap, I wish that more had voted, too. But I suspect we got a good sample anyway. Thanks for the support.