The Book of Long Halloween

[IAmBatman]

OK, fixed the missing "s" and changed the Holiday Marker to only subtract from the defense of Unique Heroes and when a Misfit you control attacks it.

[Arch-vile]

This looks like a lot of fun!

Some typos & capitalization stuff:

STORY PROLOGUE =
- A figure named Calendar Man and at least two other Unique Heroes that are Misfits must be in your army.
- No other Holiday Story Card may be in your army.

STORY SETUP =
At the start of the game, place the orange Holiday Marker on this card, then choose two Unique Heroes in your army that are Misfits. Secretly write down each chosen Misfit's name. Any chosen Misfit is considered to be a Killer.

STORY RULES =

HOLIDAY KILLINGS
At the start of each round, if your Holiday marker is on this card, you must place it on the Army Card of an opponent’s hero, if possible. Any Unique Hero figure with a Holiday Marker on its card subtracts 2 from its Defense number when attacked by a Misfit you control. If a Killer you control attacks a figure with a Holiday marker on its card and inflicts one or more wounds, you may reveal it as a Killer and inflict one additional wound on the defending figure. If a figure with your Holiday Marker on its card is destroyed, return that marker to this card.

A MURDERER'S MIND
While Calendar Man is on his Army Card and is not destroyed, you may only place Order Markers on the Army Cards of Calendar Man or Misfits you control. While you control one or more Killers, you may not place Calendar Man on the battlefield.

CASE CLOSED
If a Killer you control is destroyed, you must reveal that it was one of your chosen Killers. If your last Killer is destroyed, remove the Holiday Marker and this card from the game.

[IAmBatman]

Thanks, Archie! Updated with edits!

Any thoughts on points? I don't think it's worth as much as Superman Flyover (100) but probably worth at least as much as Beam Struggle? I might start with 50 here and see how it feels.

[IAmBatman]

I'll try 50 for now. Won't be surprised to see it go up. Proposal for initial testing.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

CASE CLOSED
If a Misfit you control is destroyed, you must reveal if it was one of your chosen Killers. If your last Killer is destroyed, remove the Holiday Marker and this card from the game.

I think this reads better. Yea

[Soundwarp SG-1]

yea

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

I think this reads better. Yea

[Lord Pyre]

Excited about this one.

Yea

[Tornado]

Yea

[IAmBatman]

This passes. Will probably hit Kid Flash, then this.

[IAmBatman]

Made a couple of small tweaks in my first game here. Changed it so Case Closed triggers when both Killer are revealed, not destroyed, that way you have to be more tactical about when you go for the extra wound. It also makes Harley a tad less deadly as a Killer, since she can be really rough to finish.

I also made it so Calendar Man cannot be chosen as one of the Killers, just for thematic reasons.

Really like how it plays so far. Hoping to get two more games in between tonight and tomorrow.

[IAmBatman]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM
NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: LONG HALLOWEEN
VERSION TESTED

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = HOLIDAY: LONG HALLOWEEN STORY CARD

POINTS = ??

STORY PROLOGUE =
- A figure named Calendar Man and at least two other Unique Heroes that are Misfits must be in your army.
- No other Holiday Story Card may be in your army.

STORY SETUP =
At the start of the game, place the orange Holiday Marker on this card, then choose two Unique Heroes in your army that are Misfits. Calendar Man cannot be chosen. Secretly write down each chosen Misfit's name. Any chosen Misfit is considered to be a Killer.

STORY RULES =

HOLIDAY KILLINGS
At the start of each round, if your Holiday marker is on this card, you must place it on the Army Card of an opponent’s hero, if possible. Any Unique Hero figure with a Holiday Marker on its card subtracts 2 from its Defense number when attacked by a Misfit you control. If an unrevealed Killer you control attacks a figure with a Holiday marker on its card and inflicts one or more wounds, you may reveal it as a Killer and inflict one additional wound on the defending figure. If a figure with your Holiday Marker on its card is destroyed, return that marker to this card.

