Re: Thors. To me Thor is Marvel's Superman. Common agreement is that Superman is deadlier; fine. I still want a heavy hitting Thunder God. He should have rs, an 18 dv, 5 damage and 11 av to start; never below 3 and willpower or indomitable. Bonus sps or tas would be gravy....Avengers movie has a couple decent Thors, Chaos War has a good one and the 120 point 10th anniversary is great. But NONE rank as a go-to Thor. I still think it's the HoT common for me.

Onto the game...

Dark Phoenix will hss to M8 going for the Pets & Hulk. Gets 4. Argh...she ends where she began.

GA to break? 4. RS to M6 attacking the Pets. Needs 7, rolls 8 ( 2 4s). SS is 3. 1 to them.

Bach to E17.

Morgan to regen: 3, she's up 1.

Beethoven to M10.

Well Shade's gonna try his luck at Hulk. Has to make his damage 3. Needs 8, rolls 9. Imperv is 1. 1 to Hulk.

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Witch rolls for Chaos magic: 4, cancels out Odin's damage powers which are near useless to you in this case.


Deadman I12 (Mental Shields)
Shade JL52 12a (1) @ E11 (Construct)
Space Phantom (4) @ M10 (Beethoven)
Space Phantom (4) @ E17 (Bach)
Morgan Le Fay CW (5) @ F8 (stealthed)
Scarlet Witch/Wonder Man (In a Duel)
Green Arrow 52 (2) @ M16 (Trick Shot)
Dark Phoenix @@ N3 (Repulsor Shield)
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Figures used: Aquaman, Caped Crusader, Catwoman, Chaos King, Cosmo, Cyborg, Dark Phoenix, Deadman, Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Egghead, Enchantress, Flash (JL52 17), Green Arrow, Green Lantern-Alan Scott, Howard Stark, Iron Man, Flock of Bats, Joker, Joker's Henchmen, Kang, Madame Masque, Mera, Ms.Marvel, Morgan Le Fay, Professor X, Rogue, Ronan, Saint Walker, Scarlet Witch, Shade, Skrull Infiltrator, Space Phantom, Stan Lee, Thor, Vision, Wonder Man

Feats used: Alias (2), Armor Piercing, Camouflage, Construct (2), Contingency Plan, Dissent, Endurance, Extended Range (2), Fortitude, Lazarus Pit, Loner, LMD (2), Mental Shields, Nanobots, Nova Blast, Pounce, Protected, Repulsor Shield (2), Shellhead (2), Stunning Blow, TK Reach, Triage, Trick Shot, Vampirism

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Storm on Bach? Shape Change 6

Sentinel takes Constantine for a lift, RS to C15 Can he attack Shade? SC is 2. AV9 on DV17 +1. Gets 3.

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Odin on Wanda. Needs that elusive 7 or better. Gets 10. Rerolls a 9. About dang time. 2 to them. But then, 1 to Odin too.

Marvel Girl (Invigorate) E24 (3)
Storm (M10A20-Trick Shot) @ D18 (Stealth) (3)
Odin (AVM-Repulsor Shield) @@ I15 (In duel) (5)
John Constantine (Alias) E18
Flash (D10A18-Swingline +2) E7 (1)
Hulk (AVM202-Fortitude) H13 (2)
Sentinel (CW-Extended Range) @ C15
Lockjaw & Hairball (Animal) N10/N11 (1)

Figures used: Agent Coulson, Ant-Man (O'Grady), Apocalypse, Aquaman (JL52), Baron Zemo, Black Knight, Blue Beetle, Brainiac, Captain America (CW206), Captain Marvel (GG), Catwoman (DKR102), Commissioner Gordon, Cyborg (JL52), Cyclops, Dark Knight (DKR01), Deathstroke, Dinah Soar, Dr. Doom & Kang, Dr. Fate, Emma Frost (M10A14), Enchantress R, Flash (Jay), GCPD Officer, Genis-Vell, Green Goblin, Hawkman (AVM09), Henri Ducard, Hulk (AVM202), Iron Man (AVM06), John Constantine, Lockjaw & Hairball, marvel Girl, Mr. Fantastic (GG47), Odin, Professor X, Sentinel, Sentry & Void, Spider-Man (M10A17), Storm (M10A7), Superman & Superman, Vision & Scarlet Witch - 4814

