2021 C3V Playtest Tournament (Congrats dok)

[S1R_ART0R1US]

Dumping info here from my defeat at the hands of vegie and his lizardfolk this am.

Spoiler Alert!

The S1R_ART0R1US v. vegietarian18 pool of armies is:
* Buzz-killers: Amberhive Protectors x4, Byrikon the Hiveless, Amberhive Queen, Sujoah
* Fire From Above: Greenscale Warriors x4, Marro Warriors, Kalagrith, Syvarris
* Why do the stars take so long to die?: Zombies x4, Zombie Hulk x2, Ataraxis the Star Lich, Marcu, Isamu
* Expeditious: Greenscales Warriors x2, Maekor, Bambina, Janos, Rygarn

I won initiative to start with a 28 (natural 20 plus 4 +2s from Byrikon and the Queen, his hive mind). Byrikon jumped out to grab a treasure glyph (on a different map grabbing Valda would’ve been huge for this army, and even Dagmar or Lodin have value) and got the Scarab. Vegie developed with GSW and lizard queen Bambina to start before moving up with Janos and the explorers (twice with a Rygarn assist). One greenscale fell and Byrikon took one as I moved the Queen to the very top of the map with all even ground adjacent and one jungle tree. The queen took two wounds on a 3Av7D from Janos but blocked his followup, and Byrikon took another wound from an expeditious Bambina.

I kept initiative and flew in Sujoah for a big three wound sting on Janos perched on the central 3 height. I moved in Protectors and stung Bambina for 1. Greenscale and Bambina attacked but were blocked by defense and the scarab, moving Byrikon down with gravitron hammer. Byrikon was occupying a space between Bambina and Sujoah letting me go after Janos without worrying about combat challenge. Sujoah brought Janos to 4 wounds then rolled a 20 to take him off the board. With war cry Maekor and Bambina killed off one Protector. I added a wound each to Bambina, Maekor and a GSW losing two bees, including one on height. The next OM Bambina cleared a bee off height and By blocked a GSW from height.

Vegie got an init switch here (I only was boosting +2 since most OMs were on Protectors) and took out a bee with Bambina through war cry while Sujoah blocked Maekor, now on the central height. Not wanting to give up high ground attacks I took a LEA with Sujoah to attack Rygarn in the start zone and gave him one wound and moved up Protectors who didn’t do any damage. The greenscales had a very productive turn taking out three bees (or two and Byrikon?) and claiming the center height area. Rygarn blocked Sujoah with two shields, and three bees missed both stings and frenzy to hand things back to the greenscales who took out another three Protectors (Bambina was blocked attacking the queen). To end the round the Queen attacked Bambina and was blocked while one bee stung Maekor for 3.

I got the initiative switch but failed to wound Bambina with a 4v5 from the Queen on height and was able to get just two of the three remaining GSWs with stings-two frenzies in a row helped me get the second but I failed for the third. Vegie took out the queen and a bee with the GSW and Bambina. I switched to Sujoah on OM2 and would’ve killed Rygarn with my 3 skulls and his defense whiff if not for a 16 on the d20 negating the wounds and moving him to a nice perch outside the start zone. With just one bee and Sujoah with 4 left, the war cry bonding lizards beat Sujoah down while he couldn’t break through on three sequential attacks. Vegie had a 3-life Bambina, 1-life Maekor, and 3-life Rygarn left to my single Protector.

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How useful were playtesting units' powers and how often did they come into play?
Amberhive Queen:
Evasive-Used twice and helped her live in the early game while developing (took 2 on a 3v7 and 4v7)
Frenzied Swarm - Used 18 times and succeeded 6 (33% rate close to expected 35%). Helped when using sacrificial swing to pry figures off, and it works well in that the sacrifice limits the attacks.
Flying - Used once and gave her good position to cheerlead

Protectors
Bonding - Bonded every turn as using Sujoah/the Queen was just as powerful as a sting but didn’t sacrifice board position or the relatively few bees. It was really great to have Sujoah as a bonding option on the front line as a figure that can maintain some presence, and I imagine a build without Sujoah would forgo bonding a lot more.
Sacrificial Sting - Their most effective weapon. Used 10 times and killed two greenscales and put 1 wound on Bam and 3 on Maekor. The normal attack was terrible, as even with some height boosted attacks I killed one GSW on 11 attacks. Being within 4 sight spaces wasn’t an issue at all when using Sujoah or the Queen (against a melee army).
Flying - really helped to stage them across the map/behind cover where they could leap in to replace sacrificed bees.

