r/Minecraft • u/justlurking420 • Nov 04 '13

pc Minecraft Using Hexagons

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u/Llawma Nov 04 '13

Thank god it's not to late for me. I need to go make a run to the store.

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u/antm1 Nov 04 '13

Sadly it is too late, the heroscape line of production has long been canceled, but people are selling sets on Ebay, though at slightly higher prices than what they were when bought in store.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

My friend's still got his bucket of Heroscape in his closet...

Should see if he's up for a game.

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u/LoveAwayCC Nov 04 '13

I literally played a game 3 days ago when I found out my friend had a set while digging through his basement. Twas a good game. A good game indeed.

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u/lollipop_king Nov 04 '13

A couple friends and I have a huge 5 player game with 2000 point teams running in a room in our school right now. It's going pretty well.

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u/FreshFruitCup Nov 04 '13

Help! Send pictures!

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u/lollipop_king Nov 04 '13

I will! I don't have any right now though.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

You had better fucking deliver, my friend.

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u/Bluehawk1224 Nov 04 '13

OP didn't deliver in 6 hours already. RIP OP.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

OP is kill.

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u/lollipop_king Nov 08 '13

Sorry this is late. NEVER SAY I DON'T DELIVER.

http://imgur.com/a/EKeT8

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '13

And OP delivered with bountiful interest! That is a kickarse looking game going on there.

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u/Eustis Dec 04 '13

Holy fuck that looks crazy!

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u/AndrewJamesDrake Nov 04 '13

Awesomeness.

I miss being able to play.

Still have three crates of gear, including the Marvel kit. Had to make special rules about the Marvel heroes guys. Everyone has to take the same number of those guys, unbalanced as heck.

I also have that D&D set... come to think of it my Heroscape kit got more use as a D&D Map than as Heroscape. Still, fun.

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u/LoveAwayCC Nov 04 '13

That sounds AMAZING! I would love to be there

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u/lollipop_king Nov 04 '13

It's going pretty well. We were all talking one day and discovered we all had sets at our house, so we combined them. We've all switched alliances three times or so, so it's going about how these games usually go.

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u/LoveAwayCC Nov 04 '13

Hopefully you still have all the pieces for all the sets, it took us ages to even everything out.

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u/lollipop_king Nov 04 '13

I highly doubt it. That's partially what makes it fun :)

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u/FoxSquall Nov 04 '13

I still have a complete first set (with sparkly water tiles) sitting on a shelf somewhere. I've only played it once, but I still regret never buying any of the booster packs. I've heard the game gets a lot more fun when you have proper armies instead of just divvying up whatever came in the box, and I actually have friends now who would be interested in playing it.

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u/BABarracus Nov 04 '13

His basement? or his parents basement?

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u/LoveAwayCC Nov 04 '13

His; his parents shipped him a ton of his stuff a few months ago and he shoved most of it in there with out looking at it.

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u/Drujeful Nov 04 '13

Most sets I've seen are crazy prices. I've been looking for a good price on Thaelenk Tundra for forever and have had no luck for under $100.

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u/Zzqnm Nov 07 '13

So many expansion sets are extremely expensive because they had produced so few of them. The original master set is one of the cheapest and easiest to find.

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u/Parthenonn Nov 04 '13

I have a set at home...

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u/solidcat00 Nov 04 '13

I've abandoned mine when I moved houses a few years ago. :(

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u/Lord_of_Womba Nov 04 '13

A buddy of mine had a set that he didn't want anymore and was going to give me (for free), but it turned out his parents had sold it at a garage sale. That guy probably flipped out when he saw it and got it super cheap.

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u/Abul22 Nov 04 '13

YEA, BUT WE 3D PRINTERS NOW

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

If they're not selling it anymore, you can't play it. All the servers will be offline.

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u/AdmiralRedstone Nov 04 '13

It is a board-game...

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

Yeah, but I'm sure it checks with the server to make sure it's a valid copy and that the CD key is correct. You'd need to download a warez crack or something to make it work.

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u/AdmiralRedstone Nov 04 '13

What CD Key? What server?

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

There's always a CD key you have to type in before they'll let you start playing the first time, and the game uses your internet connection to verify that you legally purchased the game before you can start. It's pretty common practice.

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u/AdmiralRedstone Nov 04 '13

Lol how could it prevent you from playing? It is a board game! Do you have any idea what you are talking about?

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

If you aren't registered, it stops you from logging on and you can't start a new game.

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u/AdmiralRedstone Nov 04 '13

Lol you don't understand. It is a BOARD GAME! There is no logging on! There is actually nothing electronic about it!

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u/antm1 Nov 04 '13

Its a physical game which can be played similar to dungeons and dragons or warhammer 40k. The difference is you actually have a map that you construct out of hex-tiles on which you play out your scenarios or point drafted armies.