Feats used: Alias x2, Animal, Contingency Plan, Damage Shield x2, Dark Avengers, Darkness Within, Dissent x2, Entangle, Extended Range, Force Field x2, Fortitude x2, Great Lakes Avengers, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Inside Information, Invigorate, Large Object, LMD, Lunge, Mental Shields, Nova Blast, Outsmart, Pounce, Protected x2, Repulsor Shield x2, Shellhead x2, Society, Swingline, Thunderbolts x2, Trick Shot, Whirlwind

'Bout time is right. Odin seemed a real lame duck there.

Flash takes 1 from Morgan's poison.

Egghead outwits JC's pc.

Let's see if Deadman can mc Hulk. A 7 will do, gets 10. Nice. He'll charge JC to D16. A 5 kos him, rolls 7. Nice. 1 to Hulk.

Morgana on Flash. Needs 7, rolls 7. No duel but Flash takes 2 more.

Shade boosts Deadman's dv by 1.

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Wonder Witch is on a good click. Needs 6 to hit Odin and both have pc. Gets 10, Odin rerolls 7. 3 to Odin slipping him past Odinsleep.

Deadman @ I12 (Mental Shields)
Shade JL52 12a (1) @ E11 (Construct)
Space Phantom (4) @ M10 (Beethoven)
Space Phantom (4) @ E17 (Bach)
Morgan Le Fay CW (5) @ F8 (stealthed)
Scarlet Witch/Wonder Man (In a Duel)
Green Arrow 52 (2) @ M16 (Trick Shot)
Dark Phoenix @@ N3 (Repulsor Shield)
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Figures used: Aquaman, Caped Crusader, Catwoman, Chaos King, Cosmo, Cyborg, Dark Phoenix, Deadman, Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Egghead, Enchantress, Flash (JL52 17), Green Arrow, Green Lantern-Alan Scott, Howard Stark, Iron Man, Flock of Bats, Joker, Joker's Henchmen, Kang, Madame Masque, Mera, Ms.Marvel, Morgan Le Fay, Professor X, Rogue, Ronan, Saint Walker, Scarlet Witch, Shade, Skrull Infiltrator, Space Phantom, Stan Lee, Thor, Vision, Wonder Man

Feats used: Alias (2), Armor Piercing, Camouflage, Construct (2), Contingency Plan, Dissent, Endurance, Extended Range (2), Fortitude, Lazarus Pit, Loner, LMD (2), Mental Shields, Nanobots, Nova Blast, Pounce, Protected, Repulsor Shield (2), Shellhead (2), Stunning Blow, TK Reach, Triage, Trick Shot, Vampirism

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"I am done toying with you," Odin said. "I have more important things to do than fight a couple of mortals." He aimed his spear at the Scarlet Witch and a beam of divine energy shot forth from it.

"Wanda!" Wonder Man cried out and threw himself in front of the beam.

"Simon!" Wanda cried out.

"Ow," Simon said.

"Ow? You take the brunt of my power and all you say is 'ow'?" Odin asked.

"If you had any idea how much it takes to make me say 'ow' you wouldn't be saying that."

"Come, dear Flash," Morgan Le Fay says, "A battle between you and I seems truly unfair."

"Oh, does it? Why's that. I hit you once," Flash says rushing her. Her image quickly turns into one of a wall.

"I know what to now expect," she replies, "I'm a mage, you can never know what to expect from me."

You were on the ball last night. Replied to my turn before I could even get my story-post in. But I got distracted in between, so my fault I guess.

Also, re Flash's Damage, I had him at 1, which I think is a mistake - that was Mystics damage from his last attack on Morgan, but she had no Mystics to copy (I keep thinking the new Deadman's a Mystics when he isn't). So the 1 he's at now represents Morgan's Poison.

Hulk's hurt me more than he's hurt you.

For what's going to probably my second to last replacement, I'll take Lex Luthor, 10th Anniversary Battlesuit one. Plug the Society on him.

