I made about six or seven 500 points (can be modified to 440-450 points) armies for running at
CinCityCon this weekend. Most of them are about 1/2 common squads, 1/2 heroes or unique squads (with a Dragon or other Large/Huge hero in each army), but there are some "easier" armies. I usually try to gauge people's experience and recommend armies but let them pick which of the pre-set army "looks cool" to them. Note, for army ideas see,
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1Mmirg
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Mini-Mighties: Quick, Pre-Fab Armies (and my attempt at some
C3V/SoV Mini Mighties)
Note, for a first game I always make the first round or two (or even entire game) no preset order markers. I do think it adds strategy to the game and want to teach it to newbies, but think it is too much for MOST new people to pickup when they are still learning rules. When I play them - I use order markers and have others place order markers after they use any hero or squad so they get used to it until they are comfortable. If I play a 4-player game usually 1 or two players will want to use it by the second or third round while another player will not use them the entire game - I leave it up to their own comfort level.
Now I need suggestions on some map ideas. If there were 3 maps that had to show off all of Heroscape, which three would it be (At least one of every master and terrain set should be in these 3 maps)?