Wookiees!!!... or gorillinators?

In Heroscape, one of my favorite armies to play are Agent armies. But... a common unit in a lot fo agent builds are the Gorillinators. The gorillinators are basically high advanced apes. Well because to be the actual figures would cost me a fortune, I had to find a sub for them. I found *drumroll* some cheap wookies at TrollandToad (http://www.trollandtoad.com/) and bought 3 multiples of 3 different sculpts. I got the Wookiee Scouts, Freedom Fighters, and Soldiers. They were extremely cheap ($.49 each), which is why I love TrollandToad. Here are some pics:

A group photo!


Scout


Soldier


Freedom Fighter


I got three of each of the figures in the pics and it only cost me $6.62 including shipping!

I am currently digging around for some Heroscape cards using the minis I bought. I already found a card for my Soldiers.

Painted a black and silver skeleton dude

Ok, the race known as the Marro from Heroscape have never really fascinated me. What did strike me was the sculpt of Ne-Gok-Sa, from RotV. It looked like they tried to make a skeleton knight with flesh for bones. Not only that, but it was extremely easy to prime and drybrush.

Some pics:





I may do a set of Marro Warriors to look like him, but that would be just another to add to my to-do list...

Heroscape Agent Paints

I was looking for something to paint, and while looking through some boxes of minis, I noticed that I was missing one of the agents, which meant I had 1 full squad of three, and two extras. I decided it was a sign and they required a simple paint so I decided to start with the extras. If I didn't like I what painted, then I would scrap them and use the regular ones. However, as it turned out, I did like them so now I just have to paint the black agent. I have some pics of the first two in comparison with the old ones below. As you can see, the original ones (the shiny looking ones) had horrible paintjobs with no real painting techniques at all. I use these guys for all my sci-fi games plus my own rpg I've got cooking called DND2K (modern setting).

Agent 1:


Agent 2:


I will post the last agent when I find the time to finish him.

Faction Review: Japanese Dynasty

The units from the Japanese Dynasty are my favorites to play. This faction has been around from the very beginning with Rise of the Valkyrie. And most of them have one of the best power ever: Counter Strike. This power lets you attack when its not your turn. All you need to do is roll more shields than your opponent rolls skulls and they're gonna take a hit or two.

The Japanese Dynasty consists of the samurai, ashigaru, and ninjas. There is a total of 15 units. However, the main synergy in this army is with the ashigarus and the samurai. The ninjas with their low point cost are meant to be filler units and don't have any synergy with any faction. The two key units of the samurai army are Kato Katsuro and Hatamato Taro. Kato gives great Order Marker flexibility letting you activate any samurai or ashigaru unit within 6 sight spaces. Hatamato Taro boosts the Counter Strike ability greatly, giving them an equal chance to block as to roll a skull, the high defense of most samurai, this will make them a deadly force, and you don't even have to place Order Markers on them.

My favorite strategy with the Izumi Samurai using only units from RotV. Use the Izumis as bodyguards for the Krav Maga Agents and beef up their defense with Raelin. At that point, the Izumi Samurai have 7 (8 with height defense and can send most if not all squadies packing, and probably a few heroes, too. Your also guarded against ranged attack by the KMA, who now have 5 defense which just about guarantees Stealth Dodge. Use the Deathreavers as glyph grabbers.

A good sample army that has a few readily available figures as of 10/22/09 is
(The strategy is above):
Izumi Samurai- 60
Raelin (RotV)- 80
Kato Katsuro- 200
Krav Maga- 100
Deathreavers- 40
Marcu Esenwein- 20
Total- 500

I'd like it if someone who knows DDM and RPG more than me could possibly make stats for them. Contact me if you can or have.

Playing DDM on HS Hexes

I stumbled upon a great article for playing DDM on the hex tiles that come with Heroscape. These rules cover most, if not all, of the 4E DDM rules. Its a nice short article, here's a link: http://minis.wikispaces.com/DDM+on+Heroscape+Terrain

And if anyone happens to have any Heroscape stat conversions for any game (preferably DDM) you should E-mail me or just post it right here in my blog!

Game Review: Heroscape

My favorite game ever is Heroscape, aka the Battle of All Time. In Heroscape, you draft armies and factions from very diverse worlds and times. They even have a Marvel edition. In a single army you could have knights, aliens, and elves. This allows for someone to play in anyway you choose. The minis even come prepainted.

The main thing that pulls a lot of people into the game are the prepainted hexagon tiles. The tiles: 1)interlock. 2)stack. 3) come in different sizes (1 hex, 2 hex, 3 hex, 7 hex, and 24 hex).

To play the game is simple. You create armies based on a point total. Every unit has a point total. Each unit has 5 stats: life, move, range, attack, and defense. The game is split into rounds. At the beginning of a round, you place your Order Markers on your Army Cards. You and your opponent take turns one to another. Taking your 1, 2, and 3 turns. During a turn you can move and attack. You move as many spaces as your move. Your attack is equal to how many attack dice you roll. Generally, you go until all of your opponents units are destroyed.

For a demo of Heroscape, go here: http://www.hasbro.com/games/kid-games/heroscape/default.cfm?page=Inside/Demo

My Mini Collection

And what a mini collection it is! I have merely 209 minis. I am in the process of buying more and as a student I'm on a limited budget. I manage to get a bunch of minis every month or two. My collection is made up of Heroscape, DDM, Halo Actionclix, Digimon, Dreamblade, Star Wars, and WoW minis. I enjoy painting and modding minis.

With this blog, I intend to show some of my painted minis and write some game reviews on some games. I will also give some breakdowns on some unit factions and why I like to play them.