The Book of Alien Queen

[IAmBatman]

Kids can't stop humming that new hit single: "Game Over, Man, Game Over."

[Yodaking]

When I think of a queen in our universe, to me it's as much a political position and ambassador, as it is a leader of their people. The Alien Queen is a leader of her Hive, giving birth to all the drones and being their mother, but she's not a diplomatic face for other cultures to treat with. It's also certainly not a political position as she's not getting assassinated and replaced by an ambitious younger Drone. The kings and queens of our world are often removed and replaced. As such I would certainly support something else for her class.

[Splash]

I like Hivelord as well, I think the Marro were Xenomorph influenced so it'd be a nice callback. Also it would help avoid unnecessary bonding/synergy, cause the Xenomorph faction should really stand on their own; I don't really see them working with others more than assimilating them.

[Karat]

I think I prefer Matriarch over Hive Lord.

[Splash]

Yeah, that'd be good too.

[Lazy Orang]

Originally Posted by Splash

I like Hivelord as well, I think the Marro were Xenomorph influenced so it'd be a nice callback. Also it would help avoid unnecessary bonding/synergy, cause the Xenomorph faction should really stand on their own; I don't really see them working with others more than assimilating them.

IMO, the Marro probably have more Tyranid than Xenomorph narrative DNA.

But then, Tyranids have a crap tonne of Xenomorph DNA, soo....

[IAmBatman]

Event Hero makes most class stuff on her irrelevant, but I’m fine with something else.

[Cinderquail]

Playtest complete!

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: (Alien Queen)

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = ALIEN QUEEN

SPECIES = XENOMORPH
UNIQUENESS = EVENT HERO
CLASS = QUEEN
PERSONALITY = TERRIFYING
SIZE = HUGE 8
(double-spaced)

LIFE = 10
MOVE = 6
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 6
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 400

XENOMORPH MIND LINK
After revealing an Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with Alien Queen, you may take a turn with up to 2 other Xenomorph heroes you control. Figures taking a turn with Xenomorph Mind Link add 1 to their Attack number for that turn.

PIERCING TAIL STRIKE SPECIAL ATTACK
Range 3. Attack 5
If you rolled more skulls than your opponent rolled shields, the defending figure receives one additional wound.

ACIDIC BLOOD
Whenever Alien Queen receives one or more wounds, before placing Wound Markers, you must immediately choose an adjacent figure that is not a Xenomorph for each wound received. Roll 1 unblockable attack die against each chosen figure. You cannot choose the same figure more than once.

SUPERSTRENGTH

Army Test
Map: Martian Warzone
Units: Alien Queen, x5 Alien Drones VS Sinister Six

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt:
R3T2 Kraven 2 wounds
R4T1 Kraven 1 wound, Doctor Octopus 2 wounds


Xenomorph Mind Link: Useful Power, Used this a bunch.

Piercing Tail Strike: Felt using this attack was better then the normal attack for potential of auto wound.

Acidic Blood: Same as the Drones, definitely good when engaged.

Sinister Six had the advantage for most of the game.
R1 - Figures moved out, First attack was from Drone on shadow against Electro dealing no wounds. Electro then attacks Drone destroying the Drone. Kraven takes two shots at the Queen dealing 2 wounds with each. Queen bonds with Drones, Drone attacks Electro from shadow dealing 5 wounds, Electro destroyed.
R2 - Kraven Bolas a Drone and attacks dealing 1 wound. Queen Bonds with Drones, Drone attacks Kraven from shadow dealing 2 wounds, Drone attacks Vulture attack gets blocked. Vulture drops Drone in lava destroying Drone.
R3 - Queen attacks Kraven with Piercing tail, Kraven blocks. Kraven attacks Queen twice dealing 3 wounds with first attack and 0 with second. Queen uses Piercing Tail dealing 2 wounds. Vulture attacks Drone, Drone blocks, Sandman attacks Drone dealing 1 wound, Drone wounds Vulture with Acid Blood. Drones attack Vulture and Kraven both attacks are blocked. Mysterio attacks Drone and Drone blanks resulting in 2 wounds destroying the Drone. Doctor Octopus attacks and destroys a Drone, Kraven then takes a wound from acid. Kraven then attacks the Queen twice both attacks are blocked.
R4 - Kraven attacks the Queen twice dealing 2 wounds with his second attack, Acid Blood destroys Kraven. Queen attacks Doctor Octopus with Piercing Tail dealing 2 wounds. Sandman attacks Drone and Doctor Octopus attacks Queen both attacks are blocked. Queen uses Piercing Tail on Doctor Octopus, attack is blocked. Mysterio attacks Drone dealing 1 wound, Vulture attacks Drone and Drone blocks attack. Doctor Octopus attacks Queen dealing 3 wounds destroying Queen. Order Marker 3 was on Queen ending round.
R5 - Drone attacks Sandman dealing 1 wound. Sandman destroys last Drone.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Doctor Octopus 2/4 Mysterio 0/4 Sandman 0/5 Vulture 1/4