A MURDERER'S MIND
While Calendar Man is on his Army Card and is not destroyed, you may only place Order Markers on the Army Cards of Calendar Man or Misfits you control. While you control one or more Killers, you may not place Calendar Man on the battlefield.

CASE CLOSED
If a Misfit you control is destroyed, you must reveal if it was one of your chosen Killers. If your last Killer is revealed, remove the Holiday Marker and this card from the game.

Army Test
Map: IVY’S GREENHOUSE
Units: Long Halloween (50), Calendar Man (130), Clayface (Preston) (130), Harley Quinn (130), Riddler (II) (160) (600) vs Black Canary (190), Oracle (110), Green Arrow (150), Red Arrow (150) (600)

Spoiler Alert!

Riddler picks Black Canary and Round 4. Harley Quinn and Clayface are the Killers.
Round 1: The Holiday Marker goes on Green Arrow. Initiative Birds of Prey. Red Arrow advances and destroys a tree.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games move OM3 from Green Arrow to Black Canary. Harley Quinn advances.
Green Arrow advances, but can’t hit a tree.
Clayface and Harley advance. Harley throws her Smilex Bomb at Green Arrow and hits him for two quick wounds.
Black Canary advances.
Claryface advances. Harley engages Green Arrow and KO’s him with an attack.
Calendar Man wouldn’t have escaped.

Round 2: The Holiday Marker goes on Black Canary. Initiative Birds of Prey. Black Canary can’t hit Harley with the Secret Attack Plan.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games send OM3 to Red Arrow from Canary. Harley hits Black Canary for two wounds, then reveals herself as a Killer to inflict a third.
Black Canary can’t hit Harley.
Claryface advances. Harley can’t finish Canary.
Red Arrow hits Clayface for a quick four wounds.
Calendar Man wouldn’t have escaped.
Clayface’s Unstable Body falls apart and he’s KO’ed. He’s revealed as the second killer. Long Halloween is removed from play.

Round 3: Initiative Birds of Prey. Black Canary can’t hit Harley.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games moves OM2 from Canary to Red Arrow. Harley can’t hit Canary.
Red Arrow can’t hit Harley from height.
Riddler advances. Harley can’t hit Black Canary.
Canary catches Harley whiffing but only gets one wound in.
Riddler advances. Harley can’t finish Black Canary.
Calendar Man comes out to play.

Round 4: Initiative Birds of Prey. Canary follows the Secret Attack Plan, but can’t hit Harley.
Calendar Man uses Mind Games to move OM2 to Red Arrow from Canary. Harley KO’s Canary and OM3 moves to Red Arrow as well, courtesy of Oracle.
Red Arrow can’t hit Riddler.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games move OM3 from Red Arrow to Oracle. He and Harley advance.
Oracle advances.
Riddler advances. Harley punches Red Arrow for a wound.
Riddler’s puzzle is revealed, to no effect.

Round 5: Initiative Misfits, despite Oracle loading up on OMs. Calendar Man moves OM1 from Red Arrow to Oracle. She now has them all. Calendar Man advances. Harley can’t hit Red Arrow.
Oracle wheels forward.
Calendar Man forgoes Mind Games and stabs Oracle for a wound. Harley whiffs.
Oracle hits Calendar Man for two wounds from height with the Secret Attack Plan.
Calendar Man hits Oracle for a second wound. Harley can’t hit Red Arrow.

Round 6: Initiative Birds of Prey. Oracle uses the Secret Attack Plan and KO’s Calendar Man.
Calendar Man had OM1.
Oracle punches Riddler for two wounds but takes one back from Genius Escape.
Calendar Man had OM2.
Red Arrow finally punches out a whiffing Harley.
Riddler can’t hit Oracle.

Round 7: Initiative Birds of Prey. Red Arrow follows the Secret Attack Plan and KO’s Riddler from height.

Unit Summary: I’m loving how this plays. I made a few tweaks as I went to make sure it didn’t feel overpowered with a difficult to kill Killer like Harley. In retrospect, though, I should’ve left her unrevealed instead of getting greedy and this probably goes the other way.

