Voting Comes This Time Each Year!

Third Place! Baldr by 2 Gun Kid You're knockin' it outta the park this month, man. I love that vulnerability to Enhancement to reflect his vulnerability to mistletoe. Really cool touch there.

Second Place! Santa's Sleigh by ComicJunkie. It's fun, it's colorfully appropriate, it meshes well with the various Santas we've designed this month. What's not to like?

First Place! Sweetums by Limelight. I have said again and again that The Muppets might bring me back to Clix, at least to buy a few if not actually play it. And this take on Sweetums would live proudly in my collection. He's simple, he's basic, he's Sweetums through and through. I particularly like that he can smash through walls without a problem, just like when he finally caught up with the Muppets at the end of the Muppet Movie.

#Dec03 Unique The Little Saint Nick
Real Name: Just a Little Bobsled
Team: No Affiliation
Range: 0
Points: 20

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Christmas Comes This Time Each Year: If The Little Saint Nick is on the map, characters can't occupy its squares. // Adjacent characters can be given a POWER to equip The Little Saint Nick as if they were in its square. // INDESTRUCTIBLE EQUIP: ANY UNEQUIP: DROP
Haulin' Through the Snow at a Frightening Speed: When equipped, turn The Little Saint Nick's dial to any click. This character positively modifies their stats by The Little Saint Nick's stats and can use the powers displayed on Hellcycle's dial.
Rockin' Toboggan With a Four-Speed Stick: At the beginning of your turn, roll 2d6. 1-3: No Effect. 4-6: Speed +1. 7-9: Speed +2. 10-12: Speed +3
He Don't Miss No One: Precision Strike. Modify defense value of targeted character by -1.
It's Candy Apple Red With a Ski For a Wheel: Energy Shield/Deflection. If the equipped character moves in a straight line, modify Speed an additional +1.

Even though I've been out of the game for a very long time now, I feel a bit inspired by the Wheels of Vengeance vehicle dials, and felt like this was the perfect opportunity to try one out. Yes, much of the language is cribbed straight from the Hellcycle, but I wanted to make sure it works.

Beach Boys Christmas holds a lot of fond childhood memories for me, as it was quite possibly one of only two Christmas records my parents had when I was young, the other being John Denver and the Muppets, and hey, this song prominently features on both of those albums, so it's a very nostalgic song for me.

I'm particularly proud of the four-speed stick power, giving you four gears of speed modification. Sometimes an idea hits that tickles me, and that's the one. It's what prompted me to make this dial.

EDIT: For your entertainment and because it’s criminal that this has so few views.

https://youtu.be/uGZuuHk2-Tw?si=-6vZYDEGpl43tZH6

Really hard to limit it to three votes again, but here's my top 3.
Votes:

Buckwheat's Kanja-Ro - Very creative and nice dial!

Rurouni's Mariah Carey - I think I can listen to that song maybe once or twice a year max, but this is a very funny idea, and nicely implemented

TheQuestion's Loki - I love this version, really a nice trickster; both the defense against outwit/perplex, as the mistletoe trait are great.

HM:

DBoy's Skurge - activation clicks are a bit tricky, but I really like how it's done here with the option to deal 1 damage, but only after one friendly KO, but being covered by a stop click the click after.

Nico Minoru
Real Name: Nico Minoru
Team: Mystics
Range: 6
Points: 60
Keywords: Mystical, Runaways

7 11 18 2

7 10 18 2

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6 10 17 2

6 10 17 2

6 9 17 2

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Staff of One: At the start of your turn, choose one of the following options she did not choose your previous turn to last until your next turn:
1) Nico Minoru can use Outwit, Perplex, and Probability Control;
2) Choose a standard speed and attack power, Nico Minoru can use those powers
3) Nico Minoru can use Invincible, Defend, and Super Senses.
Runaways: Stealth, Sidestep

Round 2 votes:

1.) Jeb Stuart by LostGaladorian.

2.) Scorpion by RockyRaccoon.

3.) Baldr by 2 Gun Kid.

Honorable Mention:

Sweetums by Limelight451

Round 2 Votes
1. brennan4- The Toymaker
2. No-Name- Santa Claus
3. ComicJunkie- Santa’s Sleigh

'Twas the night before judging,
ROUND 3 subs and ROUND 2 votes soon conclude,
Whose dial would gain top seat?
Your guess is as good as mine, dude...

All I hear are trombones….

The Naughty and Nice List ‘twas never so epic. Nor have the mediums been so eclectic.

Ere Norsemen and dragon gods prepare ye a feast, Echidnas like Bardas and Squabbler’s mixed beast.

The gamers, the gigglers of Whoverse abound, a tribute to Dickens since spellcheck was down.

But above all the others these three entries rose, adorned in their sleighs, hats and furs wrapped in bows.

