The Book of Selene Gallio

[Hahma]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE TEST UNIT SELENE

- 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

- 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 too powerful or too weak.
PASS –

- 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.

- 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.
PASS –

- 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 -.

Heavy Hitter or Mid-Level Hero Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 360
- Give a brief overview. .. Selene has a variety of tools at her disposal, depending on the situation. Early on she wants to take advantage of her huge attack, and may continue until she goes below attack of 4. Then she has to resort to IOC9 or Psychic Vampire if the opponent is within 1 or 2 wounds from death. It's certainly more advantageous for her to attempt it with only 1 die, but when she's desperate, she has to try it with 2 dice but hasn't succeeded yet with that, which is good in a way to show that while it can be devastating, it's also hard to do. GL's would be wise to keep away and use range against her, as well to keep out adjacency with her. Magical Defense is huge for her vs. single attack heavy hitters.

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units:Selene vs. Juggernaut (340)
Juggernaut wins with 5 wounds on T4R3/ She took 1 wound early but hit Jugs with a 3/0 attack for 3 wounds. She had initiative in R2 and hit him with a 4/2 attack to get him up to 5 wounds. But then Jugs connected to give her another wound and reducing her attack to 5 and then it went on like that from there with Selene's normal attack not being effective. Since he had 2 lives left, she tried Psychic Vampire a couple times but missed both times and Jugs finished her.
TEST 2
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Juggernaut (340)
Selene wins with 1 wound on T2R2/ She hit him hard with her first attack that was ranged with a 4/1 attack to get him to 3 wounds real quick. Jugs engaged but missed attack and Selene clobbered him again with another 4/1 attack for 3 more wounds (6). T1R2 he put 1 wound on her but even with her attack down to 6, she managed to finish him off. Pretty lucky rolls for sure attributed to this easy victory for Selene.
TEST 3
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Wendigo (350)
Selene wins with 4 wounds on T4R2/ . Slugfest where Wendigo's big attack can only put 1 wound at a time on Selene because of Magical Defense. She got a lucky 4/1 attack with 4 dice after having 3 wounds on her to get him up to 6 wounds. He put 1 more on her and she killed him with Psychic Vampire.
TEST 4
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Wendigo (350)
Wendigo wins with 4 wounds on T6R3/ Wendigo wounded her consistently early to weaken her normal attack and she had to resort to Inanimate Object Control and hit 1 of 3 times but too little too late.
TEST 5
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Annihilus (360)
Annihilus wins with 3 wounds on T5R2/..The auto wounds from the CCR in addition to Anni's normal attack made it rough for Selene. Since he could fly, he was able to get to height and just CCR for a wound to weaken her and she couldn't knock the CCR from her with ranged attacks since he needs to take 2 wounds to lose it and can only take 1 wound from non-adjacent attacks. So she backed up to use IOC9 from out of CCR range to force him to come down where she could at least attack in melee. But by then her normal attack was weakened enough as to not be able to put 2 wounds on him and force him to lose the CCR. He was also able to heal a wound at the end of R1.
TEST 6
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Annihilus (360)
Annihilus wins with 1 wounds on T4R2/ Selene kept her distance early and tried to use IOC9 but missed. Anni closed in and hit her with CCR and normal attack for 2 wounds. She missed him but he took 1 wound with a total roll of 3 from CCR but hit her with normal attack for another wound but he healed it at the end of R1. She hit him with IOC for a wound in R2, but he put 2 more on her with CCR and normal attack. She missed and then he finished her.
TEST 7
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Abomination (360)
Selene wins with 2 wounds on T4R2/ Abomination missed throw attempts 3 times and the 1 time he threw her, she didn't take a wound. She had him up to 3 wounds and then with an attack of 5, she hit him with a 4/0 attack to finish him. Could have been closer for sure had she not put final 4 wounds on him with a 4/0 attack with 5 dice, and if he was able to put a wound or 2 on her with his throw...
TEST 8
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Abomination (360)
Abomination wins with 5 wounds on T3R2/ Abomination was able to at least put 1 throw wound on her and he rolled better defense vs. her not rolling lucky attacks. She made a desperate PV attempt at the end when he had 5 of 7 wounds, but rolled 1 skull and 1 blank. Then he finished her. .
TEST 9
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Executioner (370)
Selene wins with 5 wounds on T2R3/ Slugfest here and after she had a decent amount of wounds, she resorted to IOC9 and hit each of 2 times attempted to be able to finish him off. Had she missed one of those, he could have won with his next attack.
TEST 10
Map: X Marks the Spot
Units: Selene vs. Executioner (370)
Executioner wins with 5 wounds on T4R3/ Similar to last game but Selene didn't hit with IOC9 except for 1 time out of 4 attempts...

