[Lazy Orang]

- Theme Test - Definite Pass - He feels just like the character from Infinity War - gaining godlike powers from each Stone, and questing to get them all so he can perform his snap, which is the single most deadly ability in the game, as it deserves to be. Love him.
- Mirror Test - Pass, though that would make for one bloody weird game...
- Bonding Test - Pass - As an Event Hero, he doesn’t even synergise with the Arthrians - no synergy here. Hopefully this will change with the Black Order and the Chitauri, but we can worry about that when we get to them.
- Synergies Test - Pass - see above.
- Power Check - Pass - Obviously, the gems end up giving him godlike power once he’s got the best of them, and he does have an ability that has a 50% chance of auto-killing anyone not immune to auto-death, but he’s priced fairly for all of that - he’s a one man army, but, as testified by three losses, beatable.
- Fun Test - Definite Pass - Oh, my god, yes! Collecting the Infinity Stones, unleashing their power individually and then snapping your fingers before rolling the D20 against everyone on the field to see if their among the 50% wiped out is an absolute blast. I’m really happy with him.
- Fun Competitive Test - Definite Pass - He feels fun to play against. There’s a certain desperation to fighting him, and everyone who faces him feels outmatched individually, but it’s not impossible to fight him if your whole army works together to do it - one place this design plays fast and loose with the theme is not imparting quite the sense of hopelessness to his opponent that his film counterpart does (can’t speak to the comic version, but I can’t imagine it being much different), but that wouldn’t be fun, and he’s still appropriately terrifying.
- Drafting Test - Pass - Obviously, not too often, he is 1,200 points after all, but I can definitely see myself bringing this guy out quite a bit, and for big, special occassion, epic-level event games? Oh my.
- Usage Test - Tentative Pass - For an Infinity Stone, the Mind Stone is... kind of wimpy, but we can’t do anything about that now and all the other Infinity Stones and all his powers got regular use.
- Strategy Test - Pass - This guy dictates the strategy of the whole game - between all players deciding which Stone to place and where when they get their chance, to Thanos trying to hunt them down to the best of his ability while everyone else tries to keep them from him, to actually making use of the Infinity Stones, both with Thanos himself and when an opponent manages to pick one up and try to use it against him, to the impact of the fact that his first death will straight up end the round, meaning that OMs get to be replaced, initiative is rolled again, and, if early enough, oh, look, there’s another Infinity Stone popped up... pretty bloody strategic.


Name Of The Playtest Unit: Thanos (Infinity Quest)
Army Test 1
Map: Sirocco (no glyphs)
Armies:
Thanos (Infinity Quest) (1,200 points)
vs.
Star-Lord, Gamora, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon (vI), Hawkgirl (1,200 points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Thanos’s performance:
Wounds inflicted through normal attacks: 5 on Star-Lord, 4 on Hawkgirl, 4 on Nebula, 3 on Gamora
Times Gems placed: Space placed at start by Guardians; Power placed at start by Thanos; Time claimed in Gauntlet at start; Mind placed at the end of Round One by Guardians; Reality placed at the end of Round Two by Thanos;, Soul placed at the end of Round Three by Guardians
Times Gems claimed: Time claimed at start of battle; Power claimed Round One; Turn Two; Space claimed Round One, Turn Four; Mind claimed Round Two, Turn One; Reality claimed Round Three, Turn Two
Order Markers moved with Reality Gem: The X from Nebula to Hawkgirl in Round Three, OM 3 moved from Gamora to Rocket in Round Four
Figures placed and activated with Soul Gem: None
Times moved with Space Gem: Once on the second turn of Round Three, once on the second turn of Round Four (also used by Star-Lord on the third turn of Round One to teleport himself, Gamora and Nebula)
Times OMs viewed with Mind Gem: None
Extra wounds inflicted thanks to Power Gem: 1 on Star-Lord, 2 on Hawkgirl, 1 on Nebula, 2 on Gamora
Extra turns taken thanks to Time Gem: Four
Snap used on the second turn of Round Four.
Figures erased with the Snap: Nebula
Rewritten Death used after Thanos is ‘killed’ by Gamora in the fourth turn of Round Two

The Guardians place the Space Stone towards their side of the battlefield, and Thanos places the Power Stone on the western hill, and comes to the battle with the Time Stone already equipped.

