Papa Smurf woke up and stretched his arms above his head. He started to yawn and then let our a huge sneeze. He shook himself and brushed the dust off. He then realized that it was completely black. Not normal nighttime darkness but complete lack of any light source. “Light!” and he snapped his fingers and a phantom candle appeared. The light it shed showed two inches of dust covering everything. “Holy Smurf! What happened?”

Sounds of panicking Smurfs came from all over the village. Papa Smurf used his magic to amplify his voice as he stood by the window. “Everyone calm down I will come get you.” He picked up the book of magic and started collecting Smurfs he had the early ones light torches and sent them after the rest of the village.

Papa Smurf then went back to his workshop and did some quick magical experiments. “Oh my.” He then repeated the experiment with the same results. “Oh dear!” He then hurried to the center of the village.

“Brainy Smurf is everyone here?”

“There are 100 Smurfs present and accounted for, and Smurfette will be out in a moment when she gets her makeup on.” Papa Smurf rolled his eyes and tapped his foot until a breathless but perfectly made up Smurfette could be bothered to show up.

“Now that we are all here,” he said with a significant look at Smurfette, “I will try and explain what happened. From what I can tell the human Gargemel came to the edge of the village and cast a spell to put us all to sleep. The book of magic then responded with a defensive spell of its own and tried to put him to sleep. It was only partially successful and his astral form escaped and continued to fight for control.”

“The two of them have been waging a war for dominance for the last thousand or so years. The reason it took so long is that the book had to split its attention and hide the village from other humans. Slowly the book must have brought the sides of our valley over and enclosed us to keep us safe. Gargemel’s life lengthening spells must have finally given out and the book managed to wake us.”

“But if he was in a magical sleep his body would not age? Would it?” Brainy Smurf asked.

“Your right! I do not know what happened. We must look and see if there is a way out of the village though. Everyone break up into groups of 4 and go to the edge of the village and look for a way out. If you find anything send someone back to me. Don’t leave the village! We must proceed carefully.”

The group broke up and after a few minutes a breathless Smurf came running up to Papa Smurf. “Come quick! We found out what happened to Gargemel!” They ran together and found a group of Smurfs converging on the spot. A large rock lay on the floor of the cavern. Two thin bony hands were all that stuck out from under it. The rock looked newly fallen because of the lack of dust. “That answers that question. Keep looking for a way out. Somebody climb up and see if this rock falling left an opening.”

After hour of searching the only exits found were where the stream came in and out of the cavern. Both were completely submerged so they were not options. A couple of brave Smurfs climbed up and found where the boulder had dropped. Hours later the exhausted Smurfs came down. “There is a small hole into another cavern. There is some light in it so it must be close to the surface. It will take some time to clear the rubble though.”

“Smurfs get all of the ladders and wood you can. We will have to build a scaffold to get out.”

Much later they had cleared a way out and Papa Smurf and four others explored the cavern. “This looks like the basement to a castle. But there is so much water. And these lights. They are not torches or magic but something different.”

“Papa Smurf A ladder! But it leads to a round metal door.” As hard as they pushed it was just too heavy for them. “I can see the sky through these tiny holes but we will have to find another way out.” Eventually they found an exit that was covered with a grating. The grating was ripped apart like something had cut the 1 inch bars and bent them out of the way. Open mouthed the Smurfs stepped out into the light. The world that greeted them was loud and smelly. Where once there were just trees and brush there was now pavement and stone buildings. Strange vehicles moved without horses pulling them. (Ok for the rest just imagine them appearing in the central park of the Bank Street Map.)

Papa Smurf called the other Smurfs together. “I have some bad news. The humans have built a city above our village. If we are to survive we must move them away from the area so the Book of Magic will open our village to the sky again. We will have to knock them out and then move them away from the area. I will create a sleeping potion that we can dip our darts in. But we must hurry.”

Later . . .

“Breaking news. Small blue creatures have erupted from the park in Bank Town and are attacking the populace. The local police were seen running as fast as they could away from the scene with a blank look on their faces.”

“Several super heroes and Super Villans have been reported moving into the area.”

Special Rules:

Welcome back players and readers! This time I have cooked up a dozy of a scenario. Smurfs run amok! Heroes are out to put the little buggers to bed then figure out what to do with them later. The Villans just want the Book of Magic. More on that in the scoring section.

Team Construction –
1) 200 pts. Must be all heroes or all villans. No more than 5 characters

2) No duplicates of Hero/Villain characters (I.E. only one Logan or Wolverine not one of each) will be allowed on the board. (LE characters are considered duplicates of the figure they are modeled on.)