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 360
- Give a brief overview. .Thugs were certainly in their element here in order to get attacks of 3 on her and usually with 4 attacks per turn. That helped to whittle her down. Reducing her attack and move isn't as devastating vs. squads as her ace in the hole vs. them is Inanimate Object Control 9. She killed 5 of 6 in or near their SZ early on. She exposed herself though to the advanced Thugs that were spread out, but she wanted to get the most bang for her buck right away. She didn't have as much luck later but took out 1 here or there with IOC9. She tried to kill one and reduce her wounds, but missed and they finished her off.

Map: .X Marks the Spot with 2 Parked 18-Wheelers
Units: Selene vs. Thugs x 4 +3 for 356 points.

Spoiler Alert!

Who won and how many wounds did they have? 9 of 19 Thugs live to win on T6R2.

Squad Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
- What should be the unit's point value? 360
- Give a brief overview. . Selene was able to max her threat range by using the front of an 18-Wheeler that was 6 spaces from her to affect 2 SP's with one 9 spaces from her and the other 10 spaces from her. They didn't see that coming She was hitting pretty good with IOC9 since she just had to choose a space on a terrain piece to affect them. The SP had one good turn with like 5 attacks, but that was it. 3 figure squad with attack of 2 isn't great vs. her unless they can gang up for like 6 attacks or have height.

Map: . X Marks the Spot with 2 Parked 18-Wheelers
Units: Selene vs. Science Police x 4 for 340 points.

Spoiler Alert!

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Selene with 2 wounds wins on T4R2.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No?.YES
- What should be the unit's point value? .360
- Give a brief overview.. .Single attacking Sentinels didn't have enough to deal with multiple activations from Prof X. The X-Men won initiative like crazy early on and that really cost the opposing team. Selene got height from Storm's Gale Force to get onto warehouse and other roof. She used normal attack a couple times with height early on to take out a Sentinel. Getting free activations from Prof X made her extra deadly. She killed 1 Thug with Psychic Vampire to lose a wound, she killed 7 Thugs with IOC9, she put 3 wounds on Sentinels with IOC9, she put 2 wounds on Black Mask with IOC9 and put 6 wounds on Sandman with IOC9 because he kept healing them after she put them on. She also killed 1 Sentinel with 2 normal attacks with height because Storm got her on the roof of the warehouse with Gale Force Winds. That also made her harder to wound. A faster flyer would have been able to get up there to deal with her, but the Sentinels were too slow and the Thugs did what they could from below to chip away at her. Storm was a great help early on and then Colossus and Wolverine wrapped it up. A Sentinel had some terrible 1 skull rolls vs. Prof X that didn't even force him to burn the X. Then later on near the end, Sandman stormed over Prof X for a second time but misses the autowound to kill Prof X. That would have lost the X team the last turn and maybe Sandman could have had some luck. But ultimately the opponents just had bad luck vs. Prof X and Selene became a non-major threat because of her move and attack restrictions with her wounds, so Colossus, Wolvie and Prof X had to be the main concerns, but that left Selene alone to IOC9 a lot to do a wound here and there.

Map: X Marks the Spot with 2 Parked 18-Wheelers
Units: . Selene (360) Wolverine (280) Colossus (280) Storm (220) Prof X (220) and Angel (90) for 1430 points. Vs. Sentinels x 4 (640) Thugs x 3 (225) Sandman (210) The Hood (180) Black Mask (100) and Trapster (75) for 1430 points.

Spoiler Alert!

R1- The Hood moved out to the left warehouse with a couple Thugs and a couple other Thugs moved up from the rear. A Sentinel moved up and then The Hood and Thugs move again. Meanwhile Wolverine and Colossus move toward to the concrete point near the interection, Selene moves toward a warehouse and Storm lifts her up there with Gale Force. Selene later moved toward end of large roof and puts 3 wounds on a Sentinel with an attack of 8 with height and range. Storm flies toward other warehouse and stops on top of 18 Wheeler 2.



