{"id":14884,"date":"2021-01-25T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67272bb316.nxcli.io\/heroclix\/?p=14884"},"modified":"2021-01-25T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:05:02","slug":"heroclix-2021-rules-0-intro-and-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2021\/01\/25\/heroclix-2021-rules-0-intro-and-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"HeroClix 2021 Rules 0: Intro and Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Greetings HeroClix Masterminds!<\/p>\n<p>The team has worked hard to nudge the game from the last major round of changes. Rules you read about won\u2019t be changed until the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/dc-comics-heroclix-wonder-woman-80th-anniversary\/\"><strong>DC Comics HeroClix: Wonder Woman 80<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary<\/strong><\/a> when the new rulebook is in-hand for players. Just like last time there were significant rules changes, we\u2019ll reveal the full rules and PAC changes in advance of the product\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spent a lot of time discussing what\u2019s best for HeroClix with retailers, players, and judges. The people who took the time to share their thoughts are trusted partners in the success of HeroClix. This is an ongoing process that shapes our approach to the product. We landed on one main goal with lots of facets: Make HeroClix easier to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, we have an easier task in front of us because of some of the structure from the past. There were things that we learned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/2017\/03\/01\/introduction-and-goals\/\">2017\/2018 Rules Changes<\/a> that informed our direction here.<\/p>\n<p>Strategically, we\u2019re trying to achieve a few things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Making HeroClix easier and more fun to try for beginners<\/li>\n<li>Making HeroClix more compelling for rookies<\/li>\n<li>Focusing HeroClix on the fun and strategic choices for veterans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019re working to make HeroClix more accessible. It\u2019s hard to have a game that is nuanced, challenging for experts, and immensely expandable while also being a game that is straightforward, easy to learn, and fun with only a few figures in your collection. While we often get great feedback about that first batch of attributes, we\u2019ll be focusing a lot of our efforts on the 2nd with a renewed vigor in 2021. We know some fans might be nervous about this \u2013 what does it mean for the game they love as it is?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modifying Existing Rules \u2013 Just as we\u2019ve done before, we\u2019re going under the hood with the rules of the game and reducing the rules that have outsized complexity for the strategic richness they offer. HeroClix is at its best when it is about open-ended superhero combat and less about a perfect translation of comic page to tabletop. This includes modifying the PAC powers.<\/li>\n<li>A Better Look \u2013 The rulebook itself is getting a facelift. We want our presentation to match the level of care that we\u2019ve given the gameplay, including full-color diagrams and examples. We know that most people learn HeroClix from a friend, convention volunteer, or store employee, and part of growing the game means making it easier to learn on your own out of the box. While the 2018 rules were a big improvement over what came before, this is the next step up.<\/li>\n<li>More Obvious Low Rarity Figures \u2013 Individual figures at low rarities will have fewer abilities printed on their card and dial (you\u2019ve seen this in figures released in 2020 already). It makes them easier to understand, keeps their point values low, and lets us save complexity for higher rarity figures. As beginners crack into a booster or two, they\u2019ll be less likely to see figures with choices that are hard to get right like Pick-A-Power.<\/li>\n<li>More Obvious Sets \u2013 Each set is going to feel less \u201cbusy\u201d in two ways. Broadly, when you see mechanics (like objects) they\u2019re not going to appear in one set and vanish \u2013 they\u2019ll be present for a few consecutive sets then fade out. We\u2019ll also be temporarily benching some PAC powers to keep the overall number of abilities and terms lower that a player needs to learn as they enter a new set. This is part of the In-Set vs Cross-Set Design Insight we discussed previously.<\/li>\n<li>More Power Combos \u2013 We\u2019ve streamlined the PAC powers. Some in-game \u2018snapshots\u2019 may be more complicated or busier, but overall, we\u2019ve streamlined the ability for beginners to understand which Standard Powers interact and how. More Standard Powers will combo with one another for stronger attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Shifting Complexity \u2013 This reinforces some of what we\u2019ve said above. Where we can, we\u2019ve modified PAC powers to make Special Powers and Traits simpler. When figures have incredibly complex powers, they\u2019ll be more likely to occur at higher point values and higher rarities, so if you see them on the tabletop they\u2019ll represent more of the complexity on the entire team, and casual players will be less likely to see them in boosters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We don\u2019t think we\u2019ll see the benefits overnight, but we hope that more people will try HeroClix as a result of these changes, and a greater percentage of those players will stick around. If you\u2019re teaching new players to play HeroClix, it will be easier for you. They\u2019ll experience some of the key moments that changed us from HeroClix rookies into masterminds. They\u2019ll be excited to play their next game, try out a combo they learned, or test the team their group chat concocted during the week. We hope that you as a reader are as excited for these changes as we are!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[253,18,112,252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-253","category-dc-comics-heroclix","category-heroclix-rules","category-wonder-woman-80th-anniversary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizkids.com\/heroclix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}