Marvel Girl TKs him to A16

Lex uses Boom Tube Sneak Attack to essentially RS to B12. Copying Hulk's Avengers Initiative, he targets the now visible Morgan. AV11 on DV17. Gets 9. Bully for me. 4 to her and that's a KO.

Gonna push Storm on the Space Phantom. Shape Change is 1. AV10 on DV15. Rolls a 4. Grrr.

Lex Outwits Deadman's Super Senses.

Hulk to break from the Phantom? Gets 5. Good. I would have been cross if I had to waste his attack on him. Charges to H13 on Deadman, AV11 on DV17. Gets 8. Deadman's KOd with 5 damage.

Flash will just move to F8 to block Morgan's replacement.

Lockjaw Phases out, tries to move and attack GA, AV9 -2 on DV17. Gets 8, nice, but not enough. Wasn't really expecting it though. Ends in H/I12, blocking Deadman's replacement.

Sentinel SR to H11, targets GA. AV9 on DV17 +1. Gets 7. I'll pass on the attack and pull Green Arrow into a duel instead.

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Odin's got to clear.

Sentinel and Ollie are on the docks. I roll a 4, so 2 squares away. Since I passed on his last move, he gets another shot, this time without the hindering bonus, so AV9 on DV17. Gets the 8, so 3 to Green Arrow.

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Marvel Girl (Invigorate) @ E24 (3)
Storm (M10A20-Trick Shot) @@ D18 (Stealth) (4)
Odin (AVM-Repulsor Shield) I15 (In duel) (8)
Flash (D10A18-Swingline +2) @ F8 (1)
Hulk (AVM202-Fortitude) @ H13 (3)
Sentinel (CW-Extended Range) @@ I5 (in Duel)
Lockjaw & Hairball (Animal) @ H12/I12 (1)
Lex Luthor (DC10A20-The Society) @ B12

Figures used: Agent Coulson, Ant-Man (O'Grady), Apocalypse, Aquaman (JL52), Baron Zemo, Black Knight, Blue Beetle, Brainiac, Captain America (CW206), Captain Marvel (GG), Catwoman (DKR102), Commissioner Gordon, Cyborg (JL52), Cyclops, Dark Knight (DKR01), Deathstroke, Dinah Soar, Dr. Doom & Kang, Dr. Fate, Emma Frost (M10A14), Enchantress R, Flash (Jay), GCPD Officer, Genis-Vell, Green Goblin, Hawkman (AVM09), Henri Ducard, Hulk (AVM202), Iron Man (AVM06), John Constantine, Lex Luthor, Lockjaw & Hairball, marvel Girl, Mr. Fantastic (GG47), Odin, Professor X, Sentinel, Sentry & Void, Spider-Man (M10A17), Storm (M10A7), Superman & Superman, Vision & Scarlet Witch - 4974

Feats used: Alias x2, Animal, Contingency Plan, Damage Shield x2, Dark Avengers, Darkness Within, Dissent x2, Entangle, Extended Range, Force Field x2, Fortitude x2, Great Lakes Avengers, Horsemen of Apocalypse, Inside Information, Invigorate, Large Object, LMD, Lunge, Mental Shields, Nova Blast, Outsmart, Pounce, Protected x2, Repulsor Shield x2, Shellhead x2, Society x2, Swingline, Thunderbolts x2, Trick Shot, Whirlwind

'Magic. Bah!" Lex Luthor scoffed. "Magic is nothing compared to science." He blasted Morgan le Fay off the roof with his battlesuit.

"Stupid ghost man messing with Hulk's head. Hulk hates that. Hulk hates stupid ghost man." the Hulk said, charging back at Deadman.

"I still don't know what you think you're going to be able to do against someone you can't hit, Greenie," Deadman said.

"Hm, if this Hulk is trying to attack something that's intangeable, he may need my help," Luthor said, hitting the Hulk with a beam that sent the monster out of phase for a few seconds, long enough for him to connect with Deadman, and one punch was all he needed.