3) No more than 1 LE per team.

4) Set up zones:
There are 8 street entrances to Bank Town. Each player can set up on one of them. First post first choice. The start area is the 2 rows/columns closest to the edge that are Sidewalk and street squares. I will take the last available area to offset any prior knowledge of where the Smurfs are.


Scenario Rules/Special Items

The stats for the Smurfs are V Moloids. Papa Smurf with the Book of Magic is V Mandarin and Smurfette is V Paramedic. (Like any of them will get away! HA!)

The Smurfs can damage objects by adding their damage. Example if Smurfs 1,2, and 3 attack a car they add their damage together to do 3 damage. This does NOT work against characters. (Otherwise it would be too powerful.)

I am copying (with slight editing) the following rules from the Meteor Strike Scenario that is in the DC Map Set with some changes. (Just picked it up and itching to try the new maps later!)
On each player’s turn, in addition to their regular actions, they receive 3 additional “Smurf actions”, which they can use to have any one to three Smurfs THAT ARE OVER 10 SQUARES AWAY take an action. These additional actions can be used only for Smurfs. A player does not have to use any “Smurf actions”. Smurfs can move and take actions on each side’s turn (I.E. once for Evil and Once for Good) but not for multiple players on the same side. If Good and Evil teams are allied then only one of the teams can give an action to a particular Smurf. (Otherwise the Smurf would get 2 attacks on an opponent per turn.) A Smurf cannot be given more than one Smurf action per turn. Smurfs are considered friendly figures to other Smurfs, and opposing figures to all others.
If by some chance a team is eliminated the Smurfs take heart and the player then receives 6 Smurf actions for his turns after elimination.

Objects. We are using an interactive map. The cars are heavy objects. Manhole Covers are light objects.

There is a Sewer Level. It can be accessed by opening a manhole (Super Strength is required to open the manholes from the street level but not from the sewer level). Objects can’t be carried down a manhole. It can also be accessed through a grate on the south side of the pond (square T30).

Scoring:
All teams receive 2 points for each Smurf that is Koed. And 1 point for opposing alignment characters that are Koed, 2 points if the characters attacking and defending are Archenemies. (I.E. Good characters get points for Koing Villains and Villains get points for Koing Heroes.)

Evil teams are after the Book of Magic. It is worth 50 points. Papa Smurf must be Koed for the book to be picked up. It is treated like a light object but does not require Super Strength to pick it up. Characters with the book cannot carry other objects but are otherwise unimpaired. The book must be studied to be used so there are no bonuses from the book.

Good teams are out to clear the civilians from the board. The ones remaining are for the most part, hiding in their cars. Once a team moves next to a civilian they control that character, (R Thug stats) until they leave the board. The civilians are worth 10 points apiece. The civilian must leave out the exit that the heroes came in. Opposing Good teams may gain control of the character by ending ending their turn next to the civilian. Good teams get 10 points for every civilian they get off the board. If the Smurfs, (or villains) KO a civilian under a teams control the team loses 10 points. If an uncontrolled Civilian is Koed ALL good teams lose a single point.
Good teams receive no points for the book. (They will end up returning it later.)

Extra points. Just for fun I am going to add some extra points into the game. Characters that do something particularly memorable will get 1 or 2 “Prime Time Instant Replay” points. The character must do something spectacular such as roll 6,6, or knock a character off of a building, etc. Or an underdog character succeeds at long odds and hurts a superior foe, (need 10 or better to hit). Survival against the odds is also grounds for “Prime Time” points. On a slow turn if Flash attacks a Smurf and critical misses that would be worth seeing again on the Jumbotron. I will only give possibly 1 of these awards out in a turn so it shouldn’t affect the score that much.


Just to make it clear how to post moves please post them as follows.

U OWAW Superman Charges to RR4 and attacks U Joker. Def. x - Att. y = need z. Rolled 6,6=12 critical hit. Joker takes 4 clicks and is knocked to RR9.
Everyone else passes
Final Positions
U OWAW Superman @ RR4
E Booster Gold GG10 (2 clicks)
ect.

I need the action description to follow what is going on, and the final positions of all characters helps me keep the map accurate. The @ symbols help me keep track of who did actions and who pushed. The (2 clicks) is the damage the character has taken. Please keep this section separate from the descriptive post, this game is going hard enough to keep track of I don't want to search through posts to get the map updated.

