Kame House

[Ericth74]

Overall Look: Looks Great, I don't know the back story of the map, but it looks good at first sight without any glaring issues.

Stability: Played on TTS but can't see where any issues would be.

Build difficulty: Looks very straightforward.

Size: Looks to be a smaller map.

Unit types positively affected: As its a smaller map, melee figures and slower figures will like it.

Unit types negatively affected: Harder for figures that like to kite.

Key areas on the Map: & hex height is a key area to control. Inside of the house for the Command Hub.

Areas not used much or at all: I found that whatever side the battle started on it stayed ther, not really a negative though.

Game 1:

Spoiler Alert!

Army Test
Map: Kame House
Units: 1000 pts – Silvermane 240, Dawnbreaker 260, Spider-Man 280, Lantern Decoy x2 100, Lantern Shield 20, Weather Wizard 100 VS 1000 pts – Captain Cold 200, Plunder 165, Top 185, Abra Kadabra 160, Weather Wizard 100, Girder 190

Damage Dealt: R1T1 – Captain Cold 2 wounds
R1T2 – Top 2 wounds
R2T1 – Girder 1 wound
R2T2 – Girder 2 wounds plus 1 wound (C.Will)
R2T3 – Girder 1 wound
R3T1 – Weather Wizard 2 wounds plus 1 (C.Will)
R3T2 – Weather Wizard 1 wound
R4T1 – Captain Cold 1 wound
R5T1 – Plunder 2 wounds plus 1 wound (C.Will)


Power: summary

Power: summary

Power: summary

Plunder picks Silvermane. Spider-Man picks Dawnbreaker.
R1 – Silvermane picks to lose initiative. Abra and Cold move. Dawnbreaker moves, drops a Decoy adjacent to Cold and Abra. Dawnbreaker attacks Cold(-1 def) doing 2 wounds to Cold. Weather Wizard attacks down on a Decoy twice doing 1 wound. Top engages Dawnbreaker and attacks(-1 attack), doing 1 wound. Dawnbreaker flies over to engage Cold but is frozen. He attacks Top(-1 def) instead doing 2 wounds. Spider-Man attacks Top(-1 def) from range(Wizard misses Fog roll) doing 2 wounds and defeating him. Cold(-1 attack) attacks down on a Decoy(Priority) and defeats it. Plunder moves and has no target. Dawnbreaker engages Abra and drops in a Decoy next to Cold and Plunder. Dawn attacks Abra(-1 def), its blocked. Spider-Man attacks Abra(-1 def) from range doing 1 wound.
R2 - Silvermane picks to lose initiative, 3 allies move. Abra moves into the house and lands on the Command Hub. Dawn moves and Cold freezes him. Dawn attacks Cold(-1 def, Wizard fails Fog roll), its blocked. Weather Wizard attacks down on the Decoy with his SA, both are blocked. Girder(-1 attack) attacks Dawnbreaker doing 1 wound. Dawnbreaker moves, drops and Shield and attacks Girder(-1 def) doing 1 wound. Spider-Man attacks down on Girder(-1 def) its blocked. Girder(-1 attack) attacks Dawn(+2 def) its blocked. Weather Wizard attacks down on the Decoy and defeats it. Dawnbreaker attacks Girder(-1 def) and hits him for 2 wounds and another wound for Corrupted Will. Spider-Man attacks down on Girder(-1 def) its blocked. Girder(-1 attack) attacks Dawn doing 2 wounds and defeating the Shield. Plunder attacks Dawn twice both are blocked. Dawn attacks Girder(-1 def) defeating him. Spider-Man and Silvermane swap places.
R3 – Silvermane chooses to lose initiative. Weather Wizard hits Silvermane for 2 wounds. Plunder attacks Silvermane for 1 wound. Dawnbreaker moves, Cold freezes him. Dawn attacks Weather Wizard from range(misses roll) and hits him for 2 wounds and a bonus wound for Corrupted Will. Cold attacks Dawn from range but Weather Wizard(ally) fogs it out. Plunder attacks Silvermane from range twice, its blocked. Dawnbreaker attacks and defeats Weather Wizard(enemy). Dawnbreaker swaps places with Spider-Man. Cold attacks Spider-Man, its blocked. Plunder attacks Spider-Man, its blocked. Silvermane enters the house and attacks Abra doing a wound. Silvermane uses a marker to activate Weather Wizard who uses his SA to attacks Abra doing 1 wound.
R4 – Cold attacks Spider-Man, its blocked. Plunder attacks Spider-Man doing 1 wound on the first attack, the second is blocked. Spider-Man swings away. Dawnbreaker attacks Cold from range doing 1 wound and defeats him. Spider-Man moves to height adjacent to Plunder. Plunder attacks Spider-Man twice both are blocked, Spider-Man swings away. Silvermane and Weather Wizard defeat Abra.
R5 – Dawnbreaker and Spider-Man defeat Plunder to end the game.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): 3 wounds/3 life left Silvermane, full 4 life Weather Wizard, Dawnbreaker 4 wounds/1 life left, Full life Spider-Man

