“NEW SET DUE TO COME OUT IN JANUARY OF 2004! IT’S CALLED POWERBOMB, AND IT’S GOING TO BE THE BEST SET EVER CREATED!”
That simple All Caps post started the legend of POWERBOMB! on October 15th, 2003. POWERBOMB! was going to upgrade the figures from all the Heroclix sets released so far and make this spirited fellow the champion of Heroclix. The thread devolved in the way that any grizzled clixman is used to. But that thread lit a few fires in Heroclix that still burn to this day.
DC HeroClix: Arkham Asylum
Designer’s Notebook: HeroClix Map Design
by Seth Johnson, Arkham Asylum Lead Designer
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Continue readingJUNE 23, 2003 (SEATTLE) — Today, The Topps Company, the trading card, collectibles, and confectionary company, announced it is acquiring WizKids, Inc (“WizKids”), a privately held designer and marketer of collectible strategy games, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. WizKids’ current games include Mage Knight, HeroClix, and MechWarrior, all of which utilize collectible miniature figures with a patent-pending “combat dial” that encodes relevant game information in the base of each piece.
Continue readingThe History of Clix for the Cure
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