Thanks to the evil machinations of Doctor Mindbender, a hole has been ripped in the space/time continuum and both the G.I. Joes and their arch enemies (COBRA) have been sucked into Valhalla. In real life terms, that means that the G.I. Joe IP is now a part of the Heroscape game system. And even though I’m a little too old to have been a G.I. Joe: Real American Hero fan, there’s a lot to love in these new boxes.
A quick reminder for those of you living under a (virtual) rock when it comes to board games: Heroscape is a miniatures skirmish combat game played on a board constructed out of (incredibly cool) plastic terrain pieces. (Seriously: folks who play with other minis systems have used this 3D terrain because it works so well.) Since the theme is a battle for dominance in world where the Valkyrie Generals can recruit warriors from multiple times & dimensions, there is a wild mixture of heroes & squads – aliens & Matrix guys & Braveheart & dragons & robots & kung fu monks & gorillas with guns, to name a few. More recently, the good folks at Renegade have added armored polar bears, alien space pirates, and anthropomorphic woodland creatures wielding high tech weaponry… to name a few more. And it’s one of my favorite games…
A note about the pictures throughout this review: they were all taken by me on maps I created using both newer and older Heroscape terrain. Specifically, a number of the pictures were taken using a combination of the urban landscape terrain available in the Battle Box with the addition of the urban terrain that was part of the Marvel Heroscape set back in 2007. (They match really well.)
My latest review of new Heroscape boxes from Renegade Game Studios will include the four G.I. Joe boxes as well as the new terrain box (Caverns of Valhalla) and a few other extras. Let’s get to it!
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