The Greek Mythology Customs Thread

[Killer Lawnmower]

Welcome to the new Greek Mythology Customs Thread!

Our Goals:
-To create balanced customs based on events and characters from ancient Greek Mythology that can be used in a competative setting.
-Have fun!!

Format:
-We will release new "waves" based on the customs we create with the same requirements and format as the waves released by Hasbro/WotC.
-There will be a group of 4-6 members who review the nominated customs and critique them and catogorize them into the wave they fit in(explained later).
-Anyone can submit their Greek Mythology customs as long as they are accurate to there description from myths(Flame Gryphon can critique that for the most part).

Waves:
-Waves will have have a title based on a time period or event from greek mythology(ex. Trojan War).
-Each wave will have approx. 5 unique heroes, 3-5 squads, and maybe some common/uncommon heroes.

Process:
-A member creates a custom and playtests at least once and makes a few major changes, depending on how good it was originally.
-That member submits their custom here.
-The committee members review, playtest, and change the card as needed.
-A minimum of 8 playtests is required before the card is passed. There must be at least 1 playtest from 4 different players. 2 of those players must be on the committee.
-The card is passed by a vote of 4+(of 6)and categorized into which wave it will be a part of.
-Someone(FG) will find minis and make the card.

Committee:
1. Killer Lawnmower
2. Flame Gryphon
3. killercactus
4. Killz
5. CapnRedChops

Master Set:
Terrain-wise: MS 1 requirements
Figures:
2x common squad A (3 figs);
2x common squad B (3 figs);
unique squad A (2-3 figs);
unique squad B (2-3 figs);
8x unique heroes;
2x Uncommon monster A;
2x uncommon monster B.

Wave 1: Labors of Heracles

Lernean Hydra-Flame Gryphon
Heracles
Stymphalian Birds (Squad)
Nemean Lion
Cerberus
Ceryneian Hind
Erymanthian Boar
Poseidon's Bull
Orthrus
Man-Eating Mares of Diomedes
Hippolyta
Amazons/Amazonian Warriors (Squad)
Geryon
Antaeus

Units being Reviewed:
Lernean Hydra-Flame Gryphon

Units Passed:
Sirens -- CapnRedChops

Spoiler Alert!

[killercactus]

More Wave ideas:

The Odyssey
The Quest for the Golden Fleece (or the Argonauts)

Perseus' Heroics
Theseus' Heroics

These 2 may be able to be combined into a Wave. I can't remember much of what Perseus did except kill Medusa. With Theseus though there's the Minotaur and the whole Labyrinth thing (which even leads into Deadalus and Icarus), and he goes into the underworld and gets stuck on that chair.

Oedipus Rex
The Labors of Heracles (probably a good Master Set - lots of stuff here)
Bellerophon and the Chimaera

[Karat]

You can count me in, and perhaps a good wave or possibly even master set could be themed around the labyrinth

You have a typo above, instead of are committee it should be our committee

[Mnygaard]

Oh, man - you have no idea how much this warms my heart! I'm a big fan of Greek mythology. So big, in fact, that I wrote an entire RPG setting based around it (see sig).
I'd love to participate in the work, especially if you want some background blurbs or biographies. I'm not the greatest strategist or system smith, but I'll see if I can't make a few customs anyhow.

Magnus

[Flame Gryphon]

I suggest we do the Labors of Heracles. We need to start somewhere, and this is a story most, if not all, would recognize.

[Killz]

Count me in!
Would we do large expansion terrain packs, as in:
Labyrinth of the Minotaur?

[Flame Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Killz

Count me in!
Would we do large expansion terrain packs, as in:
Labyrinth of the Minotaur?

I think that would be interesting, but it would have to use things almost all people can buy at stores, such as the columns by Grishnakh.

[Killer Lawnmower]

Ok, sounds like there's a lot of ideas. How about we start out with a basic MS with a bunch of characters that don't fit perfectly into an event. Maybe 12-16 units?? Then we could have 1-2 large expansions and 3-6 waves depending on how fast we run out of ideas.

We would then need to figure out what terrain is used in the larger sets. I would say rock tiles and maybe some dungeon...

Edit:
Also, if you would like to be on the main playtesting committee, send me a PM and just give a quick explanation of why you would like to be on it...I wont pick right away. I'll wait till more people find this.

Again, if anyone could write a blog about this, please do.

[Flame Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Killer Lawnmower

Ok, sounds like there's a lot of ideas. How about we start out with a basic MS with a bunch of characters that don't fit perfectly into an event. Maybe 12-16 units?? Then we could have 1-2 large expansions and 3-6 waves depending on how fast we run out of ideas.

We would then need to figure out what terrain is used in the larger sets. I would say rock tiles and maybe some dungeon...

Maybe, but I think the master set needs to be a basics of Mythology sort of thing, a story everyone would recognize. Or maybe one that has characters from different myths to reach a wider audience?

EDIT: Also, I was hoping we could have this be Mythology in general, and have a Norse, Egyptian, Celtic, and Greek Master Sets as a starting goal.

EDIT 2: I think we should have a C3G approach, and have each of these for each card;

1. Figure, Master Card
2. Art, Master Card
3. Figure, Basic Card
4. Art, Basic Card

Also, we need someone to do the cards, although I think the only card done yet, (Sirens) I did.
Oh, and we need Book of the Sirens, after we address the card issue.

EDIT 3: And Slavic, and Native American....

[Killer Lawnmower]

So you want to include other myths from other cultures as well...We'll see.

I agree with the card thing. Are you able to make them??

And I guess the main thing is, we dont really need a MS or terrain expansions, just Large Fig expansions and waves because we really just want to create new units...

[Flame Gryphon]

Originally Posted by Killer Lawnmower

So you want to include other myths from other cultures as well...We'll see.
Just an idea, because Greek is going to run out eventually.

I agree with the card thing. Are you able to make them??
Yes. All of the ones I stated.

And I guess the main thing is, we dont really need a MS or terrain expansions, just Large Fig expansions and waves because we really just want to create new units...
Okey-Doke

Responses in green.

[Killz]

I agree completely, sounds like an awesome idea, going into other mythology. And I could also help with making the cards art as well.

Originally Posted by Flame Gryphon

Maybe, but I think the master set needs to be a basics of Mythology sort of thing, a story everyone would recognize. Or maybe one that has characters from different myths to reach a wider audience?

EDIT: Also, I was hoping we could have this be Mythology in general, and have a Norse, Egyptian, Celtic, and Greek Master Sets as a starting goal.

EDIT 2: I think we should have a C3G approach, and have each of these for each card;

1. Figure, Master Card
2. Art, Master Card
3. Figure, Basic Card
4. Art, Basic Card

Also, we need someone to do the cards, although I think the only card done yet, (Sirens) I did.
Oh, and we need Book of the Sirens, after we address the card issue.

EDIT 3: And Slavic, and Native American....