Game 2:

Spoiler Alert!

Army Test
Map: Kame House
Units: 1000 pts – Silvermane 240, Dawnbreaker 260, Spider-Man 280, Lantern Decoy x2 100, Lantern Shield 20, Weather Wizard 100 VS 1000 pts – Boom Doom

Damage Dealt: R1T1 – Dr Doom 2 wounds
R1T2 – Dr Doom 2 wounds
R1T3 – Dr Doom 1 wound plus 1 wound for C. Will
R2T1 – Bot 1 1 wound
R2T3 – Bot 4 1 wound



Spidey picks Dawnbreaker.
R1 – Silvermane loses initiative, 3 allies move. Dawnbreaker moves and drops Decoy 1 next to Dr Doom, Dawn then attacks Doom(-1 def) doing 2 wounds. Spidey moves. Bot 4 moves and attacks Decoy 1, its blocked. Bot 2 defeats Decoy 1. Dawn moves adjacent to Doom(-1 def) and attacks doing 2 wounds. Spider-Man attacks Doom, its blocked. Bots 2 and 3 hit Dawnbreaker for a wound each. Dawn drops a Shield and attacks Doom(-1 def) doing 1 wound and a bonus wound for Corrupted Will, which defeats Doom. Doom defeats Bot 3 and returns with 1 wound.
R2 - Silvermane loses initiative, 3 allies move. Doom attacks Dawn(+2 Def) from range, its blocked. Bot 1 attacks Dawn from range but Weather Wizard fogs it. Dawn moves, drops a Decoy and attacks Bot 1(-1 def), doing 1 wound of damage. Spider-Man attacks Bot1(-1 def) doing 1 wound. Bot 1 Self-Destructs doing 2 wounds to Dawn. Bot 4 attacks Dawn from range, its blocked. Dawn attacks Bot4, its blocked. Spider-Man attacks Bot4(-1 def) doing 1 wound. Bot2 attacks down on Dawn from range, its blocked. Bot 4 attacks down on Dawn, its blocked. Dawn attacks Bot 4(-1 def) doing 1 wound. Spider-Man attacks Bot 4(-1 def) and defeats it. Silvermane and Dawnbreaker swap places.
R3 – Silvermane attacks and defeats Bot 2, but takes a wounds when it blows up. Silvermane uses a marker to take a turn with Weather Wizard. Wizard uses his SA to attack Bot 5(-1 def next to Decoy) both attacks are blocked. Doom and Bot5 defeat the Decoy. Silvermane attacks Bot 5, its blocked. He uses a marker to activate Weather Wizard. Wizard uses his SA and puts 2 wounds on Bot 5. Bot 5 self-destructs and puts 3 wounds on Silvermane. Doom attacks Silvermane, its blocked. Silvermane attacks Doom doing 1 wound. He uses a marker to activate Weather Wizard. Weather Wizard uses his SA to attack Doom doing 2 wounds. Doom hits Silvermane for 2 wounds.
R4 – Silvermane attacks Doom, its blocked. He uses his last marker to activate Weather Wizard. Wizard attacks with his SA on Doom, its blocked. Doom defeats Silvermane. Weather Wizard uses his SA and rolls 4 skulls on both attacks but only does 1 wound to Doom. Doom hits Weather Wizard for 3 wounds! Spider-Man attacks and defeats Doom to end the game.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Full 5 life Spider-Man, 4 wound/1 life left Dawnbreaker

Final Thoughts: I like how the map played. I don't see any need for a change. I did wonder how the map would play if the house was rotated 90 degrees? It's not needed just curious. Pretty happy where this map is at and could see it being a playtesting staple.

