Friday, September 15th, I'd gotten too little sleep and wasn't winding down as I should, and decided to take the plunge into Horrorclix. The place I ordered from (Gathering Ground) is closed over the weekend, so while the automated system took it the order wasn't finalized until Monday. They got it moving by Wednesday - though I didn't know it until Thursday afternoon.Today, the starter set and brick I ordered arrived.
This is extremely early on in the process for me, so I have little new to say about how well they play.
A look around the Horrorclix gallery will demonstrate to Heroclix players that Horrorclix pieces have generally lower stats. As mentioned previously, though, they don't take pushing damage and once they've killed a victim they gain move and attack powers. This combination should work nicely in the Horrorclix/Heroclix mix.
There are new game mechanics, though, including Plot Twist cards, some figures with two, separate stretches of dial to show a character transforming from one state into another, and an hourglass symbol that pops up on some of the dials. Rather than say what I know about each element I'll wait until I've checked the rules and tried the pieces out on some teams.
As for what I pulled (pardon the caps, but I copied and pasted the lists from the site instead of retyping everything)...
First, there are the six characters in the starter set, nos. 97-102: BANE WOLF, BLOOD VAMP, CHAINSAW, SKELETON, OUTPATIENT, and LYNCH GHOST.
They're good, basic figures, but no one I was particularly looking forward to. Knowing they're going to be in the box didn't make them pieces I looked over much in advance, though.
The Bane Wolf and Chainsaw look more silly than frightening, and the Blood Vamp looks like something between a goth version of a blow-up "date" doll and Vampirella's slightly chunky cousin. The detail's nice, though, and the Skeleton and Lynch Ghost (while transparent - save for the noose) are attractive. They'll have their places and their primary utility is to help get things started.Above that, though, I bought the starter for the map and the 3D objects.
As for the brick, this is what I pulled:
DOG SOLDIER R
RAZORVIXEN R, E
BRINE WITCH R
ZOMBIE COP R, E, V
SKELETAL MAIDEN R, E x 2, V
JESTER R
DIRE WOLF R, E
DEVIL IMP R, E
CONSTRICTOR R
SHAMBLING ZOMBIE V x2
ZOMBIE LAWYER R, E x 2, V (You thought they were bad when they were alive...)
RUNAWAY R (I was happy not to have pulled more of these.)
MR. FRIGHT zip! (Definitely disappointed to have not pulled any of these.)
VAMPIRE ENFORCER R
SORORITY ZOMBIE R (Only the rookie? She appears to be the best of the zombies in some respects, which was why I was hoping for more or the E and/or V.)
SCARECROW E x 2
EVIL LEPRECHAUN R x 2 (one without card; as is to be expected, the E or V would have been a better pull.)
EXECUTED CONVICT zip!
GHOSTFINDER R x 2
DEEP ONE R x 2 (one with Executed Convict card), E x 2
FAITH PRIEST E
MATRON MOTHER R, E, V
VAMPIRE HUNTER V (Hey, at least I pulled the Buffy analogue.)
TICKLER zip!
HOOK R
TERROR DEMON E
NOSFERATU zip!
FIELD AGENT V
As for the uniques, I pulled four, though to be honest they weren't the four I'd wanted -- and one of them was doubled.:
RASPUTIN x 2
JEKYLL AND HYDE
BISHOP LUZIFER
I'll give them each a try - Rasputin and Bishop Luzifer each look like effective pieces - but the four I was hoping to get were Widow Octavia, Avatar of Cthulu, Reaper of Souls and the Dire Werewolf.
So, not a terrible pull, and the collation issues aren't bad, as I didn't pull more than two of any level of a given character.
Some rules to read and some test games to run, but my aim's still fixed on mixing these with Heroclix... so I'll likely rush towards those scenarios.
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