Just bought Heroscape Rise of the Valkyrie. 24 Euro incl shipping second hand.
After i bought AT-43 & started to play a bit with my oldest son the youngest wanted to play too. Think that AT-43 is a bit too complicated for a 7 year old so looked for a boardgame that's easier. Thats why i bought Heroscape.
Played it a few times with my youngest with basic rules & he loved it (he almost won the first game). Then he started to play it with my oldest & they had a lot of fun. This week i'll try to play it with the master rules & see if my both sons get it.
The basic rules are pretty easy, so younger kids can understand it & learn how to play.

Love heroscape. It is much more strategical and more fun with the master rules. Trust me you can get some pretty cool things with combination of abilities. hope you enjoy it. If you like it buy some of the expansions.

i have a ton of sets and figs and whatnot, it is great for breaking people into mini games. example i had a buddy who plays rpg's but was dead set against playing miniature games (still dont know why) but i got him to play this game and he loved it lock stock and barrel. well when i broke it to him that the game he loved so much was a miniatures game he just stopped and looked at it like he was trying to figure out a way that it wasnt one.....needless to say now all he wants to do is play mini's games so ya it is a great one to break people into mini games

if you guys get bored with the guys u have you can go to the heroscape website and clip copy the cards and then just proxy the minis. i got business card stock went to the site and looked at some of the cards and right clicked em to save em to my hard drive then just printed em out and had a ton of new options.

the site also has adventures and layouts and a ton of cool stuff so go check out the web site

Yep, already had a quick look at it. Also found on Youtube some vids to make your own cards. Here is one where he create a card with some Tau Firewarriors. First i got to read the master rules & play it for a while before i get to this.

Hey sorry to bring up a dead post but I got 2 master sets of series 2, some dragon expansion , a castle expansion, a bridge expansion and two arctic expansion, everything as 65% off at Toy's r Us last week so it was a bargain that I couldn't pass up and I did play it with my son and G/F, we all liked it, My daughter didn't play it but she had fun creating the board.

Another great game is Wings of War, I do recommend getting a few of the mini planes for the game as it adds to the overall feel of the game