We will be using the Irony Dice server located at the following address
http://www.irony.com/mailroll.html
or
http://www.pbegames.com/roller/ (my preferred one)

Moves will be made from 12:00:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time till 11:59:59 P.M. on the day your Move is designated. Players need to post locations sometime on Friday or this weekend. If everyone posts their locations We will start on Monday morning starting with Team 1.

Hope that covers everything! Questions?

Good Teams
Clixhunter:
E Spider-Man
E Daredevil
V Elektra
V Black Cat
V Moon Knight

First Federal
V Hawk
V Dove
E Raven

Wakandaman
E Flash
E Plasticman
E Green Arrow
V Aquaman

Choon Hui
U Atom
V Saturn Girl
V Livewire
E DEO Agent
Pog Alfred Pennyworth

Evil Teams
ALC Marauder (myself)
E Black Adam
E Hawkgirl
V Hawkman

Glorfindel
E Kraven
E Blizzard
E Doctor Octopus
V Bullseye

Richard
U Despero
E Deathstroke
R Easy Co. Medic
R Lackey

Doom's Medic
U Moondragon
E Venom
V Logan
V Paramedic

Post your locations!

Smurf.... why did it have to be smurfs!!!

Well I take the bottom left starting area,

Moondragon L49
Venom L50
Logan M49
Paramedic M50


Story to follow.....

Starting Positions for the Marvel Knights

Starting Positions
E Spiderman (CM) B39
E Daredevil (CM) B40
V Elektra (CM) B37
V Black Cat A39
V Moon Knight B38

Starting Story Post

the hovering news camera showed little blue men pouring from the sewers beneath central park near the 5th street bank, where oh so many months ago...carnage reigned supreme for the fight to obtain a rare and magical gem....

many wondered if this manifestation was a by product of that cataclysmic battle.....non less then Peter Parker, who kissed his beautiful wife Mary Jane right before he pulled the mask over his head and swung out the window of there condo.

"go get 'em Tiger" she whispered to his fast moving body as it swung from view...a single tear rolled down her cheek as she thought once more my tiger puts himself in harms way for others
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nearer the bank Peter noticed two familiar figures kneeling on a roof edge....He wung down and right before he landed he heard the one all in red say "mornin spiderman" without turning to look in his direction...he knew it was Hells Kitchen's self styled guardian, Daredevil. They had been fast friends for many years...though Matts recent proclimation that he was the Kingpin of New York had put them at odds. even if Peter knew Matt was only doing that for the greater good.

"Mornin Hornhead", he said as he landed next to them. The pretty greek assassin, who had been in the past romantically linked to DD stood next to him and nodded silently Spideys way..."what brings you two to these parts...chasing down little blue chuckies too" quipped spiderman.....

"no" said DD "we heard Bullseye was in the area, and i dont want him anywhere around New York City"....

just then an absolutely silent shadow fell over them as a rope line dropped nearby and two figures descended to the roof top...the first none other than Felicia Hardy, recently returned from Mojo World with the FF, "hey spider hows those cute buns of yours"

this caused Elektra to raise an eyebrow....

the 2nd figure was Moon Knight whose ghost white cowl hid his manly features. he spoke into his cowl mike to the pilot of his copter...which looked like a crescent moon, "get her out of here now Frenchie...we'll call if we need you"

then he continued..." saw you down here and figured you were looking to investigate this strange occurance as well..."

just then spidey saw a familiar face...or rather mask....and he groaned..."anyone but him"...and they all knew as they turned their heads whay spiderman was referring to...Venom...the masked psycho.....spidermans albatross was coming down the street with a few others....among them Logan...the Xman...though why he and Venom would work together was anyones guess...

"well nuthin to it but to do it" said spiderman as he quickly swung down to the streets followed by his newly formed band of marvel knights.....

oh and ALC, please send unzipped versions my way if you could. long story...my winzip doesnt work properly is the short version. thanks in advance.....

Starting Positions-

E Raven- YY38
V Hawk- YY40
V Dove- YY39

JLA Starting Positions

Flash M50
Plastic Man L50
Aquaman M49
Green Arrow L49

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Opening Story

Aquaman stormed into the communications hive in the Watchtower. He'd been sleeping rather peacefully in his pool when a blaring siren went off, waking him up nastily.
"What is going on..." He started, but stopped suddenly when he noticed that no one else was around.
"Hmph." As he pressed the button to activate the main view screen, the Flash suddenly appeared beside him.
"Hey look, it's little blue elves! Aren't they cute."

Aquaman gave him a dissapproving look. "Cute elves with poison darts, by the looks of things. Where is the rest of the league?"

