Magic: the Gathering Strategy Board Game

[winonavampire]

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It all just seems to easily adaptable. From the looks of things, you could easily take that Liliana and write her up for Classic.

Spoiler Alert!

LILIANA VESS
UTGAR

HUMAN [UNDEAD?]
UNIQUE HERO
PLANESWALKER
RUTHLESS

7 LIFE
6 MOVE
6 RANGE
4 ATTACK
2 DEFENSE
??? POINTS

LIFELINK
After attacking with Liliana Vess, you may remove one Wound Marker from this card for each wound inflicted in that attack. Lifelink does not effect destructible objects.

MIND SIZZLE 6
Instead of attacking, you may choose a common figure within 6 clear sight spaces of Liliana Vess. Roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 6 or higher, destroy the chosen figure.

It's not 1:1 but it's a general adaptation of that card alone. The squads seem more difficult, since they seem to be able to take multiple points of damage and there's that pesky summoning bit.

I posted this one of the threads talking about this early, but I came up with this years ago...

 

[betawolf36]

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If you guys all love Heroscape so much that you're fine to pay for game which will have very few adaptable things to Heroscape and are SO EXCITED (and therefore agreeing with what WotC did) why can't I see your love of Heroscape in the others sections of this site?

Come, Foudzing, join us and be merry! The dice, the board, the figures, and the terrain (excluding ruins) are very compatible with 'scape. 'Tis reason to rejoice!
Being for one thing does not mean we are also for something else.

 

[Hogg]

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Lets hope that the tiles are the same scale as the original HS tiles and not smaller like the Marvel Legends bases that came out a few years ago.

I noticed that they have gone back to the original HS figure bases, not the DnD bases, which irritates me.

 

[Foudzing]

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If you guys all love Heroscape so much that you're fine to pay for game which will have very few adaptable things to Heroscape and are SO EXCITED (and therefore agreeing with what WotC did) why can't I see your love of Heroscape in the others sections of this site?

Come, Foudzing, join us and be merry! The dice, the board, the figures, and the terrain (excluding ruins) are very compatible with 'scape. 'Tis reason to rejoice!
Being for one thing does not mean we are also for something else.

Figures: Are you talking about the huuuuuuuge number of 5 painted figures or about the 30 other awful ones?

Terrain: Are you talking about the terrain mat that everyone can do at home for 5 bucks with the same quality or about the poor alone sand (not even looks like sand) three-hex triangle?

I guess it's a beta so I shouldn't judge too fast. But from what I can see from here the quality of this game is just trash.
And you're all excited because it's copied from Heroscape.

I'll propose to WotC to release a 40$ single Heroscape figure. I'm sure you'll all buy it.

 

[fomox]

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If you guys all love Heroscape so much that you're fine to pay for game which will have very few adaptable things to Heroscape and are SO EXCITED (and therefore agreeing with what WotC did) why can't I see your love of Heroscape in the others sections of this site?

I'm not sure what you're getting at. There aren't any loyalty oaths or post requirements here. If someone wants to come to this thread and talk about this, that's great. Their activity on other parts of the board is largely irrelevant. There's certainly no reason to play the "no true heroscaper" game if someone seems more excited than you are about the possibilities.

(Actually, it seems most of the the posts are pretty cautious in their optimism or pessimism.)

 

[Xorlof]

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I see no downside of this for Heroscape, unless you're arguing that this derivative is what is stopping a "traditional" Heroscape product from seeing a new release. And that sounds like a low probability proposition.

The amount of stuff in the box at the old Heroscape prices spoiled us. Just because you couldn't find anything comparable then or now just goes to demonstrate that point.

 

[Foudzing]

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Here's where I am getting:

13 pages in one day on a topic which isn't even about Heroscape whereas the forum has never been so quiet.

You alls talk about "this will revive Heroscape blahblah" but gentlemen the reason why Heroscape (and this site) is dying is not because it's not produced anymore. It's because you need more new stuff to buy or you stop playing.

You all think Heroscape needs new stuff to regularly come out to survive. More than that I think Heroscape needs players...
You all think about buying this thing whereas I am pretty sure you haven't explored 30% of your collection possibilities yet. One over two games I still find some new stuff (synergies, strategies etc..) which can be about a figure released 8 years ago.

