The Book of Yakuza Enforcer

[Yodaking]

I've run into a bit of a rut on the testing front lately, but I do intend to finish what I started. Thanks for the bump though, sometimes I need a push to get going again. I'll see what I can do soon as next week it looks like I'll be heading out of town for a few days and I also have a doctors appointment now so I'm unlikely to get anything done next week.

[Scapemage]

All I can think of is this emoji.

[Yodaking]

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = YAKUZA ENFORCER
SECRET IDENTITY = NONE
SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNCOMMON HERO
CLASS = YAKUZA
PERSONALITY = RUTHLESS
SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 3
MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 3
POINTS = 50-60?

MAC-10 FIRE SUPPRESSION
At the start of the game, place a single grey Clip marker on this card. While the Clip Marker is on this card, add 3 to this figure's Range. After attacking a non-adjacent figure, you must remove the Clip Marker from this card. When a figure that was not within 4 clear sight spaces of this Yakuza Enforcer prior to moving moves within 4 clear sight spaces of this Yakuza Enforcer and is on a space where they could end their move, you may immediately remove the Clip marker from the game. If you do, that figure must end their move and you may roll the 20-sided die. If you roll a 10 or higher, the figure receives 1 wound.

ENFORCER FOR HIRE
After revealing an Order Marker on the card of a Unique Mercenary, Terrorist, or Yakuza Hero's card you control and only taking a turn with that card, you may take an immediate turn with this Yakuza Enforcer and you may not take any additional turns with other figures you control.

Spoiler Alert!

ENFORCERS FOR HIRE

Spoiler Alert!

After revealing an Order Marker on the card of a Mercenary or Terrorist you control, before taking a turn with that figure, you may move this figure up to 5 spaces. If you do, you may not move any other figures with the Enforcers for Hire special power this turn.

RUTHLESS COUNTER STRIKE
When rolling defense dice against a normal attack from an adjacent attacking figure, if this Yakuza Enforcer is not destroyed by this attack, all skulls rolled count as unblockable hits on the attacking figure.

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NAME OF THE TEST UNIT (Yakuza Enforcer)
Hero Tests
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60-70 seems like the right range, could even try them at 80 if they continue to perform well in testing.
- Give a brief preview. After looking at the other cards in the 50-60 point range I just didn’t see any match-ups that would give us any good data so I jumped right into tested them with an ally that would give them the free move to see how they fared without needing OM’s on their card. Also tested multiple Enforcers with one ally to see how that played out. I mixed up the opponents tested against between single and multiple heroes, ranged and melee, to get a wider range on game impact.
Map: Warehouse District 9

Spoiler Alert!