Byrikon
Hive mind/Rapid Response. Used hive mind every round he was alive (3). Used it to the max in the first round and was able to reach a glyph on OM1 (only use of Rapid Response). I think I played him too aggressively but he did decent absorbing attacks and killing a GSW. Good filler and nice to have a ranged insect option.


I know this is an official figure, but Sujoah only hit one of four poison rolls, but it was a 20 so I can’t complain

Overall
The Protectors seem underwhelming/overcosted/weak to me compared to Blade gruts (10 pts cheaper for same number of figures, same move, disengage instead of flying for mobility, better bonding options, and one more attack die) and Fyorlags (within 2 pts/figure, no flying but more move, one more attack, better bonding options, and a 25% chance to knock off an OM). I really liked how the queen interacted with them, but they are very limited offensively. They might be best used as an attacking screen for somebody like Syvarris or Q9, but then why wouldn’t I just grab Romans (same price with Marcus swapped for the Queen and giving them the same 4A but without the sacrifice) or Deathreavers (cheaper with better defense, enhanced movement via Scatter and same base attack). I might increase the sting to 5A, their normal to 2A or lower cost to 40.

Thoughts on vegie’s figures: I should’ve focused more on Bambina once Janos was gone as she bonds with both GSW and Maekor, plus Rygarn can switch OM’s depending on who’s alive. She and Maekor were pretty hardy and definitely when paired makes the greenscale warriors play different than with the dragons which I appreciated. Janos seemed pretty powerful with just one activation, but having been taken out pretty early it was a little tough to assess.

[vegietarian18]

Vegie Dad posting

Kolbjorn: I would rate the figure at a B. Nice addition to the Mohicans as a bonder that can shoot. The order marker movement power is too gimmicky. Why would I use it? If I am putting single OM's on Kolbjorn mid game and not a squad I am losing the game whether I switch the OM or not.
I focused mostly on using Kolbjorn to move the Teeth of Makwa early game and ping at the opposing side. Then used Kolbjorn as a bonder with Mohican.


Captain Nathaniel Blount: My opponent used this figure. Very solid endgame figure that can attack twice from range or melee. This figure also had a gimmicky power of Rebel Yell. Aside from probably being an offensive name for the power, it is very useless. Why would you want to engage a ranged figure with 2 defense. Seems silly. My opponent did not use this power.
I would rank this figure as a B to B+. Nice end game potential

[superfrog]

Kolbjorn can switch the OMs after a bonding turn. Basically lets you dump all your OMs on Mohicans and then switch to Teeth after a War Cry if you want.

[superfrog]

Had a memorable game with Vydar today (for all the wrong reasons).

He was playing his Janos army and I attempted to play my Altais army.

He opened with 2 Rats OMs, and I had a Raelin OM and a Greenscales OM to open things up opposite his Rats. I did a Vortex breath on two rats, killing one. Then comes Janos. Tracking Fire, 3 skulls. Altais has 6 defense with jungle and Raelin, no problem, 2 shields. 1 wound.

Tracking Fire, 4 skulls. No shields. 4 more wounds.

Expedition with Etiana, 3 skulls. 2 shields. 1 more wound, dead.

The rest of the game was a comfortable win over 2 attack Greenscales and 2 attack MW.

I killed 6 Rats (4 on one glorious MW turn), put 4 wounds on Maekor, and 1 on Janos, but the game was really over after the 10/10 skulls to start the game.

Basically all of the Explorer and Mercenary powers came into play, I enjoyed seeing the army work even against a crippled opponent.

[Sir Heroscape]

Cpt S and I starting now

[Sir Heroscape]

Playtesting Map #1

Cpt S: Gladiators X3, Crixus, 53rd X3, Blount
Sir H: Slashers X5, Bashers X3, Ziggo

Game:
53rd tried to setup early and take pot shots, but I was patient with my goblin development and spent the better part of the first 2 rounds just getting my whole army developed into the map. I took very few casualties and was able to get into a position where I never lost out on attacks. There were a couple times I engaged 4 gobbos and almost lost bonding, but always got the 1 kill that freed up a Gobbo. Cpt S played well, but the overwhelming numbers of gobbos really did in the Spartacus-less Capuans and things kinda ended up crumbling on an init switch where an engaged Blount got his head bashed in for 4W to die. That stole some OM's and Gobbos swarmed the rest of the 53rd and Crixus to end the game.

