LOST: The Game & Heroscape

Okay, I have not gotten caught up in the whole "LOST" phenomemon. I don't watch the TV show. Never sounded interesting. (I don't watch 24 either. I do watch Stargate (SG1 and Atlantis), Battlestar Galactica, Eureka, Rescue Me and Life on Mars. Different strokes and all that...) But LOST: The Game has been getting some good buzz over on BoardGameGeek and the price is low enough to take a chance on. So I went out to my local Wal-Mart and picked up a copy of LOST: The Game. Of course, that's not the whole story...

First I went to my local Target store. I prefer Target to Wal-Mart so I always check Target first. Target did not have LOST: The Game on the shelf. But they did have:

HeroScape Expansion Set: Raknar's Vision.

I didn't go into Target looking for this new Heroscape expansion, but there it was... and the set contains "5 Large Detailed Figures", so even though I haven't played Heroscape in over a year and haven't bought any of the more recent Heroscape expansions, I just had to get this expansion. The "5 Large Detailed Figures" looked really cool!

I then I noticed (on the back of the package) that there is a new Heroscape Tundra Terrain Pack. Looking at the shelf I saw:

HeroScape Expansion Set: Thaelenk Tundra.

Well. I already have the "Hot Lave Death" terrain pack, so now I have to get the Tundra pack, right? Right.

Ah, but the story is not over. Remember I was looking for the LOST boardgame? After striking out at Target, I decided I'd check Wal-Mart. Not my favorite store but beggers can't be choosers, can we? So what's the first thing I see when I walk up to the boardgame section of Wal-Mart?

HeroScape Expansion Set: Fortress of the Archkyrie

This is the "Castle" expansion that was first shown at GENCON last year (2005). It's out! I can't pass up the castle expansion, can I? No, I can't.

Oh yeah, and Wal-Mart did have a copy of LOST: The Game on the shelf, so I grabbed that too. So I went out looking for a boardgame and ended up with three Heroscape expansions and the boardgame I was looking for. The LOST game was actually the least expensive item of the bunch!

As far as LOST: The Game goes, I haven't had done more than open the tin and look at the bits, but I have high hopes for the game. From what I've heard so far, it might be a pretty good game.

Thanks for reading.