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The Game: The newest heroclix set, Avengers, was just released, so we decided to do a "blind box" game. Each player plays with whatever clix they pull out of one booster. This can make for some lop-sided games, but this one actually turned out pretty close.

The Map: We played on the new map from the Legion of Superheros starter set. This was a cool map that had teleportation points near each of the corners of the map. This didn't get used except once in our game, but a cool idea none the less. Also the corner sections and the middle section of the map were lower in elevation that the rest of the map. It created kind of a raised circular walkway. A good map.


The Teams: No more Rookie, Experienced, Veteran, Unique labels for the new clix.

Jeff: Jeff's box had some serious errors in it. Starting with this set, all clix now come with a character card describing powers/abilities and the new special powers. Jeff pulled a Red Skull clix, but it came with a US Agent card. So he wasn't able to use Red Skull's special power since we didn't know exactly what it did. On top of that, he received a Thunderstrike dial with a Wonder Man figure. We called that piece Wonderstrike to help differentiate it from his other Thunderstrike clix. He pulled Wonderstrike, Red Skull, Thunderstrike, Hulkling, Ronin.


Dan:I pulled the monster booster of the night. Uniques were replaced with "Super Rare" pieces. I guess the pull ratio on a super rare is about 1:50 boosters. I got "super" lucky and pull one of the most sought after clix of this set: Ultimate Hulk (Ares is the other in demand super rare). What a great Hulk clix. I had a ton of fun playing him, but I put him up on eBay after seeing the price he is going for ($30-$50). Not bad for a hunk of plastic. I gotta have some extra cash for the Chicago Comic Convention in August! I pulled Piledriver, Lionheart, Baron Zemo, Moon Knight, and Ultimate Hulk.


Chris: Chris had a nice booster pull with some interesting clix. Hulkling, Ultimate Quicksilver, Ultimate Abomination, Ultimate Captain Britian, and Scarlet Witch.


Adam: After seeing a 187 point Ultimate Hulk and a 150 point Ultimate Abomination on the board, at first glance Adam's team seemed very under powered. He managed to hang in for the full game by playing smart (which he always does). Taskmaster, Ultimate Captain Britian, Darkhawk, Piledriver, and Union Jack.


Game Highlights

Turn Order: Jeff, Dan, Chris, Adam

Jeff:
Average Roll: 6.5
Number of Rolls: 16
Number of Hits: 8
Hit Percentage: 50%
Damage Dealt (after reducers): 15 clicks
Average Hit Percentage (9 games): 52%
Damage Dealt (9 games): 170 clicks
Average Roll (9 games): 7.16
Average Number of Rolls per Game (9 games): 17
Average Number of Hits per Game (9 games): 9

Dan:
Average Roll: 7.4
Number of Rolls: 25
Number of Hits: 20
Hit Percentage: 80%
Damage Dealt (after reducers): 46 clicks
Average Hit Percentage (9 games): 55%
Damage Dealt (9 games): 222 clicks
Average Roll (9 games): 7.05
Average Number of Rolls per Game (9 games): 19
Average Number of Hits per Game (9 games): 11

Chris:
Average Roll: 7.2
Number of Rolls: 20
Number of Hits: 9
Hit Percentage: 45%
Damage Dealt (after reducers): 15 clicks
Average Hit Percentage (9 games): 44%
Damage Dealt (9 games): 114 clicks
Average Roll (9 games): 6.91
Average Number of Rolls per Game (9 games): 14
Average Number of Hits per Game (9 games): 6

Adam:
Average Roll: 7.76
Number of Rolls: 28
Number of Hits: 22
Hit Percentage: 79%
Damage Dealt (after reducers): 41 clicks
Average Hit Percentage (9 games): 68%
Damage Dealt (9 games): 310 clicks
Average Roll (9 games): 7.11
Average Number of Rolls per Game (9 games): 22
Average Number of Hits per Game (9 games): 15

Critical Hits: Lots of crit hits and misses this game. Adam and Chris both had two critical hits. Chris rolled back to back crit hits with Quicksilver hypersonic punching Wonderstrike both times. Adam used Darkhawk to land a critical hit on my Baron Zemo. His other crit was Taskmaster on Abomination I think.

Critical Misses: Ready, here we go: Jeff's Ronin stabbed himself with a throwing star instead of hitting my Lionheart; My Baron Zemo's gun backfired when trying to running shot Chris's Scarlet Witch; Chris's Abomination had a crit miss on Adam's Taskmaster; Union Jack had a bullet ricochet back when attempting to running shot my Moon Knight; Chris's Quicksilver lost his balance when trying to hypersonic punch Jeff's Wonderstrike. Whew. That was five crit misses in that game.

First Hit: Chris's Quicksilver races down the stairs to the center of the map to deal 2 damage to Moon Knight.

Most Damage in a Single Attack: Once again no one attack stood out from the rest. There were four different attacks that each did four damage.

Hardest to Hit: I charged my Hulk into the mass of Chris's team fairly early in the game. Hulks starting defense was nice and high, and being a giant figure means it is alot harder to get close enough to hit if you don't have range.


M.V.C.: I would say Chris's Quicksilver was the MVC just because no one could get to him to land a hit. He would race around a corner, hit someone and then race back behind cover. It wasn't until the end of the game that Quicksilver was KO'ed since he was the only character on the board with Hypersonic Speed.

Game Summary: Jeff and I moved to the center of the map early on while trading shots at each other. Chris moved up beside me until I slowed his team down by dropping Hulk in the middle of it. Adam sat back for a round to assess the situation. Mid-point in the game saw Chris's team still preocuppied with my Hulk. Half of my team was targeting Chris while the other half fought with Jeff's team. Jeff had also split his attention between me and Adam. Adam moved most of his team up towards the Abomination/Hulk throwdown. He also pinned down Jeff's Red Skull and Ronin. Late in the game Hulk was KO'd after landing some good hits on Chris's team. The other giant piece on the board, Chris's Abomination fell a round or two later. I was the first one out of the game. The focus then shifted to trying to stop Chris's Quicksilver. It took a few tries to stop him. It came down to Jeff and Adam, with Jeff's Wonderstrike being the sole survivor and victor!