Survived: Basher (full), 11 Slashers

Performance:
Suit - N/A
Taunt - never activated
Killed 1 Gladiator from height

Thoughts: I had to "force" myself to use Ziggo. On almost every turn I took with him, I did it because I felt like the rest of my heroes were in a good enough spot and I could "risk wasting" a turn on him. I tried to make his turns useful by getting him on height for attacks or engaging him on multiple figures to soak attacks or get in range so that if 53rd or Blount wanted to attack, he could Taunt...but I'm not sure it was any better than just using a Basher. I will say, a ranged bonder is always going to be nice, but overall he felt a bit bland. I like the theme of the suit and taunt as they make a lot of sense for a nasty little Goblin in a space suit, but Cpt S and I felt like he needed a little something more. Not sure exactly what that might be, but Cpt S mentioned something involving his big sword might be good, like maybe counterstrike or something.

[Captain Stupendous]

Map: Playtesting Map #1

Cpt S: Gladiators X3, Crixus, 53rd X3, Blount
Sir H: Slashers X5, Bashers X3, Ziggo

Which units survived? 11 Goblins, 1 Basher with full life remaining.

53rd tried to setup early and take pot shots, but Sir Heroscape was patient with his goblin development and spent the better part of the first 2 rounds just getting his whole army developed into the map. The goblins took very few casualties and were able to get into a position where they never lost out on attacks. The Capuans did their best, but were ultimately outnumbered by the goblins and things kinda ended up crumbling on an init switch where an engaged Blount got his head bashed in for 4W to die. That stole some OM's and Gobbos swarmed the rest of the 53rd and Crixus to end the game. Sir H played very well, and it was a fun game, even if the end wasn't very close.

How useful were playtesting units' powers and how often did they come into play?

Nerves of Steel was never used to attack a non-adjacent figure.
Killed 2 goblins, and dealt 2 wounds to a basher (kill) and 1 to ziggo (kill)

Rebel Yell was used once vs Ziggo.

Any additional comments (theme, balance, fun factor with and against)?

Mechanically, Blount seems to exist in kind of a weird place. Both of Blount’s abilities kind of encourage him to be engaged, but his statline absolutely does not support this kind of playstyle. In his current form, I found Rebel Yell quite difficult to use, and developing him into a position where Rebel Yell is likely to be effective is pretty tricky given the other Rebellious units he synergizes with.

The power name Nerves of Steel is also weird to me thematically. I understand what it's going for, but it doesn’t quite land. The main impact of the power is the double attack, which isn't really suggested by the power name at all.

My suggestion would be to increase the range of Rebel Yell to affect enemies within 2 spaces, rather than only figures he’s engaged with.

I would also replace Nerves of Steel with Double Attack. Then, I think he’d either be fine as a two-power card, or Nerves of Steel could be added as a third ability simply allowing him to attack non adjacent figures while engaged.

Version tested

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = CAPT. NATHANIEL BLOUNT

GENERAL = VYDAR
PLANET = EARTH
SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = SOLDIER
PERSONALITY = REBELLIOUS
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5
BASE SIZE = NORMAL SINGLE

LIFE = 5
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 6
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 2
POINTS = 70

NERVES OF STEEL
After attacking with Capt. Nathaniel Blount, he may attack one additional time. The additional attack cannot target the same figure. Capt. Nathaniel Blount may target and attack non-adjacent figures with this additional attack while engaged.

REBEL YELL
Figures engaged with Capt. Nathaniel Blount roll one fewer defense die when attacked by a figure with a Rebellious Personality.

[Vydar_XLIII]

Format: 550 points / 24 hexes
Map: Playtesting Map #1

Glyphs: 3 Treasure Glyphs (Unused over the course of the game)

Vydar_XLIII Army: Would you like to make Janos your default browser? Janos, Etiana, Maekor, Bambina, 3x Deathreavers
Superfrog Army: Null and Void Altais of the Deep, 4x Greenscale Warriors, Raelin the Kyrie Warrior (RotV), Marro Warriors, Isamu

Battle Report:

Spoiler Alert!

