Originally Posted by BigBadBruinsMac (Post 552174)

I just thought of something that might be fun to try - use glyphs as items/armour to make Heroscape like a RPG. The glyphs would only give bonuses to the hero/squad who has it. Say a hero finds the +1 defense, they put the glyph on his card and only he has that bonus. He could give it one a friendly who is adjacent. If the hero is killed, the attacker gets the glyph and can use it. You could use the artifacts as anything you want such as a healing Fairy (like in Zelda) to autorevive the hero if killed.

Some ideas:

Glyph - Power
Summoning - Character gets Saylind's summoning ability
Negation- Character gets Morsbane's negation ability
Pit Trap - Character can trap an adjacent enemy
Initiative +8 - Character has better reflexes and gets to roll D20 to ignore wounds
Healing - Character can now heal wounds like Kelda
Wind - Character causes wind for the round with D20 roll
Attack +1 - Character get +1 to their normal attack
Unique Attack +1 - Character get +1 to their special attack

etc.

In a game like this you might need to limit common squads to 1 (maybe 2) cards to make it work.

I might try this next time I play with my kids.

Originally Posted by gamjuven (Post 566040)

Here's another way to play that I added in college. This has to do with having a "3rd army" present on the battlefield. Think of them as the natives in the surrounding area that are just trying to defend their land or may be mercenaries. If I made a map that has lava the 3rd army might consist of obsidian guards or brunak, ice map (dzu teh or nilfheim), etc.

At the end of the round the two players each roll a d20, winner gets to immediately take a turn with the natives. If there is more than 1 type of native then the player chooses which unit to control. Once the turn is over, you set up for the next round as usual. If you controlled them last then they still can help in that if they are adjacent you can decide whether or not to swing disengagement attacks.

It's a fun way to play. Very simple addition that requires no additional rules really. It can make the game more fun and adds even more randomness to the game. This is especially good if you have 2 'scapers that are very good and this type of randomness really adds to the suspense.

Originally Posted by BigBadBruinsMac (Post 552174)

I just thought of something that might be fun to try - use glyphs as items/armour to make Heroscape like a RPG. The glyphs would only give bonuses to the hero/squad who has it. Say a hero finds the +1 defense, they put the glyph on his card and only he has that bonus. He could give it one a friendly who is adjacent. If the hero is killed, the attacker gets the glyph and can use it. You could use the artifacts as anything you want such as a healing Fairy (like in Zelda) to autorevive the hero if killed.

Originally Posted by clancampbell (Post 556681)

Since I have a large group, 5 to 6 of us, I've come up with a mini-tournament for us. It works as follows, we play one on one games.

Originally Posted by oracle92 (Post 566574)

Just throwing this out there, but the official name for destroying a designated figure would be regicide.

I think another interesting match type that would work best 1 vs. 2, or in any uneven odds would be a siege match. Where the player/players with the disadvantage just have to survive a certain number of rounds to win, while the other players will be recieving reinforcements every round or so. (Think helm's deep)

Originally Posted by Cavalier (Post 566581)

Only if said figure is a king.;)

Originally Posted by Revdyer (Post 566596)

So, if the chosen figure was Sujoah, it would be insecticide, right?