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Army Test
Map: .
Units: Alien Queen, x4 Alien Drone, Predator, Anti-Venom VS Nick Fury, Scarlet Spiders, Spider-Woman, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Commander Rogers, x2 S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt:
R4T1 Scarlet Spider 1 wound
R4T3 Scarlet Spider 1 wound, Anti-Venom 1 wound
R7T2 Nick Fury 2 wounds
R7T3 Nick Fury 1 wound


Xenomorph Mind Link: Used this power on almost every turn with the Queen, very useful.

Piercing Tail Strike: Good special attack used this whenever the defending figure had 5 or less defense dice.

Acid Blood: Came in handy dealt some wounds, good counter ability.

A long game with the Alien Queen team coming out on top.
R1 - Starts with movement, first attacks come from Drones 1 and 4 against two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents destroying them both.
R2 - Round 2 starts with Drone 1 facing off against a Scarlet Spider, with Drone 1 destroying the spider in the end.
R3 - Drone 3 starts off by attacking a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent destroying him. Drone 4 attacks Black Widow dealing 1 wound. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents attack Drone 3 destroying it and Black Widow attacks Drone 4 dealing 1 wound. Drone 4 then attacks Commander Rogers dealing 2 wounds and Drone 1 attacks Hawkeye dealing 1 wound. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents attack Drone 1 dealing 2 wounds destroying it, Black Widow attacks Drone 4 destroying it with Commander Rogers taking 1 wound from Acid Blood. Anti-Venom attacks an agent destroying him.
R4 - Scarlet Spiders attack the Queen dealing 1 wound, one of them taking a wound from Acid Blood in the process. Predator attacks an agent destroying him. Fury then attacks the Queen dealing 1 wound, with the Predator firing back dealing 1 wound on Fury. Hawkeye takes a shot at the Queen dealing 2 wounds with both the last Scarlet Spider and Anti-Venom taking a wound. Drone 2 then attacks the last agent destroying him.
R5 - Hawkeye starts this round off dealing 1 wound to the Queen. Anti-Venom removes 1 wound from himself and the Queen. Hawkeye fires on the Queen again dealing 2 wounds.
R6 - Fury attacks Drone 2 destroy it with Hawkeye taking 1 wound from acid. Fury and the Queen exchange attacks with Fury dealing 2 wounds to the Queen. Anti-Venom removes 1 wound.
R7 - Anti-Venom starts the round by removing 1 wound from the Queen and dealing 1 wound to Fury. Fury then attacks the Queen dealing 2 wounds. The Queen uses Piercing Tail Strike on Fury dealing 2 wounds. Fury and the Queen exchange attacks one last time with the Queen dealing 1 wound destroying Fury ending the round.
R8 - Hawkeye leaves engagement with Anti-Venom taking 1 wound, attacking the Queen dealing 1 wound destroying her. First Order Marker was on the Queen. Black Widow and Anti-Venom exchange attacks for the rest of the round with Anti-Venom dealing 4 wounds destroying Black Widow.
R9 - Predator starts out attacking Hawkeye dealing 1 wound destroying him. Spider-Woman then attacks the Predator dealing 1 wound.
R10 - Predator finishes the game destroying both Spider-Woman and Commander Rogers.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Anti-Venom 0/7, Predator 1/5

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: (Thought the Queen did well for her points, especially in the second game. Could be a rough draft at times with Drones being the only choice for bonding. But definitly makes the Xenomorphs more of a force to be reckoned with.)

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: (Found keeping her in the backing a using her Drone bonding to do most of the legwork was the most effective. But when she needs to fight she can definitly hold her own agaisnt melee attacks, ranged can be a different story. Overall the Queen Alien shows the potential of Xenomorphs, I look forward to hopefully seeing more Xeno units in the future.)

[Tornado]

Awesome. Thanks for the tests!

[IAmBatman]

Sweet. Looks good and thanks for the tests! @quozl anything in particular you wanting me to try out here? Adjustments to cost and so forth?

[quozl]

Thank you for the tests, Cinderquail!

I think she needs her normal attack boosted a bit. Bats, can you try her with a normal attack of 7?

[Tornado]

Good call. Compare with Laufey.
LIFE = 10

MOVE = 7
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 7
DEFENSE = 7 (+1 on snow)

POINTS = 360

FROST GIANT RAID
After revealing an Order Marker on this card and instead of taking a turn with Laufey, you may take a turn with up to two Frost Giants you control within 8 clear sight spaces of Laufey. When taking a turn with this special power, a Frost Giant may add 2 to its move if it ends its move adjacent to an opponent's figure.