I keep thinking you're using the AA Joker not the Icons one. No matter.

Blink tks Xavier to M21.

Xavier tries to mc Joker. Needs 6, rolls 8. He moves to J9 but not before having Xavier outwit his outwit.

Karma to mc Thug. Needs 3, rolls 4. It's enough.

Thug on Ventriloquist. Needs 8, rolls 8. He's koed.

Domino on Ra's. Needs 5, rolls 7. 2 to him.

So many things I could do with Iceman but he has to focus on Thug. Needs 5, rolls 9. He's out, too.

Might as well push Northstar since it's doubtful he'll last a turn as is. Starting with Ra's needs 5, gets 4. Domino rerolls 11. He's out. He'll turn to Firefly. Needs 7, rolls 3. No matter, it's all I need.

Xavier can perplex ALL his X-Men's dv by +1.

Karma V @ K18
Blink R @ M23
Jean Grey IC R I23
Northstar V (4) @@M18
Angel DR H13
Domino E @ L18 (stealthed)
Professor X @ M21
Iceman First Class @ J18
Psylocke V AW H22





HO I17, M17 LO L18

"They seem to be going through us like toilet paper, Xavier," Jean-Paul says.

"Don't be such a naysayer, Northstar," he replies verbally and then he enters his mind and finishes his thought, "There is much going on behind the scenes."

"I am so outta here!" Joker says as he walks away.

"Joker...what wait!!" Riddler exclaims.

"No my doll is coming to life and attacking me!" the Ventriloquist says as he attacks the Street Thug.

"Officer O'Hallorhan," the Thug says seeing an abusive cop from his past who terrorized him as a juvenile delinquent, "You're not getting me!". He then turns to the Ventriloquist and smacks him.

Iceman turns to Karma, "You're doing?".

She nods.

"You know, you really should have popcorn for this."

Am I missing something? Ventriloquist has 2 clicks of Damage. 1 click from the Thug isn't going to KO him

My mistake, Ventriloquist takes only 1. No way to really change that.

I've KOd a lot more of your figures than you have mine. Why does it still feel like I'm fighting a losing battle here.

Riddler to L17

Freeze to L16

Riddler Outwits Northstar's Toughness.

Ventriloquist Perplexes Northstar's DV back down to 14.

Firefly on Northstar, AV8 on DV14. Gets 4.

Riddler Perplexes his own DV to 17 and will MM to Freeze.

Man-Bat Assassin G20 (2)
Firefly @ N17 (3)
Penguin (AA) G12 (5)
Street Thug (AA) J17 (4)
Riddler (AA) @ L17
Red Hood (CR) I11 (1)
Ventriloquist J16 (3)
V Mr. Freeze @ L16 (5)
V Joker (IK) J9

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

Psylocke on Firefly. Xavier outwits his esd. Needs 5, rolls 6. He's out.

Jean tks Psylocke to M17.

Angel rolls to break away from Penguin. 3. Fine, he'll attack Penguin. Needs 6, rolls 4. Domino rerolls 5. Sheesh. Really low rolls this game.

Xavier boosts all the X-Men's defenses.

Karma V K18
Blink R M23
Jean Grey IC R @ I23
Northstar V (4) M18
Angel DR @ H13
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X M21
Iceman First Class J18
Psylocke V AW @ M17 (stealthed)





HO I17, M17 LO L18

"This is almost too easy," Psylocke tells herself as she leaps from one building to another and masks her movements with ninja-like stealth. Approaching Firefly it only takes one quick kick to the gut and he's out.

Penguin and Angel watch her from an adjacent rooftop.

"She is quite deadly, that one," the Penguin muses.

"In more ways than you could know," Angel responds thinking of his own personal experience.

Joker to H11, Outwits Angel's ESD.

Red Hood on Angel AV10 on DV16 +1. Gets 4.

Ventriloquist on Northstar, AV8 on DV14 +1. Gets 3. Ack. I can't even make the easy ones.

Penguin to break. Gets 2. Attacks Angel AV8 on DV16 +1. Gets 9. Domino can't help. Blades is 1. Pitiful.


Man-Bat to M20

Thug on Karma, AV7 on DV15. Gets 6.

Man-Bat Assassin @ M20 (2)
Penguin (AA) @ G12 (5)
Street Thug (AA) @ J17 (4)
Riddler (AA) L17
Red Hood (CR) @ I11 (1)
Ventriloquist @ J16 (3)
V Mr. Freeze L16 (5)
V Joker (IK) @ H11

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

Iceman took out Thug on my post from 09/05/2009 19:20.

Let's see if I can thin things out further.

Karma will try to mc Man Bat. Needs 4, rolls 10. Man Bat flies away to S15.

Bobby on Ventriloquist. Needs 6, rolls 10. He's out now.

Domino on Riddler. Needs 7, rolls 6. Rerolls 7. He'll mm to Freeze, I'd guess.

Xavier rolls to mc Joker. Needs 6, rolls 9. These good rolls don't help you. Joker will outwit Hood's toughness and attack. Needs 6, rolls 6. 3 to the Hood.

Jean pushes to tk Northstar to K17.

Blink to J22.

Northstar on Riddler. With flurry he has two chances. Needs 8, rolls 10. 2 to Riddler. Needs another 8, rolls 9. 2 more to Riddler.

Xavier outwits Joker's outwit and perplexes all his X-Men's dv by + 1.

Pretty decent turn there.


Karma V @ K18
Blink R @ J22
Jean Grey IC R @@ (1) I23
Northstar V (4) @ K17
Angel DR (1) H13
Domino E @ L18 (stealthed)
Professor X @ M21
Iceman First Class @ J18
Psylocke V AW M17 (stealthed)





HO I17, M17 LO L18

Pretty decent turn? Master of the understatement you are. You cleaned out most of my backup - Freeze, Ventriloquist - and turned two of my last three real threats into marginal pieces. I'd say that turn qualifies as the beginning of the end.

and probably a quick end it will be from here on in.

Riddler tries his free Incap on Domino. AV9 on DV16 +1. Gets 11. Rerolls for her and gets 7.

He'll try a regular attack on her. Rolls 7.

Joker will MM to Red hood, and then to Penguin.

Man-Bat Assassin S15 (2)
Penguin (AA) G12 (5)
Riddler (AA) @ L17 (4)
Red Hood (CR) I11 (4)
V Joker (IK) H11

HO O9, I17, M17
LO M9, N9, L18

Angel on Penguin. Needs 6, rolls 9. 1 less piece of mm fodder for the Joker.

Psylocke on Joker. Needs 7, rolls 7. All mmed to Red Hood which kos him.

Professor X outwits Joker's outwit. Again he ups everyone's dv by + 1.


Karma V K18
Blink R J22
Jean Grey IC R (1) I23
Northstar V (4) K17
Angel DR (1) @ H13
Domino E L18 (stealthed)
Professor X M21
Iceman First Class J18
Psylocke V AW M17 (stealthed)





HO I17, M17 LO L18

So what this is boiling down to is can the Joker take on your massed team of X-Men single-handedly? And the answer to that, I think, is no.

So far in this tourney, the X-Men have absolutely routed everyone they've come up against. Will it be their turn to go all the way this time?

I've long thought of the X-Men as the best team is this game. They've got so many cheap, efficient pieces. Their weakness....very few figures who are mid-level (like Thing) and no super big guns (like Thor). It could be nice to see them go to the end.