R2- Selene used IOC9 to kill a Thug but missed another thug and a Sentinel. Storm flies to other warehouse and uses lighting to put 2 wounds on The Hood and kill a Thug. The Sentinel with 3 wounds from Selene flies onto 18 Wheeler 1 and wounds Selene on the roof, allowing other Sentinels to move. Selene kills that Sentinel with her normal attack and Storm misses The Hood with her normal ranged attack and height. The Hood reveals the X to cloak up and flies onto the roof and misses Storm twice, then Thugs move and 3 miss Selene and 1 misses Storm. Selene uses IOC9 to kill a Thug but misses 2 Sentinels, then Storm moves adjacent to The Hood and puts 1 more wound on him (3). The Hood leaves engagement from Storm to fly onto 18 Wheeler 2 and attacks Prof X for 1 wound (X on Wolvie) and Angel carries him away so The Hood attacks Wolvie for 1 wound with his second attack. Then the Thugs attack Selene with height for 1 wound (2) and Wolvie heals down to 0 wounds.



R3- Colossus uses FBS to throw Wolvie at The Hood on the 18 Wheeler for no wound and Selene kills 2 Thugs with IOC9. The Hood cloaks up and flies away from Wolvie and attacks Storm twice for 1 wound, then 1 Thug misses Storm with height and 3 Thugs put 1 wound on Selene (3) with height. Angel carries Prof X forward to extend his control reach and then Storm engageds and attacks The Hood but misses. A Sentinel flies onto a warehouse and puts 1 wound on Storm (2), others move. Storm kills The Hood and Selene misses 2 Thugs with IOC9 but puts 1 wound on a Sentinel on 18 Wheeler 1. Black Mask moves and Thugs move and miss Storm with height and put 4th wound on Selene.



R4- Storm misses Sentinel near her and Selene jumps off roof to try Psychic Vampire on a Thug but misses. A Sentinel kills Storm and others move. Selene misses 2 Thugs and a Sentinel with IOC9 but puts 1 wound on another Sentinel. Wolvie jumps off 18 Wheeler 2 for 1 wound to move toward Selene. A Sentinel on 18 Wheeler 1 puts 5th wound on Selene. Wolvie moves and kills a Thug and then Colossus moves and uses FBS to throw Wolvie onto warehouse adjacent to a Sentinel for 1 wound. A Sentinel kills Angel with a 5/1 attack.



R5- Wolvie kills Sentinel on warehouse and Colossus moves and attacks 18-Wheeler that a Sentinel is on that can attack Prof X, but C misses. Sentinel on 18 Wheeler 2 flies adjacent to Prof X but misses with a 1/1 attack. Colossus moves and puts 2 wounds on that Sentinel and Selene heals a wound by killing a Thug with Psychic Vampire. Sentinel puts 2nd wound on Prof X. (Prof X saving that X for a big attack). Colossus puts 3rd wound on that Sentinel and Selene kills 1 of 2 Thugs with IOC9 and puts 1 wound on Black Mask and Sandman with it. Sentinel misses Wolverine as other one attacking Prof X would be a waste since he still had the X.



R6- Sentinal misses Prof X with a 1/1 attack. Colossus kills that Sentinel and Selene uses IOC9 to kill a Thug but miss both Black Mask and Sandman. Last Sentinel misses Wolvie. Selene IOC9 to put 2nd wound on Sandman but misses Black Mask. Wolvie puts 2 wounds on last Sentinel. Black Mask moves and misses Selene, then last 3 Thugs move and 1 attacks and misses on shadow space and height. Wolvie misses last Sentinel and Selene kills a Thug with IOC9 but misses Black Mask.



R7- Black Mask misses Selene on shadow and 2 Thugs miss her as well, with one dying from Black Mask for failing. Wolvie kills last Sentinel and Colossus moves. Sandman moves and heals a wound (1). Prof X moves forward. Sandman storms onto warehouse roof and heals to 0 wounds. Colossus kills last Thug and Selene puts 2nd wound on Black Mask with IOC9.



