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Too Many Puppies!

Anubian Wolves. Most of us have them, some of us have alot of them because the 4th are pretty good, and they happen to be one of my favorite units. The recent activity in the Book of the Anubian Wolves has gotten me thinking about whether or not we can make a tournament ready AW army. I feel like they're one of those units that's really pretty good, but the community's just . . . apprehensive about playing them. (Similar to the Ninjas of the North Wind, and a couple other I can't think of at the moment.)

People tend to get to fixated on their "reliance" on the d20. Personally, I think their six move and four defense is where thier real value lies. They're normally going to have either three or four attack, which is pretty darned good with the rest of thier stats. Sure sometimes you'll get that one and lose a turn, other times you'll get the big roll and go nuts (though I've found they happen more often when you don't...

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Why I Hate Raelin

Now it may supprise some people to know that I had owned my copy of Rise of the Valkyrie for nearly two years before I ever used Raelin. I came to Heroscape after playing Magic for a long time (I had been playing Legacy format tournaments back when the format was still called 1.5), and in Magic (generally speaking) cards that do something to your oppenent to help you win are better than cards that just protect your stuff. So when I first got a look at her card, I knew there were better things I could to with 80pts.

Flash forward a year or so, and I get a call from a friend that I hadn't seen in a couple years. We talk, and eventually he says, "I'm playing this awsome new game. It's called Heroscape . . . ." So we get together and play some gamesj and he tells me about the website. I come on and lurk for about a year, and I see alot of love (and hate) for Raelin.

So eventually I try her out with some...