HeroClix World Preview of the Batman Catwoman figure!

The Le from HeroClix World got a nice treat from the folks at Wizkids.  A preview of the Batman and Catwoman BtB figure, complete with stats and the card.


Head there for all the details.

A Message from Ken

Yes guys, I'm back!
The first half of April will use up the remaining HoT prizes.
Honestly, I don't remember what is left. I believe a Guardians of the Galaxy ATA feat and maybe another cardboard. And of course, the Thor LE.
April 16 should see the debut of the new BatB prizes. Can't tell you which prizes will be in April rotation, since I don't even know what's in the package.

April 2 - Good Friday - 7:00 pm
Prize: Whichever cardboard is left
400 point build - Modern Age (see front page report from WizKids)
No feats, no BFCs
Since it's Good Friday, your teams must consist of all good guys.

April 9 - 7:00 pm
Prize: Thor LE
Teams will be provided.
I will make up comic accurate theme teams to a predetermined build total. Each player will roll for team choice, and lowest roll will have the first team choice, with other players choosing in order progressing from lowest to highest roll. Each round will have a new random roll for team choice.

April 16 - 7 pm
Prize: TBD
Build total: TBD
One booster draft.

April 23 and April 30 will be announced in the future.

A couple changes: Proboard Message Board, calendar access

I have abandoned the Proboards.com Message Board that was set up about a year ago. It was underutilized and sometimes ran adds that were contrary to keeping a local focus on the game (online game sellers and so forth). It is still up for the next day or so while the site is deleted from their system.

The Calendar of Events has been relocated to the very top of the Blog where everyone should be able to see it, no matter what browser they are using.

If you would like viewing access for the calendar through your personal Google account, please send a request to MichianaClix@gmail.com.

Alter Ego Explained (Updated)

Jake Theis took the reigns of this weeks previews again. And what a preview it is!

Finding a Phone Booth

Now, every so often we get the addition of a new game mechanic. We've become used to it, and this is the first real addition since the game returned. Sometimes these mechanics don't have an impact on overall play (Event Dials), sometimes they become ingrained in how we think about the game (FEATs, BFCs, and Theme Teams).

We'll have to see how Alter Ego holds after a few releases, but we have an iconic set of characters to experience with Brave and the Bold; Clark Kent/Superman, Diana Prince/Wonder Woman & Bruce Wayne/Batman! But it is certain that this new mechanic will be explored with enthusiasm while we play these out these concepts.

Eagle eyes folks may have already spotted the 4th Alter Ego pairing in the set, but those who haven't will enjoy that pairing as well.

Update:  Clarifications of Feating up and a no brainier on healing AEs by Norm.

Feats

* Feats that Clark can use that Superman cannot - get assigned to Clark and Clark can use them. Superman cannot. They remain assigned even after transformation - points are not scored for them until/unless Clark is KO'd or the feat says otherwise.

* Feats that Clark can use that Superman can use as well - get assigned to Clark and Clark can use them. Superman can too. They remain assigned after transformation and are scored normally.

* Feats that Superman can use (past the orange line) and Clark cannot - can be assigned to Clark but Clark cannot use them. After transformation, Superman can use them. If Clark is KO'd before transformation, the feats points are awarded normally.

* Feats that Clark and Superman cannot us - let me know which of these feats causes a problem.

Starting Lines

As with all figs that have multiple starting lines, you cannot heal past the line they begin on. This is true for a Superman brought in through the Alter Ego mechanic.

News from GAMA part 2 - Set Releases for 2010

Justin Ziran announced the 2010 line-up from NECA/Wizkids at last evening's GAMA dinner.

The ones we already knew about:

April '10 - The Brave & The Bold
May '10 - Blackest Night Starter
July '10 - The Watchmen 25 Figure Collector Set

then the new stuff

August '10 - Web of the Spiderman
October '10 - Brightest Day "7 Figures - Like starter but no fiddly bits" <- Justin's exact words
November '10 - DC 75th Anniversary Set

Beyond HeroClix we will see Halo products expand with Halo ActionClix Fall of the Reach packs. These will be out sometime 4th quarter of 2010.

Also retailers that attended the event received a Batman and Catwoman BtB piece and either a Black Hand or Nekron Chase figure from Brave and the Bold.

So we have conformation of two chase figures for Brave and the Bold.

News from GAMA. Details on the rest of the year in HeroClix.

The GAMA trade show is going on this week in Las Vegas. Among the industry members that are presenting and previewing their products is Justin Ziran from Wizkids. This evening he is presenting information of the 2010 schedule for HeroClix and the greater Wizkids vision now that the company is part of NECA.

One thing we have learned as information trickles out this evening. There is the Black Lantern Black Hand figure. Ostensibly this is the "Eighth one free" from the teaser image a couple of months ago.

Image from Twitter User Chaos_renegade. Detail below.

Update: Justin Ziran Confirmed that these are Chase figures for Brave and the Bold. Now we Better pictures of BOTH Chase figures R. Neckron, L. Black Hand courtesy of All Things Fun.

Organized Play gets a makeover: Modern Age and Gold Age Play!

When DC HeroClix: Brave and the Bold debuts next month, so will a new system of play. retirement is gone, and is the Unrestricted, Restricted play environment. Instead officially sponsored games with have one of two "Ages" assigned to them.

Modern Age, basically what is being produced "now" and Golden Age, all of the elements from sets gone by.

The Modern age will basically be the previous 2 years of sets up to the current expansion. For the time being it will go beyond that a bit due to the 11 month hiatus between Topps and NECA owning Wizkids.

Modern Age set include:

Marvel HeroClix: Avengers, Monsters and Mutations, Secret Invasion (which includes the Fantastic Four starter), and Hammer of Thor.

DC HeroClix: Justice League, Crisis (which includes the Anti-Monitor Action Pack), Batman Alpha, Arkham Asylum, The Brave and the Bold, and the Blackest Night starter.

HeroClix Classics: All of the HeroClix Classic figures are a part of the Modern Age format. Any figure from a Golden Age set that has been reprinted in a HeroClix Classics set is considered Modern Age as well, and can be used in place of the Classics figure. A reprint is a figure that is identical to an older figure in every aspect except for set symbol and collector’s number.

Colossals (if the build total in your Modern Age game is high enough): Galactus Eater of Worlds, Fin Fan Foom, Starro, Anti-Monitor, and Sinestro Corps Anti-Monitor. Though only one Fin Fang Foom debuted after Avengers, all versions remain legal. As the two versions of Galactus have slightly different powers, only the more recent Coming of Galactus event version remains legal.

Maps: All official HeroClix maps with the modern color-coding remain legal in Modern Age, regardless of what set they were released with.

This is a big change. So, before discussing this and the effects of the change in further detail on this Blog I would ask that all of our players head to Wizkids' site and read Norm's article on the topic. In a few days, I'll post a follow-up to this answering and questions I can, and some insite to gameplay changes here on the local level.

Send questions to: michianaclix@gmail.com or post them on the Facebook page.

Watchmen HeroClix solicit showcases more figures

This July, the Watchmen Collectors set hits stores. It will include 25 figures based on the Warber Bros. movie adapting the iconic graphic novel.

Alliance Games released this new add graphic for the set today. In it we see 4 brand new sculpts: Rorschach, Ozymandias, Nite Owl and Dr, Manhattan. We also get a small glimpse at the Colossal Dr, Manhattan that will be sold separately from the Collector's Set.

Pre-orders at local retails will start with the release of the next Previews from Diamond/Alliance.