Comics and games distributor Diamond has revealed the contents of May's DC starter. Most of it will come as absolutely no surprise but the listing does reveal the figures we'll be getting.
I haven't been following Blackest Night (Matt, any chance of a lend?) so I don't know much about these deputised lanterns but it's certainly an interesting line-up and they look cool from the comic images of them I have Googled.
My only criticism is their choice as the contents of a starter set. Surely these things are designed to bring new players into the game and I think more recognisable charactersm - or versions of characters - would have been a better option. How about Smallville versions of Supes, Green Arrow, Aquaman etc? It'd mean I could take them off the list of mods I'll probably never get round to doing.
The War of the Light comes to HeroClix with the DC HeroClix Blackest Night Starter Game! As the Blackest Night encompasses the world, heroes and villains alike are deputized into the Lantern Corps to fight back against the legions of Black Lanterns. Choose a team of lanterns and take them into battle! This starter game includes everything a player needs to play HeroClix, including figures, map, rules and more.
Contents:
- Seven 3D HeroClix miniatures, each with a character card (Green Lantern, Lex Luthor, Mera, Scarecrow, Wonder Woman, The Flash and The Atom in their deputy lantern costumes)
- All-new Green Lantern Sciencells Map
- 2010 HeroClix Complete Rulebook
- Six Object Tokens
- Twelve Terrain Markers
- Two 6-sided dice
Source: HCRealms
I agree that a Smallville starter would have been a better idea to get new players involved but I'm glad they went with the recongizable deputy lanterns rather than the (lesser known) original rainbow lanterns.
ReplyDeleteWhilst I'm not too arsed about another Flash or Wondy we need a cool Atom and nothing is more fun than Lex ;)