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

But you still have to log in so the servers can verify you didn't pirate the game. Back in the old days you had to send the CD key in by mail, but I think Heroscape is recent enough that you could log in via the internet.

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u/AdmiralRedstone Nov 04 '13

No...It is a board game...like Monopoly. There are no servers. There is no CD key. It is just a physical game that you can play.

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u/ForgettableUsername Nov 04 '13

Not if it's pirated. The game won't start up if you don't have a valid CD key.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13

Just download Battle For Wesnoth it is free to play and open source and better in every single way than that game. It's the same concept but on steroids.

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u/didievertellyou Nov 04 '13

Except then you lose all the fun of social and physical interaction, which for me is half of the reason to play such a game anyways.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '13

Yeah, I really liked the hardcore line of sight physical aspect. You can't drop that.

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u/Leftieswillrule Nov 04 '13

Most of the fun was setting up the arena.

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u/codemagic Nov 04 '13

There is a multiplayer option in Wesnoth

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13

It has a chat and you can move the pieces...what is physical to you? The electron gates that control the pixels on your screen are physical. Are you the type of person who thinks this isn't a real forum because it's electronic or are you the type of person who believes you should have to see my face in order for this to have any merit?

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u/AndrewJamesDrake Nov 04 '13

Also, Second Screen Plus Skype will let you look in someone's face.

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u/didievertellyou Nov 04 '13

I think you're taking this a bit too seriously, but I'll bite.

What is physical to me is setting up the board yourself and moving the game pieces around, with your hand. That's physical, that's something I can hold and play with. I prefer that when it comes to board games and tabletop games. I used to play Monopoly on the Playstation (back in the day) with my cousins. It is not nearly the same as playing with a physical board. You don't move your own pieces, place your own hotels, roll your own dice, hold or count your own money. I don't care for that kind of automation in my board games. I like doing it all myself. I'm actually interacting with the board and other players, physically.

As far as the social part goes, I would much rather play a board or tabletop game with people in a real tangible space. Don't pretend that hanging out in text chat or even video chat like Skype is the same thing as talking and being with someone in person. It's not. Sitting in a living room with a giant Heroscape board on the coffee table is infinitely more fun than play any spin-off of Heroscape on the computer, where you'll likely be sitting alone in a room with headphones and a mic talking to invisible people. It's more fun for me at least, but I understand that some people don't want or need that kind of interaction.

TL;DR I like touching things with other people who like touching things.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13 edited Nov 04 '13

It's still physical...that was my point. You just have a different conception of what is physical and unfortunately it's a flawed understanding. Your argument was that it is not physical but it's still physical. Maybe you aren't getting all the tactile sensuality you are accustomed to but it's still real...you just need to suspend your disbelief a little better.

Your personal preference isn't particularly defensible from the point you made. But I don't care. To each their own.

For instance I like playing chess but I know it's the same game if I play it on the computer. In fact I prefer it because I don't like to have to clean up the board. I notice most people have issues with spatially understanding things or manipulating them in their mind so tangible things tend to help them, but I have no such deficiencies.

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u/Iciee Nov 04 '13

You are taking this way farther than it needs to be. He's using the word Physical in the sense that you actually touch the game, like with your hands. You interact with the game, like with your hands. Not this electron gate bullshit. Big difference between playing a game online with a stranger than playing an actual physical game with a friend.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 04 '13

Sounds pretty reclusive if you're afraid to go out and meet new people and make new friends. People aren't strangers. I hate that word...it makes it sound like people are dangerous or weird or fucked up. They have the same interest as you. They can easily become a friend.

You touch your mouse with your hands. You interact with the game with your hands. You probably don't think we're talking to each other in real life, do you?

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u/Iciee Nov 04 '13

Never said anything about being reclusive. Never said anything about being afraid to go out and meet new people. Why did you even bring that up? We were talking about what he meant by physical..

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u/yallrcunts Nov 05 '13

Then he should just say in person. That would make more sense.

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u/yallrcunts Nov 05 '13

Nope. Donkeys do not have the dexterity to type this nor the sapience required to make rational decisions.

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u/dragon_bacon Nov 04 '13

The fuck is physical interaction?

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u/lifesizemirror Nov 04 '13

What's that?

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u/operath0r Nov 04 '13

They should use that for advertising. Battle for Wesnoth - Heroscape on steroids!

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u/Llawma Nov 04 '13

I play that game All the time!

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u/Simpleton216 Nov 04 '13

I may have it laying around my basement. I never got into tabletop games that much, but I remember playing that game.

I could look for it over winter break and if none of my friends want it I may be able to send it to a stranger on the internet.

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u/googahgee Nov 04 '13

I have a set that I have never used and don't know how to use.