Games end on August 8th at 23:59 PST.

oops!... missed this...

here's my team:

Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave 56
2) V Captain Boomerang 78
3) R Crimson Fox 44
4) E Tharok 100 + Brilliant Tactician 20
==> 298

Yes, yes, we can, sorry, got a bit distracted the last few days. Dice email in PM, but dude, I'm going to try and do my site conversion sell: can we please do this over at CreationMatrix.com?

ALL IN ONE THREAD EVERY TIME WE POST:
Movement Descriptions
Dice Rolls
Summaries (complete with DIALS)

Example:

http://www.creationmatrix.com/viewto...868&start=1480

You can see on this single page out of a couple that in one fell swoop, I can post movements, roll dice, and post summary without even going off page for a dice roller, for dials, etc. HCUtils is *still* the main vehicle of our gaming.

I'm just trying to get guys from HCR over to CM because using HCR is just a pain...no in-post dials, you gotta go offsite and share emails for dice rolling, and you have to reference some other page for dials constantly. Not so with my site

Well, there's my pitch. Hope that it'll work. If so, I can easily set us up our own threads, link back here when done for reporting purposes? If that doesn't even convince you, at least tell me WHY. I need to understand why people are RESISTING my site when it provides everything you need...free.

Anyhoo, I think I'll stick with my team:

Dr. Alchemy
Icicle
Lex Luthor

295 points.

Initiative: 2+6=8

Just want to play? No talking, no checking the site out, no telling me why or why not?

Fine.



Ain't using the dice roller from hell that is the HCUtils, though: 3+4 for a 7, so it's all you.

sorry, man... my wife has been so unbelievably busy, and our children have been crawling all over me (they don't have any summer camp activities this week), and I have an 8-page translation I have to get done by Sunday evening, which is stressing me out because our weekend schedule (birthday party, volunteering) is already chock full...

Also, I wasn't sure how to reject your request... I play these games to replicate the at-a-table experience, and being able to see the figure's whole dial in advance goes against my principles... I have the maps and figures set up in our spacious (but at the moment incredibly hot) attic...

I have no trouble at all with you using any dice roller you want... Indeed, if we use real dice then I might not have to go up and down two flights of stairs three times to post one turn... I trust you...

Let's go with the Ferris Aircraft offices...

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...prefs=ababcdae

Ack, sounds like my sort of summer save the 8-page thing...instead, I got online classes coming up in a week and half

The kids are making it easier, though.

Gotcha on Creation Matrix; I do have to admit that PbP gaming is different as far as seeing the dial. I'm used to PbP vs. live gaming. PbP actually allows me to learn and memorize a dial better for live gaming.

Anyhoo, I'll take the north end.

set-up


Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave 56 I22
2) V Captain Boomerang 78 J22
3) R Crimson Fox 44 F22
4) E Tharok 100 + Brilliant Tactician 20 K22
==> 298

vs



HOs: L13,
LOs: H14,

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&f4p1=x579y324

GL.

0A/B.

Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave 56 I22
2) V Captain Boomerang 78 J22
3) R Crimson Fox 44 F22
4) E Tharok 100 + Brilliant Tactician 20 K22

1) Dr. Alchemy
2) Icicle
3) Lex Luthor

HOs: L13, I9
LOs: H14, C9, H9

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...f3p2=x576y-331

Mike's turn 1a

- ('free' JLA TA move) Crimson Fox moves to H14.
- Heat Wave moves to H16.
- Tharok moves to I15.
- Captain Boomerang moves to H15.

good luck to you, too!

I suppose I should've clarified this before I even chose this map: can Lex Luthor in H3 draw LoFire to H8 or is that a wall?...


Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave 56 H16 @
2) V Captain Boomerang 78 H15 @
3) R Crimson Fox 44 H14 @
4) E Tharok 100 + Brilliant Tactician 20 I15 @


Lancelot's Lex Luthor Lot:
1) Dr. Alchemy
2) Icicle
3) Lex Luthor

HOs: L13, I9
LOs: H14, C9, H9

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...1&t12=x435y-30

Lessee...it's a poor representation of showing that the access from the runway to the control tower is open without any ladders. Consider it the tower that looks out onto the runway, the access ladder inside the offices. Fliers clearly can get inside that space from the outside. Makes sense, yeah?

Onto the turn!

Alchemy TKs Icicle to M8.

Lex to J9, Outwitting Tharok's Outwit.

Icicle drops Barrier in front of Crimson Fox, wrapping it around her and the doorway, dealing her 1 damage from gaining a second token via Icicle's:

COPCICLES: Icicle can use Barrier. When three or more barrier terrain markers placed by Icicle using Barrier are adjacent to a target opposing character with zero or one action token, given that target an action token.

1B.

Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave-56 H16 @
2) V Captain Boomerang-78 H15 @
3) R Crimson Fox-44 H14 (1!) @@
4) E Tharok-100+Brilliant Tactician-20 I15 @ (Outwit Outwitted)


Lancelot's Lex Luthor Lot:
1) Dr. Alchemy H3 @
2) Icicle M8 @
3) Lex Luthor J9 @ (Stealth)

HOs: L13, I9
LOs: H14, C9, H9

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&u12=x453y-373

Mike's turn 2a

- all clear

( as an aside, I get upset with myself when I don't take the time to look at Special Powers or analyze possible responses to my turn properly... )


Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave-56 H16
2) V Captain Boomerang-78 H15
3) R Crimson Fox-44 H14 (1!)
4) E Tharok-100+Brilliant Tactician-20 I15


Lancelot's Lex Luthor Lot:
1) Dr. Alchemy H3 @
2) Icicle M8 @
3) Lex Luthor J9 @ (Stealth)

HOs: L13, I9
LOs: H14, C9, H9

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&u12=x453y-373

Meaning? Missed the SP on Icicle?

Hate that myself; I blame WK, really, putting SO MUCH text on cards to read nowadays.

Seriously, what used to be a 50 minutes game tops is now easily a 60-75 minutes game with 20 minutes dedicated to all the added reading. You just cannot memorize everything.

Onto 2B:

Barrier comes down.

Lex Outwits Outwit on Tharok.

Clear the rest.

End 2B.

Mike's Mediocrity:
1) E Heat Wave-56 H16
2) V Captain Boomerang-78 H15
3) R Crimson Fox-44 H14 (1!)
4) E Tharok-100+Brilliant Tactician-20 I15 (Outwit Outwitted)


Lancelot's Lex Luthor Lot:
1) Dr. Alchemy H3
2) Icicle M8
3) Lex Luthor J9 (Stealth)

HOs: L13, I9
LOs: H14, C9, H9

http://www.ianparmenter.com/hcutils2...&u12=x734y-304