Soldiers of Valhalla - nominations and discussion

Scytale · #1 November 10th, 2010, 12:41 PM

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Just as a reminder, these are the general features that we will be judging on, so keep them in mind for your nominations:

Balance-Are the points correct?
Playability-Are the powers clear and understandable? Are its master stats appropriate? If it is Large or Huge, what type of base does it use? Is it visually distinct from pre-existing units?
Creativity-Does it add something new to the game?
Theme-Does it fit in the HS universe?
Accessibility-Is the sculpt, or sculpts, available, at a reasonable price, and with limited modification? To help with this, it is encouraged that a link to the mini is included with the nomination (check out Lamaclown's list of mini sites for help with that). Per our new guidelines, we are no longer considering this at the time of review.

Our mission is to review custom units for balance, playability and creativity and to approve deserving candidates for inclusion in HeroScape play. Approved figures will fit in the HeroScape canon thematically and will be suitably priced.

We rely on community involvement in nominating units which will then be playtested by a panel of judges. Judges are permanently appointed, and serve until they choose to step down. The current Judges are:

Soldiers of Valhalla display thread (inducted units)
SoV & C3V Books of Index

Week at HSers SoV Interview Part I
Week at HSers SoV Interview Part II

units pending acceptance for review

Phoah Ra by SchismaticSounds

Yes - 0
No - 2 (Scytale and vegietarian18)
not yet voted - 6 (superfrog, wriggz, BiggaBullfrog, Astroking112, Dysole, Vydar_XLIII)

Priestess Aculanda by SchismaticSounds

Yes - 0
No - 3 (Scytale, wriggz, and vegietarian18)
not yet voted - 5 (superfrog, vegietarian18, BiggaBullfrog, Astroking112, Dysole, Vydar_XLIII)

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units under Unified Fanscape review

Drow Assassin by Leaf It

units currently being reviewed

Masha Shingai by Astroking112

Yes - 2 (Scytale and superfrog)
No - 1 (BiggaBullfrog)
not yet voted - 2 (wriggz and Dysole)

Rujin by Sir Heroscape

Yes - 2 (Scytale and Vydar_XLIII)
No - 0
not yet voted - 3 (vegietarian18, Astroking112, and Dysole)

Shadow Wraith by Sir Heroscape

Yes - 2 (Scytale and BiggaBullfrog)
No - 0
not yet voted - 3 (Astroking112, Dysole, and Vydar_XLIII)

Feral Swog by MegaSilver

Yes - 1 (Scytale)
No - 0
not yet voted - 4 (wriggz, Astroking112, Dysole, and Vydar_XLIII)

Lee Jun by Leaf_It

Yes - 0
No - 0
not yet voted - 5 (Scytale, superfrog, vegietarian18, wriggz, and BiggaBullfrog)

Nordlug by Sherman Davies

Yes - 0
No - 0
not yet voted - 5 (Scytale, superfrog, vegietarian18, BiggaBullfrog, and Vydar_XLIII)

Agrith-Naar by Sir Heroscape

Yes - 0
No - 0
not yet voted - 5 (Scytale, superfrog, wriggz, BiggaBullfrog, and Astroking112)

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units under final United Fanscape review

M.A.R.S. by Astroking112 (Scytale, Dysole, Vydar_XLIII, and superfrog)

Scytale · #2 November 10th, 2010, 12:41 PM

SECTION 1: Submission guidelines and tips
1. Any number of units may be nominated in a single post, including "synergistic" units that function best as a group. When nominating multiple units, you may choose one of four options for your submission:

a) Choose a unit to be the "primary" unit of the submission, and the rest to be "secondary" units. The "primary" unit may pass by itself without the "secondary" units passing, but if the "primary" unit fails, all "secondary" units will be withdrawn. "Secondary" units will be judged based on the "primary" unit.
b) Designate the entire submission as a "faction". For a "faction" submission, if a single unit fails, the remainder of the "faction" will be withdrawn.
c) Choose a group of units (more than one but less than the total number of submissions) to be the "primary" group and the remainder to be the "secondary" group. The "primary" group will be considered as a "faction" under Section 1-1b, and the "secondary" units will be considered as "secondary" units under Section 1-1a in relation to the "primary" group.
d) All units stand or fall on their own merit, as if they were separate nominations.

2. Nominated units require a card formatted in a manner that is easy to read.
3. Sculpts must be known, readily available and appropriately scaled, with consideration taken for cost and for labor, such as paint, required to obtain the sculpt. sites that sell minis (maintained by Lamaclown)
4. All units suggested should fit thematically within the Heroscape universe. Units should follow a Heroscape general and should normally include an origin world that is part of the Heroscape canon.
5. Anyone can nominate a unit for consideration. Nominated units require a majority vote (50%+1) of the Council before they will be considered for review.
6. Do NOT slap a unit together and nominate it for consideration. Game play experience and observations are encouraged. The SoV is a tool for ensuring balance, not for helping refine a rough draft. (The Pre-SoV Workshop is a great place to look for help refining a unit before submitting it here.)

SECTION 2: How units are judged
Units nominated for consideration will go through the following process after a majority of acceptance votes by the judges:
1. Units accepted for review will be playtested competitively at least once by five judges.
2. Consideration for approved units will be given, generally, based on the following criteria and in this order: balance, playability, creativity, and theme.
3. Time for consideration is: as long as it takes for the judges to make an informed decision.
4. Great units will be approved, not good ones. Don't let this discourage you.
5. Judge discussions will occur in public and private forums on the non-official Heroscape web site: Currently www.heroscapers.com
6. Reviews on units will be public with status and results presented.
7. Units must receive 4 reviews supporting induction and no more than 1 review against induction in order to be considered for acceptance into the Soldiers of Valhalla, after which they will be reviewed by the C3V and if approved there will be re-formatted and given the Soldiers of Valhalla Seal of Approval and admitted into the C3V as well.

SECTION 3: Self-governance
1. The Council will contain a number of judges that the sitting judges find appropriate, but never less than 5.
2. Judges will maintain their position unless:
a) They are not heard from by fellow judges on the official non-official Heroscape web site for a period of 31 days, or
b) They abstain for a total of three months or for three consecutive units under review, whichever comes later.
3. If a vacancy on the council occurs, judges will be replaced by those who:
a) show interest in serving, and
b) after consideration of the sitting judges receive 75 % vote of approval. Voting and discussion of a replacement judge may occur in private.
4. Judges will not be allowed to vote on their own units. During the judging of their own units their vote will be considered an abstention for the percentages needed to both playtest and approve the unit. Their vote will NOT be counted as an abstention for purposes of the "three consecutive units" portion of Section 3-2-b.
5. These by-laws may be changed and amended at any time by a 75% vote of sitting judges.

Units that have been inducted in the Soldiers of Valhalla:

link to YES reviews

link to NO reviews

Zombie Hulk (Book) by dok and Good Pig

Tyrian the Kyrie Warrior (Book) by Paronychodon

Zettian Infantry (Book) by dok

Priscus (Book) by Filthy the Clown

Cxurg'gyath (Book) by Tolamos

Beakface Sneaks (Book) by Super Bogue

Hoplitron (Book) by dok

Brimstone (Book) by Scytale

Kantono Daishi (Book) by qt.bangerang

Jarek Guy (Book) by fishguy1

Prince Al'kahora (Book) by capsocrates