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Index to Excellent Threads and HS Resources
** Note: I have updated this thread - see the INDEX 2.0 for my current work collecting excellent threads for Scapers. **
Due to the number of excellent threads that I keep having to search for again and again, I have decided to make an index of threads I consider excellent or use often (putting it in my sig makes it always easily available to anyone--thanks to Kroc for the inspirational example; everyone is welcome to include it in their sigs as well--availability of information is my goal). Praise for the Index (mostly included here for kicks and giggles ): If I were new to this site and wanted to plunge, full force, into the heart of the very best of HeroScapism; the first post in this thread would be the best reading list possible at the moment. - Revdyer - Cavalier Whether unfamiliar or versed in the game, The Index is requisite lore for any and every 'Scaper. - Soul Shackle (who also added a useful tinyurl to this thread: http://tinyurl.com/6x3wlu) I welcome suggestions for any significant threads that I may have missed--and I totally understand if you also just skip right over this thread, no need to read it at all. I know that many of these are stickied, but even then I forget which forum it is in (Competitive vs. Official, etc.). If you are giving suggestions, I recommend a PM, that way if I decided not to use it there is no public record . *This is a continual work in progress* Heroscape Notebook - Threads for reference (ones that I print and keep in a notebook) Synergy in Heroscape...Visually - Ryougabot's awesome visual reference to all of HS's synergy--great for army-building Heroscape Stat Cards - I like these as printed sheets for reference in a notebook; BGG source Trading Card Sized Cards - These work better as stand-alone, smaller versions; thanks Raudulfr Shieldcrusher Heroscape Power Rankings - spider_poison's classic and much-debated rankings, with Jexik's color-coding Heroscape Brief Card for Beginners - simple guide to HS by LongHeroscaper Battlefields of Valhalla (Best of Tournament Maps) - Display - the best of the best for tourney maps; thanks to all involved! Heroscape Official Scenarios - I love the variants these bring to a game Points Costs for Individual Wounds/Squad Members - Each unit listed by relative value (for those that use partial points) - thanks boom and Oogie Da Bruce Other Excellent Reference Threads (but ones I don't usually print out for various reasons--usually just because of the amount or flexibility of data involved) Sisyphus' Probability Tables Best use of attacks against squad figures Heroscape One-on-one matchup calculator The Definitive List of Definitive Lists Heroscape Omnibus Gary's Heroscape Website (and thread on Scapers) Heroscape on Wikipedia - I'm not a Wikipedia fan, but I've found this to be a decent resource at times Heroscape Magic Number / Sweet Spot Compilation - excellent work by mccombju Synergy by Attribute and Synergy by Recipient - two very useful and thorough guides by Killometer Units Battleplan: A Heroscape Army Builder (and thread on Scapers) The Books of Heroscape in PDF Heroscape Army Builder (and thread on Scapers) Unit Strategy Review: Index The BOOKS of Heroscape INDEX Figure Suggestions for WotC - make your suggestions here; thanks to Kroc for keeping this updated A Study in HS Unit Genres - thanks to Just_a_Bill for the graphs; update forthcoming Factions in Review - Dredd Stev analyzes major unit groupings in Heroscape What Makes a Unit "Bad" - Mr. Migraine examines the so-called bad units of HS (leading to many other Scaper insights) Master Index of Figure Based Threads - MKSentinel's massive index of threads discussing a broad range of HS units XXXX Point Army - An index of potentially competitive armies (thanks Killometer) Heroscape Power Rankings - spider_poison's classic and much-debated rankings, with Jexik's color-coding Rules Rules questions to Hasbro Rulebooks - PDF The Advanced FAQ - "recommended reading for any scaper" - R˙chean Hold the Phone!! - a lighter look at rule oversights (thanks, keglo, for giving us Rule-Breakers Anonymous .) The Reality Regarding Rules Revisions - Aeston's look at rules