Round 1, I won initiative. OM1 and OM2 were on Rats. I placed them in such a way so any Vortex Breath could only attack 2 Rats. SF’s OM1 was on Raelin. He flew her to the forward road space next to the palm tree. His OM2 was on Greenies. Altais flew in front of Rae and vortexed the 2 rats that were screening between the battlements and the ruin. 1 skull. 1 rat whiffed. My OM3 was on Janos. Because that one rat died there was a hole in the screen, and if Janos wanted to attack Altais at all he would be exposed to a greenscale attack next turn. So I pushed him one space farther forward to be able to use Tracking Fire. 3v6 vs Altais in Raelin’s Aura and next to Jungle. 3 skulls, 2 shields, 1 wound. 4v6, 4 skulls, 0 shields, 4 more wounds. Expedition with Etiana and Maekor. Etiana attacked Altais and went 3/3 on skulls again, putting down the dragon of the deep. As frog said, definitely “memorable.” His OM3 was on Greens where they attacked Janos once, Maekor once, and one Rat. With the only damage dealt against the rat. OMXs were on Etiana and MWs.

Vydar: 2 dead Deathreavers.
superfrog: Dead Altais.

Round 2, I won initiative again. Maekor jumped a battlement to get height on the greenscale that attacked him last turn and next to the scale that attacked the rat. He killed the one he had height on and then the one that attacked Janos died to the Plasma Arc. Bambina took her first turn with Maekor’s War Cry and whiffed against the greenscale next to Maekor. Frog’s OM1 only got one attack against Janos but whiffed. Maekor responded on my OM2 and killed it but without other targets, both Plasma Arc and War Cry didn’t activate this turn. SF’s OM2 got 2 more attacks on Janos, just squeezing past Maekor and a Rat without disengaging at all, inflicting 1 wound. My OM3 on Janos had Bambina and Janos each kill a greenscale and Etiana snipe at Raelin for 2 wounds. Frogs OM3 and a whiff of Maekor’s defense dealt him 2 wounds from a greenscale. OMXs were on Etiana and Raelin.

Vydar: 2 dead Deathreavers, 1 wound on Janos, 2 wounds on Maekor.
superfrog: Dead Altais, 5 dead Greenscales, 2 wounds on Raelin.

I continue to win initiative in round 3. My OM1 moves rats into better positions and taking a bite at Raelin and a GSW for good measure, killing the greenscale. Frog’s OM1 did 0 damage with his 3 greenscale attacks. My OM2 had Maekor kill a greenscale but neither Plasma Arc nor War Cry activated this turn again. On superfrog’s OM2 he switched to Marrow Warriors. He moved them to fairly defensive positions, only able to shoot at Deathreavers, but he was able to kill with all 4 shots. (At this point, we look at the statistics and it turns out that I actually had a lower percentage of shields than frog did. They were something like 10% and 20% respectively.) My OM3 advanced Janos and he Fired at the one MW outside Rae’s aura, killing it. Etiana sniped Raelin again for 1 wound. Maekor put a wound on Raelin too and the Plasma Arc killed a second MW. The MWs retaliate on OM3 putting 2 wounds on Maekor. OMXs were on Maekor and Greenscales.

Vydar: 6 dead Deathreavers, 1 wound on Janos, 4 wounds on Maekor.
superfrog: Dead Altais, 7 dead Greenscales, 2 dead Marro Warriors, 4 wounds on Raelin.

Superfrog got the initiative switch in Round 4, the MWs took 2 heighted shots at Maekor, but he had Jungle and was engaged so he was able to block both with 5 dice. My OM1 was on the Rats. They tied up the last 2 Marro but their attacks were blocked. Frog disengaged both Warriors on OM2 and ran to the water in the Start Zone. One died to the LEA but the survivor was able to clone him back. My OM2 was on Janos. He shot at and killed Raelin and a greenscale and then Maekor ran into the start zone, engaged both Marro and killed both of them with the Plasma Blade. SF called it here.

