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Originally Posted by Tornado

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT (Rat Swarm)

- THEME TEST/ Check to see if there are any powers or stats on the test unit card that does not accurately reflect the theme or likeness of what the character would and could do. Also consider destructible objects, and whether or not this characters powers should affect them.
Pass

- MIRROR TEST/ Check to see if the unit were played against itself, if there would be any loops that would upset the balance of the Game.
Pass

- BONDING TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing Bonding abilities to make sure there are no continual Bonding possibilities that do not stop appropriately or do not stop at all. This is to prevent loops in Bonding.
Pass, This unit could use some bonding.

- SYNERGIES TEST/ Compare the unit card with all possible currently existing synergies to make sure there are no factors that could break the game by making any unit to powerful or too weak.
Pass, Could use some more synergy.

- POWER CHECK/ Consider the test unit and all existing units and all glyphs to compare to and check for any powers that could be over amplified and break the game. Each power must define when it takes place, who or what it affects, and What are the stipulations on the power if there are any.
Pass

- FUN TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play.
Pass, but barely.

- FUN COMPETITIVE TEST/ Consider whether or not the design was fun to play against.
Pass

- DRAFTING TEST/ Consider whether or not this design is worth drafting.
Fail, I see no reason to draft them without some other unit that that would give them some better synergy.

- USAGE TEST/ Consider whether or not all of the powers on this card were used or at least usable.
Pass

- STRATEGY TEST/ Consider whether or not the design offers any real strategy or interesting tactics to the overall game.
Pass, again barely. Very difficult to execute.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes.
- What should be the unit's point value? .10 points is perfect
- Give a brief overview. .Red Tornado single handed, kept this one close and fun.
Map: .Fulcrum
Units: Rat Swarm x11, Doombot, Red Tornado (505) vs.
Mole Man, Moloid x10, Wonder Woman (500).

Spoiler Alert!

(summary).
R1: Red Tornado flies sideways and moves six Rat Swarms via Air Elemental Flying. Wonder Woman flies up to high ground. Red Tornado moves five Rat Swarms. Mole Man uses tunnel surprise to move him and four Moloids to high ground. Red Tornado moves four RatSwarms. Mole Man destroys a Rat Swarm. Seven Moloids move up from the back ranks.

R2: Mole Man destroys a Rat Swarm. Seven Mooids move in and attack but fail to wound. Rat Swarms move in and Plague a Moloid. Mole Man misses a Rat Swarm. Five Moloids move in and attack, and destroy one Rat Swarm. Rats move and fail five Plague rolls. Mole Man destroys a Rat. Seven Moloids move and attack, destroying two Rat Swarms. Rats move and Plague, destroying one Moloid.

R3: Mole Man destroys a Rat Swarm. Five Moloids move and attack, destroying a Rat. Red Tornado flies off and destroys two Moloids with Tornado Force SA. Mole Man destroys a rat. The six remaining Moloids move and attack, destroying a rat. Red Tornado flies back to high ground and destroys two Moloids with Tornado Force SA. Wonder Woman destroys a Rat. Red Tornado flies in and fails to wound Wonder Woman.

R4: Red Tornado moves Wonder Woman to low ground via Air Elemental Flying and 4wounds her. WW moves back up and wounds Red Tornado. Red Tornado moves Wonder Woman to low ground via Air Elemental Flying and 3wounds her destroying WW. Red Tornado misses Mole Man.

R5: Red Tornado misses Mole Man. MM misses Red Tornado. Moloids 2wound RT. Red Tornado moves Mole Man and Moloids via Air Elemental Flying and wounds MM. Mole Man moves back up and 2wounds RT. Moloids miss RT. Red Tornado moves Mole Man and Moloids via Air Elemental Flying and 2wounds MM. Mole Man moves back and wounds Red Tornado, destroying him. Moloids move and destroy the last Rat Swarm and wound Doombot.

R6: Doombot survives a swipe from a Moloid and flies next to Mole Man, attacks and destroys MM. Moloids rush in for vengeance. but miss Doombot who destroys a Moloid. Moloids destroy Doombot.

Plague rolls: 2 for 12


Who won and how many wounds did they have? 3 Moloids .

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes.
- What should be the unit's point value? .10
- Give a brief overview. Once again Red Tornado saves the day and the fun.
Map: Fulcrum.
Units: Rat Swarm x16, Martian Manhunter, Red Tornado (760) vs. Body Guard x11, Deadpool, Ventriloquist, Mad Hatter, & Harley Quinn (760).

Spoiler Alert!

