The Book of Sewer Labyrinth

[Griffin]

Yea

[Taeblewalker]

Yea. I'll use it to test some Marvelous Customs while I'm at it.

[A3n]

Yea

[quozl]

Yeah!

[Good Pig]

Sweet just need to hear from Hambone...

[Good Pig]

Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? PASS
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Army 1: Doctor Octopus, Black Mask, Hush, Killer Croc, Bodyguards x3, LexCorps x2 (1,010)
Army 2: Super Skrull, Skrull Warriors x2, Skrull Infiltrators x3, Solomon Grundy, Puppet Master (1,010)

Spoiler Alert!

R1 Hush choose Super Skrull for Vendetta. LexCorps and Croc position in the middle of the map near swamp and height. Grundy makes a mad dash for Army 1. Doc Oc w/ LexCorps put 3 wounds on Grundy. Grundy focuses his attacks on Doctor Octopus taking him out in turn 3.

R2 LexCorps attacks Grundy and blocked, Croc sneaks up behind him in the water and finishes Grundy with a 6 skull attack roll. OM 1 lost on Grundy. Hush moves Black Mask up. Puppet Master moves to get clear sight on Croc tries String Pull and fails both times. Black Mask guns for Puppet Master and has Reactive Mind Control done moving him closer to Army 2 start zone. Super Skrull moves up and pounds Black Mask for 3 wounds.

R3 Skrull Warriors destroy Black Mask. Hush moves up behind center column taking cover. Skrull Warriors move up. LexCorps toss a battlement each near skrulls clustered together but can't destroy either battlement. Super Skrull flies up to meet LexCorps on his perch in the middle of the map and takes him out with 6 skulls. LC had rolled 4 shields + 1 blank. LexCorps take out battlement and 2 Skrull Warriors in the process.

R4 LexCorps move up toss battlement for a wound on Puppet Master and shoot the battlement killing last 2 Skrull Warriors and and puts 1 more wound on Puppet Master. Killer Croc attacks a Super Skrull on level ground and gives him a wound. OM 1 on Skrull Warriors lost. Hush moves up and attacks Super Skrull, but is blocked. 20 is rolled! Grundy is back. Super Skrull attacks Killer Croc and is blocked. Killer Croc tries Death Roll and fails. Super Skrull puts 3 wounds on Croc.

R5 LexCorps move up throw a battlement and destroy it which puts 1 wound on Grundy and Super Skrull. Croc puts 4 wounds on Super Skrull w/ regular attack and takes him out. Grundy attacks Croc and is blocked (Croc Block ). Croc puts 2 wounds on Grundy. Grundy attacks, Croc Blocked again. Croc attacks Grundy and is blocked. OM 3 lost on Super Skrull.

R6 Grundy finishes off Croc. LexCorps fire at Grundy from range keeping their distance on perches. Grundy moves up and engages Hush giving him 1 wound. Hush finishes off Grundy. Puppet Master in a bold move attacks an engaged LexCorps and rolls 1 skull that miraculously gets through. Hush moves up and attacks a Skrull Infiltrator and is blocked.

R7 LexCorps whip a battlement a Skrull Infiltrator killing it. Puppet Master does String Pull on Hush and moves him back to a perch and attacks a LexCorps from height, the *** holds true! LexCorps and Hush mop up remaining Infiltrators and put the final wound on Puppet Master.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? Army 1 wins in R7 T3 with Hush (1 wound), 1 LexCorps and 3 Bodyguards.

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Army Test
- Does it pass, Yes or No? YES
Map: Sewer Labyrinth
Units: Army 1: Absorbing Man, Doc Ock, LexCorps x2 (715)
Army 2: Daredevil, Gordon, Robin, Punisher, Beat Cops x2 (700)

Spoiler Alert!

R1 LexCorps move up w/ both Criminal Heroes. Take out 1 cop. Abs man makes a big attack on Gordon and whiffs. DD + Robin use ranged attacks on Abs Man and are blocked.

R2 Punisher Rifles a LexCorps. LexCorps put 2 wounds on Robin. DD gives Abs Man 2w. Abs Man attacks Comish and a cop takes the hit instead. DD gives Abs Man 2 wounds. LC blocks attack from Robin. LexCorps attack DD and he uses Radar Sense. Doc Ock attacks DD and he uses Radar Sense again.

R3 LexCorps fire at Robin and miss. Doc takes out a full life Punisher on height. OM 1 lost on Punisher. Doc Ock takes out 2 cops. DD takes out a LexCorps. LexCorps shoot DD he Radar Senses. Doc Ock moves to height attacks DD and he uses Radar Sense. DD attacks Doc Ock and gives him 1 wound from knockback.

