My solo heroclix rules WILL work with LotR clix

This week, Wizkids released specific design details and a few preview dials for their upcoming Lord of the Rings Heroclix line. I had been asked many weeks ago if my Solo Wargaming Rules for Heroclix would work with the LotR line. Now, having learned about the new  "Epic Actions," "Horde Tokens," and "Campaign Play," I'm certain they will...

From Wizkids:

Epic actions are a special kind of action forces get only in epic battles, and they can be given to characters only to make use of epic abilities. Epic battles are HeroClix battles with build totals between 400 and 1000 points.

Epic abilities are game-changers, with effects that can really help shape the course of a battle – the secret to how a little hobbit can play a critical part in the middle of a thousand soldiers. In fact, they’re so formidable that you only get one epic action per turn, so you can only use one epic ability per turn, no matter how many characters on your force might have them available.

If Wizkids is calling a game "with build totals between 400 and 1000 points" epic, then my huge superhero campaign for Solo Tabletop Gaming Appreciation Month may now most definitely use that adjective! Nevertheless, this new rule is easily incorporated into my solo rules of play because, despite being epic, it's still an action, and my solo rules merely alter the order and permissions for actions regardless of the type of actions they might be. For an example of an Epic Action, check out Sauron (note the ring on his finger).

Also, somewhat new to LotR Heroclix are the Horde Tokens, a new application of the old bystander tokens from Marvel and DC Heroclix.

From Wizkids:

Players have sometimes hesitated to play large groups of tokens in the past. They were too fragile, and just too darn unwieldy. Horde tokens solve that problem by stacking. Want to move a big group of horde tokens across the battlefield quickly? Stack them up, move them across the battlefield together, and then spread them out to surround their prey.

I always hated bystander tokens, and I doubt that I'll be fond of these horde tokens, either. Though Wizkids has taken a novel approach with this new "stacking" ability and pumped up the combat values on these sad, flat discs of cardboard, horde tokens will still follow the same rules for moving and attacking, and, thus, can be easily used with my solo rules.

Finally, there are the new Campaign Rules. From Wizkids:

Campaign battles are very story-driven, recreating specific moments from the Lord of the Rings, and as such have some requirements. You’ll have to include a couple particular characters in your force during each battle, play on a particular map, follow a couple scenario-specific rules. As always, victory in both individual battles and the campaign as a whole is determined by victory points.

No problem. Still can be played solo!

Only my wallet knows for sure whether I'll be adding the Fellowship and the Nazgul to my collection, but at least I can be certain that, if I do, lacking an opponent will not stop my battles for Middle Earth from taking place!

For more info and many more cool pics of preview characters from the Lord of the Rings Heroclix line, click HERE.