• STORY SET UP: Killers are [Harley Quinn; Clayface]
• HOLIDAY KILLINGS: Holiday Marker placed on [Green Arrow [Round 1]; Black Canary [Round 2]]; Killer revealed [1] times to do [1] wounds on [Black Canary [1]]. The -2 defense was nicely powerful and really made the figure with the marker feel targeted.
• A MURDERER’S MIND: Didn’t keep Calendar Man from coming on the battlefield as he was content to stay there on his own.
• CASE CLOSED: Harley revealed herself Round 2. Clayface is revealed when he’s destroyed at the end of Round 2.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Oracle with 1/4 Life and Red Arrow with3/4 Life win.

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Army Test
Map: SEWER LABYRINTH
Units: Long Halloween (50), Calendar Man (130), Bane (II) (250), Crazy Quilt (55), Killer Moth (65), Clayface (Preston) (130) Harley Quinn (130), Mad Hatter (90) (900) vs Luke Cage (190), Iron Fist (260), Shang-Chi (230), Jessica Jones (220) (900)

Spoiler Alert!

Killer Moth chooses Mad Hatter. The Killers are Crazy Quilt and Harley Quinn.
Round 1: The Holiday Marker is placed on Luke Cage. Initiative Defenders. Shang-Chi and Luke advance.
Mind Games moves OM2 from Luke to Jessica. Calendar Man has Crazy Quilt advance.
Jessica Jones advances.
Mad Hatter and Harley advance.
Iron Fist and Luke advance.
Clayface advances. Harley advances and bombs all four enemies. Luke whiffs on reduced dice and takes 3 wounds. Iron Fist blocks. Shang-Chi takes 3 wounds and Jessica Jones takes two. Ouch.
Calendar Man wouldn’t have escaped.

Round 2: Initiative Defenders. Shang-Chi catches Harley whiffing and nails her for three wounds. Luke catches Harley whiffing again (ouch) and she falls, revealed as one of the Killers.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games force the “X” off of Iron Fist. It goes to Jessica. Mad Hatter advances and hats Luke, but can’t hit him for an attack.
Luke can’t reveal OM2.
Mad Hatter takes a swipe from Luke Cage and hats Jessica Jones, then whiffs an attack on Iron Fist from height.
Luke can’t reveal OM3.
Mad Hatter hats Iron Fist.
Calendar Man would not have escaped.

Round 3: Initiative Defenders. Shang-Chi attacks Mad Hatter three times but only lands three wounds.
Calendar Man’s Mind Games move an OM from Luke to Shang-Chi. Mad Hatter hats Shang-Chi, then whiffs an attack.
Shang-Chi can’t reveal OM2.
Clayface advances.
Iron Fist can’t reveal OM3.
Clayface hits Luke Cage for a wound, killing the Hat Marker.
Calendar Man would not have escaped.

Round 4: Initiative Misfits. Killer Moth pops up next to Mad Hatter. Mad Hatter hits his Tea Party roll. He has Iron Fist attack Shang-Chi, but Shang-Chi hits Iron Fist for a wound, removing the hat. Jessica Jones rolls all skulls from height on Iron Fist and KO’s Iron Fist.
Shang-Chi KO’s Mad Hatter, then hits Killer Moth for a wound. Luke Cage can’t hit Clayface.
Calendar Man forces an OM off Luke Cage. Clayface fails his Toxic Touch roll on Luke.
Shang-Chi punches out Killer Moth. Luke Cage punches Clayface for a wound.
Calendar Man forces another OM off Luke Cage. Clayface can’t hit Luke with an attack.
Shang-Chi can’t reveal OM3.
Clayface takes another wound from his Unstable Body. Calendar Man would’ve escaped, but doesn’t.

