Heroscape without Hexes!

[ron3090]

Maybe not officially, but I do think that some fans may use this for portability, as DB said.

[The Super Atheist]

i was just about to post a topic about this!


2 problems: losing things and not being able to be cornerd as easily

[Bach]

Originally Posted by Dictatorbilbo

That is true...

But I was more thinking of this as an ultra portable heroscape- you just bring the figures, the cards, and the dice and you can play anywhere- the dinner table, the pavement outside, on top of a piano, etc.

...Yea, and you could use simple stuff like books and house decorations as terrain!
This idea allows you to play on vacations at boring places !

[OmniMoose]

What's the point? Have the fun of Heroscape is building the hex maps!

[4525paintball]

my friends and i sometimes play on the carpet, and put up pieces of wood etc. for height. It is actually quite fun to play.

[Sci-fi Messiah]

Originally Posted by DarkDino

What's the point? Have the fun of Heroscape is building the hex maps!

Agreed. Unless you take it outside to a grassy area or something that looks kind of cool theres no point in just playing on the coffee table, it just takes away from the experience.

[The Super Atheist]

and what exactly are the rules for engagement?

[Fuzzie Fuzz]

I set up an orc city using cardboard boxes and stuff on my floor a while ago. I had a small battle. However, I only had one pack of grut orcs at the time, so I turned them all into simple heroes.

[Boromir_and_kermit]

I have made rules for the Martian Tripods from War of the Worlds and Brittish Redcoats, LOTR and many others and used them on my terrain tables.

The hexes are great and I'll use them for all Heroscape/Marvelscape stuff... but let's be honest. They aren't the prettiest things to play on are they...

Functional yes, attractive no.

I just convert the move score to inches (or cm on a smaller table) and any movement is half over difficult terrain. Works perfectly fine. The actual core rules of Heroscape are rather elegant and convert well to terrain boards.

I can see most people around here would laugh at the use of terrain boards (as it is the ease of use of the hexes that attract most people) but I for one enjoy it just as much without the ugly hexes.

Each to the their own.

[D-OOSH]

there is a pluse 2 height advantage?

[Cavalier]

Originally Posted by D-OOSH

there is a pluse 2 height advantage?

Go back and re-read the rule book.

Ah heck, I'll be nice:

[Chuckrock]

hey that sounds familiar, it's called Necromunda or mordhiem. THose sill brits at Gamesworkshop have a non hex skirmish game.