While much of the tabletop gaming community is currently focused on theupcomingDungeons and Dragonsmovie, there have been a few interesting updates from Hasbro and Avalon Hill to which fans may want to pay attention. Debuted and distributed by Milton Bradley in 2004,Heroscapewas a sort of scaled-down take on wargaming that appealed particularly to younger audiences. Discontinued in 2010, it was recently announced thatHeroscapewill return in the near future with theHeroscape: Age of Annihilationexpansion.Heroscape’s main draw was its customizable hexagonal boards. Sets came with sheets of plastic hexagonal tiles which could be snapped together and stacked to form custom battlegrounds. It also featured a mish-mash of heroes of various fantastical backgrounds joined together in loose alliances, all of whom fulfill differing combat roles and add quite a bit of variety to the game. In a sense,Heroscapesomewhat emulated more involved games such asWarhammer 40Kand its many factionsand locations.RELATED:Wordle Is Being Turned Into An Offical Board Game By HasbroUnfortunately, aside from the fact that more content is forthcoming, there isn’t much info aboutHeroscape: Age of Annihilationat the moment. That said, it has been confirmed that the game’s new minifigures will be unpainted, which may well be to the chagrin oftabletop gamerswho aren’t fans of the arts-and-crafts aspect of the hobby. Still, after spending more than a decade completely defunct, the return ofHeroscapein any form should be cause for celebration among both old-school fans and newcomers alike.
Interestingly enough, this isn’t the only long-dormant tabletop game to have been revived by Hasbro in recent years. As a result of crowdfunding efforts orchestrated through Hasbro Pulse, the 1989 classicHeroQuestmade a triumphant return in 2021. Much likeHeroscape, Milton Bradley’sHeroQuestwas a simplistic title that was chiefly meant to introduce younger players to the basics of role-playing games. Of course, as is also the case withHeroscape, the game’s relative simplicity shouldn’t stop veterans from enjoying these once out-of-print classics.
Hasbro’s renewed interest in the hot ticket items of yesteryear doesn’t pertain only to tabletop games, either. In 2021,Hasbro re-releasedStar Warsfiguresthat were created to coincide with the debut of the now-obscure 1985 cartoon seriesDroids. It also issued a newGhostbusters toy linethat drew heavily from the original lineup of merchandise released alongside the 1984 original movie. It’s impossible to say what might be next for Hasbro, but there’s plenty of reason to be excited about the future of tabletop gaming should this trend continue.
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