Round One

Star-Lord advances and claims the Space Stone.
Thanos flies west and claims the Power Stone.
Star-Lord uses the Space Stone to move to Thanos’s hill, teleporting Nebula and Gamora with him - they flank him, taking both equal height spaces next to him.
Thanos flies next to Star-Lord, taking a shot from Rocket on his way in, and strikes him, inflicting three wounds, one of which is thanks to his Power Gem, causing him to drop the Space Stone. Thanos activates the Time Stone to take an additional turn, disengaging from Nebula, who strikes him for a wound, to claim the Space Stone, before striking Star-Lord, who fortunately evades the blow.
Star-Lord opens fire on Thanos with his Distracting Fire, inflicting a wound and allowing Rocket to advance.
Thanos decks Star-Lord with a single blow, annihilating him.
The Guardians place the Mind Gem near the main combat, in a level one alcove just behind the hill - now Thanos has the Space Stone, keeping the Stones far away won’t keep him from them and will just make him hard to chase, but placing them where he’ll be vulnerable if he wants to claim them? That’s worth doing.

Round Two

Thanos claims the initiative, claims the Mind Stone and blasts Gamora from low ground to no avail.
Hawkgirl swoops forwards, crashing into Thanos, striking him twice from height and inflicting three wounds.
Thanos claims height on Hawkgirl, striking her with an absolutely devastating, seven skull blow, inflicting four wounds, leaving her close to death and knocking her backwards. He activates the Time Stone and strikes his unfavoured daughter with a five skull blow, knocking her backwards and inflicting four wounds.
Gamora strikes her ‘father’ with a devastating blow, which he fails to block effectively, seemingly decapitating him... as the enormity of what just happens begins to sink in, his death proves to have been nothing of the sort, and he stands before her again, the picture of health. The round ends, and the Reality Stone appears on the south-eastern hill.

Round Three

The Guardians claim the initiative, and Gamora, desperate, strikes her father again, but her blow is poor, and he blocks it disdainfully. Nebula, desperate for vengeance, charges him and inflicts two wounds with a Vengeful Strike, but her normal blow is blocked with ease.
Thanos activates the Space Stone, teleporting across the battlefield and claiming the Reality Stone.
Hawkgirl begins to fly east.
Thanos moves the X from Nebula to Hawkgirl, before flying west and blasting Hawkgirl from range. It has no effect, and he activates the Time Stone and engages Hawkgirl, killing her with one blow.
Gamora charges Thanos and strikes him for two wounds.
Thanos strikes Gamora with a devastating seven skull blow, which she blocks valiantly, but not completely, sending his favourite daughter flying backwards and inflicting three wounds.
Gamora heals a wound and the Soul Stone appears on the low ground beside Thanos.

Round Four

The Guardians claim the initiative, and Gamora charges Thanos - she buries her blade into his sternum, and Godslayer triggers, inflicting a total of four wounds... but it’s not quite enough to finish him.
Thanos moves an Order Marker Three from Gamora to Rocket with the Reality Stone before he uses the Space Stone to claim the last Infinity Stone without taking LEAs, before using the Time Stone to give him time to snap... The entire universe holds its breath, as one half of all life simply... ends. Nebula is among them, though Gamora and Rocket survive the snap.
Gamora charges Thanos, and kills him with a single blow. The universe reels in shock and horror.

Guardians of the Galaxy victorious, Gamora 2 wounds, Rocket unwounded.

Overview: I believe that's what's called a Pyrrich Victory... Thanos has fallen, a couple of the Guardians live to fight another day... but, in the end, Thanos completed his quest, and one half of all life has just been erased from the universe.
That was a shockingly fun game! It felt just right for the Thanos I remember from the film - an absolute beast that can take on a whole army, but not absolutely invulnerable (Thor nearly - and could have - killed him, and Gamora thought she managed it, as was the case today), growing in power with each Stone and becoming more and more horrifying, with a clear goal which will be his players absolute focus to achieve and everyone's focus to keep him from managing.
Interestingly, managing a Snap! is no guarantee of victory - it's very, very luck dependent. Here, Thanos, despite being an absolute beast most of the game (honestly, that was an odd number of 7 skull rolls...) only managed to kill Nebula with his snap (and several quadrillion other sapient creatures, but that's not relevant to the game at hand), who was arguably the lowest threat of the remaining Guardians (wounded, weaker than her sister, no numbered Order Markers). If he'd managed to take out Gamora with his snap instead, giving him a free turn and eliminating the biggest threat, he'd have had a better shot at victory... had he killed Gamora and Rocket with the snap and left only Nebula, victory would have been all but inevitable. Then again, just Gamora failing to manage her Godslayer roll could have changed things dramatically at the end there. So, to @japes 's concerns that he voiced earlier that the snap would be an ‘I Win' button with no purpose to fighting beyond it... I'm sure there will be games where that is the case, but it's far from inevitable, powerful as it can be (though, it should be noted, the larger the battle, the stronger the snap becomes...) That game was actually much closer than the final analysis makes it seem.
In the end, Thanos is looking actually quite balanced, at least in lower-cost, just Thanos games.... looking positive so far.