R8- Black Mask moves and attacks with height vs Colossus for 1 wound. Colossus moves and misses Black Mask and then Selene misses Black Mask with IOC9. Trapster moves adjacent to Black Mask and misses Paste Pot vs. Colossus but puts 2 wounds on him (3) with an attack with height. Colossus kills Black Mask and Selene misses Trapster with IOC9. Trapster misses Paste Pot and attack vs. Colossus. Selene moves and uses IOC9 to have warehouse across the street put a wound on Sandman on the roof and then Wolvie jumps off other warehouse for no wound.



R9- Trapster misses Paste Pot vs. Wolvie and attacks Selene for a wound (5 again). Colossus misses Trapster and Selene IOC9 vs. Sandman for a wound (2). Trapster misses Paste Pot vs. Wolvie and misses attack vs. Colossus. Colossus puts 2 wounds on Trapster and Selene puts 3rd wound on Sandman with IOC9. Sandman moves and heals down to 2 wounds. Colossus misses Trapster and Selene misses IOC9 vs. Sandman.



R10- Sandman storms on to 18 Wheeler 2 and heals down to 1 wound. Colossus kills Trapster and Selene misses IOC9 vs. Sandman. Sandman storms over Prof X for 1 wound (3) but misses normal attack and heals to 0 wounds. Wolvie comes over to put 2 wounds on Sandman with a 2/0 attack and Selene puts 3rd wound on him with IOC9. Sandman storms over Wolvie for a wound but misses Prof X and then misses Wolvie with attack and heals to 2 wounds. Wolvie puts 2 more wounds on Sandman with another 2/0 attack and Selene finishes him off with a final wound from IOC9.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Wolverine with 0 wounds, Prof X with 3 wounds, Selene with 5 wounds and Colossus with 3 wounds win on T6R10.

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? .YES
What should be the unit's point value? .360 -370
Give a brief overview. .Despite the outcome, it really could have gone the other way, but Shang-Chi was pretty useless and only put 2 wounds on Tigra. Though Moon Knight over-performed by giving lots of auto wounds (4), Cap (2) and Diamondback (1). Commander Rogers was mostly used for OM flex and otherwise just put final wound on Tigra and 1 on Cap with Photonic Energy Shield. He took 4 quick wounds in one turn though from an ticked off Tigra that had 3 attacks of 6 boosted by Cap and some wounds. Diamondback only attacked once, but put final wound on Shang-Chi. Doctor Strange was the real disappointment as he really struggled with dice rolls when he had several attacks with height vs. Cap and only managed 2 single wound attacks on him, with one being the final wound. I had hoped he'd be in better shape at the end to deal with Selene and bypass her defense, but his 3 skull attack was blocked with 3 shields where he had a chance to put final 2 wounds on her and only have him with 5 wounds and Rogers with 4 wounds vs. 1 wound Diamondback. But he missed and Selene used PV to take his life and go down to 3 wounds and was able to finish Rogers off. Overall, it really could have gone the other way, but Strange was having some of the worst 5 and 6 dice attack rolls vs. Cap and then Selene comes up huge with 3 shields vs. 3 skulls at the end.

Map: .The Broken Skyline
Units: .Selene (360) Cap (240) Tigra (170) and Diamondback (160) for 930 points. Vs. Doctor Strange (300) Commander Rogers (250) Shang-Chi (230) and Moon Knight (150) for 930 points.

Spoiler Alert!

Moon Knight was great vs. Selene and Cap early by Dropping on central tower and using Crescent Darts to bypass Selene and Cap's defense. He put a total of 4 wounds on Selene, 2 wounds on Cap and 1 wound on Diamondback with Crescent Darts throughout the game. Selene put 3 wounds on him with a boosted normal attack from Cap. Cap put 1 wound on MK and Selene later finished him off with IOC9.
Shang-Chi started off moving up the road but took a quick IOC wound from Selene and then Cap put 3 more wounds on him with Shield Throw. Shang-Shi later managed to put 2 wounds on Tigra but Diamondback put last wound on Shang-Chi.
Strange eventually got up to central tower and had terrible luck in attacking with height vs.Cap on ladder below. Then Cap wounded him and DS had to take another wound from LE to fly to side tower because he saw 2 OM's on a 2 wound Tigra who could leap onto central tower and tear him up. But after flying to other tower, he still missed Cap with a ranged attack. Tigra used her two OM's to move toward Commander Rogers, who got her up to 4 wounds before she reached him. She tore him up for 4 wounds before he was able to kill her. Cap tried to finish him off with a Shield Throw but took a wound (3) from Photonic Energy Shield.
It took like 6 attacks by Strange to put final 2 wounds on Cap, but Strange got up to 4 wounds himself. Then Selene added 1 more with IOC and he had to engage her to hopefully put final 2 wounds on her by bypassing her Magical Defense, as his range was too short and her IOC would reach him next turn. His 3 skull attack was blocked with 3 shields and Selene used PV to remove a wound and put final one on Strange. Then it came down to Commander Rogers with 4 wounds vs. DB with 1 and Selene down to 3. Rogers attacked but his 2 skull attack was blocked and she moved adjacent to him and killed him with PV.

