Perhaps the most beloved off all of Wizkids’ tabletop games was HeroClix, a miniatures game that featured battles between comic book characters including Batman, Judge Dredd and even Santa. Collectible miniatures games, even those with high sales and beloved by fans, just don’t seem to survive and HeroClix was no exception, ceasing production after a mere six years.

WizKids’ comic-based collectible miniatures game HeroClix uses little plastic men to represent titanic battles between superheroes. Characters available range from comic legends such as Captain America and Superman to to the heroes of Delta Squad from Gears of War. Now you’ll be able to play even at times when you can’t get your local group together. WizKids has announced HeroClix Online. The game will present a 3D virtual tabletop and support tournaments for up to 64 players. Winning players will get prizes including special figures.

It’s been a very long time since Star Trek has had a decent board or tabletop game, but WizKids hopes to cash in the success of the 2009 movie reboot with Star Trek Expeditions when the game comes out June 15. 2011.

Epic Games’ Gears of War franchise has conquered video games, branched into comic books and now will go toe-to-toe with comic characters in HeroClix.

The collectible miniatures game primarily focuses on mainstream comic book heroes – Superman and The Incredible Hulk – but is incorporating other properties. The game places miniatures on a grid map and unleashes them in turn-based battles. The maps range from generic locations including back alleys to comic-specific locales including the Justice Society of America headquarters. Six-sided dice help determine the outcome of attacks and the success of superpowers, along with attack and defense values on the figure dials.

It’s your friendly annual reminder to go out and visit your friendly neighborhood comic shop and pick up some free comics.

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that takes place the first Saturday in May (May 1, 2010) to help generate – or regenerate – interest in comic books.

A lot of the big comic companies release titles for the day and, depending on your shop, you can often find a few decent indies as well. Some even dump out those quarter boxes simply to get them out of the store.

As we saw at ComiCon, many companies are producing Halo tie-in products from inexpensive stickers to pricey life-size replicas. Somewhere in the middle are the affordable fun stuffs, like WizKids’ Halo ActionClix.

Being released a week before the Xbox 360 Halo 3 game in September 2007, fans can start collecting colorful 3D plastic miniatures based on the Clix tabletop game franchise. Each pack runs $10, but you get 4 game figures, 4 stat cards, 2 tiny dice and…