Heroclix

I saw my first Heroclix statue when I was looking for statues, as in big ones for the shelf, Bowens, Kotobukiya, that sort of thing. My first reaction to Heroclix was that they were really small. I didn't realize than that Heroclix had more to do with Dungeons & Dragons than Bowen statues. Heroclix is a role-playing game involving comicbook heroes. The core of the game is the miniatures - this can be easily seen by looking at the base of a Heroclix statue - it is full of information. You can play Dungeons and Dragons without miniatures (okay, maybe not fourth edition) but in Heroclix having the statue is key. What is similar between Dungeons and Dragons and Heroclix is that both are rule-heavy and complicated to play. What that means is that Heroclix is hard to learn but once you do you'll most likely get addicted to the game. It's the old 'is this hero more powerful than that hero?' question that has been asked thousands of times in the schoolyard and will continue to be asked as long as superheroes are part of out culture. Heroclix is one way to get that question answered. Going back to the small size of Heroclix statues, considering the scale, the detail, and, most importantly, the accuracy of the detail based in the comics is exceptional. I can easily imagine the attraction of collecting based on the fine art aspects alone. So there you go, yet another welcome addition to gaming.