Who won and how many wounds did they have? Selene with 3 wounds (down from 4) and Diamondback with 1 wound win on T3R7.

I could see her go up to 370, but reducing her IOC range to 4 or 5 even might help keep her down in cost to 350-360. It might be a good idea to lower that range anyway, considering how she can bypass GL's and Flash so easily.

[Hahma]

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of a space on a terrain piece, a destructible object or obstacle such as ruins that is within 6 spaces of Selene, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

May want to consider a change to something like that above as a terrain piece can be a whole 24 hex piece. That would be crazy range. The way I played it when she used it with a terrain piece was to choose a space on the terrain piece and figures 2 spaces from there were affected.

[IAmBatman]

Sounds like a good change. Good thought, Hambone!

[Hahma]

I have good thoughts once in a while. I hate to waste them on real life situations so I can use them here..... where it counts.

[A3n]

[Hahma]

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of a space on a terrain piece, a destructible object or obstacle such as ruins that is within 6 spaces of Selene, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

Would either if these two sound better than the one I suggested above a few posts back?

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of a chosen space on a terrain piece, a destructible object or obstacle such as ruins that is within 6 spaces of Selene, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of a single space on a terrain piece, a destructible object or obstacle such as ruins that is within 6 spaces of Selene, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

[Lord Pyre]

Why even say on a terrain piece? Why not just say any single space? I'm pretty sure water tiles are still considered terrain, if you were trying to let it not use water.

[johnny139]

Is 360 points a good place for her? Is she on-par with cosmic and god-like powers like Annihilus and Hercules? I'm not really familiar with the character but it seems kind of high.

[Hahma]

Well if you just have her choose a single space and it affects figures withing 2 spaces, it takes away some extended range potential given by large DO's like the 18-Wheeler, or other DO's that occupy 2+ spaces such as a Parked Car, Sports Car, Ruins, Warehouse etc. etc. Not to mention the theme presented by listing those things separately rather than say "choose a space" and all figures within 2 spaces are affected.

I mean I guess it can still be done and be super elegant, but I don't know if it's a problem to list them the way they are.

Water is a terrain piece, yes.

[IAmBatman]

Ah, OK, so the single space should just be applying to the terrain piece section? If so, I think this wording would be clearer:

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may choose a destructible object, obstacle such as a ruin, or single space on a terrain piece within 6 spaces of Selene. Roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of the chosen destructible object, obstacle, or space, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

It's not identical mechanically, but I think it's a lot clearer and would still work.

[Hahma]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Ah, OK, so the single space should just be applying to the terrain piece section? If so, I think this wording would be clearer:

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may choose a destructible object, obstacle such as a ruin, or single space on a terrain piece within 6 spaces of Selene. Roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures within 2 spaces of the chosen destructible object, obstacle, or space, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

It's not identical mechanically, but I think it's a lot clearer and would still work.

That works for me Bats. It does the same thing but worded with the choosing of a space. Would we need an "on or" where I put it below or not. I only have a minute since I'm heading out very soon, so I didn't have time to research precedents.

INANIMATE OBJECT CONTROL 9
Instead of attacking, you may choose a destructible object, obstacle such as a ruin, or single space on a terrain piece within 6 spaces of Selene. Roll the 20-sided die for all opponents' figures on or within 2 spaces of the chosen destructible object, obstacle, or space, one at a time. If you roll 9 or higher, the figure receives a wound.

[IAmBatman]

Yeah, good change.