The Book of the Hostage Holdout Scenario

[A3n]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Are you calling me Cinderella?

There may be a comparison there, under all her dirt grime she was a princess

[Hidicul]

Originally Posted by A3n

There may be a comparison there, under all her dirt grime she was a princess

Now wait a minute here, I thought Mr. Helm called Griff Bat's princess, if I'm right then Bats cant be the princess...oh wait I guess the Helm's analogy would still work wouldn't it

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by hidicul

Now wait a minute here, I thought Mr. Helm called Griff Bat's princess, if I'm right then Bats cant be the princess...oh wait I guess the Helm's analogy would still work wouldn't it

In Matt's world, he must emasculate me, otherwise, I would cause him much fear even in his own imagination.

[IAmBatman]

Man, lots of new stuff for me in the User CP, but mostly juvenile crap.

[1Mmirg]

Just had to post a thank you here.

My son and I recently played this scenario through and had a blast. I added Batman, Robin, Alfred and he added Penguin, Two-Face, Catwoman, Riddler.

It was a tight game--hard to keep those silly Civilians alive--but once the Dynamic Duo moved in, things were looking good. (Until Catwoman dropped down the side of the building and snuck around to finish off my civilians before I could get Batman and Robin out of the building and over to her.)

It was close, thematic, and even though I lost I had a blast. It was great seeing my son pull the wool over my eyes and sneak Catwoman out, while I ravaged his Thugs and Crime Lords--all for nothing... It was a smart, fun win for him.

Thanks for putting this together; very fun .

[A3n]

Thank you 1Mmirg, we really do love hearing reports like this. So glad you got some fun out of something we created, & glad to hear that your son gave you a run for your money .

Cheers

[Griffin]

Family Fun Time 4 the win!!!!

[Ericth74]

I'm going to try this scenario in a few days with 4 players 2 vs 2. Looking at doing 720 point armies (one guy wants to run a Predator x3 army, that way it's 720).

Should I add another squad of Civilians and more rounds to make it work? Or leave it as is? Any chance this works or will the increased point total break the scenario?

Any input would be great.

[Tornado]

I do not think I have ever looked at this before now. Nice.

Reading through the special rules it sounds like if the Civs never attack, it will take a minimum of nine rounds to destroy all the Civs, so adding more would make it nearly impossible to win through that route and makes it simply a kill each other scenario.

I think you are just going to have to give it a whirl. After the first game you will know if you need to tweak it.

Sounds fun. Really interested to hear how that Predator army turns out.

[Ericth74]

I'll post a battle report after, we'll probably run 2 games with a few different teams.

[Tornado]

Cool.
Theoretically the extra points on each side should balance things out.
Hard to say. There was was probably 600 less designs when this scenario was released.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Eh, more like 550 less, but who is counting.