(summary).
R1: Martian Manhunter flies to high ground and uses Telepathic Directive to move Red Tornado who moves 3 Rat Swarms via Air Eemental Flying. Deadpool moves in, followed by Harley Quinn. Martian Manhunter 3wounds Deadpool (Wisecrack[17]) . Telepathic Directive gets no blanks. Deadpool moves up and wounds MM, then heals. HQ dashes forth and chucks her Smilex Bomb into the enemy start zone, 3wounding Red Tornado and destroying eight Rat Swarms. MM flies to high ground and wounds Deadpool. Telepathic Directive moves Red Tornado(who moves two Rat Swarms) and a Rat Swarm. Deadpool wounds Martian Manhunter then heals. HQ destroys a Rat Swarm. Deadpool heals.

R2: Martian Manhunter misses Deadpool. Telepathic Directive moves Red Tornad(who moves 3 Rat Swarms) and a Rat Swarm. Deadpool missess MM then heals to full. HQ destroys another Rat swarm. MM 2wounds Deadpool. TD moves Red Tornado(who moves two Rat Swarms) and four Rat Swarms. Deadpool misses MM and heals. HQ destroys a Rat Swarm. MM misses Deadpool. TD moves Red Tornado(who moves two Rat Swarms). Deadpool wounds MM and heals to full again. HQ destroys yet another Rat Swarm (12 so far single handed).

R3: Deadpool wounds Red Tornado. HQ misses a Rat Swarm for once. Red Tornado moves Deadpool and then inficts 5wounds, destroying him. Red Tornado moves towards the enemy start zone and 2wounds Ventrioquist with Tornado Force SA. RT destroys Ventriloquist and 2wounds Mad Hatter with TFSA.

R4: Red Tornado flies about and moves 3 Bodyguards then wounds Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter moves 3 Bodyguards and Hat Tricks Red Tornado. HQ misses a Rat Swarm. MM misses HQ. HQ misses MM. Rat Swarms scurries forth and misses Plague on HQ. HQ misses MM.

R5: MM flies to high ground and misses HQ. Telepathic Directive moves two Rat Swarms.
Mad Hatter moves 3 Bodyguards. HQ misses MM who misses HQ. HQ wounds Martian Manhunter, destroying him. Bodyguard destroys a Rat Swarm. Rats move and hit 2 out of 4 Plagues, destroying two Bodyguards. A Rat Swarm attacks and destroys a Bodyguard.

R6: Bodyguard misses Rat Swarm. Rats move and miss two Plague rolls and attacks and destroys a Bodyguard. Bodyguard misses Rat Swarm which move in and misses three Plague rolls. Rat Swarm misses a Bodyguard which destroys a Rat Swarm. Rats hit on one of two Plague rolls, destroying a Bodyguard. Rat Swarm attacks and destroys a Bodyguard.

R7: Rats move and miss two Plagues. Rats miss Mad Hatter. Bodyguard misses a Rat. Rats miss two more Plagues and attack and destroy Mad Hatter. Bodyguard destroys a Rat. Last Rat Swarm misses Plague and attack. Bodyguard destroys last Rat Swarm.

R8: Bodyguard misses twice and then wounds Red Tornado removing Hat Trick.

R9: Red Tornado flies to a nearby hill and destroys two Bodyguards with Tornado Force SA. Bodyguard misses Red T, who flies over and destroys two more Bodyguards with TFSA. Bodyguard moves in. Red T flies to high ground and misses one Bodyguard with TFSA.
Bodyguard moves in and misses Red Tornado.

R10: Red Tornado misses Bodyguard who moves up and misses Red T. Red T finishes off the last Body Guard. HQ moves in. Red T misses Harley Quinn with TFSA. HQ misses Red T.

R11: HQ misses Red T. Red T 3wounds HQ. HQ misses Red T who misses HQ. HQ misses again and Red Tornado does not, destroying Harley Quinn. sheesh finally

Plague rolls: 4 for 17

Who won and how many wounds did they have? .
Red Tornado wins with ONE Life remaining.

The problem with this unit is its lack of synergy. Moloids have Mole Man. Fire Ants have Ant-Man. Rat Swarms need a Rat-Man!
The second test could have went a little different if Deadpool's Wisecrack did not stop Martian Manhunter from attacking Harey Quinn. Of course she would have needed to fail her defense roll also. That Smilex Bomb wiped out half the Rat Swarms and halved Red Tornado, who came back for the win amazingly. Love Red Tornado!!

I would like to try these again with some sort of leader. On the positive note, these were some of the closest Playtests ever for me. It kept looking like one side would crush the other but somehow it all balanced nicely. I think the issue is the lack of movement. Even with Red Tornado and Martian Manhunter moving them around, it was just really difficult to 'swarm' with them. On top of that is the potential to Plague your own figures, unless you want all Androids, which is a hefty build restriction. I am really hoping that something else is in the works for this design.

As always let me know if you want or need additional tests.

Looks solid. I wouldn't draft these other than a filler without the Hero I have coming that will synergize with them. Just keep an eye out in the Playtest Sign Up for my next design.