Greetings HeroClix players,

The following HeroClix releases— including all game elements and maps that were part of each release— will be rotated from Modern Age tournament play as of June 1, 2017 (prior to the HeroClix U.S. National and World Championships being held at Origins Game Fair on June 14-18).

5-Figure Booster Sets (including Organized Play figures/game elements associated with each set)

  • DC HeroClix: The Flash
  • DC HeroClix: Justice League: Trinity War
  • Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Assemble
  • Marvel HeroClix: Age of Ultron

Fast Forces Packs

  • DC HeroClix: The Flash – The Rogues Fast Forces
  • DC HeroClix: Justice League – Crime Syndicate Fast Forces
  • Marvel HeroClix: Age of Ultron – Classic Avengers Fast Forces

Starter Sets

  • Marvel HeroClix: Avengers: Age of Ultron (movie) Starter Set

Micro Sets

  • Marvel HeroClix: Avengers: Age of Ultron (movie)

Convention Exclusive Characters

  • 2013 Convention Exclusives Limited Edition Prize Figures:
    • DC HeroClix: D-005 Batman
    • DC HeroClix: D-006 Pandora
    • DC HeroClix: D-007 Phantom Stranger
    • DC HeroClix: D-008 Question
    • DC HeroClix: D-009 Superman and Wonder Woman
    • DC HeroClix: D-010 Bat-Mite
    • DC HeroClix: D-011 Gentleman Ghost
    • DC HeroClix: D-T001 Trinity of Sin
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-005 Mephisto
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-006 Old Man Logan
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-007 Death Mask
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-008 Obnoxio the Clown
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-G001 Shuma Gorath
    • Other HeroClix: WK-001 Holiday Elf
  • 2014 Convention Exclusives Limited Edition Prize Figures:
    • DC HeroClix: D-012 Batman
    • DC HeroClix: D-013 World’s Finest
    • DC HeroClix: D-014 Jonah Hex
    • DC HeroClix: D-015 Amazo
    • (NOTE: DC HeroClix: D-016 Batman is NOT being rotated at this time. While created a bit earlier, he wasn’t released until 2016 and will be rotated in the future along with other 2016 Con LEs)
    • DC HeroClix: D-017 Resurrection Man
    • DC HeroClix: D-G001 Anti-Monitor (Black Lantern)
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-009 Wolverine
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-010 Spider-Man
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-011 Iceman
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-012 Firestar
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-013 Ms. Lion
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-014 Whiplash
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-015 Doop
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-016 Hulk and Red She-Hulk
    • (NOTE: Marvel HeroClix: M-017 Doctor Nemesis is NOT being rotated at this time. While created a bit earlier, he wasn’t released until 2016 and will be rotated in the future along with other 2016 Con LEs)
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-018 Impossible Man
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-G002 Zombie Galactus
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-G003 Sentinel (Captain America)
    • Marvel HeroClix: M-T001 Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
    • Other HeroClix: WK-002 Krampus

Monthly Organized Play Sets

  • September 2014 Marvel X-Men (M-019 Angel, M-020 Psylocke, M-021 Rogue)
  • October 2014 DC Gen13 (D-018 John Lynch, D-019 Sarah Rainmaker, D-020 Cheshire)
  • November 2014 Marvel Excalibur (M-022 Pete Wisdom, M-023 Captain Britain, M-024 Cannonball)
  • December 2014 DC Justice League (D-021 Black Canary, D-022 Wonder Woman, D-023 Wonder Girl)

Other Releases

  • DC HeroClix: Justice League Strategy Game
  • Marvel HeroClix: Age of Ultron Legacy of Hank Pym Box Set
  • Marvel HeroClix Free Comic Book Day 2015: Avengers Quick-Start Kit

Category of Game Elements

In addition to the above game elements, all Additional Team Abilities (ATAs) will be rotated from Modern Age play as well.

Commentary:

The rotation of ATAs has been anticipated by players for several years now, and with new rules coming, that time is now. We last “regularly” did ATAs with DC HeroClix: Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, more than 3 years ago. We have had a few convention or other special ones released since, but none released with new sets. Like Feats and Battlefield Conditions and Relics before them, at one point ATAs were a routine part of the game, but none are planned for the future, and it’s appropriate (perhaps overdue) to rotate them out of Modern Age at this time. One of the primary intentions of rotation is to keep the game fresh, and allowing the same ATAs to be Modern Age-legal forever was interfering with that intention.

ATAs are new player unfriendly, and part of the piling up of many added effects on a single character that we’re trying to move away from. They can be tricky to balance and can impact the metagame significantly, and they focus the game too much on game elements off the map. There’s several reasons that this change has been long planned, and it almost happened with last year’s rotation, but we felt it best to have it alongside the other changes to the rules to provide additional context.

For a full listing of all Modern Age-legal HeroClix releases, please go to the WizKids Information Network Rules Forum HERE.