[Arch-vile]

Thanks Eric! Just messing around with it, it looks like we could rotate the house 90 degrees with no problem. I'm cool with making that change if you'd like. I don't think it changes a whole lot.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

Thanks Eric! Just messing around with it, it looks like we could rotate the house 90 degrees with no problem. I'm cool with making that change if you'd like. I don't think it changes a whole lot.

Mostly just a thought. It does balance out each start zone side so they each have an entrance, and then you have one either facing north or south.

I can try my next playtesting game that way to try it out?

[Arch-vile]

Makes sense! And that works for me. Thanks!

[Ericth74]

Played 2 more games on Kame House. I played them rotating the house in each direction. Both games played fine. Unfortunately in both games I didn't have a need to go in the house and grab the Command Hub. I think whatever way fits your aesthetic will work fine on the map.

[Arch-vile]

Thanks Eric! I kinda like turning the house 90 degrees. I'll update the TTS mod tomorrow. I also need to rebuild the map to move the map more centrally.

[IAmBatman]

Originally Posted by Arch-vile

Thanks Eric! I kinda like turning the house 90 degrees. I'll update the TTS mod tomorrow. I also need to rebuild the map to move the map more centrally.

Definitely let me know when you have it updated! Planning on using this for Skeletor initials (which I plan to work on setting up today and probably playing later this week).

[Arch-vile]

Originally Posted by IAmBatman

Definitely let me know when you have it updated! Planning on using this for Skeletor initials (which I plan to work on setting up today and probably playing later this week).

Bit later than planned, but the TTS mod is updated! Just rotated the house, but I also noticed one of the bushes was asymmetrical so I fixed that.

[IAmBatman]

Nice! Behind on working on my own map, so I get it. And I hadn't gotten a chance to set anything up yet either, so great timing for me, actually!

[japes]

have you created/updated a VS file yet or are you waiting to make sure this version is the final?

[Arch-vile]

I only have a Mac so I will need help on the VS file.

[IAmBatman]

Overall Look: Love the look of it

Stability: Played on TTS

Build difficulty: Played on TTS

Size: Feels like one of our smaller maps, but not so small that start zone bombing felt too concerning.

Unit types positively affected: Probably good for blocking figures that like creating choke points.

Unit types negatively affected: Lots of line of sight blocking gave this a good balance between range and melee.

Key areas on the Map: Mostly the hills of the highest height.

Areas not used much or at all: I didn't use the water at all, but I might've if I'd had a water based unit

Game 1:

Spoiler Alert!