TEST 1
Units: Yakuza Enforcer@50, Batroc vs. Harley Quinn II (180)
Mac -10 Usage: Rolls a 17, deals 1W to HQ, stops movement and ends her turn.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: None.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: None.
Damage Received: 3W’s from Pop Gun in 4 attacks.
The Yakuza used his Mac-10 on HQ and set up Batroc nicely for a Leaping Kick, combined they put a quick 3W’s on HQ at the end of R1. Then HQ won initiative and something crazy happened, She nailed Batroc with her Mallet, dealing 3W, plus knocking him over the edge of the bridge where he fell to his death. This took out all the OM’s for the Yakuza for the round and let HQ fire her gun at him in safety. She also won initiative in the next round and had HG on him so he didn’t stand a chance.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? HQ w/3W’s won with some crazy good luck.
TEST 2
Units: Yakuza Enforcer@50, Batroc vs. Giant Man (180)
Mac -10 Usage: Rolls a 15, deals 1W, end of move anyway and not in range to attack either.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: None.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: None.
Damage Received: 1W from Giant Swap. Another 1W from Giant Swat (two times in a row!). 2W (only 1W needed) from Giant Man normal att.
The Yakuza uses the Mac-10 right away but then can’t seem to engage Giant-Man for some Counter Strike action and Giant-Man rolls well for Giant Swap twice in a row vs. the Yakuza. As a result once he finally engages Giant-Man he only has the 1 life left and fall to the first normal attack directed at him. Batroc uses that engagement to leap away and set himself up for a 2nd Leaping Kick attack though, resulting in just the 2nd W to Giant-Man. Giant-Man then crushes Batroc as he can’t muster 2 shields on 5 defense dice for the 2nd time in 3 defense rolls.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Giant-Man w/2W won, Batroc is the bigger disappointment here.
TEST 3
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @60, Diamondback vs. Jean Grey, Jubilee (220)
Mac -10 Usage: Rolls a 7, fails to W Jean Grey but does keep her from attacking from HG.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: None.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: None
Damage Received: 1W from Jubilee’s SA. Jean Grey att. from HG at range and deals 3W (only 2 needed).
Jean Grey managed to lift herself up onto a bridge, where the Yakuza unloaded his Mac-10 at her, that stopped her from attacking but didn’t stop Jubilee from throwing her firecrackers at both the Yakuza and Diamondback. The Yakuza tried moving up the ladder to engage with Jean Grey, since Jubilee has a SA and Jean does not, but was slaughtered by Jean Grey before reaching the top. Diamondback was rather underwhelming with all her attack rolls, never rolling 2 skulls even once, and only managed to deal 1W to Jubliee before turning her attention to Jean Grey, who she never could wound. Jean grey tossed her off the bridge and finished her off for an easy victory.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Jean Grey @full life and Jubliee w/1W won rather easily.
TEST 4
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @60, Diamondback vs. Kingshark (220)
Mac -10 Usage: Rolls a 20 and deals 1W to Kingshark, stops King Shark form continuing to move forward and engage with the Yakuza.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: Rolls 2 skulls while defending from a King Shark attack, dealing 2W as a result.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: None.
Damage Received: 1W from King Shark. 2W from King Shark.
King Shark tried to rush the Yakuza and got stopped by a barrage of bullets. The Yakuza then engaged King Shark while Diamondback stayed safely out of the way and used her ranged SA. The Yakuza deftly sliced King Shark when he attacked, but then King Shark bit his head off on the next attack. Diamond back only managed 1W to King Shark at this point, but after King Shark engaged her and missed she dealt another 1W. King Shark then took a bite out of Diamondback and was smelt the blood in the water, when Daimondback suddenly stepped up to the plate and rolled 2 skulls for her SA on back to back attack rolls and finished King Shark off before he could end her.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Diamondback w/2W’s pulled victory from the jaws of defeat with a fantastic 4 skulls on 4 attack dice performance that saved her from becoming lunch.
TEST 5
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @50 x2, Gorgon vs. Spiderman, Speedball (400)
Mac -10 Usage: Rolls a 7 vs. Speedball, no W and Speedball was at the end of his move with no one to attack anyway. Rolls a 17 vs. Speedball when Speedball moves on defense via Kinetic Bounce and tries to engage with him, deals 1W and stops his defensive movement early.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: 1W to Speedball while also blocking the 2 skull attack. Another 1W to Speedball while taking 2Ws. 2W to Speedball when he whiffs on attack and the Yakuza rolls 2 skulls for defense. 1W to Speedball (killing him) when he rolls 3 skulls on attack, but the Yakuza rolls 1 shield and 1 skull on defense.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: None.
Damage Received: 2W from Speedball, another 2W from Speedball (only 1 was needed). 2W from Speedball.
Spidey is hung over after going to Prom the night before and as a result his spidey-sense just isn’t working here as he fails his first 2 rolls and takes 2W, twice, followed up by another 1W, to fall to Gorgon really quickly without achieving anything. Speedball tries to bounce around and make a comeback and his defense holds up quite well, but since everyone he is facing has a defensive ability that can dish out W’s he eventually succumbs to the Yakuza’s blades.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Gorgon w/full health and 1 Yakuza w/2W’s won after Spidey goes MIA and leaves Speedball hanging.
*Enforcers for Hire power changed at this point in the testing*
TEST 6
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @50 x2, Omega Red vs. Raven, Starfire (400)
Mac -10 Usage: Stopped Starfire from moving adj. to Raven but failed to deal a W, other marker unused
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: none
