Obsolete NEWS: No Prize Support For NHSD (not true anymore)

[DragonSlayer2]

Well for the customer thing they said they were going to make Heroscape a big thing and that we would be able to get wave 8 at our local reatail stores. I STILL HAVENT SEEN WAVE 8 (maybe thats customer dissatisfaction)

They said that they would uphold everything that hsbro started. Hasbro sponsored NHSD and they said that they were going to keep everything the same. (not sponsoring the bigest game day doesnt sound like keeping things the same)

Just my thoughts

[Onacara]

Originally Posted by DragonSlayer2

Well for the customer thing they said they were going to make Heroscape a big thing and that we would be able to get wave 8 at our local reatail stores. I STILL HAVENT SEEN WAVE 8 (maybe thats customer dissatisfaction)

They said that they would uphold everything that hsbro started. Hasbro sponsored NHSD and they said that they were going to keep everything the same. (not sponsoring the bigest game day doesnt sound like keeping things the same)

Just my thoughts

Which local retailers are you referring to?

Were they supposed to hold a gun to the heads of the local retail stores and make them carry it?


The support from Hasbro last year came the same way GB tried to get it this year from WOTC with his effort. No one knew about it until 3 days before NHSD. Now the question is...Did Hasbro tell WOTC about it when they transfered everything over to their control? Probably not.

Even without the "free prize support" they do have a prize support program in place where they triple what you pay for so it's not like they are giving you a 100% middle finger.

[DragonSlayer2]

Originally Posted by Onacara

hold a gun to the heads of them.

What he said

(its right after I was quoted. maybe a little out of context)


Still we dont have prize support

[DragonSlayer2]

Fine you win.

[Onacara]

Originally Posted by DragonSlayer2

Fine you win.

YEAH I WIN!!!!!!!!

Too bad there's no prize support

[CheddarLimbo]

Originally Posted by Onacara

YEAH I WIN!!!!!!!!

Too bad there's no prize support

I lol'd...

[skyknight]

I have a feeling we will hear about a discontinuation directly after Christmas. I think they will keep it out that long to clear the shelves but beyond that I am starting to think everything else is wishful thinking. I hope I am wrong, I really do, but things are really starting to not look so hot to be honest. I do not have any solid information to lead me to this conclusion other than the huge lack of attention but it is more of a feeling I guess....the problem is all to often my gut feelings are correct.

It kinda sucks that I am starting to see things this way

[Malechi]

Sky, I am definitely feeling the same way. WotC is treating HeroScape pretty much like the cliché of the redheaded stepchild ...

As for prize support ... Oh, well. NHSD was an invention of this community that Hasbro was nice enough to send product to. If WotC doesn't care to do so that's up to them. I go to NHSD not for the swag but to play the freakin' game!

As to the DCI registry, I couldn't give a rat's booty. I do not play the game to win it, I play to have fun. The NorCal Group started saving stats and I refused to be included. I don't want pressure to win because then that becomes the object of the game. If I were to actually win every game I played to become the top player every time I would simply quit because if that were the case I am absolutely sure I would no longer be having fun. And to me, fun is the point of any game.

[CheddarLimbo]

Yes, it would be great if we got more support. Yes, it would be great if we got Waves more often, or if more retailers carried the product we love.

But, I think it's a mistake to refuse to use the DCI ranking system to attempt to "punish" Wizards for not giving us free prizes. Or to ignore it because it's for "elitists", or "hardcore players only".

High level decisions will be made based on the perception of Herosape's popularity. Signed and numbered DCI cards are going to mean a lot more to the Wizards big wigs than all the internet forums in the world. If Heroscape is to survive, then we need to show them that a lot of people play it.

DCI is one of the best tools at our disposal for sending a message to Wizards about how popular their game really is. In DCI, we have the ability to factually represent the amount of times we play and how many people are involved. What better way to show Wizards how much their game is loved than by essentially telling them every time we play in an organized fashion?

[Onacara]

They should already realize how much better we are then some of other lines. Those of us who were at GenCon can attest that we had more players in our first event than they had for all 4 days of Axis and Allies minis.

[Pilgrim]

Two questions:

1) Is there a real possibility, as Sky said, that they might be heading toward a discontinuation of HS? Do any of those in the know know?

2) Do games like this ever get bought out by another company? Does that kind of thing happen in this industry?

(Okay, so that was like 4 questions)

[RobertDD]

Originally Posted by skyknight

I have a feeling we will hear about a discontinuation directly after Christmas.

Based on what? I would be seriously surprised if the game was cancelled, considering we've heard sales for waves 8 and 8.5 have been much better than expected and a reprint of wave 2 is in the works, as well as wave 9. You don't kill something that makes more money than expected.

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

Two questions:

1) Is there a real possibility, as Sky said, that they might be heading toward a discontinuation of HS? Do any of those in the know know?

2) Do games like this ever get bought out by another company? Does that kind of thing happen in this industry?

(Okay, so that was like 4 questions)

1) No
2) No
3) No
4) No