Army Test 2
Map: Conflict Chernobyl (no glyphs)
Armies;
Thanos (Infinity Quest), Lizard, Black Cat, Shadow Thief (1,605 Points)
vs.
Iron Man (Avengers), Captain America (C3G), Drax (vI), Adam Warlock, Luke Cage, Swordsman (1,610 Points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Thanos’s performance:
Wounds inflicted through normal attacks: 4 wounds on Swordsman, 1 on Luke Cage, 4 wounds on Drax
Times Gems placed: Time placed at start by Avengers; Power placed at start by Thanos; Reality claimed in Gauntlet at start; Space placed at the end of Round One by Avengers; Mind placed at the end of Round Two by Avengers;
Order Markers moved with Reality Gem: OM 3 from Adam Warlock to Captain America in Round One, OM 2 from Adam Warlock to Captain America in Round Two.
Figures placed and activated with Soul Gem: Swordsman
Times moved with Space Gem: Once on the firth turn of Round Five (also used by Swordsman on the second turn of Round Three to teleport himself and Luke Cage)
Times OMs viewed with Mind Gem: None
Extra wounds inflicted thanks to Power Gem: 3 on Drax
Extra turns taken thanks to Time Gem: Two (plus one with Tony Stark and one with Luke Cage)
Snap used on the fifth turn of Round Five.
Figures erased with the Snap: Black Cat, Shadow Thief, Luke Cage, Iron Man, Captain America, Adam Warlock.
Rewritten Death used after Thanos is ‘killed’ by Iron Man on the first turn of Round Four

The Avengers place the Time Stone towards their side of the battlefield, on the central height, Thanos places the Power Stone to the south of his start-zone, away from any of his allies, and comes to the battle with the Reality Stone already equipped.
Thanos is Drax’s Nemesis.

Round One

The Avengers claim the initiative thanks to Iron Man’s initiative boost, and Iron Man flies forwards, claiming the Time Stone.
Thanos moves Order Marker 3 from Adam to Captain America, flies south and claims the Power Stone. Drax advances
Stark flies forwards and blasts Black Cat and Lizard each with one shot, inflicting two wounds on Felicia and one on Curt, before using the Time Stone and opening fire again, inflicting a wound on Felicia and two on Lizard.
Lizard charges Stark and lays into him, inflicting two wounds, and Stark drops the Time Stone.
Captain America runs forwards and throws his shield at Lizard.
Lizard Regenerates, healing three wounds.
The Space Stone appears at the western base of the northern hill, closer to the Avengers.

Round Two

The Avengers claim the initiative. Iron Man flies south, slipping away from Lizard, and fires a precise, armour piercing missile (auto-skull) at Thanos, but Thanos tanks it.
Thanos moves Order Marker 2 from Adam Warlock to Captain America, before flying forwards and striking Iron Man, but Stark blocks the blow. Drax advances.
Captain America charges forwards, punching Lizard in the face, rolling all skulls and inflicting four wounds.
Shadow Thief uses his Dimensiometer to slip away from reality.
Swordsman runs forwards and claims the Space Stone. Luke Cage follows him.
Shadow Thief returns to the real world and pries the Soul Stone from Adam Warlock, before fading back with his Dimensiometer.
The Mind Gem appears in the southern river.

