Why I'm not excited about D&D in Heroscape
Posted March 24th, 2010 at 02:23 PM by Marcus Decimus Gallus
Although well into my thirties, I bought into this silly little game. Heroscape attracted me because of all of the different genres, colliding together. Samurai vs. Robots vs. Vikings vs. Dragons vs. Aliens vs. Men in Black? The child like appeal of "anything goes" drew me and my money into this little violent world.
I nearly peed my pants when I saw the Romans come out, I fell into a state of bliss when cowboys were introduced and I jumped for joy when the undead came. And don't forget the 18th century Brits and Americans, the Mohicans, the countless number of robots, the exansions of aliens and the crusaders.
[I was also very excited about Marvel, until I used the figures and realised they don't play well with others.]
The current direction is troubling. I don't have anything against D&D, but a move towards D&D is a move away from the broad scape this game has covered. No new historical units, no new sci-fi ... just pure D&D fantasy. It's almost, dare I say, boring?
Well, I hope D&D scape is just a temporary thing and we see a return to the rich variety of units this game can offer.
I nearly peed my pants when I saw the Romans come out, I fell into a state of bliss when cowboys were introduced and I jumped for joy when the undead came. And don't forget the 18th century Brits and Americans, the Mohicans, the countless number of robots, the exansions of aliens and the crusaders.
[I was also very excited about Marvel, until I used the figures and realised they don't play well with others.]
The current direction is troubling. I don't have anything against D&D, but a move towards D&D is a move away from the broad scape this game has covered. No new historical units, no new sci-fi ... just pure D&D fantasy. It's almost, dare I say, boring?
Well, I hope D&D scape is just a temporary thing and we see a return to the rich variety of units this game can offer.
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So far I think it is a temporary thing. As far as we know this won't go past the next wave.
Still, I couldn't even tell at a glance these were DnD figures, and I think that a lot of Heroscape was/is already fantasy... so, with all due respect, I don't agree. |
Posted March 24th, 2010 at 03:40 PM by Pickledpie
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Fear not for I will enjoy the DnD waves for you and continue to lobby for classic scape too.
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Posted March 24th, 2010 at 08:39 PM by J4Jandar
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Oh good!!!!! I got scared by truth's orginal post, because I thought it ment NO more classic scape.
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Posted March 24th, 2010 at 09:40 PM by Arrow Grut
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I completely agree with you.
Eventually I hope for one more D&D wave (as in a D3 wave). A Dark Sun wave perhaps but after something else comes out first. I'm still holding out hope for a full World War II wave. Russian Snipers, Panzer Grenadiers, Black Watch Infantry, British Commandos, Desert Rats, Jungle fighters, etc. |
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Posted March 25th, 2010 at 11:50 AM by AMIS
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War II wave?... How about an Axis & Allies wave or two!! They make the miniatures for A&A, so why not an Axis Wave followed by an Allies Wave for Heroscape? I'd definitely snap a couple of copies for my games!
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Posted March 27th, 2010 at 06:35 PM by Grognard_Hero
Updated March 27th, 2010 at 06:36 PM by Grognard_Hero (grammar) |
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I would still like to see another D&D wave in a couple of years (after a return to classic), but if A&A is to scale, why not?
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Posted March 29th, 2010 at 02:10 PM by AMIS
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I Agree with the orginal point. I think that dnd heroscape will collapse like marvel did.
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Posted April 2nd, 2010 at 03:10 PM by hosj
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Quote:
I Agree with the orginal point. I think that dnd heroscape will collapse like marvel did.
 It has already had a wave release with a second one in the pipe. In other words it has already surpased Marvel |
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Posted April 2nd, 2010 at 06:31 PM by Cavalier
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Ya, but will they sell? Whats to stop them from collapseing like the other heroscape did after it took up too much room on toy store shelves.
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Posted April 2nd, 2010 at 09:19 PM by hosj
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well I am loving the new D&D scape myself, their are a lot of cool things coming out, sure it is fantasy but I like fantasy so this is perfect for me. The greenscale worriars rock I tell you, they bond with any dragon, so that is very nice
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Posted September 24th, 2010 at 04:16 PM by Hendal
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