wednesday game night 03.14.07

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The Game: Heroclix. 400 point teams. No special rules.

The Map: Something different for us: A flat map. We usually have the whole 3-d terrain thing going, but tonight we wanted to try out the new map that came out with the new Origins set. This is a map of the JSA museum. It is pretty cool, with lots of walls to block those long range attacks and plenty of hindering terrain to hide in.

The Teams:

Jeff: A whole lotta green on this team. Jeff's team was a St. Patrick's Day Theme team. Green Arrow(Rookie), Swamp Thing (Experienced), Legionnaire pog, Martian Manhunter (Experienced), Ambush Bug (Unique) and Knockout (Rookie).

Adam: Justice Society of America. A perfect fit for this map! Hourman(Veteran), Hawkman(Veteran), Stargirl (Veteran), Mr. Terrific (Veteran), Hawkgirl (Experienced) and Dr. Mid-nite (Veteran).

Chris: Aside from a character from Invincible, this was a team comprised of figures from the newest heroclix set DC Origins. Angstrom Levy (Experienced), Gentleman Ghost (Unique), Phantom Lady (Experienced), Mister Miracle (Rookie), Robotman (Rookie) and Copperhead (Experienced).

Me: I went with a theme team featuring some of Marvel's lady mutants. Storm (Veteran), Diamond Lil (Veteran), Polaris (Veteran), Ultimate Dazzler (Veteran), Meggan (Veteran) and Sage (Experienced).

Game Highlights:

My Favorite Theme Team: Jeff's St. Patty's Day Green Team

Turn Order: Jeff, Dan, Chris, Adam

The game started off right away with two different battles: Chris vs. Adam (near the boat on the bottom right of the map pic), and Me vs. Jeff (mostly the top middle section of the map pic).

First Hit: Me using Storm to zap Jeff's Swam Thing for 4 damage after Sage outwitted his Impervious defensive power. This happened about the 3rd round.

Gutsiest Move of the Night: Chris rushing Mister Miracle and Robotman right into the middle of Adam's team. To my surprise neither of those two clix took a hit on Adam's next turn. It ended up pinning Adam down to force him to duke it out right there.

Most Damage in a Single Attack: A little later in the game Adam used Hawkman to swoop in on Chris's Phantom Lady for 5 damage (critical hit). Ouch.

Critical Hits: There were a couple crit hits in this game: The one just mentioned above was the first. Chris rolled a critical hit with Angstrom Levy, who was hiding behind a statue. He pegged Adam's Mr. Terrific for 3 damage. Adam rolled another critical hit, but this time with Hawkgirl. Chris's Gentleman Ghost was no more, taking 3 damage for the KO.

Critical Misses: Well you can't blame Adam for having a balanced game. Not only did he score two critical hits, but he also got the only two critical misses! Very frustrating. Crit miss number one happened on his first turn when Stargirl missed a running shot blast on Copperhead. Maybe it was the target that was the jinx. Hawkgirl also had a critical miss on Copperhead too.

I happened to roll very good most of the night. That combined with Jeff's lower rolls gave me the edge in our battle. I began to move my team over to the Adam vs. Chris battle and started to lay some hits on Adam's guys. By this point it was getting late so Adam and Chris graciously conceded. I never expected the team I picked to do as well as it did!