Round 5: Initiative Misfits. Mind Games moves an OM off Luke. Clayface Toxic Touches Luke Cage and Luke dies, Clayface heals, and Jessica gets Luke’s OM’s.
Jessica can’t reveal an OM.
Mind Games moves an OM from Shang-Chi to Jessica. Crazy Quilt advances.
Jessica can’t reveal an OM.
Crazy Quilt can’t hit Shang-Chi.
Calendar Man wouldn’t have escaped.

Round 6: Holiday Marker is placed on Shang-Chi. Initiative Defenders. They can’t reveal an OM.
Crazy Quilt can’t hit Shang-Chi from range.
Defenders can’t reveal an OM.
This goes on for two more rounds, then finally in Round 8, Crazy Quilt hits Shang-Chi for a wound, then reveals himself as the other Killer to finish Shang-Chi. The Long Halloween is over. Jessica Jones gets the OM’s but can’t reveal them. Clayface hits Jessica for a Toxic Touch wound and heals himself. Her hat is finally off.
Jessica Jones can’t hit Clayface. But she finds the “X.”
Clayface Toxic Touches Jessica and inflicts one wound on her. She’s down to one life.
Jessica hits Clayface for a wound.
Clayface’s Unstable Body gives him another wound. Calendar Man stays in prison.

Round 9: Initiative Misfits. Clayface finishes Jessica Jones with a Toxic Touch and heals a wound.

Unit Summary: Harley’s Bomb took things over early here and Mad Hatter took things over in mid-game. Both made life really tough on this map and in this match up. Mind Games from Calendar Man made Hatter’s schemes worse. Long Halloween had little to do with this blowout and might’ve actually helped by keeping Bane completely sidelined.

• STORY SET UP: Killers are [Harley Quinn and Crazy Quilt]
• HOLIDAY KILLINGS: Holiday Marker placed on [Luke Cage [round 1]; placed on Shang-Chi [round 6]]; Killer revealed [1] times to do [1] wounds on [Shang-Chi]
• A MURDERER’S MIND: Kept Calendar Man in prison [1] time.
• CASE CLOSED: Harley KO’ed and revealed Round 2. Crazy Quilt revealed Round 8 to do a killing wound on Shang-Chi.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Clayface with 4/5 Life, Crazy Quilt with Full Life, Calendar Man with Full Life, and Bane with Full Life win.

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Army Test
Map: CITY PARK
Units: Long Halloween (50), Calendar Man (130), Riddler (II) (160), Mad Hatter (90), Joker (IV) (245), Harley Quinn (130), Clayface (Preston) (130), Killer Moth (65) (1000) vs Batman (Bat-Family) (270), Nightwing (II) (200), Batgirl (Cassie) (130), Alfred (II) (100), Batwoman (180), Robin (Tim) (120) (1000)

Spoiler Alert!

Riddler chooses Nightwing Round 3. Killer Moth chooses Mad Hatter. The Killers are Harley Quinn and Riddler. Nightwing chooses a First Aid Kit. Batwoman chooses a First Aid Kit and Flash Bang Grenade.
Round 1: The Holiday Marker is placed on Batgirl. Initiative Bat-Family. Batman has Batwoman advance. Nightwing advances. Batgirl grapples forward. Nightwing knocks down a tree. Robin advances and fails to hit a tree.
Mad Hatter and Harley advance.
Batman moves himself up. Nightwing moves up. Batgirl grapples up. Nightwing hits Mad Hatter for two wounds from height and range. Robin advances and hits Mad Hatter for a third wound.
Clayface advances. Harley advances and bombs Nightwing (1 wound), Batgirl (2 wounds), and Batwoman (3 wounds).
Nightwing KO’s Mad Hatter from height. Joker ends the turn with a marker removal and moves himself, Killer Moth, and Riddler toward the fray.
Clayface knocks a tree into Nightwing and Robin for a wound each.

