WizKids Official Website Back Up, HCRealms Revamping October 12, 2009
Posted by webofwebhead in HeroClix.Tags: HCRealms, HeroClix, NECA, Wizkids, WizKids Games
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The WizKids Games official website is now back up and running with a bare bones promotional front page. There is no indication as of yet as to how fully fleshed out the site will eventually be. The site does point back to NECA’s main page (though surprisingly the NECA main page does not point to the new WizKids site.)
I’m of the firm opinion that collectible games and websites go hand in glove, so I hope that NECA will continue to push and develop a broad web presence for WizKids games. It is encouraging that they are leveraging nunet social sites like Facebook already.
HCRealms also appears to be restructuring ever so slightly in anticipation of renewed interest in the HeroClix game. The site owner has an open thread for site suggestions, worth checking out if you think you might have a good idea for the site. (I recommended a more mobile friendly site.)
Finally, I have to say that it’s going to be hard to resist going all out for the upcoming Hammer of Thor set. I was recently going back through my comics, and I can’t help but notice that Thor has been one of my perennial favorites, though I can’t say I was ever overtly conscious of that. But I have many back issues of the various books, and I’m deeply following the current stories as well. Can’t wait to see what the set brings.
NECA makes it official: WizKids lives again September 14, 2009
Posted by webofwebhead in CMG, DC, HeroClix, Marvel.Tags: HeroClix, NECA, Topps
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NECA released a much anticipated (and thus not very surprising) PRESS RELEASEtoday regarding it’s purchase of the major properties of WizKids games from Topps.
Noted specifically in the release is the fact that both Marvel and DC HeroClix will continue to be released, which confirms officially what I was told at GenCon and what has been widely reported elsewhere. The deal also included the “Pirates” line of games, though I noticed that the movie version of the game was not mentioned specifically, and no mention was made of the Star Wars version of the Pocket Model game, leading me to believe that may be a permanent casualty of the reorg.
Also, Mage Knight was thrown in the mix, which is interesting since D&D minis no longer have skirmish rules and hence aren’t technically in competition any longer with a potential revival of Mage Knight. (Though World of Warcraft minis are still a force to reckon with, to be sure.)
GenCon Bound Again August 6, 2009
Posted by webofwebhead in About This Blog, Conventions, UDE.Tags: Arcane Legions, GenCon, HeroClix, Indy, Magic, Marvel, NECA, UDE, Wizkids
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I had pretty much resigned myself to the fact that for the first time in many years I wasn’t going to make it to either of the big gaming conventions in my neck of the woods. For a long time Origins down in Columbus felt like my “home turf”, only a couple hours away, it could be done as a day trip, though we usually made a weekend of it. Likewise of late with GenCon, Indy is only about a three hour drive as well, and though we’ve also done it as a day trip, it’s much nicer to spend the weekend. But time and schedules didn’t seem to lend themselves well to attending either this year.
As these things sometimes do though, the clouds parted so to speak this week, and we were able to make a nice plan for an overnight stay in the Indy area to both catch a full day at GenCon and attend a concert my wife REALLY wants to see at the State Fair. (Keith Urban, for those that care.)
I’m excited to get that general GenCon buzz again this year. I plan on taking a lot of pictures for the benefit of those of you that drop by here from time to time. I really look forward to getting my hands on some Arcane Legions, just to see how it lives up to the hype. I want to try my hand at the new Marvel card game from UDE. I want to get any sort of scoop I can on the HeroClix/WizKids/NECA news. And of course I expect to pick up a lot of Magic singles to round out some decks I’ve been working on.
But mostly I look forward to seeing all of my hobby gaming friends that I only usually have the chance to catch up with once a year. If you will be attending on Saturday as well, drop me a comment here and please say hi if you see me in the crowd.