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: 1W to Reckless Starfire from HG, another 1W to Reckless Starfire but from even ground, another 1W to a Reckless Starfire on even ground, 2W to a Reckless Starfire (whiffed on def) from even ground.
Damage Received: 1W from Raven on HG at range on Yakuza B, 1W from an adj. Reckless Starfire to Yakuza A, 2W from an adj. Reckless Starfire to Yakuza A (dead).
Starfire ended up risking a LEA (no W) to get away from an Enforcer and avoid the Ruthless Counterstrike power. Omega Red was able to consistently deal 1W to Raven every time he attacked her (from LG) right up until the very end when he finally missed her, but only managed to heal himself twice while she transferred 2W back to him. Once Raven went down, Starfire fell soon after.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Omega Red w/5W, Yakuza Enforcer B w/1W won.
TEST 7
Units:Yakuza Enforcer @60 x2, Titanium Man vs. Conan, Hawkeye II (360)
Mac -10 Usage: 1W to Hawkeye while stopping his movement early, used to make a ranged att. on Conan from HG, inflicted 2W
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: none
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: 2W to Conan at range from HG, 1W to Hawkeye from LG, 1W to Hawkeye from LG (Hawkeye is rolling terrible def. dice here),
Damage Received: 2W to Yakuza A from Conan’s SA, 1W to Yakuza B from Hawkeye’s SA, 1W to Yakuza A from Conan’s SA (dead), 1W to Yakuza B from Hawkeye’s SA, 3W to Yakuza B from Conan’s SA (dead)
Hawkeye flies out with Conan as his passenger, Yakuza A unloads his Mac-10 on Hawkeye and prevents him from getting too close, Conan gets placed adj. to Hawkeye less than 4 spaces away from Yakuza B and Hawkeye orders him to attack the Yakuza, who can’t use his own Mac-10 to prevent that from happening. Titanium Man and his Enforcers manage to dish out some damage but ultimately couldn’t stop Conan from cutting them all down.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Conan w/4W, Hawkeye w/3W won.
TEST 8
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @60 x2, Silver Samurai vs. Abomination (360)
Mac -10 Usage: Yakuza A unloaded on the Abomination when he leaped adj. to Silver Samurai, no damage, Yakuza B sat back and waited for the 1 life Abomination to come to him and took him down with a hail of bullets.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: none.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: none.
Damage Received: Yakuza A received 5W from Abomination (dead).
To avoid being stopped short of attacking, Abomination just leaped adj. to Silver Samurai, Yakuza A still unloaded his Mac-10 on him but Abomination could then attack the Silver Samurai. Abomination focused on Silver Samurai and before long had put 4W on him, he managed to miss 3 throw rolls in a row though, meanwhile Silver Samurai struggled to damage Abomination at first but then when down to 1 life he turned it on and put a quick 4W on Abomination to bring him up to 6W total. Abomination then attacked Yakuza A and smashed him before throwing Silver Samurai at a wall and taking him out. Yakuza B waited for Abomination to come to him and took him down with his Mac-10.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Yakuza B @full health won.
TEST 9
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @70 x2, Deathstroke vs. Green Arrow, Red Arrow, Alien Drone (420)
Mac -10 Usage: .With the Yakuza facing two archers, trying to use the Mac-10 on defense doesn’t seem likely so Yakuza A moves up and removes the marker to attack the Alien Drone at range.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: Red Arrow att. adj. Yakuza A from LG, deals 1W to Yakuza but then takes 2W in return and goes down.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: Yakuza A att. the Aline Drone at range and rolls 3 skulls to the Drones 1 shield on 5 def. dice, 2W for a kill, Yakuza A att. Red Arrow from HG for 2W, Yakuza A engages Green Arrow (who whiffs on defense) and deals 2W from even ground.
Damage Received: Yakuza B takes 2W from Red Arrow’s ranged att., Yakuza A takes 1W from Green Arrow at range, Yakuza A takes 1W form Red Arrow attacking from adj. LG,
Some pretty bad luck for team Arrow here as the Drone dies after being attacked for the first time and never does anything at all, then Red Arrow on HG & Green Arrow combined can only muster 1W vs. Yakuza A at range, which later comes back to haunt them as Yakuza A survives an adj. att. to Ruthless Counterstrike kill off Red Arrow. Then Yakuza A engages Green Arrow and takes him out with a 2W att. too. I think I screwed up by moving the Alien Drone up at all, should have just focused on ranged attacks until the Arrows were engaged.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Deathstroke @full life, Yakuza A w/2W, Yakuza B w/2W won.
TEST 10
Units: Yakuza Enforcer @60 x3, Marrow vs. Lady Deathstrike, Swordsman (400)
Mac -10 Usage: Yakuza A unloads on Lady Deathstrike preventing her from engaging Marrow and dealing 1W. Yakuza B uses his clip for a ranged att. from HG in an attempt to finish Lady Deathstrike off, but fails to deal the final W.
Ruthless Counterstrike Damage Inflicted: none.
Normal Attack Damage Inflicted: 2W to Lady Deathstrike from HG.
Damage Received: Yakuza C took 1W from Swordsman’s SA, Yakuza C took 1W from Lady Deathstrike from LG, Yakuza C took 2W from Lady Deathstrike from LG (dead), Yakuza A took 2W from Vengeful Strike, then 1W from an adj. att. (dead).
Swordsman rolls pretty terrible dice, after 3 uses of his SA on an adj. Yakuza (5 att. vs 3 def.) he only manages to deal 1W, and both adj. defense rolls (5 def. vs. 3 att.) also can’t muster up any counter strike wounds. As such Marrow picks him apart from range while he’s stick engaged with a Yakuza he can’t kill off. The poor dice continue with Lady Deathstrike as she takes a quick 2W from a Yakuza on HG. Once Lady Deathstrike dispatches the Yakuza who engaged her, Marrow retreats while continuing to throw her Bone Shards. Lady Deathstrike has to pursue and runs into a hail of bullets preventing her from engaging Marrow. Lady Deathstrike dispatches that Yakuza and the last one tries to finisher her off with a burst of bullets but fails to do so. She then engages Marrow and for a brief second Lady Deathstrike looked like she might pull off an impossible comeback, but Marrow survives her scare and starts healing back up while they trade blows. Eventually Lady Deathstrike falls.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Marrow w/2W & Yakuza B @full health won.