For thirdly a diva, a bright shining star, whose quick limo getaway yields laughter afar.
Mariah by that guy whose pronunciation we guess, is best easily summed with a brief KJS.
The mechanic spot on and hits like a missile, three ho’s to you in a high pitched chest whistle.

Yet second this week with his risqué versed song, is an alien thrice ‘S’ in lieu of his Gamma Gong.
Although that appearance surprised me at first, I’d happily take him for no Kanjar is worse.
So props to the Buckwheat instead of the holly, slaves like small elves won’t keep him from jolly.

And firstly deserved and the one that’s most groovy, is the lovable monster from The First Muppet Movie.
It’s simple, straightforward, and accurate to boot, all glory is yours in your big hairy suit.
Sweetums, chef’s kiss, like a star shining bright, and to your designer, glorious job mister limelight.

UNIQUE Arcade
Team: Team Player
Range: 6
Points: 50
Keywords: Assassin, Celebrity, Robot

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Two hundred people, one survivor, battle royale style: SIDELINE ACTIVE: At the beginning of the game, choose a friendly character of 100 points or less. If another friendly standard character is KO'd, heal the chosen character 1 click. If that character is the only one on your force, modify it's combat values +2.
I love a good obstacle course. Who doesn’t?: Barrier. FREE: Choose a terrain marker within range and line of fire. Replace it with another terrain marker with the same dimensions.
Homicidal Mark-VII LMDs of marketable superheroes: During Force Construction, choose a character with the Avengers, Spider-Man Family, or Weapon X keywords. The chosen character gains the Robot keyword this game.
This is a contest for human beings. No special advantages, no mutants.: Outwit. POWER: Opposing characters within range and line of fire cannot use Special Powers.
There are no rules, except the ones I make: Shape Change, Stealth, Mastermind.
Confirming that what I’m seeing is what’s actually happening: Opposing characters within 4 squares of Arcade cannot use Mind Control or Probability Control.

Here's my take on Arcade, inspired by the recent Murderworld series wiht a little reference to his appearance with Mastermind in the 2020 Hellions series.

Thanks.

And—because you're too kind to say it—fixed.

What a great sculpt this would make! I think that I may have to read this issue!

I've always been a sucker for throne sculpts. Arcade seems pretty well-suited to one.

If you're curios, the cover is from a mini-series that began in 2022. The titles of the minsiers are a little confusing. They're all presented as a new oneshot special, but it's basically just a regular miniseries. The issues are:

Murderworld: Avengers #1
Murderworld: Spider-Man #1
Murderworld: Wolverine #1
Murderworld: Moon Knight #1
Murderworld: Game Over #1.

The titles and covers are a little misleading. I've heard rumors that the writer didn't want it to be scheduled that way, and there's even a few jokes in the comic implying it was a questionable editorial choice. Regardless, the whole thing's been collected as a TPB, which is probably the best way to read it.

Votes

1: Nicol Bolas- One of MTG's villains translates so nice to the Title Character approach. The Lazotep Zombie bystanders are a perfect touch, as is naming his powers after cards associated with Bolas. As an MTG fan, I really appreciate these details.

2: Freya- A dial for this character is badly overdue, and you took it in an itneresting direction. Some of the powers seem like they should eb anti-synegistic: pusle wave with support, then switching to blades? Yet it feels right and I'd love to see how this plays. You've captured the strange combination of nurturing and ferocity that make this character pretty unique.

3: Kanjar Ro: another badly overdue character, handled in an incredibly creative way. Not only is this a great idea, but you've done a good job formatting it in such a way that I can imagine how it would read on the unfolding card. There's a ton of information here, but it isn't confusing at all.

HM:
Balder- A simple and seasonal dial, executing a great idea in a really fun way.
Godfrey, First Elden Lord: I know pretty much nothing about the character, but I'm impressed with the bold combination of WWE powers and Title Character.

Wampa
Team: Snowfall
Range: 0
Points: 70
Keywords: Animal, Brute, Monster

7 11 18 4

6 10 17 3

6 10 17 3

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5 9 16 3

5 10 16 2

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movement: characters
Wampa in a Snowstorm: Opposing characters cannot target Wampa unless they began their turn within 3 squares of it.
Snowblind: When Wampa attacks a character with standard powers in every slot, the attack cannot be evaded or reduced below 1 // When Wampa is attacked by a character with a displayed special power or slots with no standard powers, modify Wampa's defense by +2
Ambush Predator: Charge, Super Strength.
Drag You Home For Dinner: Blades/Claws/Fangs, Steal Energy // When Wampa hits with an attack, after resolutions move Wampa a number of squares equal to damage dealt, then place the target adjacent to Wampa
Ice Creature: Toughness, Willpower
Is That A Snowman?: Battle Fury, Shape Change.