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Which is best expansion to buy >1 of?

Which expansion should I load up on (post if u think more than 1)?

  • Archers and Kyrie

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  • Zombie Horde

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  • Shades and Orcs

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  • None of the above

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davidc

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I'm new to Heroscape (actually, I'm buying it for my son for Christmas :) ). Amazon is having an amazing sale on some of the expansions and I'd like to go ahead and stock up. Which of these, if any, should I buy more than 1 of?

Shades and Orcs
Zombie Horde
Archers and Kyrie

Thanks!
 
I voted Zombies, but Orcs are a close second. Two squads of Heavy Gruts go great with Grimnak.
 
Grab 2 of the shades because at $5.99 each you can't beat that...but zombies are better (and more fun) the more you have.
 
I voted for the Zombies, but at Amazon's current pricing, my real answer is "all the ones on sale."

EDIT: Oh, and welcome to the boards!
 
davidc said:
I'm new to Heroscape (actually, I'm buying it for my son for Christmas :) ). Amazon is having an amazing sale on some of the expansions and I'd like to go ahead and stock up. Which of these, if any, should I buy more than 1 of?

Shades and Orcs
Zombie Horde
Archers and Kyrie

Thanks!

Short answer: Zombies

Long answer: It depends on what else is in your/your son's collection.

What do you have so far?

If, for example, you have the ROTV masterset, the Heavy Gruts work well with
Grimnak, an Orc Champion from ROTV.
 
Dr. Weirdscaper said:
davidc said:
I'm new to Heroscape (actually, I'm buying it for my son for Christmas :) ). Amazon is having an amazing sale on some of the expansions and I'd like to go ahead and stock up. Which of these, if any, should I buy more than 1 of?

Shades and Orcs
Zombie Horde
Archers and Kyrie

Thanks!

Short answer: Zombies

Long answer: It depends on what else is in your/your son's collection.

What do you have so far?

If, for example, you have the ROTV masterset, the Heavy Gruts work well with
Grimnak, an Orc Champion from ROTV.
I ordered:

ROTV masterset
SotM masterset
Heroes of Barrenspur
1 Shades and Orcs
1 Zombie Horde
1 Archers and Kyrie

What will work well with these?
 
All scapers must play with a horde of zombies. It just must be done.

However, from a gameplay perspective, many Tagawa Archers are good.

Shades are ineffectual in one squad. You need two. With two you stand a MUCH greater chance of taking over a hero.
 
You bought ALL THAT for your son? Does he have any other scape? I want you to be my father!!!

Edit: If you are going to order more, I would order the Gruts and Shades. 1 pack of Zombies is as good as 3 hundred in my opinion.
 
HeroscaperHuh said:
You bought ALL THAT for your son? Does he have any other scape? I want you to be my father!!!

Edit: If you are going to order more, I would order the Gruts and Shades. 1 pack of Zombies is as good as 3 hundred in my opinion.

Giving it to my son is just a great excuse for me to get to play. :D Plus I got amazing deals on all these. Total of $75-80 for all this.
 
I picked up four of each myself. I figure between my brother, my son, friends, and my wife (hopefully) all playing, cant really hurt. Picked up a few SotM's as well for the extra terrain. After building a few maps, I realize I really need some more roads and water tiles, though. Is RotV the only one that has water tiles?
 
I voted for zombies but I agree with Sherman Davies. Buy them all that sale is just too good.
 
Elshar said:
After building a few maps, I realize I really need some more roads and water tiles, though. Is RotV the only one that has water tiles?

Pretty much. SotM has a few water tiles, but to really stock up you need RotV.
 
My new rule is to get 500 points worth of each commons blister. For wave 6 it turned into:

4 packs of Zombies
2 Shades/Orcs
2 Kyrie/Archers

For the Zombies, this seems to be the perfect ammount, though I will always accept more.

The shades and orcs both work well with 2 units of each.

The Kyrie and Archers are a mixed result. I like the 2 units of Imperium, yet the 2 units of archers so far have been ineffective. I'm thinking maybe one more pack will balance them out.
 
I believe that the Road to the Forgotten Forest expansion is one of the most useful and well worth having a second(or third). The Castle set is also quite nice if you can find it at a good price. I paid $22 for mine, and at that price a second is a coin toss. Cheaper then that and it's almost a necessity.

Right now, the great deals that Amazon is offering make it almost a crime not to buy a second copy of some sets. If RotV ever comes to that price there will be a feeding frenzy. They might go faster then Bags of Crap on woot. :excited:
 
I'm not finding this great sale on Amazon. I looked up shades and orcs and it was selling for $19.99. Did I miss the sale??? :shock:
 
Need another option - all of the above. Kyrie are kinda cool, and they come with Samurai Archers!! Orcs are cool, but Undead are the best! Who doesn't like Shades or Zombies?!
 
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