u/Demoboy19

How do you define Casual HeroClix?

Hey everyone, big important question for y’all, how does your LGS define ‘casual’?

This may be a silly question but I think many communities may face this as a serious problem that could be affecting their community growth. The definition of a casual game has been very loose / abstract and I’m hoping to create or know of any firm guard rails that help people make teams of similar power levels during weekly game nights. This is important because right now playing a casual game is left up to so much interpretation, leaving large gaps of power levels between players. As such, it’s not uncommon to see one player stomp another in 15 minutes which honestly feels bad for both parties.

Personally, I remember getting stomped hard during a casual night by a Kong. It felt so bad that after a few weeks of this, I felt the need to match that power level as something like this was happening too frequently. As a result I ended up stomping others and the cycle continued until basically we’ve lost touch with playing casual games. Unfortunately I believe some players have left because they didn’t have the means or didn’t agree with having to play with or against meta every week. And I can’t help but agree with that sentiment.

I believe having firm or defined rules to play by should be set in place as a form of setting expectations for the night. Borrowing a concept from MTG, their commander format has hard restrictions on what you can and cannot play to keep things casual.

To start I think casual games should ban any:
- banned or restricted elements or characters in silver or modern
- watch list characters or elements
- top 100 meta characters or elements on hcunits for both silver and modern

Casual should restrict:
- sideline active slots to 1-2
- number of equipment used to 1-2

So what has your community done to prevent power creep from ruining casual HeroClix ?

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u/Demoboy19 — 12 days ago

Heroclix Terrain & Bystander Protector & ID Rings

Hey everyone! @DemoboyCollects here with a new shop update: Terrain & Pog ID Rings & Protectors.

This has been a project I've been chipping away at for quite a while. A lot of it was simply tracking down all the different terrain pieces so I could make sure everything fit properly.

The idea came from two problems I kept running into while playing HeroClix:

- Keeping harder-to-replace terrain pieces protected.
-Making it easy to identify commonly used terrain at competitive events.

I'm probably more protective of my game pieces than most, and I was always worried about scratching my terrain or accidentally mixing it up with my opponent's during a game. These rings solved that for me, and it's one less thing to think about while playing.

I also made sure the rings leave the original terrain border visible, so you can still tell the terrain type even if you print them in different colors. There's also a little extra room inside if you want to add thin protective surface cutouts, like I show in the video.

If you'd like to print a set for yourself, the digital STL files are available on my Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4548029000/heroclix-terrain-protector-and-id-ring

u/Demoboy19 — 19 days ago

Check out my latest creation: Bystander Bases!

I created these as a way to improve the immersive gaming experience. While I loved using "pog" bystanders, I always found that their 2D nature took away from the game. At the same time, I always felt that with CUR bulk, I had too many doubles of fan-favourite characters and wanted to find a way to utilize them in modern gaming. With that said, a light bulb went off in my head, and a way to repurpose these figures back into use came to be!

While I know many other creators rip sculpts off of bases and glue them onto pogs or other bases, I found that I didn't have the heart to ruin a perfectly good figure. Luckily, HeroClix dials pop off easily, so I decided to 3D print a replacement instead! I created the dials on ClixMaker so that the stats could be as accurate as possible, and I made sure to include magnets in the bases as well... because why not?

My favourite part about this project was finally being able to "click" my bystanders once onto their KO click. It finally made my Bystanders feel like REAL in-game pieces. My second favourite aspect is that no permanent destruction of figures took place. This lets me pop off the bystander dial and put the real one back on whenever I want for future games.

.stl files can be found on my etsy store for the price of a coffee

u/Demoboy19 — 2 months ago

The BattleBox! 3D printed Heroclix Team Carrier Solution

Here’s my take on a 3D printed Heroclix team carrier. I’m proud to say this is the FIRST downloadable file designed specifically Heroclix! The design is intentionally streamlined to keep printing costs as low as possible while still maximizing functionality. Coming from TCGs, my goal was to create a Heroclix’s “deck box”

This version uses magnetically receptive trays that are fully compatible with my magnetic ID rings. I designed it for two main reasons:

First, I LOVE playing with colossal figures and wanted a box that could safely carry them along with their accessories.

Second, I also LOVE building Silver Age teams — which can mean bringing a LOT of figures — so I wanted a single carrier capable of handling massive team builds. This design does both ✅

The BattleBox also includes:

A map tray that holds up to 3 modern maps, plus a PAC and terrainAn accessory tray for toploaders, terrain, dice, and action tokens
Like my previous designs, I also included a Tomohawk tray to make use of the empty space surrounding colossal figures. Each standard tray holds up to 20 standard-sized figures, while the Tomohawk tray holds up to 13 more, for a total of 33 figures.

And if you’re not as obsessed with colossals as I am, the box can instead fit 3 regular trays for a maximum capacity of 60 standard-sized figures in a single carrier.

Please note: this is an XL-sized print and requires a large print bed. This version was printed on the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon.

Now available on my Etsy store :)
https://demoboycollects.etsy.com/listing/4504576456

As always, thank you for the support!

u/Demoboy19 — 3 months ago

Legacy Figure and Team Base ID Rings! And a few more accessories

Hello everyone! I just created Magnetic ID Rings for golden age bases, golden age extended bases, team bases, symbiote equipment and lantern rings! This was a project I've been thinking about for a LONG time but didn't have a need for until I acquired a few legacy cards myself. That's when I realized that my OREO base ID rings wouldn't work as they're too big for golden age figures.

It was a lot of fun designing these ID rings. I wanted to make sure that they were as practical as possible, and spent quite a lot of time doing different renditions of them. I'm very proud with how the golden age ones came out in particular. I really like how my standard base rings have notches to help click your figures. The extended base has open access from the bottom so that you can click them without any barriers. The team base was also a ton of fun designing, I managed to get the right dimensions for this bad boy on the first try!

Everything is up on Etsy store as a downloadable purchase. Link below 🙂

https://demoboycollects.etsy.com/listing/4504495558

u/Demoboy19 — 3 months ago

Hey it’s me the accessories guy! For all those with 3d printers, I’ve just created new accessory trays and map attachments for the War-Ganizer to help transport your favourite teams to Heroclix night!

My goal is to keep things as cost effective by making files available online to print your own carriers.

The map attachments pack is held together with 6 mm x 3 mm magnets for easy access to your maps and PAC. It’s also large enough to hold oversized cards like Galactus’ legacy card in a toploader.

The tray itself can hold a lot of toploaders side by side, or large toploaders used for double sized cards. It also has space under the cards for terrain markers, can hold 27 poker chip action tokens and 8 dice.

Files are now uploaded to my Etsy page!

https://demoboycollects.etsy.com

u/Demoboy19 — 4 months ago