Round 2: Alfred uses Batcave Resources to add to the D20 rolls this round. Initiative Bat-Family. Batman has Batgirl move into engagement with Harley and Clayface. Nightwing destroys his First Aid Kit to heal two wounds. Nightwing hits Killer Moth for a wound from range. Robin engages Clayface and punches him for three quick wounds.
Clayface sneaks past Batgirl’s premonition, but rolls terribly and is blocked. Batgirl anticipates Harley’s attack from height, but simply blocks it.
Batwoman moves up. Batman moves up and hits one Batarang Flurry roll on Harley. Robin KO’s Clayface. Joker sheds a marker and moves him, Killer Moth, and Riddler into the fray.
Killer Moth punches Nightwing for two wounds. Harley is just blocked by Batgirl.
Batman fails three Flurry Rolls and Robin can’t hit Killer Moth.
Riddler engages Batgirl and attacks. She misses her premonition roll. He hits her for a wound, then reveals himself as a Killer to finish her. Harley finishes Batwoman and her glyphs go flying.

Round 3: Holiday Marker goes on Nightwing. Alfred reveals the “X” to boost initiative. Initiative Bat-Family. Batman has Nightwing move onto a dropped First Aid Kit. Nightwing destroys it to heal himself. Nightwing hits Harley for two quick wounds. Robin finishes Harley from height. The Long Halloween is over.
Killer Moth can’t hit Nightwing, who flips back and picks up the Flash Bang Grenade.
Batman hits Riddler for one Batarang Flurry roll. Robin whiffs an attack on Killer Moth.
Riddler hits Nightwing for a wound.
Batman hits Riddler for two Batarang Flurry rolls. Robin hits Killer Moth for two wounds.
Riddler whiffs an attack on Batman.
Riddler springs his trap and Nightwing takes two wounds from the puzzle.
Calendar Man stays in Arkham.

Round 4: Alfred reveals the “X” for the reroll. Initiative Misfits. Calendar Man moves an OM from Batman. Killer Moth can’t hit his D20 roll in engagement with Batman, Robin, and Nightwing, but does punch out Nightwing.
Robin can’t hit Killer Moth from height.
Calendar Man moves an OM off Batman. Riddler picks up the Flash Bang Grenade. He hits Batman for a wound.
Batman punches out Killer Moth from height.
Joker advances and fails to hit Robin from range.
Robin punches out Riddler, who hits him for a wound on the way out with Genius Escape.
Calendar Man stays in Arkham.

Round 5: Initiative Bat-Family. Batman moves onto the Flash Bang Grenade, which he uses on Joker, but he can’t hit Joker. Robin hits Joker from range for three wounds.
Joker hits Batman for three wounds.
Batman has Robin grapple into the middle of the fountain and grabs even height with Joker, then whiffs an attack. Robin hits Joker for two more wounds.
Joker KO’s Batman after rolling all skulls.
Batman had OM3.
Joker hits Robin for a third wound.
Calendar Man stays in Arkham.

Round 6: Initiative Misfits. Robin barely blocks Joker.
Joker barely blocks Robin.
Robin barley blacks Joker.
Robin hits Joker, but Joker Cheats Death.
Joker takes out Robin.
Alfred advances.
Calendar Man stays in Arkham.
Round 7: Initiative Misfits. Joker one-shots Alfred to end it.

Unit Summary: This time the opponent had the range to take out Mad Hatter before he became a problem, and they made it a priority. Harley’s bomb still hit hard, but not as hard. This one felt like it could’ve gone either way for the last few rounds. Very close.

• STORY SET UP: Killers are [Harely Quinn; Riddler]
• HOLIDAY KILLINGS: Holiday Marker placed on [Batgirl [Round 1]; Nightwing [Round 3]]; Killer revealed [1] times to do [1] wounds on [Batgirl [1]]
• A MURDERER’S MIND: Calendar Man wouldn’t have escaped regardless and didn’t want Order Markers much while Harley was on the battlefield and Nightwing was getting Order Markers.
• CASE CLOSED: Riddler revealed to wound a figure in Round 2; Harley was destroyed and revealed in Round 3.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Joker with 1/6 Life and Calendar Man (not on the battlefield) win.

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UNIT SUMMARY: The card itself feels about right for what it offers and how it’s costed. I’m pretty happy to see what other folks think of it.