Game Trade Magazine - GTM #196 - Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Organized Play

GTM #196 - Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Organized Play

by WizKids/NECA

Civil War breaks out in Marvel HeroClix starting in June 2016! The Superhuman Registration Act has divided the heroes (and villains) of the Marvel Universe — whose side will you be on when you face off against your friends and former allies in the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play (OP) Event Series?

Marvel HeroClix: Civil War is a four-month Storyline Organized Play Event series— featuring all-new and unique content based upon the Marvel Comics Civil War storyline— that will both divide and unite HeroClix players around the world as they choose to fight alongside Iron Man and other Pro-Registration heroes or join forces with Captain America and his band of Anti-Registration vigilantes.

Each month, players build teams using Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Booster Packs and compete to win limited edition Marvel HeroClix: Civil War figures—in addition to drafting the figures that are pulled from the booster packs and played during the event. The first three months of the event series will be structured as individual 4-player “Battle Royale” games with the last month being structured as a 3-round, head-to-head Swiss pairing tournament. At the end of the event series, players will draft based on their overall event standing from a selection of exclusive, limited edition Marvel HeroClix: Civil War figures.

The Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series brings a new play experience to HeroClix Storyline Organized Play as well as some new features from previous HeroClix Storyline OP Event series— below is a quick synopsis of what is new and different in the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series:

Battle Royales — the first three months of the event series are structured so that the tournament games are run as 4-player, free-for-all, “Battle Royale” games
Faction Drafting — players choose to be on the Pro- or Anti-Registration faction and will draft figures of their faction to play
Support Packs — each Marvel HeroClix: Civil War booster brick includes a Support Pack that contains all required organized play material instead of a separate Organized Play (OP) kit
Monthly Prize Packs — Players compete to try and win/draft a Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Prize Pack packaged in a blind foil pack which contains a random Limited Edition Prize Figure from a slate of six different Limited Edition Prize Figures
Bounty Cards — Bounty Cards can be used for a global game play mechanic that can affect other games in the tournament to help promote a community event feel – Bounty Cards provide a bonus for the player and other players in their faction if they can KO their “Bounty”
Grand Prize Draft — instead of one large Grand Prize, the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series offers a selection of exclusive Limited Edition Prize Figures so stores can prize much deeper into their participating player base— in most cases, every player will walk away with a prize!

Each Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Booster Brick contains eight (8) Marvel HeroClix: Civil War 5-figure booster packs as well as one (1) Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Support Pack. Each case of the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Booster Bricks will support 16 players for both the Battle Royale and Standard Swiss formats. The Marvel HeroClix: Civil War booster packs each contain five (5) figures configured as follows:

two (2) Pro-Registration figures (on red HeroClix bases)
two (2) Anti-Registration figures (on blue HeroClix bases)
one (1) Neutral figure (on standard black HeroClix bases)

Each Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Support Pack contains:

two (2) single-figure foil Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Prize Packs with one of six different Limited Edition figures— packaged randomly
eight (8) Bounty cards
two (2) double-sided HeroClix maps specifically designed to be used as either a standard 2’ x 3’ map or a 2’ x 2’ Battle Royale map

Stores selected to host the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series (speak to your sales representative to see if your store was selected) will be able to schedule their events on the WizKids Information Network (“WIN”) using the official template so players wishing to play in Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Events will be able to find the host stores local to them.

Quantities are limited and the program will only be offered while supplies last! Order your Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Booster Bricks today to ensure you are ready for the most exciting organized play event of the year! All Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play product, including boosters and prizes, is covered by the WizKids Promotional Product Licensing Agreement and are marked “NOT FOR RESALE” and may only be used to support in-store play.

If your store is selected as a host and you are looking for ways to promote the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series in your store, there are standees available through your distributor and posters will be added to the Marketing Resources page in the More+ tab of the WIN.

With that said, we would like to continue previews of the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Booster Brick with the Anti-Registration leader, Captain America #001!

To read more about the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series, visit the Marvel HeroClix: Civil War Storyline Organized Play Event series webpage at www.heroclix.com/civilwar.