[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Tree Of Life/Death

Version tested:

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TREE OF LIFE

LIFE - 3
DEFENSE - 6

LIFE AURA
Figures adjacent to this Tree of Life that are not Undead or destructible objects add 1 to their Defense number. When a figure that is not Undead or a destructible object starts its turn adjacent to this Tree, add 1 to its Movement number during its turn. When this Tree of Life is destroyed, remove the top and flip this card. Undead figures adjacent to this Tree of Life subtract 1 from their Defense number.

ROOTS TO BRANCHES
While this tree is on the battlefield, whenever a special power on an Army Card refers to an Evergreen Tree, it refers to this Tree of Life as well.

TREE OF DEATH

LIFE - 2
DEFENSE - 5

SIZE - HUGE 14

DEATH AURA
Figures adjacent to this Tree of Death that are not Undead or destructible objects subtract 1 from their Defense number. When a figure that is not Undead or a destructible object starts its turn adjacent to this Tree, subtract 1 from its Movement number during its turn. Undead figures adjacent to this Tree of Death add 1 to their Defense number.

Army Test
Map: Dr Jekyll custom map
Units: Frankenstein, Spike, Solomon Grundy 290, Skrull Infiltrator VS Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Daredevil 200, Spider-Man 160

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Damage Dealt: None

Life Aura: Used to boost movement of the Crime Fighters a few times, didn't have any defensive buffs or reductions in this game.

Roots to Branches: No powers referred to this.

Death Aura: Grundy and Frankenstein attacked and killed the Tree of Life on their side of the map to swap in the Tree of Death in round 1. This power was used to boost movement of the undead twice, once allowed the slow moving Grundy to get into engagement that he couldn't of without it.

This game was played on a custom map by Dr Jekyll that started with 2 Trees of Life on the board. The undead were a little too strong for the Crime Fighters. Round 1 saw Grundy and then Frankenstein take down the Tree of Life and turning it into a Tree of Death. The two Auras helped in moving them forward but didn't play a role giving any bonus defensively as the action was in the center of the map and neither team had big range to sit by the tree. Iron Fist was the first to go down, followed by Grundy, Daredevil and the Skrull. By Round 4 it was all over as Cage failed to roll a shield and Spider-Man missed his d20 roll, and both ended up taking big damage from Frankenstein.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Frankenstein 3 wounds/4 life left, Spike full 6 life left.

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Guardian of the Universe - Scar, Black Lantern Uncommon Heroes x4(Pink, Yellow, Red and Blue) VS Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Silver Surfer 400, Iceman 150

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Damage Dealt: None

Life Aura: The Frostastic 4 podded up around a Tree of Life on the far side of the map to gain the defensive bonus. The move bonus was helpful as well. The undead were effected negatively a few times.

Roots to Branches: No powers referred to this.

Daeth Aura: In round 4 the Black Lanterns attacked and Killed the Tree of Life swapping it for a Tree of Death. Used for both defense buff and Move buff by the undead. Iceman and Invisible Woman had defensive reduction by the Tree of Death.

This game was played on the City Park map with the two Great Evergreen Trees swapped out with Trees of Life. The Trees came into play quite a bit in this game. Round 1 and 2 the Back Lanterns sat in their start zone collecting Black Lantern Power Markers from Scar. At the same time, the Frostastic Four moved across the map using the Tree of Life movement bonus to pod up around the other Tree of Life on the Black Lantern side. This gave the F4 a massive defensive boost of height, the Tree and the Invisible Woman's aura. The Blank Lanterns were able to slowly wear down the Frostastic 4, getting a big hit of 4 wounds on an over extended Mr F at the end of round 2. The Four were able to drop a Lantern but they would remove a marker and stay in the fight. In round 3 Mr F went down, as did Red for the Lanterns. Iceman and Invisible Woman went down in round 4 and ended up joining the ranks of the Lantern team. In round 5 Surfer went down to an attack by Blue to end the game.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Scar full 3 life, Blue 3w/1l, Pink 1w/3l, Yellow 3w/1l, Iceman 3w/2l, Invisible Woman 3w/2l

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: The Trees were fun to test but I think they are very map dependent on how much they effect game play. In game 1 they really didn't come into play except for a couple of movement boost. In game 2 on City Park they played a very big roll. Both team benefited and were hurt by the Trees either getting a defensive bonus or reduction. Both side had to be aware of placement which created some fun situations, but not game breaking ones. I see no need for change of this design and highly recommend trying these out on the City Park map as they are in the middle of the map and come into play more.