HeroClix Fans, Comic books have their roots in black and white art, a tradition that has continued through the ages. Superheroes Superman and The Phantom adventured in black and white as daily newspaper strips during the 1930s and 40s and were the beginnings of the funny book craze. The Silver Age brought color and widespread popularity to comic books, [...]

Optional Traits The focus of most of the recent Design Insight articles has been to inform players about changes/updates to rules or game mechanics. Today’s article, however, is to introduce a brand new mechanic: Optional Traits. While Optional Traits may be technically a new mechanic, it combines two long-standing and recognizable HeroClix concepts — traits and add-on effects. Traits (indicated [...]

“STOP” clicks and new “STOP” key term Hello HeroClix Players, Over the past year, we have been exploring ways in which we can improve the game of HeroClix. One specific goal we are working towards — as stated in a previous Design Insight article — is to clarify the language of the game. In this article, [...]