In August, Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor calls to battle the brave warriors of Asgard — Thor, Sif, The Warrior’s Three — to fight Loki, Hela, and many other evil forces that threaten the Nine Realms! In November, Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor rocks Asgard with dice-battling mayhem!

First, we’ll take a look at August’s Thor HeroClix offerings. This new expansion set to the popular HeroClix miniatures game — now celebrating its 15th Anniversary year — includes many exciting features:

Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Booster Packs

Each Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor booster pack contains five HeroClix figures to add to your collection or expand your roster for casual and tournament play.  With over 70 new figures to collect, the set includes:

In addition to the main Asgardian theme, some sub-themes within the set are the Eternals, the Wrecking Crew, and the Masters of Evil.

Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Super Boosters

Surtur the Fire Demon, Ymir the King of the Frost Giants, and other monstrous foes from across the Nine Realms seek to destroy Asgard! Eight exclusive Colossal HeroClix figures can be found inside each of the special Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Super Boosters.  Each Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor booster brick contains one Super Booster that can be sold as part of the brick or individually. These Colossal HeroClix figures tower over the standard size figures and add new game play strategy with their unique retaliation effects.

Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Weapons & Equipment

Asgardians… to arms! Characters within the Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor set will come with their legendary weapons allowing them to utilize their signature weapons in battle. However, if they should fall in battle… beware! Your opponent can pick the weapon up and use it against you!

In addition to weapons being packed with their legendary wielder figures, Super Boosters will contain generic versions of weapons — such as a sword, axe, hammer, or spear — that can be played with any character on your HeroClix team.

Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Starter Set

Choose your team from Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Hercules, and Loki and square off against a friend as you learn how to play HeroClix. The Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor Starter Set comes with everything two players need to start playing — six pre-painted miniatures on combat dials, character cards, a double-sided map, dice, rulebook, and a Powers and Abilities card, plus an exclusive Asgardian Shield 3-D object. Figures in the starter set are designed for novice players — with team-building friendly point costs and easy-to-pilot dials — and are also great for experienced players to expand their collection with new versions of some favorite characters.

The 2017 HeroClix Rulebook included in this starter set is a newly revised version of the HeroClix Core Rulebook.  WizKids has been working with their players and playtesters to develop more comprehensive terminology, a streamlined ruleset, and defined sequences of actions within a turn.  In the past year, WizKids has rolled out a number of the updates that are being made through a series of articles on its website.  Fans of HeroClix will be eagerly awaiting the release of this starter set for the first printed copy of the new 2017 HeroClix Rulebook.  The release of the new 2017 HeroClix Rulebook will be a great benefit to seasoned players and also marks a great time for new or returning players to take a fresh look at HeroClix.

Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor Countertop Display and Gravity Feed

Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor is the first release where stores will be able to purchase both traditional Gravity Feeds and Countertop Displays featuring Draft Packs. Stores should consider the purchasing habits of their players when deciding how much of each product to carry. If customers regularly purchase more than $10 of Dice Masters at a time they will probably lean toward draft packs, while those purchasing less will continue to open foil packs from gravity feeds. Customers looking to have a complete set will need to collect the Basic Action Cards only found in draft packs. Stores that are still unsure may look at the purchasing patterns of other games to determine the proportion of gravity feeds versus countertop displays.

The Basic Action Cards found in Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor include some all-time favorites mixed with soon-to-be-new staples in your Dice Masters matches. Returning Big Entrance both discounts your purchases and accelerates your ability to use newly purchased dice by placing them in your bag. Villainous Pact will help Absorbing Man and his evil friends attack unblocked while providing a global to prep a die from your bag. Players looking to get characters from their used pile into play quicker will be able to leverage the new Basic Action Don the Helm to roll a character from their used pile for a chance to field or prep the character.

To better represent the durability of the Asgardians, Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor debuts the keyword ‘Immortal’. Immortal characters will go to a player’s bag rather than their Used Pile except when purchased. Sif: The Stunning is Immortal and gets a bonus +3A while Thor is active. Proof that you can’t have too much of a good thing, Hela: Stealer of Souls can provide all of a player’s character dice Immortal.

The introduction of draft packs creates a focus on drafting strategy. To accelerate a team, Pepper Potts: Virginia provides players the opportunity to draw an extra die at the beginning of each Clear and Draw Step, while Heimdall allows players to prep Sidekick dice with his Global Ability. Don’t pass up Karnak and Chipmunk Hunk. For cards that win games, Jarnbjorn: And My Axe may be the most impressive. Jarnbjorn doubles a character’s printed attack until end of turn. If you were unable to draft Jarnbjorn you may want to consider Kate Bishop: Hawkingbird for her Global Ability that allows you to stop an attacking character die from attacking.

Marvel Dice Masters: The Mighty Thor features over 130 cards and 40 characters with a focus on draft play. Grab some friends and head to your local gaming store — you could draft a Super Rare character from Earth X!

Two different games, one great Thor flavor!