revisions--and the impact on HS The Dice-Rolling Magna Carta - funrun's excellent look at fair/fun dice-rolling (not official, but very well done) The Top 10 Most Frequently Overlooked (yet [ab]used) Rules - Jexik Clarification on Special Attacks and bonuses - Cavalier Maps/Terrain Beyond King of the Hill - Better Map-making (rdhight) Building a glyph pool - rdhight Velenne's Map Review Blog - excellent resource Velenne's Tournament Maps and Fun Scenarios - excellent maps, great resource! Heroscape Map Database - Eckels' master list of maps Resource: Terrain sets contents - SoulShackle's remarkable visually enhanced listing of all terrain set contents Virtualscape - link to download page VirtualScape for first-time users - LongHeroscaper'svery helpful guide to one of Scapers' best resources Battlefields of Valhalla (Best of Tournament Maps) - Display - the best of the best for tourney maps; thanks to all involved! Heroscape Official Scenarios - I love the variants these bring to a game How to share your maps with the world - LongHeroscaper's excellent intro to sharing your maps Cartographers of Valhalla - An Index of Mapmakers - Dignan's master index GenCon Map Contest 2009 - R˙chean's push for more maps for tourney use The Tournament-Worthy Asymmetric Map Workshop - ollie's move to broaden our map-making Tournaments (just beginning this section) Simple PNP Tourney System - thanks, Grungebob, for an accessible tourney system Battlefields of Valhalla (Best of Tournament Maps) - Display - the best of the best for tourney maps; thanks to all involved! Sisyphus' Tournament Director - I haven't used this yet, but hope to (seems to have good reviews) Tournament Scoring Methods: A Census. - ollie's examination of current tourney scoring practices Product List of Heroscape Supplements - Wikipedia's listing of all HS products; so far it seems thorough and accurate What Should You Get? The Waves Ranked - boosters and sets ratings based on the Rankings (gamjuven) UPC Bar codes for existing Heroscape sets - for all the collectors out there (thanks, lonewolf and Just_a_Bill) A List of Heroscape Product's Sizes & Weights (For Shipping) - thanks to cosmosis (and markwars) for this incredible list A rough Guide to buying Commons - Einar's Puppy offers thoughts on how many of each common to purchase Strategy Guides Heroscape Competitive Rules of Thumb The Injex - Index of all of Jexik's excellent threads, such as What's in an Order Marker UPC's Excellent Strategy Blog Strategic Maneuvers/Tips and Tricks Index Tournament Armies Played Gencon Championship - Armies Played - thanks to lonewolf for compiling this The Idiot's Guide to Making a Competitive Army Competitive Tournament Champion Armies - a must read for the competitive minded player ARM - Anti-range movement - melee armies of the world unite! Soul Shackle's Strategy Threads and More - includes low-cost counters to heavy hitters Shame in using A+ units in tournaments? - an interesting (and somewhat divisive) look at armies at tourneys; thanks, Hogg. The Breakdown of a Competitive Army - KCU_Master_2007 combines excellent previous threads to rethink army building Cookie Cutter Army Discussion and Tiers - Jexik Administrative Threads DropBox for Site Improvement Ideas Title Advocacy Thread Your HSers REPUTATION And You News truth's front page blog Official Wizards Feedback Thread - Take 2 - thanks to bunjee for cleaning things up for us!</SPAN> (Now Archived) Official Wizards Feedback Thread (Summary pg 1) - also Jexik's useful hub for WotC feedback Old News 2007 GENCON NEWS I need help finding photos wave 8 sets - GenCon 2007 and Wave 8 info/links included A Who's Who to Wave 8 and 8.5 - excellent, easy-to-use guide by HeroscapeLunatic--thanks! Other Excellent Threads Embrace the Suck - rdhight's insightful look at units and their worth HeroScape Color Theory (teekay predicts Aquilla and makes color matter) Before Heroscape - Aeston's history of HS's genesis</SPAN> Geek is NOT a Bad Word - A Little Advice on Girls & Scape - Dredd Stev The Truth about Truth! - some great history on Scape and Scapers--thanks TheMainMan and hextr1p (second page) My Favorite Games Are The Close Ones - Grungebob Tournaments Are Fun - Jexik 100% Theoryscape - Sarpedon has