You know you're old when you can afford the things you used to have time for
So I guess I never got into chapter two of my chronicles of my Waterloo trip. It's all a blur now, so I'll never get around to it.
Well, I caved and bought the Heroscape Master Set, and now you're going to hear about it. I'm enjoying it so far, but it seems like there are so many different ways to play it that I'll never get around to trying them all to see which I like the most. It feels like you're at the mercy of the dice, but because of that, it's really quite fun. It reminds me of Risk, in a way (and I'm sure you could invent some sort of variant that has area control as well). I've played a handful of 2 player games with Adam, and even a four player match.
Even though the master set has so much in it, I think I'm going to wind up spending a lot of money on this game. I doubt I'll get any of the individual boosters unless they're on sale ($15 for two squads or four heroes is a bit much), but they're coming out with a new Master Set (which comes with lots of terrain pieces and figures). People speculate that when the new master set comes out, box stores like Walmart will put the current one on clearance to make shelf space. If that's the case, I'll probably get another copy of the current master set (if it's marked down enough) and one copy of the new one for the new units. I suppose that's quite a bit of coinage for one game, but I can just think of it as a Wii game and a half (not that I've even purchased a single new game for Wii yet, but that's beside the point!).
Listening to... Sparta - From Now to Never
Link of the moment... There's a smattering of useful information and discussion on this forum, but it's muffled by off-topic discussion and elitest snobs.
Well, I caved and bought the Heroscape Master Set, and now you're going to hear about it. I'm enjoying it so far, but it seems like there are so many different ways to play it that I'll never get around to trying them all to see which I like the most. It feels like you're at the mercy of the dice, but because of that, it's really quite fun. It reminds me of Risk, in a way (and I'm sure you could invent some sort of variant that has area control as well). I've played a handful of 2 player games with Adam, and even a four player match.
Even though the master set has so much in it, I think I'm going to wind up spending a lot of money on this game. I doubt I'll get any of the individual boosters unless they're on sale ($15 for two squads or four heroes is a bit much), but they're coming out with a new Master Set (which comes with lots of terrain pieces and figures). People speculate that when the new master set comes out, box stores like Walmart will put the current one on clearance to make shelf space. If that's the case, I'll probably get another copy of the current master set (if it's marked down enough) and one copy of the new one for the new units. I suppose that's quite a bit of coinage for one game, but I can just think of it as a Wii game and a half (not that I've even purchased a single new game for Wii yet, but that's beside the point!).
Listening to... Sparta - From Now to Never
Link of the moment... There's a smattering of useful information and discussion on this forum, but it's muffled by off-topic discussion and elitest snobs.
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