GOT MY FIRST MASTER SET!

[Fyre]

hah this is exciting, i thought the game looked really cool in allthe pictures, but it looks even better when you have it sitting in front of you, this game is great you could even set it up for show too, i havent gotten to play yet as my brother is not done with his homeowkr but im excited to, now i have to get a expansion or two, i'll probably get the road tot he forgotten forest and what is the expansion with the cool white and blue space warriors?

[HokshilaTo]

Congrats... My first set wasn't even supposed to be for me. It was an extra gift at Christmas, and I got it. And I've been addicted ever since. Have fun...

[boom]

Welcome to Heroscape. :D The expansion you are seeking is the "Snipers and Vipers" booster of common troops from the Wave 1. The snipers (the blue and white space dudes) are excellent range troops and every skull you roll counts for two. Get them to height, and hopefully with the +1 attack glyph, and rip your opponent a new one. :twisted:

[SpiderCoach]

Congrats, Fyre. Welcome to the addiction.

[Oprime]

The sickness spreads......

Enjoy fyre.

[LilNewbie]

Welcome, Fyre!

See ya,
Newb.

[SlikkRikk]

Welcome!

[django]

welcome to heroscape
and i hope your stores are fully stocked so you don't kill yourself for the latest expansions.

[allskulls]

WELCOME! We will see you in the HA meetings in a couple of weeks. :D

[bushi96]

Stay in school. Get good grades. Go on to college. Get a good job and make lots of money...

...You are going to need it. :P

But it is worth the ride!

[Jandars_Hope]

Welcome To Our World, Fyre!
I remember my first master set...ahhhh, memories!

[Buddy Lee]

You have been assimulated.

Borgy Lee

[skyknight]

And so it has begun, it gets a bit expensive from here. Thanks for showing up here Fyre and if you have any questions about the game feel free to ask one of the older players or just do a quick search and most everything you need is here. again welcome to the game and site and if you need anything just ask :D

[Teamski]

Welcome to the board Fyre! Looking forward to your contributions to the forum!! You certainly found the right place.....

=Ski

[Jandars_Hope]

Can i just add off topic that i like ur avatar TeamSki! I'm an huge dragon fan!!!

[KeeperOfPeace]

Welcome frye. I actually last night just bought my second Master set and a road to the forgotten forest. Mixed with my brothers sets, we now have 3 Master Sets, and 2 Road sets. Try putting that together, and you have some wonderful maps!

I still need a snipers and vipers pack. Good luck finding one.

[Jandars_Hope]

The Snipers and Viper set was the first set i got! Cost alot aswell.....

[daevablacc]

Welcome Frye! Enjoy the "hobby" *puts tournequet on arm and melts down a Taelord in a spoon*

[Supergeek]

Welcome indeed, Fyre.
If you are anywhere near Austin, Mn, you should come check out the tournament on June 24th. even if you have no desire to participate.

[bunjee]

Welcome Fyre. Don't let all this mention of money spook you. Remember that it isn't a blind booster money hole. You buy what you want.

On that note... try and get a friend hooked on the game, that way it is easier to have access to the multiple commons in the later expansions. mmmm Hoard of vipers.

[TheRealQ]

If you can't find "Snipers and Vipers" locally you can always order it from Hasbro.com. Oh, and welcome to HeroCrack. Now that it has you, you can never be free. Don't worry though you will still be able to blend in with the public...unless Taelord begins talking to you. ;)

[Fyre]

hah you guys rock thanks for all the welcomes, its really fun me and my brother play it and im looking to get a friend into it soon...how soon should i move on to playing master game play? any certain time or just when ever? and i can see why you guys have so many sets as becasue with one master set it is alittle small and the games go quick? should the RTTFF be the first one i should buy? heros? squads? just looking i'll check out other posts too but thanks again you guys!

[bobofett]

Welcome newcomer to HEROSCAPE the build and battle fantasy adventure.

[Mud Turkey 13]

Start playing the Master game immediately. It's infinitely better than the basic game.