Would you buy this thing if Heroscape was still produced? I am pretty sure it's a no for the majority of you.
You are all excited and impatient to buy it because you're in need.

Any drug dealer will tell you that once a junkie is in need, you can sell him cat's herb at 500$ the ounce and he'll be happy. That's exactly what WotC are doing.

I don't see any downside of this for Heroscape neither but hey there is just a new about a game that will look like Heroscape and boom everyone is back on the site like it's magic.

It would be better if, instead of hoping that Heroscape will be revived with new stuff, you keep Heroscape alive yourself.

 

[MegaSilver]

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Excellent post, Foudzing.

(For those not familiar with Foudzing outside of the OHS forums, while his posts may seem brash, that's not his intention most of the time.)

 

[fomox]

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13 pages in one day on a topic which isn't even about Heroscape whereas the forum was never so quiet.

You alls talk about "this will revive Heroscape blahblah" but gentlemen the reason why Heroscape (and this site) is dying is not because it's not produced anymore. It's because you need more new stuff to buy or you stop playing.

You all think Heroscape needs new stuff to regularly come out to survive. More than that I think Heroscape needs players...
You all think about buying this thing whereas I am pretty sure you haven't explored 30% of your collection possibilities yet. One over two games I still find some new stuff (synergies, strategies etc..) which can be about a figure released 8 years ago.

Any drug dealer will tell you that once a junkie is in need, you can sell him cat's herb at 500$ the once and he'll be happy. That's exactly what WotC are doing.

Dude, who are you talking about? Is there a single poster in this thread that, as you say, has stopped playing?

Look, this is news. It may be bad news, it may be good news, but it's news. And we haven't had any news of this type in a long time. Of course people are interested in discussing it.

Just because people are active in different threads than you are, you get to judge how they play? Or if they play enough to be allowed an opinion? Wow.... just.... wow....

I don't see a single person who has suggested the things you're saying. Can you help me find the "needs new product to survive" comments? The "I've stopped playing" comments?

As far as people enjoying buying new product. Yes. Most of us on here do enjoy that! Did you stop after wave 1 or something? Where is the appropriate place to stop buying so we can be "true heroscapers" like you and only explore the old units?
(Some of the most active parts of this site are the customs...which is people interested in new stuff, isn't it?)

If you're still upset with the way WotC (or Hasbro) handled Heroscape, hey, get in line. But why are you ripping on people for simply talking? If it's not your thing, cool. I just don't get the anger. No one is killing heroscape or this site by posting here. Goosfraba, man....goosfraba...

 

[MegaSilver]

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If it's not your thing, cool. I just don't get the anger. No one is killing heroscape or this site by posting here. Goosfraba, man....goosfraba...

He's not angry. This is his usual tone. You get used to it. It's partly language barrier and partly his personality. It's usually not personal.

 

[fomox]

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If it's not your thing, cool. I just don't get the anger. No one is killing heroscape or this site by posting here. Goosfraba, man....goosfraba...

He's not angry. This is his usual tone. You get used to it. It's partly language barrier and partly his personality. It's usually not personal.

Ouais, c'est ca, peut-etre.

 

[MegaSilver]

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If it's not your thing, cool. I just don't get the anger. No one is killing heroscape or this site by posting here. Goosfraba, man....goosfraba...

He's not angry. This is his usual tone. You get used to it. It's partly language barrier and partly his personality. It's usually not personal.

Ouais, c'est ca, peut-etre.

You got me; had to google that.

 

[Sherman Davies]

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(For those not familiar with Foudzing outside of the OHS forums, while his posts may seem brash, that's not his intention most of the time.)

You misspelled the word "rude."

Yes, this news has brought out a few previously-dormant posters and lurkers. So what? As fomox said, this community doesn't require a loyalty oath and just because people don't post often (or as often as they used to) doesn't mean the game isn't alive for them.

 

[Jexik]

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Like a lot of you, I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm mostly confused by the multi-life squad figures. I hope the points line up. I'm fine with Chandra summoning Grimnak to swallow Jace Beleren whole.

