Heroscape - Back to the Basics

I am relatively new to Heroscape. My wife surprised me for X-mas 2009 by giving me Master Set 1. What a gift it was! We have played numerous games with MS1, and I would go so far as to consider it akin to cheap couples therapy. Soon afterwards, a google search led me to this forum, where I have enjoyed reading posts from other heroscapers who have a passion for this fun game. I have since augmented my heroscape collection with other figures and terrian expansion sets. However, my wife has lost some of the passion for this game, and I finally extracted her answer as to why.

There is now too much heroscape in our house.

What used to be a simple process (select an army from the cards of MS1, set up a map, and have some fun) takes much longer. When drafting, it takes 5 minutes just to lay all of the cards out on the floor, let along peruse them and draft an army. Plus, it takes time just to pick through the figures and find one's army. Not a big deal to me, but apparently it drives her crazy (just like the Fine Young Cannibals). I have tried:

• creating pre-made armies to use (she never quite likes the army that she chooses)
• Trying different scenarios (Capture the Flag, etc)
• Playing a stripped-down, lower-points-level game. For example, a dungeon crawl on MS3 (she does not care for this. And to be honest with you, I had my fill of D and D as a teenager).

So, I have since separated MS1 out of the community plastic tub, and this is what we use when we game (repackaging it into the original box was a PAIN, so many thanks to lefton4ya [http://www.heroscapers.com/community...searchid=56076] for the repackaging instructions).

That being said, we find ourselves enjoying our games with a greater intensity. MS1 just seems to be more pure and original, and having a finite amount of heroes/unique squads to choose seems to bring out more creativity in regards to strategy. Simply put, we have more fun with less. My next step is to slowly introduce some of my favorite non-MS1 figures into our games, a squad or two at a time. But, it seems that the majority of my collection now sits on the sidelines, only seeing use when a friend comes over.

Does anyone have this problem with spouses and heroscape? What solutions have you found, and have you also gone back to the basics for some, or all, of your games?