Round Three

The Avengers claim the initiative. Iron Man flies to the middle hill, taking a blow from Thanos and dropping the Time Stone. He blasts Lizard, killing him and taking out Thanos’s first turn. He then fires a shot at Thanos, inflicting a wound.
Swordsman uses the Space Gem to teleport himself and Luke Cage to the front line, the central hill next to Cap and Iron Man. Luke charges forwards, picks up the Time Stone and punches Thanos, inflicting two wounds. Luke activates the Time Stone, and Swordsman charges Thanos, laying into him from low ground, inflicting a wound. Luke punches Thanos, inflicting a wound.
Shadow Thief appears next to Thanos and passes him the Soul Stone, which he adds to the Gauntlet. He charges Swordsman and strikes him, but Swordsman retaliates in response, inflicting two wounds.
Swordsman lays into Thanos, inflicing two wounds, and Luke Cage then punches him, inflicting a wound and leaving Thanos close to death.
Thanos strikes Swordsman, killing him with a single blow, causing him to drop the Space Stone. Drax advances

Round Four

The Avengers claim the initiative thanks to Stark’s bonus, and Stark fires a missile that buries itself into Thanos’s brain, detonating and sending the Mad Titan crumpling to the ground... within a moment, however, he rises from the ground and the round ends.

Round Five

The Avengers claim the initiative again thanks to Stark’s bonus, and Iron Man fires another missile at Thanos, inflicting three wounds.
Black Cat runs up, steals the Time Stone from Luke Cage, passes it to Thanos, and strikes Luke to no avail.
Drax advances.
Thanos slips away from Luke Cage, claiming the Space Gem and striking him from low ground, inflicting a wound. Drax engages Thanos.
Drax strikes Thanos for three wounds.
Thanos uses the Space Stone to claim the Mind Stone before using the Time Gem to snap his fingers... and the universe waits. One half of all life simply disolves, among them Black Cat, Shadow Thief, Luke Cage, Tony Stark, Captain America and Adam Warlock. Only Drax and Thanos remain on the battlefield. Drax rushes towards Thanos.
Drax buries a blade into Thanos’s stomach, his whole world turning red with vengeance, inflicting two wounds and leaving the Mad Titan close to death.

Round Six

Thanos claims the initiative, fighting for his life. He moves to equal ground with his deadly foe, striking him with a devastating blow and inflicting three wounds, two of which are thanks to his Power Gem. He activates the Time Gem and strikes again, inflicting another wound thanks to the Power Gem and sending Drax flying into the river. He then conjures the spirit of Swordsman through the Soul Gem, who strikes Drax, but the vengeful hunter blocks. Drax advances towards Thanos.
Drax charges Thanos and claims his head.

Avengers victorious, Drax 4 wounds

Overview: Well, that gives me a warm fuzzy feeling - Thanos has completed his lifelong quest, Drax has finally gained vengeance for his family, a happy ending all round! Well... except for literally the entire rest of the universe, half of whom are dead and the rest of whom have almost certainly lost loved ones. But still, two people are vaguely satisfied! That’s got to count for something, right?
That was a really interesting game. Lizard was dropped far easier than he almost ever does, and Thanos was able to be picked apart quite a bit while trying to obtain the Infinity Stones, and didn't really get enough Order Markers to deal a massive amount of damage. All that was compensated for with one of the most devastating snaps possible, killing four of the remaining enemy heroes. That was definitely on the bell-curve; that was a silly level of luck. Quite nice to see something like that, after the snap's disappointing showing in the first game. Hopefully Test Three will average out a bit more! Again, though, Thanos got oddly unlucky, leaving only the hero who was the biggest threat unaffected by the snap - had any other hero been the sole survivor, he'd likely have won (narrowly, most likely, if it was Adam Warlock - honestly, Adam Warlock might have pulled through, though he wasn't the same level of threat as Drax). As someone who loves stories, though, I got very, very lucky - Drax and Gamora have to be two of the most narratively satisfying characters to put Thanos down, and since they're too, y'know, dead to most likely manage that in Avengers: Endgame, it was nice to see them do it here! Drax duelling Thanos to the death, the last man alive in miles after the snap, was actually a beautifully evocative moment. I know most of you probably don't think about things like this while playing, but I do, damn it, I love stories!
But yeah... that was a really, shockingly close battle, thanks to Thanos's team underperforming before a really good snap. Thanos is feeling... kind of perfect, so far.

Army Test 3
Map: Aurora (no glyphs)
Armies;
Thanos (Infinity Quest), Adam Warlock, Orange Lantern (Lex Luthor), 1x Orange Construct (Stolen Identity) (2,050 Points)
vs.
Odin, Thor, Baldr, 3x Asgardian Warriors, 1x Skrull Infiltrator (2,050 Points)

Spoiler Alert!