Surviving Units
Vydar_XLIII Surviving Units: 6/12 Deathreavers, Janos (1/6 wounds), Etiana (0/4 wounds), Maekor (4/5 wounds, Bambina (0/5 wounds). 374 points surviving.
Superfrog Surviving Units: 4/12 Greenscales, Isamu. 90 points surviving.

Playtest Unit Statistics:

Spoiler Alert!

Janos Summary:
Number of numbered Order Markers: 4 (Exactly 1 per round.)
Number of normal attacks used: 0
Number of times Tracking Fire was used instead of his normal attack: 4 (5 wounds on Altais, 1 wound on Raelin, 2 dead Greenscales, 1 dead MW. 1 block by Greenscale, 1 block by Raelin.)
Number of times Tracking fire got the same-target attack bonus: 2 (R1 v Altais. R2 v Greenscale)

Maekor Summary:
Number of numbered Order Markers: 3
Number of Expedition turns: 3
Number of Support Fire turns: 0
Number of War Cries: 1 (not engaged at end of turn twice)
Number of normal attacks: 5 (3 dead Greenscales, 1 Dead Marro Warrior, 1 wound on Raelin.)
Number of Plasma Blade Arc kills: 3 (1 dead Greenscale, 2 dead Marro Warriors, 2 successful attacks had no targets)
Number of Maekor’s defense rolls boosted by Company Defensive Formation: 7
Number of other Mercenary’s defense rolls boosted by CDF: 0 (Bambina was never attacked)

Bambina Summary:
Number of numbered Order Markers: 0
Number of Expedition turns: 1
Number of Support Fire turns: 0
Number of War Cry Turns: 1
Number of normal attacks: 1 (1 block by a Greenscale.)
Number of times Graviton Hammer was used instead of her normal attack: 1 (1 dead Greenscale.)
Number of figures moved after they survived a Graviton Hammer attack: 0
Number of times attacked due to Combat Challenge: 0

Etiana Summary:
Number of numbered Order Markers: 0
Number of Expedition turns: 3
Number of turns granted by Support Fire: 0
Number of normal attacks: 3 (1 wound and killed Altais, 3 wounds on Raelin in 2 attacks)
Number of wounds prevented by Acrobatic: 0 (Etiana was never attacked)

Altais of the Deep Summary:
Number of times Vortex Breath was used as a single target ranged attack: 0
Number of times Vortex Breath was used as a multi-target ranged attack: 1 (1 dead Deathreaver)
Number of times Altais used her normal attack: 0
Number of Greenscale attack rolls buffed: 0
Number of Greenscale defense rolls buffed: 0

Additional Thoughts:

I’ll start with Altais. Unfortunately for superfrog and for getting playtesting data, Altais went down in 1 turn. Going 10/10 skulls out of the gate does that it seems. Therefore, I don’t have many new thoughts on the Dragon of the Deep. I still think she is overpriced, especially since the latest changes nerfed Vortex Breath, making it not trigger LEAs and decreasing the range to 5.

On to the Mercs/Explorers. So far, I really enjoy this faction. The way that they get what I’ll call “Conditional Bonding” with each other is quite interesting and brings something new to the game.

Currently, the difference between Mercenary and Explorer seems to just be a tool to limit synergy within the faction. I don’t take issue with this, but currently it feels like a purely mechanical distinction. I think the theme of these units can be strengthened if a common thread was weaved through the mercenaries that is separate from the explorers and vice versa, but made so they still work together. Other than that, it seems odd that Jandar would summon Mercenaries. That seems more of a Vydar/Utgar/Einar thing. IDK, doesn’t matter much to me, but it made me go, “huh, that’s odd.” Do with that what you will.

[mtl1998]

550 Points
Map: Playtesting Map #1
Glyphs: 3 Treasure

Player 1 - Army: Greenscale Warriors x4, Kalagrith, Kaemon Awa, Eldgrim the Viking Champion
Player 2 - Army: Amberhive Protectors x4, Amberhive Queen, Byrikon the Hiveless, Major Q10, Siiv

Which units survived?
Major Q10 with 3 lives, Byrikon with 1 life, Queen, Siiv, and 7 bees.



General Battle Report/Flow of game (be as detailed or general as you like)
Round 1 was pretty much just posturing between Q10 and the queen against Kalagrith and greenscales.
Round 2 was Kalagrith and greenscales rushing Q10, but not doing much damage.
Kalagrith rolling 1/8 for scorching earth. Twice on Q10 and once on a bee and the queen.
The queen was sitting behind a wall in a really good spot to see Kalagrith within 4 spots leading to 5 bees sacrificial striking and killing Kalagrith.



