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10 Minutes with Hair10
The Le (02/10/2010)
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Karl "Hair10" Markovich was one of the earliest HeroClix rules arbiter for Wizkids for many years. He's since left the world of arbiting, but his legacy still stands. We sit down with Karl to get his thoughts on HeroClix, and more.

HorrorClix The Le: You mentioned that you play tested HorrorClix. What's your opinion of it?

Hair10: I thought it was an OK game. Moved a bit slow for my tastes however (all that running around chasing victims up front). I have played an Alien swarm in a HeroClix match using the printed colors on the dials and relating them back to the HC powers of the same colors. Now that was fun!

I tend to disagree with those that think HrC and HC should have been 100% compatible. I'm not sure you could have kept the same mechanics that you had in HrC (becoming blooded, plot twists, and such). Without the mechanics it wouldn't have been a different game... We would just have had monster expansions for HeroClix

Did not making it compatible lead to its demise? Maybe. Certainly it would have sold more if it was. But I think it suffered more from not having a strong licensed property (or more licensed properties) or a strong 'intellectual' property (such as MW did).

The Le: What HeroClix figures would you like to see in the future (that have not yet been made)?

Hair10: As a big Firestorm fan I'd like to see a couple more of his classic villians such as Tyhoon, Tokamak, Black Bison, Plastique, and Slipknot. Nebiros (the demon who turned Dan Cassidy into the Blue Devil) would be cool to have. We still need a Nightmaster (I'm tired of subbing in Swordsman!) and Killer Moth. Now that Marvel has the rights to the character, I'd love to have a Miracleman (Niel Gaimen's take on him). Some more indy stuff (Bomb Queen! Fallen Angel!) would definitely be nice.


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Great interview!

I agree with EVERYTHING Hair say about R/E/V, Special powers, 2 color powers and the Tuttle dislike. :p

Posted by: CarlosMucha on 2/16/2010 9:45:37 PM
Well, I'm really new to HeroClix, and have never played the game before, even though I bought a bunch of stuff as I plan to introduce the game to my family this weekend. I am a BIG Heroscape fan (my introduction to tabletop gaming) but I got interested in HC because of the comic book characters. At first glance, it seems a lot more complicated than Scape because of the PAC, but just like we did with Scape, we play the quick rules first to get the hang of the game before introducing the PAC. I did a trail run of some turns by myself just to get an idea of how combat flowed and it was very cool, it has a lot of back-and-forth (I really like the critical hit/miss and pushback mechanics), so I'm excited to see how the game goes over. I look forward to picking all of your brains about HC.

Posted by: dynomutt312000 on 2/13/2010 8:27:26 AM
I can't say I disagree with a single point made in the article (except maybe the author being more of a DC fan :)). I too enjoy getting nearly a complete set when I pick up a case, and hate having to dish out $$ to complete my set - GW takes too much of my money to devote any more to clix. I prefer quality over quantity (I use the figs in RPGs, and hate representing characters with painted lumps of plastic). And I liked not having to send off for a buy it by the brick fig. I am also glad, of course, that clix is back, and am looking forward to Blackest Night.

Posted by: Nova00 on 2/11/2010 3:26:43 PM
Very interesting article. I do remember reading some of Hair's comments and the replies on WK realms when it was up. Between him and some of the others (Harpua & nbperb mainly) they helped some some problems our judge wasnt to sure about in years past. I agree with alot of what he said here and hope WK/N doesnt just blow it off, if they even read it at all. But like BB said in his comment. I'm glad we have our game back.

Posted by: Nightwing-fan on 2/10/2010 5:20:22 PM
Nice interview, really helps pass the time her in the winter wonderland of central PA. I never met Hair but he sure has an interesting perspective on the game. I too hope the New Wizkids will learn from past mistakes, but when its all said and done I'm glad we have our game back.

Posted by: battlinbichon on 2/10/2010 12:09:37 PM