Good Fences

Green Lantern throwing up an indestructible barrier, Spidey webbing a baddie in place, the Human Torch toasting a supervillain behind a wall of fire. All comic staples I wanted to introduce to my HeroClix battles. The trick is that after a few games barriers had become a bit stale and needed some spicing up. So [...]

Property Damage

Part of the appeal of HeroClix, for me, is that you can get away with playing with toys without acknowledging you’re playing with toys. “It’s not dolls, I’m rolling dice! This is strategy…SERIOUS BUSINESS!” My life is a lie.
Anyway, the first project I tackled when I was bitten by the HeroClix bug was to build [...]

New Lilliput

“You done with your cardboard village yet?”
I straighten up, my back aching from hunching over and working on the game board, my fingers riddled with x-acto nicks and hot glue burns, my hands stained with a half dozen kinds of paint. That “cardboard village” remark—made by a friend anxious to start playing—was the first comment [...]