Available from these sellers. Discover savings on building sets, games, dolls and more. LEGO Heroica 3874 Ilrion Also check our best rated Board Game reviews Product Dimensions19.2 x 27.2 x 5.4 cm Manufacturer recommended age:8 years and up Main Language(s)German translation, German Number of Puzzle Pieces240 93,342 in Toys & Games (See top 100) in Toys & Games > Games > Board Games Date First Available3 Dec. 2012 LEGO Heroica 3874 Ilrion - LEGO Heroica ILRION 3874 LEGO®Games 3852 : Sunblock Games 3860: Heroica Castle Fortaan See all 7 customer reviews See all 7 customer reviews (newest first) Great game and the kids love it. A hit with the kids great delivery service and son loves the game. Toys & Games > Games > Board Games Sold by orsy and Fulfilled by Amazon. LEGO Games 3859: Heroica Caverns of NathuzDetailsLEGO Games 3858: Heroica Waldurk Forest Product Dimensions19.2 x 27.2 x 6.7 cm
Number of Puzzle Pieces217 176,008 in Toys & Games (See top 100) Date First Available9 Feb. 2011 Rules bookletBuilding instructionsBuildable LEGO dice7 x LEGO minifigures and game accessories1 x Poster Games 3857: Heroica Draida Bay See all 12 customer reviews See all 12 customer reviews (newest first) Bought for my son, he loves it. My grandson loved this...lots of options for play Great when you have them all For a very "Senior Citizen", this was not quite up my street. I think that I should have preferred to get into the world of LEGO construction. i bought this set and it was great even after 1 year i still love it. the heros and goblins can only be bought in heroica sets Toys & Games > Toys & Games: Amazon Global Delivery Available Here's a review of a much anticipated game in our household: Heroica!We've know about this game for awhile - ever since my 11 yr old (now 12) had the privilege of being a play-tester through a local research firm.
His love of LEGO and my love of the dungeon crawl genre combined into the perfect combo.We happened to be in the local LEGO store yesterday when they were beginning to put them on the shelves...needless to say, we changed our original plans and picked up Fortann.Presentation:No doubt LEGO is great at creating and building themes. This game is no different, delivering enough HeroQuest-ish design elements to lure you in with ease. With a great looking box, thematic building instructions, and rules that provide tantalizing background nuggets; Heroica Fortann promises a whole world yet to be explored. We were a bit disappointed the world map of the Heroica "lands" which was included with the prototype didn't make it into the final product...maybe in a future expansion...Pieces:The first thing we had to get used to was the microscale size. Just getting over the wasted opportunity of leveraging the tons of existing minifigs and expanding them even further with dungeonesque bits took awhile, but now that we've accepted it, the microfigs (I guess that's what they're called) have grown on us.
(by the way, see BrickQuest for a fan-created minifig dungeon crawler)True, the figs themselves can't "do" as much, but with the addition of mircroscale weapons and even a microscale helmet in this set, it feels ok.(btw, the micro weapons work with regular minifigs too. yeah!) The real payoff in using microscale is that the castle/dungeon takes a lot less pieces to build. I've always been a fan of Lego miroscale in general because of the unique uses people come up with for pieces, and this is no exception. In addition there are pieces specifically made for the game. I've already mentioned the weapons and helmet. In addition there are special doors in this set and presumably other bits in the expansion sets.Rules:Rules are pretty basic. Of all the games in the recent Lego games line, up until now we've thought only a couple were actually worthy to be in a gamer's library (Minotaurus & Harry Potter Hogwarts for example), and those just barely.Unfortunately, this game goes only a little further into gaming territory.
