WizKids has just released the latest Player’s Guides and Tournament Rules for HeroClix, and there are some big changes afoot. Of most interest to me was the cleaning up of the Horde rules (which work pretty much as they should), but more significant to all the players around here are the changes to the Modern Age sets.
From July 1st, Web of Spiderman (i.e. Nightcrawler) is no longer legal. We still have a couple of IG tournaments where you’ll see him, but following that it’s a big goodbye to one of the most annoying figures in the format.
Also: New Alternative Team Abilities!
Oh, and the Lord of the Rings maps are legal in all tournaments, though the Star Trek maps aren’t. There is a brief reference to an “Alternative Age”, but it looks like all other references to this have been deleted. (I guess that they were planning a format where ALL Heroclix figures were legal, but there were problems that caused such not to occur).