Overview of Thanos’s performance:
Wounds inflicted through normal attacks: 8 on Thor, 1 on Odin, 4 on an Asgardian Warrior, 2 on Baldr
Times Gems placed: Space placed at start by Asgard; Power placed at start by Thanos; Time claimed in Gauntlet at start; Mind placed at the end of Round One by Asgard; Reality placed at the end of Round Two by Thanos
Times Gems claimed: Time claimed at start of battle; Power claimed Round One; Turn Two; Space claimed Round One, Turn Six; Soul claimed Round Two, Turn One; Reality claimed Round Three, Turn Two
Order Markers moved with Reality Gem: OM 2 from Odin to Asgardian Warrior in Round Three, X from Odin to an Asgardian Warrior in Round Three, OM 3 from Thor to Odin in Round Four, X from Thor to Odin in Round Four, OM 1 from Odin to Asgardian Warrior in Round Five, OM 2 from Odin to an Asgardian Warrior in Round Five
Figures placed and activated with Soul Gem: Thor (inflicted four wounds on Baldr)
Times moved with Space Gem: Twice on the first turn of Round Three, once on the third turn of Round Four (also used by Asgardian Warrior on the third turn of Round One to teleport himself, Gamora and Nebula and Orange Lantern on the sixth turn of Round One to teleport himself)
Times OMs viewed with Mind Gem: None
Extra wounds inflicted thanks to Power Gem: 4 on Thor, 2 on an Asgardian Warrior
Extra turns taken thanks to Time Gem: Four
Snap used on the fourth turn of Round Three.
Figures erased with the Snap: Orange Lantern (Lex Luthor), 2 Asgardian Warriors, Odin (saved by Event Hero status, takes 4 wounds), Baldr (saved by Frigga’s Magic Blessing, inflicts a wound on Thanos)
Rewritten Death used after Thanos is ‘killed’ by Thor on the second turn of Round Two.

Asgard places the Space Stone towards their side of the battlefield, on the road, Thanos places the Power Stone to the northern foot of the western hill, close to him, and comes to the battle with the Time Stone already equipped.

Round One

Asgard claims the initiaitive and Odin rolls four blanks to activate his armies. One Asgardian Warrior advances, picking up the Space Stone as Thor, Baldr and two other Warriors follow him. Another Asgardian Warrior advances up the road, north-west, and Thor follows him, before a third Asgardian Warrior also advances up that road, the Warrior with the Space Stone and Baldr following. Thor then flies north and claims the Power Stone, before throwing Mjolnir at Thanos.
Thanos flies to the road, before blasting Thor from equal ground. He inflicts two wounds, causing Thor to drop the Power Stone, which he activates the Time Stone to claim before punching Thor from high ground, but Thor blocks the blow.
Odin activates two heroes - the Asgardian Warrior with the Space Stone teleports himself, Baldr and another Warrior to the crest of the hill, before Thor claims height on Thanos and strikes him from height with his hammer, inflicting a wound and sending him flying backwards.
Lex flies up and strikes the Warrior with the Space Stone - his first blow is blocked, and his second inflicts two wounds and Luthor claims the Space Stone.
Odin activates Thor, who flies in and strikes Thanos, inflicting five wounds with a devastating blow and knocking him into Adam Warlock, so both he and Adam also receive a wound.
Lex uses the Space Stone to teleport next to Thanos before handing it to him.
Asgard places the Mind Stone in an alcove next to the western hill - if Thanos claims it, he Asgardian Warriors from high ground will swarm him in seconds.

Round Two

Thanos claims the initiative. Adam Warlock pries the Soul Stone from his forehead and hands it to Thanos, before flying to the western hill and channeling his Cosmic Physiology to strike Baldr, inflicting a wound.
Thor smashes Thanos’s head open, but a moment later, Thanos gets back up, and the round ends.
The Reality Stone appears at the crest of the eastern hill.

Round Three

Thanos claims the initiative. He uses the Space Stone to teleport to and grab the Mind Stone, before activating the Time Stone to allow him to use the Space Stone to teleport to the Reality Stone and grab that, giving himself a full Gauntlet. He brings Orange Lantern with him when teleporting.
Baldr and Thor gang up on Adam Warlock, inflicting three wounds between them, as they await the inevitable.
Thanos moves Order Marker 2 from Odin to the wounded Asgardian Warrior and then snaps his fingers, and the universe holds its breath... In the immediate vicinity, Lex Luthor and the two unwounded Asgardian Warriors fade away, dead. Odin would fade away, but is too powerful to be snapped away... however, it still takes its toll on him, and he receives four wounds. Baldr would also be snapped, but he is saved by his blessing, which inflicts a wound on Thanos.
The last Asgardian Warrior charges Adam Warlock, striking him for a wound.
Thanos moves the X from Odin to the surviving Warrior, before flying west and blasting Odin for a wound.
Odin flies up and strikes Thanos, but Thanos blocks.
Odin enters the Odinsleep.