R4 DD takes out Doc Ock. Abs Man puts 2 wounds on Gordon. DD takes out Abs Man. LexCorps put 2 wounds on DD, other LexCorps is blocked. Cop takes out a LexCorps. LexCorps takes out DD.

R5 Lone LexCorps on height battles with remaining cops and Gordon exchanging fire and nothing happens this round.

R6 LexCorps out Gordon from height. Cops attack LC blocked. LC attacks Cop blocked. Cop attacks LC blocked. LC kills cop.

R7 LC kills last cop.
Who won and how many wounds did they have? 1 LexCorps Security wins in R7 T1

SUMMARY:
Overall the map is very fun and the battlements in the middle create a lot of tossing DO havoc. The far left and right of the start zone make good alternative routes for figures when you're playing squad heavy armies. With all the line of sight blockers and road tiles the map definitely favors melee figures and ground pounders. Grundy, Swamp Thing, Namor, Killer Croc are awesome on this map too. Killer Croc sneaks up behind figures when least expected. With larger point armies the tunnels can get a little crowded, but there's always another passage to take to get around someone who's blocking a pathway.

[Margloth]

Okay, I procrastinated faaaaaaar too long for as much fun as I had with it once I actually built the map, but here it is!

Sewer Labyrinth Tests

Test 1:

Spoiler Alert!

Swamp Thing, Blob, Killer Croc, Solomon Grundy (890)
vs
Superman, Flash, Submariner (900)

Round 1: Initiative Swamp Things.
Grundy trudges forward. Namor moves forward, to take a good ambush spot. Grundy, using the road, catches Namor from height, smashing 3 wounds into the Water King. Superman puts a wound on Grundy. Grundy finishes Namor. Supes finishes Grundy.
Round 2: Initiative Swamp Things.
KC slinks forward into the swamps, and pops up on a water space ahead. Supes lays into Croc hard for 4 wounds. KC deathrolls Supes for 2 wounds. Supes rolls poorly, and KC successfully defends. Swamp-Thing uses the Green to move forward. Supes finishes KC.
Round 3: Initiative Swamp Things.
Swamp Thing attacks Supes to no effect. Supes hits back for 3 wounds on Alec. Swampy greens away and heals a wound. Supes catches him and crushes him, taking OM 3 with him. Supes heads towards Blob.
Round 4: Initiative Superman.
Supes gets a big attack roll and slaps 3 wounds on Blob. Grundy rises again, and Blob moves to even footing with Supes. Supes brings Blob to 4 wounds. Blob fails an attack on Supes. Supes finishes Blob.
Round 5: Initiative Swamp Things.
Grundy fails to connect with Supes. Grundy takes a wound from Supes, and repays him with 1. Grundy takes another wound, and gives Supes 1. Supes fails his attack on Grundy.
Round 6: Initiative Supes.
Grundy takes his 3rd wound, and brings Supes to 6. Supes rolls 6 skulls, finishing Grundy.
Summary: Supes wins with 6 wounds, full health Flash.

Test 2:

Spoiler Alert!

Red Skull, Grundy, Zoom, Hydras x 3 (1000)
vs.
Fantastic 4
Round 1: Initiative F4.
Ben and Reed move forward. Hydras and Red move up, Red cubes Grundy forward, and then kills a Hydra to send Grundy out. Ben and Sue move forward, and Reed engages and attacks Grundy (to no effect). Hydras move forward, Red kills one, and Grundy slaps a wound on Reed. Ben pounds Grundy to no effect, Johnny moves up and fires to no effect, and Reed attacks to no effect. Hydras makes some unsuccessful attacks on Johnny. Red races forward on road to engage Sue, uses the cube to teleport to an adjacent spot where he can see Grundy, and fails to inflict any wounds on Sue.
Round 2: Initiative F4.
Johnny takes off, flaming up Red, and attacks him for 1 wound, while Reed misses his shot on Grundy. A Hydra puts a wound on Sue, and the rest attack Johnny unsuccessfully. Red pounds Sue for 3 wounds, and Grundy makes an unsuccessful attack on Reed. Reed gets a bad leader roll, and has to give up good ground to attack Red for his 4th wound. Hydras miss all their shots, but Red finishes Sue, allowing Grundy a massive, kill-shot on Reed. Hydras, a successful attack from Red, and Grundy bring down Johnny.
Round 3: Initiative Hydra.
Hydras attack Thing unsuccessfully. Red re-takes the Cosmic Cube, sends one of his wounds to Ben, and double guns him for 2 more wounds. Thing 1 shots Grundy. Thing takes a wound from Hydras, Red cubes him a wound, fails to inflict any wounds. Ben misses a shot on a Hydra. Hydras deliver the killing blow.
Summary: Red Skull w/2 wounds, 10 Hydras, and Zoom remain.