[TheRealQ]

hah you guys rock thanks for all the welcomes, its really fun me and my brother play it and im looking to get a friend into it soon...how soon should i move on to playing master game play? any certain time or just when ever? and i can see why you guys have so many sets as becasue with one master set it is alittle small and the games go quick? should the RTTFF be the first one i should buy? heros? squads? just looking i'll check out other posts too but thanks again you guys!

http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=462

Take a look here. As far as switching to Master feel free to take your time getting used to building a map and understanding the basic rules. Once you can play basic without referring to the rulebook advance to master. If at any time you feel overwhelmed step back into basic.
The truth is that once you play master your enthusiasm will grow and you will never look back. :banana:

[MBSowards]

My first Master Set, and only one so far, brought tears to my eyes.

[feekonea]

hey welcome to the baords, join the pros. :lol:

[MBSowards]

Here in WV the sniper/viper set is the easiest one to find.

[hextr1p]

THREAD JACK:

I just noticed bobofetts avatar in his sig...

http://heroscapers.com/community/images/smiles/craig.jpg

... and how the file name is 'craig.jpg'... and how on .NET I used to scan threads for only that icon and the icon of the Roman Archer...

... ME-E-E-E-EMOR-I-I-I-E-E-E-S!!!

[RichardD]

I second the "Master game" recommendation. The Basic game is only two steps up from Snakes & Ladders - if that was all there was to HS, I reckon that 99.9% of the folks here would never play the game. But the Master game has so much more variety, tactics, strategy, bluff, planning, excitement, and fun.

I ran a demo weekend earlier this month - we used the Master rules for all but one game, even when demoing to under 12's; the game when we used the Basic rules was grim, and I'll never use them again. If you really need to make things simpler for new players, you're better off leaving out a few of the more complicated unit types, like double-spaced figures and glyphs, and running with pre-chosen armies.

The Master rules aren't actually that much more complicated; it's all the extra opportunities and variety (especially when you have some expansion units to draft) that make it so much better.

[Neveryll]

Heyas :) Good to meet yah and have fun with such.

[Codeman]

Watch out the first master set can lead to more.... I think I've bought eight so far ( some were Christmas gifts for our boys & girl ). We should have a support group thread on here for this sickness.

I now of some southern Minnesota players... maybe we will see you at a tournement some time. It is a good group of people the next tourney I know of is in Austin on Saturday June 24 ( detail listed under Event file )

Good luck and have fun with your first set..... If you buy another.. well you've been warned!

[Jandars_Hope]

"Doctor, Doctor everywhere i look i see heroscape figures!"
"Son, You've got Heroscape Fever! There is no cure!"

[Revdyer]

Welcome, Fyre.

You've gotten some good advice, already, here; and will continue to get it, I trust. HeroScape is a great game and can become a great hobby too. I hope you have lots of fun with it through the years.

[Fyre]

hey you guys are great, im still playing and now looking in to expansions hopefully i can find a microcons and vipers expansion in walmart but i think i might get a minutemen and wolves one!

[bighamrules]

just want to say welcome to the game

[Jandars_Hope]

yeah! get the minute men and wolves, i think theyre better than the snipers and vipers!

[vernz]

welcome to heroscape and the site its a great game loads of fun to be had enjoy

[0rbital]

I bought my first Master set off Ebay a week ago and am waiting patiently for it. Went to the stores around me to see what they had this morning. Not much, a few MS between them and 1 store had 1 RTFF and 1 Orims. I bought the RTFF. I'm thinking I can't wait and if the MS doesn't get here by Saturday morning I'll go buy another one. I'm sure I'll want two anyways :D

My kid, wife, and I play Carcassonne and Ticket to Ride a lot. He's been bugging me to get HS. After reading about it on this site and BGG I had to buy it.

[Revdyer]

You've made a good buy, Orbital. It only gets better from here.

[D-Dyzzle]

Welcome to heroscape all who have gotten their first master sets.
A little tip: go for squads, NUMBERS DOMINATE!!! :twisted:

[pashadowops]

We got our first Master Set in late April along with Greeks & Vipers and Heros of Barrenspur. My son and I played many games that night. Three weeks ago we picked up RTTFF and now because of good report cards I picked up VW for my son and Snipers & Vipers for my daughter. Now I find myself driving all over looking for the latest and coolest expansions. I think for Fathers day I will by them...errr I mean me...no...yeah them another Master Set. Welcome Fyre...

[0rbital]

Woo I wandered into a Walmart in a different part of town today and they had all the Wave 1 sets. I now have all the wave 1 sets hehe. I'm happy :D

[LilNewbie]

Grats on your find! If you can, get one more set of orcs and romans!

EDIT: LOL! and the snakes....how could I forget the snakes.

