Diablo III with your kids on a table? Lego Heroica!

The road length to Diablo III is still damn long unknown, so what's better than finding some nice alternatives to kill the time while we wait? For those who -like me- have children... here's an awesome solution: Lego Heroica. With multiple dungeons/scenarios. And classes. And loot.

I'm not kidding you, Heroica is a board game with very simple rules and lots of replayability. Think about a nice Flash game translated to real life: simple, easy and somewhat addictive... with no privacy or payment problems. Choose among 6 classes (Barbarian, Wizard, Druid, ...) and face the goblins inside 4 preset scenarios.

Much like Diablo, Heroica can offer random levels. Just add more pieces, add some imagination and creativity and let the fun begin. Players can fight their way to the boss or play against another player, who will control the "bad guys" (a kind of ultra-simple Dungeons and Dragons).

The game features loot too, yes: gold, potions, gear, treasure chests, ... I can't wait to prepare a table-sized dungeon for my older kid. He already begs me to watch the monitor when I play Titan Quest (yet another great placeholder while waiting for Diablo III) so I bet he will have a lot of fun actually moving heroes and acquiring some "real" loot.