How useful were playtesting units' powers and how often did they come into play?
Byrikon’s powers were irrelevant this game. The ability to bond with a ranged hero was more powerful in this particular game.
Kalagrith’s Special attack reminds me of Quahon’s except it’s difficult to do much damage and stay far away from a counter punch. After one game and rolling 1/8 on two attacks, Kalagrith seems like a more risky Quahon.

The queen bee filled the role for allowing the bees to use sacrificial sting. Frenzy hit 1/2 times allowing for another attempt of sacrificial sting.

Any additional comments (theme, balance, fun factor with and against)?

It was really fun getting attacked with sacrificial sting 5 times in one turn. I’m not being sarcastic, it was a really cool and impactful turn. It could have been prevented by me with better placement of Kalagrith.

[Muskie]

550 Points
Map: Playtesting Map #1
Glyphs: 3 Treasure

Player 1 - Army: Specters of Aldornx4, Ataraxis, Iskra, Rechets of Bogdan, Marcu Esenwein, Bol, Isamu

Player 2 - Army: Children of the Dark Star x4, Z'Thoth, Gräbermund

Which units survived?
Ataraxis - 2 life, Iskra - 3 life, Marcu - 6 life, Bol, Isamu, 2 Specters.
2 Children of the Dark Star



General Battle Report/Flow of game (be as detailed or general as you like)
Round 1: positioning until turn three where the specters aided by Ataraxis took out two Children.
Round 2: Specters got the initiative switch and raced to pin Grabermund and took out a couple of Children, Grabermund countered and ate well on Specters. Iskra dropped the Rechets in Turn 3 and got Grabermund to 6 wounds. Grabermund ate two rechets and a specter.
Round 3: Children positioned while specters took Grabermund out and kept the Children at bay. Z'toth starts to move.

Round 4: Specters take out most of the remaining Children and try to pin down and hurt Z, but he shakes it of and mind crushes and smashes all that I throw at him

Round 5: a freed Z charges Ataraxis, who is able to put 3 wounds on him from height. Z gets stuck on some low ground and gets sniped by Ataraxis. Z misses on Iskra, and she finishes Z off from height.


How useful were playtesting units' powers and how often did they come into play?

I will address Ataraxis and let AgentWard comment on Grabermund.
I used Wormhole twice, which really helped positioning, and helped me close out the game.
Ataraxis never died, so i did not use Nanobot Virus, but I kept people in position in case I had to.
The superpower was Terror Enhancement. I used it in about 90% of my attacks (if not more). Agentward did not have range, so I could sit mostly in the field and take two defensive dice (ataraxis plus specters) away from figures only rolling three defensive dice.


Any additional comments (theme, balance, fun factor with and against)?

Ataraxis is a risk to play at 3 life and 160 points, but she makes many of the undead armies playable and competitive. She is powerful against some armies, but has her weaknesses. Overall a fun figure that brings lots of little used armies back into play.

[Dysole]

My Romans squared off against my Mohicans/Teeth. Romans are good y'all.

Azzy went around killing things and Kolby Jack did a decent job bringing the Teeth forward and killing some forward Romans. Azzy used the teleport TG to start wailing on Mohicans who had come forward (the original plan was to throw 8 dice at Kolby but the better choices quickly became killing Mohicans). I finally did huck 8 dice at Kolby when Azzy had 1 life left and went out swinging.

Things were relatively cleared out when Marcus came up to play but Mohicans did do a solid job of holding off on stuff. I even had time to bring in Down and Blount on the TheraShuttle © for a turn and leave the Romans to block arrows with their shield walls. Kolby finally died when a bunch of Romans set up a wall around him and just attacked several getting Marcus bonus. Blounted Combat was an amazing endgame figure just sniping off so many figures and cutting off any real comeback vegies dad had.

We both thought Kolby was reveal an OM for the shifting power but since he led Teeth it was rarely going to come up even with how we was playing Mohicans. The power is actually probably going to be better with a late game Hunter Hero than with a Teeth/Mohican build. Kolby was fine overall but this wasn't a great matchup for him.

