Welcome to the year of the black water dragon! Astrologically it’s supposed to be an unpredictable year, but on the positive side. Find out below what this year has in store for you!

Although some people believe the Mayans predicted a doomsday in 2012, this theory is only true if you are employed by a company that is restructuring, or you’re struggling with your mortgage. In general a dragon year is lucky, unless of course you are one of the unfortunates affected by acid spray special attack.

There is a Ching dynasty prophecy predicting that a wise man will appear in 2012 to make the world prosperous and peaceful in the year of the Black Water Dragon. But wouldn’t a really smart person duck the spotlight?

Some have interpreted Nostradamus’s ramblings and expect a comet or asteroid to strike the earth this year. I think if we all buy backyard trampolines it may save us. I also own stock in a trampoline company.

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Sylvano the Wasabus

Well met!

On Friday last (1/20/12), the Gang of Four gathered at my apartment on Roosevelt Island













I had, at the last minute, planned to use Taelord instead of Q9, but could not find him within a reasonable amount of time. (More about this later.)


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kolakoski

Happy Belated New Year Heroscapers!
Sorry for the belated celebration, but it is difficult to get this thing together since I work at Week@Heroscapers by myself. *hint* *hint*

SOPA and PIPA could end HSers.com!
If you have been watching news lately, you may have already heard of them. If not, please visit this thread.

The 1x BftU Challenge (Map Creation Contest)
To turn to lighter news, Typhoon2222 has created a map making contest using solely the Battle for the UnderDark (DnD) Master Set. Now he is ready for votes. Votes are due by January 21st! Refer to the quote below:
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On behalf of the 32 map-makers who have entered the 1x BftU Challenge, we would like to invite the entire Heroscapers.com community to sharpen its cartographic acumen and help in voting for the best maps using only a single...

truth

Her name was Lady Skuln, and I was flirting with her. She was sixty points, which is moderately high for a hero in our revised point system. I was very attracted to her. But you see I only had sixty points. When you chose a single figure, you get one attack. When you choose a squad, you get three or four.

She was a Rawren. They're one of our custom factions. You might know her as a Varkaanan Blade Dancer, or a Wolfen of Yllia. In our game these creatures, the Rawrens, are much feared. They have vicious attack stats and good movement, giving them a long reach. Usually their defense is just so-so- for they usually kill and don’t have to deal with defenders. They have a taste for blood.

The Rawren squads are all fairly expensive- too pointy for my meagre sixty winks. So I could only choose from a few lesser heroes. Three actually. The Rawrens don't really have lesser heroes.

Did I mention it was midnight? Well, it probably was. It...

Sylvano the Wasabus

After a few very close calls with drinks on the Heroscape table it became very clear to me that I was going to have to invest in card sleeves to protect my coveted army cards. I did a lot of research into what sleeves would work best and what to avoid and purchased a few to see what I liked best.

Let me start with what I observed and then I will go into what I chose and why.

HouseMouseGames was selling card sleeves and these were touted as the best. One thing that made them the best was thickness and consistency in size. They describe them as:
Protect your Army cards with these heavy-duty protective vinyl sleeves. These sleeves are 5 1/4" x 5 1/4", are 7 mil thick, and fit PERFECTLY. Your cards will NEVER fall out and will not be damaged by constant play. Protect your investment with these inexpensive card protectors. Set of 20 sleeves. $6.95 or roughly $.35 ea.

Ok, $.35ea and I had a little over 500 cards came out to $173.75!!!...

Ztimster