Inspired by the recent Winter Games, Gargantua and FlyingIcarus will throw together 8 350 point teams from various parts of the world: USA, Canada, Russia, Africa & the Middle East, Asia, UK, Europe and Atlantis. They'll fight it out in single elimination for the ultimate gold medal.

Game 1: Atlantis vs. Asia

My (loosely) Atlantean team:

V Sub-Mariner 150
E Aquaman (Icons) 56
V Marrina 55
E Black Manta 34
Captain Mako 52

347 points

Initiative: 9

"I suppose you'll be a useful addition to this team, but you are aware that I am the true King of Atlantis. You are merely a pretender to the throne," the Sub-Mariner said haughtily.

"What?!?" Aquaman demanded. "You're joking, right? Well it's not funny! I'll make you eat those words, Namor!"

"Boys! Boys!" Marrina interposed between them. "Stop it. We've got to work together for the glory of Atlantis, right?"

Both agreed sulkily.

"And besides," Black Manta whispered to Captain Mako, "Once this is all over and our plans move forward, neither of them will be king of Atlantis." The villains chortled, well, villainously.

At first I thought Asia had only two figures to include: Mandarin and Sunfire, plus random Indy figures. Instead...I found a lot of characters:

Mandarin V 141
Sunfire E 61
Katana V 58
Shi V 47
Jinx R 44

351 TOTAL

Initiative is 10

Let's use Heroclix 1.

"What a motley crew," Mandarin notes of his group.

"Hardly a good first start, Mandarin," Jinx notes.

Katana sharpens her blades, "Jinx is it? Yes, she's right. If we're to be made to be a group we should act like it. Why, if Batman were here...".

"We do not need to hear of this American. This competition is about Asia," Shi proudly notes.

"We can stand proud for our continent," Sunfire flares, "...In unity."

Heroclix 1? But there's no water terrain on that map! That's no fun

Fine.

V Sub-Mariner L2
E Aquaman (Icons) K2
V Marrina L1
E Black Manta J2
Captain Mako I2

HO L3
LO P5, I8

You know we can change this to give this team of yours a better fighting chance. I'll leave it up to you.

No, I was joking. Aquatic move really isn't that big a deal, after all. Even on a map with some water terrain, it's not likely to be any huge tactical advantage.

I will respond to this tonight hopefully. You didn't see my post revising the other Olympclix game....it's now UK vs. Africa/Middle East.

I23 Mandarin V
J23 Sunfire E
K23 Katana V
L23 Shi V
J24 Jinx R

HO O15, J16; LO M14

Move:

Sunfire flies Mandy to J17, he's I17.

Katana to O15 (stealthed).

Shi to L16 (stealthed).


I17 Mandarin V
J17 @ Sunfire E
O15 @ Katana V
L16 @ Shi V
J24 Jinx R

"Atlantis. A world of legend. Let us make them wish they remain underwater," Mandarin says.

Sunfire carries him away as he orders his team to spead out. They reluctantly follow but do it fully. Katana and Shi disappear into the wind.

Aquaman for Leadership (I assume even though we're playing 350 point teams, we're going with 3 actions/turn): 4

Sub-Mariner taxis Marrina. Subby to P9, Marrina to O10.

Aquaman grabs the HO from L3 and moves to K9

Black Manta to I8

Capt. Mako to M10

V Sub-Mariner @ P9
E Aquaman (Icons) @ K9 (w/HO)
V Marrina O10
E Black Manta @ I8
Captain Mako @ M10

HO O15, J16
LO P5, I8, M14

"Cowards!" the Sub-Mariner scoffed. "Look at them, hiding behind the cars and wreckage."

"Smart, I'd call it," Mako whispered to Black Manta.

"Cowardly or not," Aquaman commented, "it's going to make it tough to get at them."

"The easiest way, is the straightforward way," Namor stated haughtily and flew out to confront their opponents. The others followed his lead.

Not much to do here. Mandy will outwits Subby's invulnerability and attack Subby. Needs 5, rolls 7. 3 to Subb.y

I17 @ Mandarin V
J17 Sunfire E
O15 Katana V
L16 Shi V
J24 Jinx R

"The power of the Sub-Mariner I know of well," says the Mandarin, "and the arrogance." He lifts his arms and black light blinds Namor. His force blast ring pounds Namor right in the gut.

"First strike to you, Mandarin," he says gritting his teeth, "And LAST to me."

"Then along with arrogance we can add self-deception to the short list of your skills,"Mandarin calmly retorts.