Don't expect RPG style concepts...just board game mechanics, but they are passable. As a reference point, were talking Basic Heroscape here not Advanced .There are plenty of tension points that allow this cooperative/competitive game to be fun, but nothing that is going to knock your socks off. Get from point A to point B by rolling for movement, picking up items, using the items, fighting the monsters, rinsing, repeating. The characters having different skills is a plus, and the ability to buy weapons (not in the playtest) is a great improvement. Treasure chests, gold, and potions are nice touches as well. A favorite little thing is the "Hero Pack": using Lego bricks to visually indicate the character's winnings and health stats.Expandability:Seems like a no-brainer, but one of the features of Heroica is that the game lends itself to expandability on many levels. As delivered, the game has building instructions for several different missions and rules for "Epic Heroica" (ie campaign mode) where missions are strung together and players build gold/equipment over time.
Also, the rules suggest/encourage making your own rules extensions and variants...something we were doing by the second play. Plenty of tweaks are possible to make it more competitive and more fun.Finally, the real expandability for us comes in the building our own missions, themes, and items with the millions of LEGO pieces in my son's room! Of course, it's microscale so it takes a little more creativity, but we're looking forward to some cool modular dungeons.Final ThoughtsOverall we are happy with Heroica. It delivered a lot of things we like, if not all the things we hoped it would. It is not a replacement for our favorite dungeon crawl games. It is not an expandable system for character vs. monster fighting. It is not an RPG for kids. But, it is a fun little game with LEGO bits that will keeps dads and kids engaged. Wow, it's out already?I can't find it anywhere online.Thanks so much for the writeup and the review! You called this a "cooperative/competitive" game -- in what ways is it cooperative, and in what ways is it competitive?
Found our copy at the local LEGO store (lucky enough to have one in a nearby mall). Like I mentioned, they had just put it on the shelf. The employees seemed clueless about it, so maybe they put it out too early? I don't know how those things work with LEGO.The game is cooperative in the sense that players don't attack each other in the base game. Players can play somewhat separately and in some cases even "help" each other. For example, opening a locked door allows all players to go through that door.Likewise, there are chances during a mission to have one player defeat a monster and mutually share the treasure (if everyone is willing).However, when it comes down to beating the "boss" monster at the end to win the mission, all bets are off and things get a bit competitive with some strategic moves possible/necessary to steal victory from your comrades.We have found it to be a good balance, with even a bit of meta-gaming going on. One rule we added was a chance for Heroes to trade items...this would be even more essential in the campaign game.
Finally, there is an official game variant called "Battle Heroica" that has one player controlling all the monsters and the other players playing as normal. We haven't played it yet but it looks interesting.Hope I answered your questions! Thanks for the reply! That is extremely helpful, thanks!Out of curiosity, how much did you have to pay for Fortaan? Found my copy at a local Toys'R'Us... with the 25% off Lego Games sale they have going this weekend (through Monday), Fortaan was $27 + tax. I, too got in with the TRU 25% off deal last weekend, AND I had a $5 off voucher; Showing great restraint, I picked up only Fortann (the bigger set). I was on vacation, PLANNING on going to the Lego store, but found it here first, and wasn't likely to get it cheaper anywhere else. I had not heard of it's imminent arrival, so I was thrilled with the notion. I have Minotaurus and the 'dragon's peak' one, and had been planning on picking up Hogwart's, with the eye to making my own dungeon-diver out of them.
I am not thrilled about the rules as is- I think Lego could go a long way to make some of it's games more complex without really upping the learning curve, and sometimes it's "make up your own rules" mantra seems like a big cop-out. Still, I certainly have a lot more to work with, here, and I am hoping to hash out some rules this weekend.I still don't see Heroica on the Lego site, it seems you have to use the seach feature to find it. TRU had the two medium sets for $20, and the small one for sixteen-something, above it's (apparent) $15 MSRP.And thanks for the review, David. I wish I could tell you I had a kid to squeal in delight upon discovering this, but sadly, it was only me! My wife was so embarassed. Saw copies and a lighted display at Target today, on an end cap opposite the game "wall." Do you think it would be worth it to buy this just to use it as terrain for a "real" RPG?I don't know whether you've seen them at the playtest, but I'm especially interested in the more dungeon-ish sets.