"Mutant signature, readings exceed charts. Must destroy," the Sentinel said, going to seek Phoenix, but before he could, he was pulled into one of the duels. "Squark! Teleportation of this unit. Scanning. No mutants in this vicinity. One human with primitive weapon. Threat level minimal, but present. Proposed course of action: elimination."

"Feet don't fail me now!" Green Arrow said trying to run for cover, but the Sentinel shot a heat seeking missile after him. It blew Green Arrow off his feet.

Flash is at 3, all from Morgan last turn. 1 poison, 2 her attack.

Dark Phoenix hss to M8 attacking Hulk and the Pets. Rolls 11 but sadly the Hulk gets an imperv roll of 5. That's 5 to the Pets and a ko.

Bach to I12 to block.

John Constantine comes in for me. Nanobots on him. He moves to K8.

In comes Nikki with armor piercing. Shade boosts her move so she can go to I13.

Beethoven to C11.

Egghead outwits Flash's hss.

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I'm pushing Wonder Witch. Needs 7 twice, gets 7 and 10. That's 3 to Odin; 1 to Wonder Witch. They have Chaos Magic back and roll 6. Good turn. They counter his ta. Although it doesn't describe it as such IF Odin's dial makes him stop at Odinsleep then I'll counter that.

Arrow vs. Sentinel. Needs 8, rolls 2. Ouch, he's out.

I'll draft the Vision. He'll sit and wait in M3, protected.

Nikki @ I13 (Armor Piercing)
John Constantine @ K8 (Nanobots)
Shade JL52 12a (1) E11 (Construct)
Space Phantom (4) @ C11 (Beethoven)
Space Phantom (4) @ I12 (Bach)
Scarlet Witch/Wonder Man @ (3) (In a Duel)
Vision CW 100 (Protected) M3
Dark Phoenix @ N3 (Repulsor Shield)
Egghead (Dissent) I9




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Figures used: Aquaman, Caped Crusader, Catwoman, Chaos King, Cosmo, Cyborg, Dark Phoenix, Deadman, Dr. Strange, Dormammu, Egghead, Enchantress, Flash (JL52 17), Green Arrow, Green Lantern-Alan Scott, Howard Stark, Iron Man, Flock of Bats, Joker, Joker's Henchmen, John Constantine, Kang, Madame Masque, Mera, Ms.Marvel, Morgan Le Fay, Nikki, Professor X, Rogue, Ronan, Saint Walker, Scarlet Witch, Shade, Skrull Infiltrator, Space Phantom, Stan Lee, Thor, Vision (2), Wonder Man

Feats used: Alias (2), Armor Piercing (2), Camouflage, Construct (2), Contingency Plan, Dissent, Endurance, Extended Range (2), Fortitude, Lazarus Pit, Loner, LMD (2), Mental Shields, Nanobots (2), Nova Blast, Pounce, Protected (2), Repulsor Shield (2), Shellhead (2), Stunning Blow, TK Reach, Triage, Trick Shot, Vampirism

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"Hulk! Damn, did I sign up for this?" asks Nikki, "Hey, aren't you on the opposing side?".

"Sides are pretty grey in this battle, it seems."

"Is that the best you have to say for yourself?" she asks.

"No. How about 'bugger off'?".

"Interesting. It seems we are evenly matched on both sides," the Vision notes, "I need to determine the best way to correct that."

Last replacement for me, and I've only got a few points left. A SHIELD Commando. I'll put the Strategic Homeland Intervention...SHIELD ATA on him.

Marvel Girl TKs him to L16.

Can he attack the Space Phantom (Bach)? SC is 3. AV9 on DV15. Gets 9. Constantine's behind the tractor, so no help from him. SS is 3. One more pesky Space Phantom gone.

Can Hulk break from Nikki? Gets 5. Charges to G11. Can he attack Shade? SC is 5. Egghead then. AV11 on DV16. Gets 7. That's a KO.

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Odin on his last click attacks Wonder Witch. AV10 on DV17. Gets 6.

