January Events!

The 4 local Judges are working together right now to get a unified set of events for January.  We'll post them as soon as we get the details worked out!

HeroClix in Michiana after Topps pulled the plug

Greetings all.  I've resuscitated the MichianaClix Blog for a very important reason.  As folks may or may not know Monday Topps placed an immediate halt to all Wizkids brands and disbanded the company.  

This occurred while staff were still returning from a successful showing at Wizard World Texas and caught the employees by complete surprise.  As you can guess, the greater HerClix community was shocked.  Shocked but not silent.  Almost immediately what still existed of the Organized Play system, the Envoys and venues began talking and making plans to keep HeroClix alive until Topps or someone else picked up where Wizkids was forced to leave off.

In addition, clixers began drives to save HeroClix, keep it available to players and collectors.  Let's be honest the wealth of characters left untouched in the game outweighs everything that's already been made. 

A Facebook Group was created that day, it quickly has grown from just a few people gathered by me to almost 600 people ready to do whatever it takes to keep HeroClix alive.  

By Tuesday plans were already in motion by some of the former Wizkids employees to take back what they had worked so hard for.  This has been led by Jake Theis, the brand manager for HeroClix (until Monday).  As of now, Jake has formed the skeleton of a brand new company with the intent of taking HeroClix and making it a product FOR the fans.

So what does this mean for us in Michiana?  Well, we've got 4 great venues that are still hosting the remaining November and December events.  As the local Level 3 Envoy (for whatever that means now that OP is no more) I have asked that the venues and Envoys run the events just as described.  

As an added bonus, Justin Ziran, the Director of Brand Marketing and final Wizkids employee after the warehouse closes up next week, was able to get all remaining Arkham Asylum Prize Support out to venues.  I have reports that at least 2 venues in town have already received their December AND January prize support.

I've asked the local envoys to come up with a plan to run a unified set of events in January and after that we'll revert to a completely Venue sponsored type of events.  Many of us are planning on playing the game the same as we have for the past 6 1/2 years.  

If Jake's new company is successful, or Topps keeps the production schedule for Hammer of Thor is as yet unknown.  The developments are occurring fast, and due to many legal reasons not all of the information on these developments can shared to the public.

For those of you that want to keep up on the efforts Check out Jake's efforts at the Save HeroClix Blog, if you have an existing Facebook account (or have been looking for an excuse to start one up) join the Save HeroClix Group, it's like a mini discussion and resource just focused on efforts to save HeroClix.

Come back soon to see what games will be hosted at which venues.