Test 3

Spoiler Alert!

Kingpin, Bullseye, Elektra, Hired Guns (695)
vs
Daredevil, Batman, Robin, Punisher (680)
Round 1: Initiative Vigilantes.
Punisher and Robin move forward. Kingpin and the Hired Guns move up. Punisher leaves Robin behind, racing along the roadways, and opens up with his Auto Shotgun, taking out 3 Hired Guns and putting 2 wounds on Kingpin. Bullseye moves forward and rolls 0 skulls, and Kingpin takes cover behind a sewer wall. Punisher blasts a rocket at Bullseye, but it was a dud. Bullseye puts a wound on Punisher, and Kingpin engages him.
Round 2: Initiative Crime Inc.
Bullseye brings Punisher to 4 wounds, but Kingpin can't clinch it. Punisher puts another round of shot in Kingpin's belly, bringing him to 4 wounds. Bullseye bullseyes Punisher, and Kingpin rushes across roadway to engage Robin, putting 3 wounds on the Boy Wonder. Bullseye moves up, and Kingpin finishes Robin. Batman engages Kingpin, but can't break his defense.
Round 3: Initiative Crime Inc.
Bullseye one shots Batman, and Kingpin puts a wound on DD. Bullseye puts 2 wounds on DD, but Matt radar senses the 'Pin's attack. DD can't break 'Pin's defense, even from height. Bullseye finishes Matt.
Summary: Kingpin with 4 wounds, full health Bullseye, Elektra, 1 Hired Gun remain.

The layout of this map makes for a lot of interesting choices. You can take the speedy center, but will likely get bogged down in figure clog (and your shooters will have a hard time finding a target), or you can wade through the mucky outskirts for some surprise attacks.

I found that figures with 'cheap shot' powers seem to do better, which is fine with me, as a Sewer seems like a place where a lot of crooked and shady things should be going on. For instance, Scarecrow could be darn nasty on this map, waiting for a good sized clog in a sewer and then dropping a Fear Gas Bomb. Blob could be pretty obnoxious on this map, but then he's supposed to.

Squads really earn their points more as path cloggers than offensively, which is fine with me, and single activation figures do well also, as there are plenty of places to hide, and LOS figures have trouble (Hush, Puppetmaster, Snipers... these guys all hate this map, which is kind of good).

Also, multi-activation figures (like F4) have to be careful about losing LOS synergies, and 'divide and conquer' strategies (getting caught in a separate sewer tube than their compatriots), which is cool.

My only real complaints are that huge Event heroes really can't play this map, and Supes can be a bit of a monster, since you can't often get first strike ranged attacks on him. But all in all I have to say this was a wonderful map.

Pass this baby ASAP!

[Good Pig]

Awesome. Thanks Margloth! I'll take a look at this closer after work today. At first glance it looks good.

One small tweak I'd considered is opening up the path a little bit on the left side from a single space opening to a two space opening to keep it from getting too clogged. Especially if someone camps with say... Giant Man or Blob. I'll post the idea with an updated vs file later.

Range and line of sight are pretty bad. Melee figures definitely get the upper hand here.

[Margloth]

Even with a two-space path, Blob will still stick 'em!

But hey, I found a really quick change to 2 of the wall pieces that opens up the height a bit and makes it a bit more dangerous to camp there... if I get the chance I'll take some shots and post em.

[Margloth]

Okay, it's a really simple change I'm proposing, but it does a lot to open up the height from non-roadways (don't really need open space on the roadways, as it's easy enough to race forward and engage.

CURRENT
PROPOSED

And so you can see at figure-eye-view:

CURRENT
PROPOSED

[Good Pig]

This one's long overdue. Finally have some time to take a peek at it. I'm having a friend over this afternoon and so I'll put it together once more and try out that proposed change Margloth.

The other thing I was trying to accomplish is opening up the path (2 road spaces up from Dum Dum) to a 2 space opening. Blob will still be a pain, but if he isn't camping there it will let other figures through.

[Scapemage]

I see your point. If Blob site right there, non-flying figures can't get anywhere, the perfect screen. Of course, then can kill Blob.