Marvel Girl (Invigorate) @@ E24 (4)
Storm (M10A20-Trick Shot) D18 (Stealth) (4)
Odin (AVM-Repulsor Shield) @ I15 (In duel) (10)
Flash (D10A18-Swingline +2) F8 (4)
Hulk (AVM202-Fortitude) @@ G11 (3)
Sentinel (CW-Extended Range) D23
Lex Luthor (DC10A20-The Society) B12
SHIELD Commando (AVM-SHIELD) @ L16 (Stealth)

A SHIELD agent joined the fight, shooting one of the Space Phantoms. "I'll deal with these little guys. You go get the big ones!" he told the Hulk.

"Fat man annoys Hulk. Hulk will smash him!" the Hulk said, punching Egghead out with one hit.

"Like the mad scientist," the SHIELD agent grumbled. "Not quite the one I had in mind for you, big guy."

Phoenix hss to K11 dual targeting Hulk & Flash. Rolls 9. Imperv is 1. You know I'm giving it to Hulk. Jean ends in N8.

Vision on Flash. Needs 5, rolls 7. Hmmmmm.....you know what, I'll pass on the damage and pull Lex Luthor into a duel. Probably the last chance to do so.

Seems like neither of us have played Ares yet. I suppose he's not uber-impressive but I'll do it as my last draw. Avengers Heroic age on him. He's rs to H7 attacking Hulk and Flash. Rolls 6. 2 to him after invulnerable.

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Still can't believe Wonder Witch is lasting as long as they are against Odin. I mean both of us have gotten iffy rolls here. For now Wanda passes but rolls for Chaos Magic: 4, no attack powers for Odin. Like that matters.

I can't access new maps here so I can't show the fight map in the Vision/Luthor duel but I suppose it doesn't matter. Distance is 1 so they're adjacent. To start can Vision outwit Luthor's imperv? Society roll is 4, so yes and he will. Needs 7 to hit LL, gets 5.

It's up to you here but I'd say we can end this one or maybe give this one a final turn as they are no more drafts.

Nikki I13 (Armor Piercing)
John Constantine K8 (Nanobots)
Shade JL52 12a (1) E11 (Construct)
Space Phantom (4) C11 (Beethoven)
Scarlet Witch/Wonder Man (3) (In a Duel)
Vision CW 100 (Protected) @ (In a Duel)
Dark Phoenix @@ N8 (Repulsor Shield)
Ares (Avengers Heroic Age) @ H7

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The Hulk is slammed in the chest by an axe.

"Ho, Hulk," Ares says commandingly, "I want to look me in the face as I destroy you."

The Vision suddenly appears next to Luthor.

"My systems are alerting me to your threat," the Vision says.

"Impossible! What I'm plotting is all computerized within my suit," he replies.

"Exactly!" the Vision replies, "And it is my duty to eliminate your threat."

"Pal," Luthor says, "Those are fighting words!".

We can end it. With no one else to bring in, I've got no one that can stand up to Phoenix. Hulk's taken a beating. He won't be able to catch her to hit her, or do enough damage to her to matter, even if he does catch her. Odin's lost. Best case scenario, he gets one more hit on your duo, before going out from the Mystics damage. Worst case you just KO him. By the time Luthor gets back from his duel, even if he KOs Vision and takes no damage, it'll be too late.

I think we did accomplish what we set out to do with this one though. Take all the disparate small sets that were being released this year and get the figures a chance to be featured a little and played with before they’re lost in the massive backlist of figures. We didn’t cover everyone. I think we still barely touched the Batman movie set. Except Ducard. He was pretty decent. And I’m sure we can find some figures from all the sets that we overlooked. We could have kept going with this for probably another 2000-2500, but I think we’d be starting to feel a little limited in our choices going forward.

We should keep this in mind if we end up getting overwhelmed by mini-sets again in a year or so, but it sounds like the next several releases will be more straightforward. The Batman/Streets of Gotham double set is covered. After that we’ve got Spider-Man, Teen Titans, and Wolverine & the X-Men which all sound like they’re going to be full sets too. There’s rumors of an Iron Man movie counter-top set next summer, but we’ll see what’s up with that when we get closer. I don’t feel like we need any more Iron Men right now, but if they’re doing all three movies, a redone Iron Monger and Mandarin are both due, and maybe we’ll finally get a Whiplash (though they won’t call him that.)