Blount is really solid for his points. It's nice that you can get bonuses if he is engaged but I think if you are trying to make it happen you're going to lose. I'm not sure if that's a great call to have powers that scream for engagement but for that to be a poor usage. Other figures like J15 and M-43 don't have this issue since they either want to go into melee or there's so many of them that you don't feel like you have to play it that way.

~Dysole, with her thoughts

[kevindola]

Thank you to everyone for getting their game in. For those who haven't submitted a report for the game (tagged in the spoiler). (If someone else has submitted a playtest report, you can just submit your personal thoughts on the units used) Please do so very soon, before scheduling your Round 2 game so we don't fall behind on reports. Thanks again for everyone's participation and effort!

Spoiler Alert!

@AgentWard
@Shiftrex
@Heroscaper Guy
@Knight of Scape
@Vydar_XLIII (gf)

Round 2 is on Jabberwock (Valda, Wannok).

The dok (1-0) v. shiftrex (1-0) pool of armies is:

* Arby's new Bacon, Rats, and Lizard special: deathreavers x1, Janos, Bambina, Rygarn, Maekor, Raelin (RotV)
* Sci Fi Double Feature: Greenscale Warriors x3, Goblin Slashers x2, Altais of the Deep, Ziggo, Kyntela Gwyn, Bol
* The Court of Flames: Crypt Guardian x4 , Drow Chainfighter x2, Marro Warriors, Kalagrith, Eldgrim, Marcu Eldgrim
* Peaceful Missionaries: Acolytes of Vorganund x5, Corvor, Johnny Shotgun Sullivan, Master Caylus

dok chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, shiftrex chooses who places first.

The BodaciousBlood (1-0) v. Dysole (1-0) pool of armies is:

* Undead Legion.... IN SPACE! : Skeletons of Annellintia x2, Ataraxis, Cyprien Esenwein, Marcu Esenwein, Isamu
* Lizardfolk.... IN SPACE!: Greenscale Warriors x3, Maekor, Bambina, Etiana, Siiv
* Hit Me Baby one More Tribe: Mohican River Tribe x3, Teeth of the Makwa x 3, Brave Arrow, Kolbjorn
* Wherever I May Rome: Romans Legionnairres x4, Capt. Nathaniel Blount, Marcus Decimus Gallus, Azurite Warlord, Theracus

Dysole chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, BodaciousBlood chooses who places first.

The vegietarian18 (1-0) v. Vydar's Girlfriend (1-0) pool of armies is:

* Why do the stars take so long to die?: Zombies x4, Zombie Hulk x2, Ataraxis the Star Lich, Marcu, Isamu
* Expeditious: Greenscales Warriors x2, Maekor, Bambina, Janos, Rygarn
* The Golden Queen: Greenscale Warriors x4, Kalagrith, Kaemon Awa, Eldgrim the Viking Champion
* The Bee Queen: Amberhive Protectors x4, Amberhive Queen, Byrikon the Hiveless, Major Q10, Siiv

vegietarian18 chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, Vydar's Girlfriend chooses who places first.

Please contact Vydar_XLIII to schedule games with Vydar's gf

The Knight of Scape (1-0) v. Sir Heroscape (1-0) pool of armies is:

* The Guild of 90ish Point Heroes (+Ninjas): Janos, C'Rik, Rygarn, Etiana, Wastewalker Gage, Byrikon the Hiveless, Isamu, Otonashi
* Skeletons in Space: Skeletons of Annellintia x3, Ataraxis the Starlich, Marcu Esenwein, Iskra Esenwein
* Come at me Bro: Goblin Slashers x5, Bugbear Basher x3, Ziggo
* Alien Abduction: Children of the Dark Star x4, Gräbermund, Raelin (RotV), Swaysil, Marcu Esenwein

Sir Heroscape chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, Knight of Scape chooses who places first.

The Vydar_XLIII (1-0) v. KnightofLight (1-0) pool of armies is:

* Would you like to make Janos your default browser?: deathreavers x3, Janos, Bambina, Etiana, Maekor
* Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the Kolbjorn moon?: Mohican River Tribe x3, Teeth of the Makwa x 3, Brave Arrow, Kolbjorn
* Vortex spears : cathar spearmen X3, Altias of the Deep, Count Raymond, Byrikon the hiveless
* Marcus Decimus Antus : Red Ants of Aunstrum x4, Kaemon Awa, Amberhive Queen, Marcus Decimus Gallus, Gen. Simon Fraser, Marcu Esenwein

KnightofLight chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, Vydar_XLIII chooses who places first.

