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Old March 15th, 2024, 10:18 AM
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My first post since March 13th, 2015...

Please forgive my ignorance and this long post. I last played heroscape almost a decade ago with my young son. I am interested in playing again and helping my FLGS by being an ambassador for the game, in prep for the new version in August. I already teach games at the store. My plan is to re-learn the game and build a couple of demo armies and terrain sets I can transport to teach.

1) I need to catalog my old collection to see what I have. I imagine there a spreadsheet or program that can help with that; what do you recommend?

2) Once I know what I have, I can try to figure out good intro scenarios to demo/teach the game. I know that will depend on what I can build, but if you have some starting place for me, I’m all ears.

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Welcome back!
Always been a fan of Gary's.
For starter armies I usually went with dragons, easy and look cool.

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Welcome back!
Always been a fan of Gary's.
For starter armies I usually went with dragons, easy and look cool.
And robots. Dragons vs robots really sucks in the newbies.

Avoid the complicated bonding/cheerleader/etc. armies to begin with. Although they tend to be better overall, a straight-up bashfest tends to be a better introductory experience.

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[QUOTE=Tornado;2620253]Welcome back!
Always been a fan of Gary's.

Thanks for your reply.

I looked at Garys page and I see the cool Tables, but I'm not sure how the cataloguing function works... Or are you scraping the data into your own spreadsheet? Or, I'm missing something...
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Hmm, I could at some point, generate a spreadsheet file using my xml source file. I'll add it to my priority list.

Right now, I'm focused on including all the VC characters before August.
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My first post since March 13th, 2015...

Please forgive my ignorance and this long post. I last played heroscape almost a decade ago with my young son. I am interested in playing again and helping my FLGS by being an ambassador for the game, in prep for the new version in August. I already teach games at the store. My plan is to re-learn the game and build a couple of demo armies and terrain sets I can transport to teach.

1) I need to catalog my old collection to see what I have. I imagine there a spreadsheet or program that can help with that; what do you recommend?

2) Once I know what I have, I can try to figure out good intro scenarios to demo/teach the game. I know that will depend on what I can build, but if you have some starting place for me, I’m all ears.

Thanks ��
Excel is probably as good of anything for cataloging. I remember an app with a collection tracker back in the day, but I haven't seen anything like that for a long time.

As for terrain, I sort everything by size and type, but a lot of people sort by Master Set. Most maps are designed using a set number of Master Set's worth of terrain.

When I teach someone new, I send them Sir Heroscape's How to Play video to watch ahead of time. That shows the basics and makes learning the game, day of, much quicker. But if you're teaching people at random in a game store, obviously you don't have that head start. I don't know if one exists but perhaps typing up a quick guide of the rules and turn order would be useful.

As for armies, provide small armies on small maps, potentially, just using RotV units or just unique units. Though 2x common squads and one bonding hero wouldn't be too overwhelming.

On a second or third playthrough, if people want to pick their own army I tell them to just pick out units that look cool and not worry about synergy or bonding or anything.

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My first post since March 13th, 2015...

Please forgive my ignorance and this long post. I last played heroscape almost a decade ago with my young son. I am interested in playing again and helping my FLGS by being an ambassador for the game, in prep for the new version in August. I already teach games at the store. My plan is to re-learn the game and build a couple of demo armies and terrain sets I can transport to teach.

1) I need to catalog my old collection to see what I have. I imagine there a spreadsheet or program that can help with that; what do you recommend?

2) Once I know what I have, I can try to figure out good intro scenarios to demo/teach the game. I know that will depend on what I can build, but if you have some starting place for me, I’m all ears.

Thanks 🙏
As you say, I think the answer to 2 will depend on the answer to 1. But you'll probably want to keep it small, but also have a nice-looking map with LoS blockers. Once you have your terrain sorted out, let us know and you'll get recommendations for cool-looking maps.

I look forward to hearing updates about how this is going for you. Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Question Dump: Post Your Questions Here.

Thanks for all the feedback. I just ran into another issue. Two of my terrain tiles shattered while trying to disassemble a setup. They have been stored for several years. Maybe I’m just a klutz, but have you heard of them becoming brittle over time?
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Thanks for all the feedback. I just ran into another issue. Two of my terrain tiles shattered while trying to disassemble a setup. They have been stored for several years. Maybe I’m just a klutz, but have you heard of them becoming brittle over time?
I believe every person on this site has had that happen, welcome to the club.
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Keep your terrain out of strong direct sunlight as much as possible. The solid (non-sparkly) water is usually the first to go! The snow is the first to fade--from white to yellow/brown.
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