Round Four

Thanos claims the initiative. Adam Warlock heals a wound before punching Thor for a wound.
Thor strikes Adam Warlock for a wound.
Thanos moves Order Marker 3 from Thor to the passive Odin before using the Space Stone to teleport to the north-western hill.
Thor flies away from Adam Warlock and towards Thanos, smashing into him and inflicting a wound.
Thanos moves the X from Thor to Odin and claims height on Thor, striking him to no avail, before using the Time Stone to strike him again, inflicting a wound thanks to the Power Gem.Odin is rejuvenated and heals two wounds.

Round Five

Thanos claims the initiative and moves Order Marker 1 from Odin to the Asgardian Warrior with the Reality Stone. He strikes Thor for two wounds before activating the Time Stone and striking him again, choking the life out of him.
The last Asgardian Warrior strikes Adam Warlock for a wound.
Thanos moves Order Marker 2 from Odin to the last Asgardian Warrior, before moving to lower ground and striking the Warrior - he rolls eight skulls out of eight, and murders him in a single blow, eliminating OM 2. He pulls Thor’s spirit from the Soul Gem and forces it to strike Baldr, rolling six skulls and inflicting four wounds.
Thanos claims equal ground with Baldr and strikes him, inflicting two wounds.
Masahiro Arashi and Bullseye run forwards.

Round Six

Thanos claims the initiative, moves OM 3 to Baldr’s card, and punches Baldr - he would kill him, but Frigga’s Magic Blessing triggers, allowing Baldr to inflict an automatic wound on Thanos, who loses the Gauntlet as a result. Baldr careens into Adam Warlock, and Adam Warlock is killed by the impact - Baldr would be, too, but the Blessing actually allows him to heal a wound.
At Odin’s command, Baldr slips away from Thanos and claims the Infinity Gauntlet.
Thanos blasts Baldr from height, but is blocked.
Baldr charges Thanos and strikes him with a devastating blow, rolling seven skulls and inflicting five wounds, leaving the Mad Titan close to death.
Thanos strikes Baldr, inflicting a wound and causing him to drop the Gauntlet - it rolls all the way down the hill right to low ground. Accessing it mid fight would be impractical.
Baldr strikes Thanos, but Thanos blocks.

Round Seven

Asgard claims the initiative, and Baldr runs Thanos through.

Asgard victorious, Baldr 7 wounds, Odin 3 wounds, Skrull Infiltrator (undeployed).

Overview: Thanos continues to feel perfect. His snap wasn’t the best it could have been - two dead Asgardian Warriors and a half-dead Odin’s nice, but losing Luthor (and, by extension, the undeployed Orange Construct) was painful, and hitting the snap-immune Baldr rather than Thor was... unfortunate. Thanos did really go to town later, though, and a combination of the Power Stone, Reality Stone, Time Stone and Soul Stone was devastating, allowing him to really pick the Asgardians apart. (The only Infinity Stone he hasn’t made use of is the Mind Stone - that one’s pretty uninspiring.) However, three losses does make me wonder if he could use a buff, probably to survivability - then again, he did take a couple of big hits there, one from Thor and one from a Gauntlet-wielding Baldr. (Incidentally, losing the Gauntlet was where things went wrong for Thanos here - if he’d held onto it, I don’t know if he’d have won, but it would have been closer.)

Final Thoughts On The Tested Unit:
I am ridiculously happy with how this guy’s turned out. Oddly, when originally designing him, I was expecting that the Snap would be the final goal of the whole game, that it would be far from a guarantee that you’d manage to pull it off, but if you do, you’ve probably won - after three games where Thanos managed a Snap but then lost, that’s clearly not the case, but he plays so well that I don’t care - it’s fun, it’s thematic and it’s really exciting and evocative to play.
I’m thinking about a boost to his survivabilty, as three losses for anyone feels a bit concerning, especially someone thematically this unbeatable, but apart from that, there’s nothing I’d want to change.