Team Test
Map: KAME HOUSE
Units: Skeletor (340), Baron Heinrich Zemo (180), Enchantress (320), Crossbones (160) (1000) vs Iron Man (270), Captain America (240), War Machine (260), Black Widow (230) (1000)
Unit Summary: Tried the Havoc Staff and Tome of Ancient Secrets here to stay pretty “basic.” The Tome got in some nice wounds here, but wasn’t efficient enough, especially with Skeletor’s allies wilting, and the dice definitely favored the Avengers.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Initiative Avengers. Cap advances to one of the sand dunes. Zemo advances. Enchantress fails to enchant anyone and flies forward instead. War Machine has Iron Man fly up, then flies up himself. Black Widow advances. Zemo advances and Crossbones advances. Cap moves into the house. Iron Man takes a hill beside the house and double attacks down on Zemo first, defeating him, then on Enchantress, wounding her once. Enchantress fails to enchant Crossbones or hit Iron Man with a punch. During cleanup, Skeletor puts 1 wound on the Tome.
Initiative Avengers. Cap advances and can’t hit anything with his shield. Enchantress has another unproductive turn. War Machine flies over Enchantress, no wound, then blasts her for 1 wound. Iron Man has War Machine fly over her again for 1 wound, then Iron Man double attacks Enchantress, but can’t hit. Enchantress fails to enchant, but punches War Machine for 1 wound. Cap engages Enchantress, but can’t hit. Widow hits Enchantress for a fourth wound from range and height disadvantage. Skeletor advances. During cleanup, he puts 2 more wounds on the Tome.
Initiative Masters of Destruction. Skeletor advances and puts 2 wounds on Iron Man with the Tome. Cap rolls all skulls and punches out Enchantress. Skeletor blasts Iron Man from height disadvantage, but can’t hit. Cap can’t hit Skeletor, who teleports away with his Havoc Staff. Black Widow takes an obstructed shot at Crossbones, but can’t hit. Skeletor blasts Cap for 1 wound from range. Iron Man and War Machine advance. No flyovers work, but War Machine and Iron Man each hit Skeletor for 1 wound. During cleanup, Skeletor puts 2 wounds on the Tome.
Initiative Skeletor. He uses the Tome to finish Iron Man. Cap rolls all skulls twice with his shield and takes out Crossbones (one shot!) and wounds Skeletor. Widow shoots Skeletor for a fourth wound. Skeletor fails to hit War Machine. War Machine finishes Skeletor with a flyover and then an attack.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [1] wounds on [Captain America [1]]
• HOARDING POWER: Equipped [Tome of Ancient Secrets] and [Havoc Staff] during setup; equipped [nothing] later. Was [useful – the Tome inflicted [4] wounds on [Iron Man [4]]]
• LORD OF DESTRUCTION: Was [the same risk/reward as in 1.0. It felt good.]
• MAGICAL DEFENSE 1: Was [what it was]

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Black Widow with Full Life, Captain American with 4/5 Life, and War Machine with 3/4 Life win..

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Game 2:

Spoiler Alert!

Team Test
Map: KAME HOUSE
Units: Skeletor (340), Incredible Invention (30), Doctor Strange (290), Oracle (110), Moondragon (230) (1000) vs JL Trinity (1000)
Unit Summary: Everything was built around enhancing Skeletor’s single attacks here and the Trinity melted under the pressure. They already hate Strange and aren’t fond of Moondragon. Skeletor’s team also nicely took advantage of the Command Hub.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Moondragon gives Superman -1 Defense and Skeletor +1 Attack. Skeletor takes the Havoc Staff, the Power Sword, and uses Incredible Invention to get the Teleportation Belt. All-in-all he has -2 Defense and +4 Attack or +5 Attack in melee.

Initiative Masters of Magic. Moondragon has Skeletor, Strange, and Oracle move forward. Wonder Woman flies up to the house. Strange flies to the other end of the house. Batman advances. Skeletor teleports to the Command Center. Superman advances. Skeletor moves the unrevealed X from Moondragon to Oracle, then teleports to the nearby hill, follows the Secret Attack Plan, and blasts down on Superman, inflicting 4 wounds on him. During clean up, Skeletor takes a wound from a malfunctioning Teleportation Belt.
Wonder Woman uses a marker. Initiative Trinity after Batman uses a marker. Moondragon has Oracle advance, Strange go take the Command Hub, and Skeletor to pick up the Power Sword again. Superman engages Skeletor and punches him for 1 wound, so he drops the Power Sword again. Superman uses a Justice Marker and Wonder Woman engages Skeletor and punches him for a third wound. Batman can’t hit Skeletor with his batarangs. Strange at the Command Hub moves the X from Moondragon to Oracle. Skeletor teleports to disincentivize Superman from going after the Power Sword, then follows the Secret Attack Plan and hits Superman for 1 wound (his fifth). Superman can’t hit Skeletor. Strange moves the next Order Marker to himself and flies out of the house, engaging Superman, and punching him for the last 2 wounds. Wonder Woman takes the Order Marker and fails to hit Skeletor with a punch. Skeletor teleports to avoid the lasso and grabs the Power Sword, then slashes Wonder Woman for 2 wounds. Skeletor’s Teleportation Belt works just fine.
Initiative Masters of Magic. Skeletor teleports and attacks down from height with the Secret Attack Plan, one-shotting Batman. Wonder Woman punches Skeletor for a wound and he drops the Power Sword again. Skeletor hits Wonder Woman back for 3 wounds. Wondy punches Skeletor for a fifth wound, but it’s not enough. Skeletor finishes her.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [15] wounds on [Superman [5], Wonder Woman [6], Batman [4]]
• HOARDING POWER: Equipped [Havoc Staff] and [Power Sword of Grayskull] during setup; equipped [Teleportation Belt] later. Was [X]
• LORD OF DESTRUCTION: Was [the feature here, used for big nasty attacks when stacked with other bonuses]
• MAGICAL DEFENSE 1: Was [handy as always]