begun an insightful look at several aspects of HS Best Thread List: TheoryScape, MathScape, and The Meta Game - wriggz' own excellent index thread--very nice work! Wriggz' Compilation of Theory-based Threads: Army Sweet Spot Beating the Dice Mastering the Game Too Much Common Luck and Skill The Importance of HeroScape Variance and Power- At Odds? Jokerism: Art of Mindsgames Heroscape Color Theroy Thoughts on Competitive Unit Pricing Game Nights/Family Play Heroscape Game Night Ideas! - Gomolka's review of ways to spice up a game night heroscape family - includes family HS suggestions and markwars' famous "sandbox letter" The Dynamics of a Free-For-All - Dredd Stev offers good advice for FFA game play Introducing new players - a hub for many links and threads on how to spread the Heroscape virus Game Variants Add-Ons Heroscapers Should be Aware of ... - A list of homebrew additions that may just improve the game ... Quests of Heroscape - Thanks to Teamski, Malechi, & Nether (and markwars for the reminder) Command Cards - straight to the download page (thanks to jbbnbsmith and Malechi for these) HeroScape Automated Battle Rules - also a more direct link: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/stilettogames@sbcglobal.net (Thanks to Edge0001 for these--fun and flexible! We use them for team play against an enemy force.) (Update: Here is a local link on Scapers.) The Draft I need an easier way to draft... (Soul Shackle) Custom Drafting Rules (Low Point Rule) (Xotli) - not a long thread, but good ideas Draft/Counter Draft (cavie) Draft Tourney..... (Alastair MacDirk) The Surprisingly Tart HeroScape Draft Wizard (netherspirit/Reqman) - discussion thread My Way of Drafting (Cleon--thanks Necro for mentioning it) Heroscape Game Night Ideas! - Gomolka's thread includes lots of great drafting options Counter-Drafting Notes (rdhight) Reinvigorating the Draft - (1Mmirg) comments welcome Storage Hahn and Bunjee's Stanley vs. Plano Smackdown - the greatest battle of storage ideas ever Storing the Jungle? - what to do with these new pieces (thanks Finrod for getting the thread started) nether's - Stickers, etc (PG13) - lots of goodies in here (thanks nether!) Cavalier's Storage Labels - just what it says Card storage? - ideas for keeping your army cards safe and sorted Card protectors? - I've seen several of theses (and use them myself)--very nice way to keep your cards safe Portable Storage for Large Collections - thanks Blue Dane (and others) for sharing Just_a_Bill's RotV-box Heroscape Collection Storage System - great way to re-use all those Master's set boxes Spider Box Posse (aka New Tourney Box) - Onacara's wonder Storing Figurines - lots of players share their ideas in this thread For Fun The Adventures of Chedwick and Sven Comics - hilarious, simply hilarious TSA..Toy Sneaking Anonymous - all too true... Chiefs Easter - no comment needed Extreme Map Builders: Post Your Monsters Here - inspirational (and sometimes insane) Dr. Weirdscape's unparalleled maps - simply amazing (though nothing simple about these...) Character Battle- Main Thread - a great idea and often insightful Heroscape Figure Count - nobody is really keeping track, are they? (Killometer has got this going again--thanks!) Remarkable Post Counts - thanks to Rev for giving us a way to memorialize our significant post cost moments Heroscape Party Fouls - Velenne's guide to not-so-official rules Heroic Relationships - Soul Shackle's compendium of units' relations to one another Origins of HS Names - nice compilation of character name origins A Heroscaper's Bucket List - thanks to Dredd Stev Ask Papa-'Scape - thanks for the laughs, Rev! Your MBTI personality and the Heroscape effect - Myrkidia Giant incorporates MBTI to HS (Field Marshalls Unite!) Academics Anonymous on Scapers: Editorial Board for JoHS - meeting of the nerds Dragonslayer's MOAM - about as funny as HS can get--excellent stuff in here! Mooseman's Heroscape Photos - best of the best Unit Battle Royale 2009 - a fun contest that offers an insightful glimpse at unit popularity (and a bit more) Customs/Repaints (I know little about this aspect of the game, so any suggestions here are welcome; these are a few that I have used. I'd love to get the link to the Castle