Tuesday, October 19, 2010

No More Mr. Nice Wave 12!!

As I began yesterday, Wave 12 was a great expansion with lots of ideas for teams and plenty of battlefield roles to be filled. So without further adieu...

Wyrmlings: Each has a purpose. Each has cross-color bonding. Mixing and matching has made HeroScape great for years, so they naturally fit in with the rest of the crowd.
Ogre Warhulk: The good old wife-beater. Well, beating wives isn't good, but him cracking through low-end defense figures like their his wife makes him quite distinctive. Except you might not be able to do that in America. Those girls are liable to kill you. Watch Out!
Rhogar Dragonspine: Plays well with Heroes and has a bad reputation on the streets of Valhalla. That 4 attack moving at high speed is never desirable(for your foes of course).
Kurrok: Although you need Elementals for this guy to be worthy of using, for long time fans of D&D you may have some of the sculpts of the available Elementals. That is the Medium Fire Elemental, Medium Water Elemental, Medium Air Elemental, and the Medium Earth Elemental. <See the sculpts.>
It's pretty easy for even a newbie to get the pieces that would be helpful to begin with from Wave 12(and Wave 13 will be even better), considering that Master Set 3: Battle for the Underdark only includes 10 figures that is saying something.

Customizing Your 'Scape: Act 6
It's not good to think about how well a Custom is metagame-wise, so I simply don't. Just as long as you don't mess up the point value of the card, you'll be fine. Accurate pricing is done more often than not by play-testing. So bust out those HeroScape figures, make a map and take a rough estimate...Woah, woah, woah. Not yet Tiger. Start by making sure you won't reach too many Troubles Due To Wording. Although, you may need to include a part of the text later, this can really get annoying if it has to be done too often.

This custom presented my cousin and I some trouble when playing it(point value hadn't been a concern, as we were attempting to make awesomely powerful customs). I had Lavitz and this guy drafted and Lavitz was the last to die.


We eventually concluded that when Lavitz died and they were your last unit, you won't get to use Passing the Stone to bring in Albert. Basically, check the questions before playing them too much. I lost that one by the way.

Preview: Due to check-ups on Blogger's part, there won't be a new blog tomorrow. But check back Thursday.

Our challenge: What hero (or heroes) were named after the Design Teams members?

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