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Moondragon with Full Life, Oracle with Full Life, Doctor Strange with Full Life, and Skeletor with 1/6 Life win.

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Game 3:

Spoiler Alert!

Team Test
Map: KAME HOUSE
Units: Skeletor (340), Captain America (240), Red Arrow (150), Iron Man (270) (1000) vs Baron Heinrich Zemo (180), Enchantress (320), Executioner (340), Crossbones (160) (1000)
Unit Summary: Skeletor goes back to the Havoc Staff and the Tome of Ancient Secrets.
Game Summary

Spoiler Alert!

Initiative Masters of Evil. Enchantress can’t enchant Executioner, but flies forward. Cap advances. Zemo advances. Enchantress fails to enchant Executioner and fails to hit Cap with a blast from height. Red Arrow advances and shoots Enchantress for 1 wound, then gets another during Iron Man’s transition. Iron Man double attacks Enchantress for 2 more wounds (ouch). Zemo and Crossbones advance. Cap advances and punches out Enchantress (ouch). Skeletor advances. During cleanup, Skeletor puts 1 wound on the Tome.
Initiative Masters of Evil. Crossbones takes height and double attacks Iron Man, taking him out, and wiping out OM2 and OM3 for the Dark Avengers. Zemo’s attack bounces off Cap’s shield. Cap’s stuck in glue. Red Arrow hits an obstructed Crossbones for 2 wounds from height disadvantage, because no one can roll defense in this game. Zemo takes height on Cap, engaging him. Executioner advances. Crossbones engages Cap from height and punches him for 2 wounds. Skeletor puts another wound on the Tome.
Initiative Dark Avengers. Cap is glued again and Zemo blocks Red Arrow’s speed shot. Zemo has Executioner move up and punch out Cap. Skeletor advances. Speed Shot can’t hit Zemo. Skeletor blasts Zemo for 1 wound. Zemo engages Red Arrow to stymie Speed Shot, then Executioner engages Skeletor and punches him for 1 wound, then hits his damage die roll for a second wound. Skeletor avoids a swipe from Executioner and strolls over and punches out Zemo from height. During cleanup, the Tome adds a wound.
Initiative Dark Avengers. Speed Shot can’t hit Executioner through obstruction, but Skeletor punches Executioner for 1 wound. Executioner puts a third wound on Skeletor. Skeletor puts a second wound on Executioner. Executioner can’t hit Skeletor. Skeletor puts 2 wounds on Executioner with the Tome. Executioner can’t hit Skeletor. The Tome gains no wounds.
Initiative Dark Avengers. Skeletor can’t hit Executioner. He hits Skeletor for a fourth wound. Speed Shot sneaks in 2 wounds on Executioner and Skeletor finishes him with the Tome. Executioner had OM2. Skeletor finishes Crossbones.

• Damage Done (Normal Attack): Inflicted [8] wounds on [Zemo [4], Executioner [2], Crossbones [2]]
• HOARDING POWER: Equipped [Havoc Staff] and [Tome of Ancient Secrets] during setup; equipped [none] later. Was [useful – the Tome put [3] wounds on [Executioner [3]]
• LORD OF DESTRUCTION: Was [useful enough here]
• MAGICAL DEFENSE 1: Was [rough on Executioner once his backup fell]

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Skeletor with 2/6 Life and Red Arrow with Full Life win.

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Final Thoughts: It's a map that gets into the battle round one, but the house placement stops anything from being a wide open shooting gallery. I like having a smaller map that gets in the action fast and the look and theme of the map was fun. Going in the house or not will depend on the team construction. Other than that, most action was on the hills.