The Muskie (1-0) v. kevindola (0-1) pool of armies is:

* Booooo!: Specters of Aldornx4, Ataraxis, Iskra, Rechets of Bogdan, Marcu Esenwein, Bol, Isamu
* Fire from above: Nhah Scirh Cultistsx4, Greenscale Warriors x1, Kalagrith
* Acolytic Corverter: Acolytes of Vorganund x6, Corvor the Tainted One, Master Caylus, Marcu Esenwein
* Hunter's Moon: Mohican River Tribe x5, Kolbjorn, Van Nessing, Bol

Muskie chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, kevindola chooses who places first.

The Chris Perkins (0-1) v. vegie's dad (0-1) pool of armies is:

* God Save the Queen: Amberhive Protectors x5, Amberhive Queen, Byrikon the Hiveless, Eltahale
* Choose (Your Dragon) Wisely: Greenscale Warriors x4, Altais of the Deep, Othkurik the Black Dragon
* Ziggo and the Blashers: goblin slashers x 5, bugbear bashers x2, Ziggo, Urk
* Big dragon, little dragon: Greenscales Warriors x2, Kalagrith, Sonlen, Raelin

vegie's dad chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, Chris Perkins chooses who places first.

The Blue Trails (0-1) v. Heroscaper Guy (0-1) pool of armies is:

* Never Doubt a Man Named ""Innocent"": Acolytes of Vorganund x3, Master Caylus, Skull Demon, Cathar Spearmen x2, Count Raymond, Marcu Esenwein
* Away Down South: Armoc Vipers x3, 53rd North Carolina Sharpshooters x2, Azurite Warlord, Capt. Nathaniel Blount, Guilty McCreech
* : Children of the Dark Star x4, Z'Thoth, Gräbermund, Bol
* : Goblin Slashers x3, Nottingham Brigand x4, Bugbear Basher x2, Ziggo, Elaria

Heroscaper Guy chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, Blue Trails chooses who places first.

The AgentWard (0-1) v. superfrog (0-1) pool of armies is:

* Sneaky or Tricky ?: Goblin Slashers x3, Nottingham Brigand x4, Master Caylus, Ziggo, Elaria, Arthur of Sherwood
* Z'THOTH!!!!!!!: Children of the Dark Star x4, Z'Thoth, Gräbermund
* Null and Void: Greenscale Warriors x4, Altais of the Deep, Raelin (RotV), Marro Warriors, Isamu
* Rebels with Causes: Capuan Gladiators x3, 53rd N. Carolina Sharpshooters x3, Crixus, Capt. Nathaniel Blount, Bol

AgentWard chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, superfrog chooses who places first.

The Captain Stupendous (0-1) v. SchismaticSounds (0-1) pool of armies is:

* Not the Boss of Me!: Capuan Gladiators x3, 53rd N. Carolina Sharpshooters x3, Crixus, Capt. Nathaniel Blount, Otonashi
* Greil Mercenaries: Janos, Maekor, Bambina, C'Rik, Etiana, Maltis Tez
* : Blade Gruts x2, Ataraxis, Isamu, Marcu, Iskra, Ornak, Bol, Torin
* Treacherous Deviants: Children of the Dark Star x2, Gräbermund, Death Chasers of Thesk x2, Gothlok, Guilty Mcreech

Captain Stupendous chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, SchismaticSounds chooses who places first.

The S1R_ART0R1US (0-1) v. mtl1998 (0-1) pool of armies is:

* Buzz-killers: Amberhive Protectors x4, Byrikon the Hiveless, Amberhive Queen, Sujoah
* Fire From Above: Greenscale Warriors x4, Marro Warriors, Kalagrith, Syvarris
* : Acolytes of Vorganund x4, Caylus, Corvor, Kaemon Awa
* : Greenscale Warriors x3, Altais of the Deep, Krav Maga Agents, Sentinels of Grax

S1R_ART0R1US chooses which army to play first or may defer. After armies are picked, mtl1998 chooses who places first.