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Army Test 1
- Does it pass, Yes or No? yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60?, not a good showing here for the Yakuza. The Thanagarian’s just brought too many skulls to bear on attack.
- Give a brief preview. Viper is up to no good and it draws the attention of a demi-god and his angels? Wanted to see how the Viper/Merc/Yakuza team-up threat plays out. Since all those enemy figures are melee fighters the Yakuza should do well here.
Map: Warehouse District 9
Units: Viper 180, Silver Samurai 240, Yakuza Enforcer @60 x2, Whirlwind 190, Scarecrow 140, Wizard 140 (1010) vs. Hawkmen x2 200, Hawkgirl 225, Hawkman 225, Hercules 360 (1010)

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Mac-10 Fire Suppression Usage: Yakuza B uses his Mac-10 on a Hawkmen when he flies over a wall towards Scarecrow, stopping him 1 space short from engaging but does not deal a W. 2nd marker went unused as he died rather unexpectedly, Yakuza A had moved up 4 spaces away from a Hawkmen and so couldn’t use his Mac-10 to protect himself.
Ruthless Counterstrike Usage: none.
Normal Damage Dealt: 1W to Hawkgirl (killing her).
Damage Received: Yakuza A takes 3W in one attack from a Hawkmen while rolling 4 def. dice thanks to Vipers +1 bonus, thought he might kill the Hawkmen with a Ruthless Counterstrike wound but no such luck. Yakuza B falls to Hawkman when he rolls 6 skulls on 6 dice.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Hawkman w/4W & Hercules unused won.

Recap: Hawkmen got a couple of lucky breaks early when one took a Mac-10 hit without going down and another successfully took out a Yakuza without getting himself killed from a Counterstrike wound. Things seemed to even out a bit after that and soon the Hawkmen and Hawkgirl were all down, but they did take out Viper in the process. Then Hakman went on a tear and put swooped in to take out a wounded Silver Samurai and then a full life Whirlwind in back to back turns, both of which took an OM with them. He then took out a wounded Scarecrow to end the round. Two attacks of 8 was just too much for this army of mid-level bad guys. The last Yakuza engaged Hawkman and tried to tie him up for Wizard to maybe get the drop on and maybe score a counterstrike wound, but Hawkman rolled 6 skulls on attack and smashed his face in. Hawkman’s attack dice cooled off for one round, giving Wizard two attacks with which he did deal 4W’s, but then the die heated back up and even though Wizard blocked one big attack roll with his X shield, a second big attack roll put him down.
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Army Test 2
- Does it pass, Yes or No? Yes
- What should be the unit's point value? 60 seemed pretty good here.
- Give a brief preview. Here is a mixed group of Yakuza, Ninja, Assassin, & Mercenary heroes, should be fun! Diamondback can help position the Yakuza while Masahiro can bond with Bullseye to attack at range while they wait for the Wrecking Crew to come to them. Once the Yakuza have used their markers up, Masahiro will issue a Ruthless Command and should his minions fail him he’ll sacrifice one of the Yakuza.
Map: Warehouse District 9
Units: Masahiro 170, Yakuza Enforcer @60 x2 120, Kirgi 175, Bullseye 175, Diamonback 160 (800) vs. Wrecking Crew (800)

Spoiler Alert!