repaint/wash cover article that was done a long while back for example. I didn't put in the excellent Custom stickied threads, because these are easy to find and I never forget where they are .) Index Thread: How-to's/Recognition for Custom Creations - thanks to bunjee and funrun funrun's HS Repaints - includes exclusives Rocktroll's excellent Exclusive Figures Repaints - A How-To Guide to all Come here if you want to paint your own GenCon exc. and EOV - includes links to the exclusive cards (& Basic sides) Beginner's Painting Tutorial whitestuff's advanced gimpshop tutorial Heroscape Blank Cards and Symbols - thanks netherspirit and Doc Savage Grishnakh's Custom Terrain - arguably the best of the best Ren's Terrain Mods/Tutorials - Renquist's guide to some terrain mods (some pretty stuff in here) Raudulfr's Custom Terrain - (this exact link is to his dice tower tutorial, so I can find it again, but the whole thread is great) Repainting the Castle - tips from Grungebob and others (a more conversational tutorial) sportcult's custom terrain - unbelievable Comics Customs Creators Guild - the C3G - a new look at supers in Scape Mercenary Map Makers Guild - M3G - super maps Netiquette & Scapers Online Forum Conduct Please Read - Heroscaper's Official Guidelines for Participation (GrungeBob) Smart Mouth Responses to Innocent Questions - GrungeBob: "How is my response helping the community?" Scapers and Your Safe Internet Experience - ninthdoc: "use common sense" The right way to enter Scapers! - Shades fan's intro to how to join Scapers in a positive way Welcome aboard! - Aldin's welcome to new members, includes overview of site and resources If you happen to want my respect (or rep) here - Revdyer (brief but excellent comments--a must read, I believe) An Open Letter to "Help Me Build an Army" Threads - Nooblargives good advice for using Scape to build an army Meet Other Scapers Index - Zorgophlats' helps you get started meeting new players near you Positive, Productive Posting - my own thoughts on making our posts more valuable and meaningful Poll-ution - Onacara talks about the ins and outs of polls (read before making a poll, please!) Better Posting and You Revisited - Miniature Geek's we-wish-it-were-just-humorous take on posting (if you TXT, please read it) NOTE: Before Posting Your Question... - Soul Shackle's excellent FAQ for new Scapers (read it before posting a question) Noobs and You - Dredd Stev insightful look at how we treat new members here at Scapers Scaper of the Week - Index - Thanks, H_e_H for putting this great idea together Local Ones (feel free to ignore these if you aren't in FL ) FLORIDA organization South Florida Game Days Mine Reinvigorating the Draft - additions, comments, suggestions welcome A Study in HS Unit Genres - thanks to Just_a_Bill for the graphs; update forthcoming (someday...--Yeah it happened!) Genres in Heroscape: A Study Revisited - finally updated my look at genres; your insights are welcome The Index - you're reading it ... (with tinyurl now, thanks to Soul Shackle: http://tinyurl.com/6x3wlu) Academics Anonymous on Scapers: Editorial Board for JoHS</SPAN> Introducing new players - a hub for many links and threads on how to spread the Heroscape virus Positive, Productive Posting - my thoughts on making our posts at Scapers more valuable and meaningful Mmirg's Moderately Marvelous Maps - my map thread Need a plasticrack fix? HouseMouseGames.com HabroToyShop.com Current HasbroToyShop.com Promo Code and an excellent offsite source as well (thanks lothar42) War Gamers Headquarters - direct link to Heroscape section; main site: wargamersheadquarters.com Online Shopping Guide - awesome resource, thanks Billtog! FLAGS - great compilation of HS-friendly local gameshops (thanks, Shades fan) Heroscape Price List - Jay Cain brings order to online HS shopping Main Sites Wizards.com - and the store finder link (find store, start a gaming group--a recipe for fun--cf. here as well) Heroscape.com New? Read this. | The INDEX 2.0 | Mmirg's Maps Magnify Your Scape: BoV | SoV | C3V (Playtest!) | C3G The Dice Tower Con w/ Scape! Last edited by 1Mmirg; May 4th, 2010 at 10:20 AM. Reason: Just trying to get it all in :D |
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