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Old July 18th, 2015, 07:49 AM
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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

Quozl, Tell them about the Scape vs Arena game you played! (As mentioned on bgg). Not THAT was interesting.

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I did some scanning done today so you guys can look at an except of the rules and the cards:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z6kynzp6q...nFjSTj9xa?dl=0
Thanks quozl! I had been hoping to be able to see more of the army cards!
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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

I played Arena today at a local gaming event.

What I see it as is a more complicated version of HeroScape, and that's only because of the spells, they take some getting used to.

Everything else is the same (basically). We played on normal HeroScape maps and I lost both matches. I ended up playing Lilliana and Nissa and the only thing that threw me off is that the squads have life, some have a life of 3 and others have a life of 1. It's a fantastic game IMO and I hope they continue with expansions.

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On "Prime Day" Arenas was going for $45+. Now it's back down to $29.99 but our of stock.

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Everything else is the same (basically). We played on normal HeroScape maps and I lost both matches.
@Son of Arathorn said that's perfectly normal, so you must be right.

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I played Arena at the same game function as NS. I obliterated William099 who made a misstep and put his planeswalker on low ground and then watched as she was annihilated by 3 attacks of 4 and then I proceeded to return his squads to his reserve which was at that point basically his graveyard. (Blue is its typical annoying self )

My thoughts. Meh. It wasn't a bad game. Maybe I'll like it better with more expansions but what I had didn't excite me or get me wheels ticking like Magic or Heroscape does on their own. There's definitely strategy and it is a bit clever how the two were blended. As it is, I'm not terribly excited by it.

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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

Ninja Status,

I see you're playing on Scape terrain--good for you. What is the red circular marker under the yellow squaddie in the second photo?
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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

will Hasbro have tourneys at GC next year is my question? Are they set for any expansions yet?

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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

Do I order this, or try and find it at GC is my question?

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Do I order this, or try and find it at GC is my question?
It is unlikely to be sold at GenCon by WotC. Other sellers might have it, though if they do, who knows at what price. Official wide release date is August 1.

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Everything else is the same (basically). We played on normal HeroScape maps and I lost both matches.
@Son of Arathorn said that's perfectly normal, so you must be right.
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Re: Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

I played this game yesterday @ my LFGS, 3 person game took about 40 min. The 3-d terrain is identical to Scape, but there is only 2 3 hex sand, and 2 1 hex sand.
The 6 bases are made of card board, and snap together like a jigsaw puzzle.
the edges of the card board edges do NOT match the 3-d edges, you just use them do add height to the map.
Game will retail for $29.99.
Each player gets 1 planes walker wizard, and the 2 squads that match their color.
Game play is just like Scape, with the added feature of a deck of spells to use during your turn. The combat dice are the same, except skulls are now crossed swords.
any questions? I'll try to answer.

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