Mac-10 Fire Suppression Usage: Yakuza A uses Mac-10 to stop Thunderball as he advances, no damage. Yakuza B uses his Mac-10 on Thunderball as well to keep him from engaging Bullseye, this time 1W is dealt.
Ruthless Counterstrike Usage: none.
Normal Damage Dealt: Yakuza B, boosted by Ruthless Command, engages and attacks Thunderball for 2W.
Damage Received: Thunderball att. Yakuza A at range & deals 1W, Thunderball uses his ranged attack to hit Yakuza B and deals 2W, Wrecker att. Yakuza B at range from HG and deals 1W (dead), Yakuza A gets Headbutted by Wrecker from 4 spaces away and takes 5W (dead).
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Bullseye w/2W won.

Recap: The Yakuza family form up a line of defense and let the Wrecking Crew come to them, after Yakuza A burns his marker to slow down Thunderball he takes a wound and retreats to be saved for as a potential sacrifice later. Bullseye is able to hit Thunderball HG while Wrecker does the same to Diamondback. The Wrecking Crew still have not had a multi-turn activation yet. A Ruthless Command is given to destroy Thunderball, Bullseye gets blocked, Thunderball is stopped from engaging, Yakuza ungages him instead, Wrecker destroys that Yakuza and finally triggers an extra activation, so Piledriver engages Bullseye & Diamondback, Kirgi Phantom Walks over to Thunderball, pulls Wrecker off HG, and puts Thuderball down, Piledriver takes out Diamondback and exchanges W’s with Masahiro. A Ruthless Command is issued to destroy Piledriver (who only has 1 life left), Kirgi takes HG on Wrecker, Bullseye finishes off Piledriver, Masahiro engages Bulldozer, Wrecker still can’t wound Kirgi but he bonds with Bulldozer, ends up taking a W from Ruthless Counterstrike, Wrecker takes a LEA W to leave Kirgi and go after Masahiro at range. A Ruthless Command is issued for Wrecker, Wrecker then takes out Masahiro with the frist OM reveal of the round (not sure if this then negates all the effects of that command or not), Bulldozer Headbutt’s Bullseye, Wrecker also att. Bullseye. Kirgi joins comes over and pulls both Wrecker and Bulldozer adj. to himself. I lost count how many times Wrecker & Bulldozer att. Kirgi, every time either being blocked or dealing exactly 2W for no damage, Bullseye & Kirgi finish off Wrecker, then Bulldozer finaly scores 1W on Kirgi. Bulldozer suddenly takes out Kirgi with a 4 skull att. roll that Kirgi whiffs on, Bullseye on the other hand must be drunk as he can’t hit Bulldozer from HG while unengaged. Bulldozer tries to move up a ladder to get to Bullseye but he loses initiative, Bullseye cuts him off at the top of the ladder and finally hits him. Bulldozer then retreats and goes after the last Yakuza instead, Bullseye moves out onto the ladder and takes down Bulldozer from 5 spaces away.

[Ronin]

Nice! Seems like their disruption can be effective, but they're vulnerable to beefy heroes.

Pre-yea to public testing at 60.

[Yodaking]

Alright, so finally wrapped up the Initial PT here. Really liking the bonding change, made them much more useful and fun to play. Having them bond with each other when fielding more than 1 was really useful for early game set up. They could move out front first then have their unique hero bonding options come in later. Also like how their relationship with Masahiro works, he can either have one activate before he takes a turn or after he takes a turn, but not both, that flexibility really highlights that he is a Yakuza boss and their are Yakuza foot soldiers well. Then I have to give @johnny139 a shout out, thanks for pushing for the marker option as a single normal ranged attack. I did use it a few times in my testing and found the flexibility there a positive thing for the design.

Overall they seemed pretty effective at 60 points in the small ball testing and I was leaning toward sending them out at 70 points, but then I ran the team tests at 60 and their impact seemed to drop some. In the larger game format it just became easier for them to not see as much use while their opponent found it easier to pick them off or avoid them. So I think I'll leave them at 60 for now and we can bump them up if future testing shows they deserve it.

I propose we send the Yakuza Enforcers out for Public PTing at 60 points.

Yoda - yea
Ronin - yea
Arkham - yea
Johnny139 - yea
japes - yea
Scapemage - yea
Spidey'tilIDie - yea
Tornado - abstain

[japes]

Is the SP updated...b/c I'm not seeing how they bond with themselves...The bonding power says Terrorist or Mercenary and they are neither?


Nevermind...I found the spoiler in your test...could you update the SP


YEA

[Yodaking]

Will do, thanks for the reminder.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Yea looks pretty good.

[Scapemage]

Yea! Let's see these guys moving!

[Arkham]

Yea

[johnny139]

Yea

He's definitely a complicated little design, but I think he's fun mechanically and you seemed to enjoy how he played, so, yeah!

[Tornado]

Abstain