Even Soulborgs could pretty much fit into the types of things you can find on MtG worlds, like Mirrodin.

(And for what it's worth, I was on this site about 3 or 4 days ago and making some posts. )

 

[bacchus]

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The summoning units to the board aspect sounds like another game I hazily recall, but never played. Maybe it was Dreamblade? So it sounds like primarily Hersocape elements as a base, but different enough that it will probably not make it directly compatible with Heroscape.

As others have alluded to, should be easy to adapt though, it just won't be anything 'official'.

 

[Jexik]

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The summoning units to the board aspect sounds like another game I hazily recall, but never played. Maybe it was Dreamblade? So it sounds like primarily Hersocape elements as a base, but different enough that it will probably not make it directly compatible with Heroscape.

To be honest, it sounds like Summoner Wars with a 3-d board. Not that Summoner Wars was the most unique concept, and it doesn't have points, but...

I also feel bad for not ever picking up any Dungeon Command stuff. It sounded like a neat game. I wonder if it's dead.

 

[Foudzing]

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Fomox, I didn't tell you to stop buying or to not talk here and like I said this news has no downside for Heroscape. I just find sad that this topic has more activity than all the forum in the last month even if I understand the excitment.

You say no one stopped playing so how do you explain all the blank hex I see on the main page of the forum? Let's face it: new stuff seems to be the main factor for Heroscape survival and I am really concerned about it.

All I say is if Heroscape needs this kind of news to get activity it'll not last long (as you said we hadn't any news of this type in a very long time).

As often I am exaggerating and like Sherman says: post =/= play. I Groosfraba.

 

[flameslayer93]

Im sure this holds true for many players. ^_^

@Foudzing: Im still plenty excited about the game. I just don't have a lot of time to play anymore.

 

[Agent Minivann]

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I can totally understand the activity. It is the most optimistic and realistic Heroscape news in years. There is almost a shelf feel to it.

Keeping with the shelf feel, I think the multiple life squads are basically a way to indicate textually that there are three figures in the squad.

 

[Targanth]

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I also feel bad for not ever picking up any Dungeon Command stuff. It sounded like a neat game. I wonder if it's dead.

There were 5 sets for Dungeon Command and then it was done.

 

[Jim]

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Would you buy this thing if Heroscape was still produced? I am pretty sure it's a no for the majority of you.

Probably. Why? Craig Van Ness. HeroScape is not my only game, and since CVN has proven that he can design good games, I would most likely get it on that alone.

You are all excited and impatient to buy it because you're in need.

Any drug dealer will tell you that once a junkie is in need, you can sell him cat's herb at 500$ the ounce and he'll be happy. That's exactly what WotC are doing.

I would say that is going a bit beyond where most (all?) of us are.

 

[quozl]

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I also feel bad for not ever picking up any Dungeon Command stuff. It sounded like a neat game. I wonder if it's dead.

There were 5 sets for Dungeon Command and then it was done.

They were very good and reminded me more of a Magic boardgame than this does.

 

[Hogg]

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I'll propose to WotC to release a 40$ single Heroscape figure. I'm sure you'll all buy it.

While I might be guilty of that... (WotC knows my weakness and they weren't that far off with the Flagbearers anyway)

Any drug dealer will tell you that once a junkie is in need, you can sell him cat's herb at 500$ the ounce and he'll be happy.

...I wouldn't pay for cat's herb if I ran out of "Ticalla Jungle."

 

[Tiranx]

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Wow, clicked on this thread thinking it was something else. Now I am really excited about it. Hmmm, maybe I need to get ready for Gen Con 2015.

 

[NuMystic]

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In the Essen video posted earlier they state that what we're seeing now is a non-finalized prototype, so them using actual 'scape terrain and the current board edges may not reflect any actual planned compatibility at all. It's very common to prototype and play test with whatever is close and already available.

The original news posting on BGG also states "Hasbro is asking those who demo the game to complete playtest forms and provide feedback on the experience."

Since the game is still in active development anyone hoping to see HS compatible elements could very well influence the likelihood of that by making such wishes known via email, phone calls, and/or petitions:

http://company.wizards.com/contact-us