Newb.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Grats on your find! If you can, get one more set of orcs and romans!

Newb.

eep! Don't forget the snakes man! Get as many snakes as possible!
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[0rbital]

Well I got screwed on my purchase from Ebay. Paid $26 for an opened but "unplayed" box of Heroscape. Figures taken out of the packaging but in a bag. Supposedly. I got it yesterday, packaged not very good for shipping. Open it up. It's missing the figures, 1 ruin, 2 glyphs, and 8 sparkly water tiles. Seller claims everything was there when they shipped it of course. I can get $13 back if I ship it back to them for $13. Not really worth it. So I guess I'm going to go buy another master set and have two complete sets of terrain minus the 8 water tiles. I was able to build the RTFF map with a smaller river and play with the wave 1 expansions though so it wasn't a total loss.

[vernz]

i think you should file a claim with ebay and i believe they well look into it sounds to me like false advertising

[Rodriquez]

Well I got screwed on my purchase from Ebay. Paid $26 for an opened but "unplayed" box of Heroscape. Figures taken out of the packaging but in a bag. Supposedly. I got it yesterday, packaged not very good for shipping. Open it up. It's missing the figures, 1 ruin, 2 glyphs, and 8 sparkly water tiles. Seller claims everything was there when they shipped it of course. I can get $13 back if I ship it back to them for $13. Not really worth it. So I guess I'm going to go buy another master set and have two complete sets of terrain minus the 8 water tiles. I was able to build the RTFF map with a smaller river and play with the wave 1 expansions though so it wasn't a total loss.

question though was the box beat up or such? the box that it was shipped in..also was it insured?

but I would go back to ebay and see what they can do...
but if the packing box wasna opened or such than ye can always leave a note in the feedback warning ppl to watch what is being advertised by this person(btw was it a powerseller or someone with a low feedback rating?)

[netherspirit]

Do you have a link to the eBay lot?

[0rbital]

I didn't insure it (usually not worth it for something this cheap) and the box was beat up so the seller I can simply say it's USPS fault. This is a power seller that has like 1200 feedbacks. The seller did offer to refund my Pay Pal if I shipped it back but ground shipping for HS is a bit over $12. The terrain is worth the $15.25 (thought I paid $26, actually $27.25) I would actually get back from the refund after paying for shipping. Won't be buying anymore opened games from Ebay though that's for sure.

Here's the item:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8816894740&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

Looking at the seller's photo it looks like everything pictured out of the box is what is missing. The dice, markers, terrain, etc were still in bags in the box.

Seller only charged me $7.75 to ship but paid $12.xx so I guess all in all it's worth keeping. I'll start my HS collection off with 2 masters, RTFF, and the wave 1 expansions. Should keep me from spending anymore money for a week or two heh.

[vernz]

i checked it out it does say used but it also says all the parts are there he should have packed it better to you when he shipped it out i think he forgot to put some of the pieces back if you ask me

[Revdyer]

Man, that is a bummer, Obital. I'm glad you shared the information with all of us, though. Thanks for that.

[Hex_Enduction_Hour]

Totally sucks.
I had that same thing happen to me once when I bought a copy of Dark World.
Listed on eBay as complete, but was missing parts just like your situation. I had to pay for shipping back to the lady. She was adamant everything was complete. I don't recall going through eBay channels to settle the problem.
It was a big headache for her too. She honestly believed the game to be complete and figured I might be lying. I just paid the darned shipping back in order to get my refund and cut my losses.

Sorry to hear your tale...

[ultradoug]

So anyway there I was when a millon snakes came out of nowhere man.
So I held up my sword and was like "I've got the master set!" and I totaly became Master Set Man. Alot better when you play with someone else, and the debate over rulls, well just set that aside.
Rember the master set waits as the heroscapers debate.

[ultradoug]

watch my movies!

[0rbital]

I've watched some of them. Once was enough believe me :D

[ultradoug]

they get better each time!

[0rbital]

Got lucky at Walmart today. Went to buy another MS they had 4 of them without the elite vipers figures for $40. Climbed up and looked on top of the aisle and found one with the EOVs plus it was mispriced at $34.

After building a mountain/waterfall area with the second MS now I can see that's not enough. The 1 RTFF is fine for now but I think at least 1 more MS, VW, and Tundra would be nice. Need to save some money now hehe.