"Oh they went off into space to investigate something or other. I tried to contact them, but it looks like background radiation is blocking the signal. But that's okay, I'm sure that you and I can handle this by ourselves."

Aquaman shook his head. "There's more going on here than meets the eye. We should call in a couple of reserves to meet us there."

Flash sighed, and then his eyes lit up as a michievious thought occured to him. "Well if you really insist. You go on and set the transporter, I'll see who's good to go."

Within moments, Flash and Aquaman were materialising on a street in New York.
"So who did you contact?"

Flash just smiled knowingly. Next thing a large red and yellow cartoon shark appeared waddling towards them on his tail. "Hey there Fish Fingers! Give me some fin!"

Then another voice appeared from nowhere. "Fish fingers. That's a real riot considering what he's sporting for a hand thesedays." Everyone turned to see a modern day Robin Hood emerge from some shadows nearby. Green Arrow looked around, suddenly concerned. "Please don't tell me this is all of us. Where's the token females?"

Aquaman pinched the top of his nose with his good hand, and groaned.

hey wakanda....are the JLA and Venoms group having fun....though id rather have the JLA on my flank than him...i think he posted first

Choon Hui
U Atom KK 50
V Saturn Girl KK 49
V Livewire LL 40
E DEO Agent LL 50
Pog Alfred Pennyworth MM 50

Alfred was busy preparing a nice cup of black coffee, He noticed it turned blue.
He went to look for batman, noticed that batman has turned blue and is as frozen like a statue. Mr. Bruce Banner has become Mr. Blue Banner.

He called the local police. And they sent a lousy DEO agent to investigate.
And a scientist the size of a tinny ant.
So he took up the hotline and Dialed for the legion of Super Heroes.

Location correction
#1 V Saturn Girl KK 49
#2 U Atom KK 50
#3 V Live Wire LL 49
#4 E DEO Agent LL 50
#5 Pog Alfred Pennyworth MM 50

Characters

Venom
Logan
Moondragon
Jenny
Dr. Buddy Rydell
Dispatch

On to the story……

Earlier that day, Moondragon walked in to the room with three others already talking.

"Ah Heather come this way, sit down. This is Eddie…"
"Hey"
".. and this is Logan."
Logan just nods, under his breath"She looks smug"

Moondragon sits down, shaking her head. She was going to have to have a…… word with Dr Sampson about this referral.

"Let us start with introductions. Edward, why don't you start."
"Sure. Well we know that we have an issue with Spiderman…."
"Who is this "we" that you keep talking about?"
"???.... Oh right." Eddies dark black shirt( a mix of black and really dark purple) begins to move and cover his face completely. With large white eyes and LOTS of teeth. "My OTHER and I are we….. Any way other than this Spiderman opportunity, that I have. I always have trouble this time of the year. I mean did you see that crock in game 5!!! Sundin was out and they still couldn't WIN!!!!!

"Now Edward, Remember goosfraba."

"G-O-O-S-F-R-A-B-A, you're right, Buddy. I have a problem with controlling my emotions when it comes to THE play-offs. Stupid leafs"
"I think the leafs are smug"
"Thank you Edward, Logan why don't you share why you're here now."
"OK, well I project all my self loathing about the death of my father on people. Xavier said that I had to learn to deal with this before he'd let me back on the team… or come near Jean. You'd like Xavier, you have some things in common."
"And why don't you tell us why you're here Heather"
"Well my other therapist said that I might have a problem that is outside his scope of practice when I told him about this nightmare I had. I started seeing him after an incident in France… witch that jerk REALLY deserved. But Doc Sampson said that after I started having this nightmare about a Skrull ruling the world with a fashion assesery"
"But that really happened it was the infinity ……"

"I SAID IT WAS A DREAM!!!!!!!
The other three in the room "…..…….. OK."

Else where….

Jenny Nord was getting ready to start her new job.. A regular job that SHEILD hadn't given her.. Although she was happy that her great uncle had put in a great word to get her started in SHEILD medic devision she was really looking forward to less action.

"2525 to dispatch"
"Go ahead 2525"
"I'm hear waiting for partner"
"Bad news 2525, your partner called in injured apparently he was cheering for the leafs too loudly next to a BIG Senators fan. We're trying to fin do you a replacement but it looks like you're going first response for a wile"
"Great"
"Ah Mondays…. Looks like there's something going on at the bank. You're up 2525, be careful seems that there are "special" circumstances."
"Damb…. 2525 is 10-8 to scene. Keep me advised on when back up is coming."

"10-4 , and 2525 don't do anything stupid."

Back at buddy's office…

"I'm not going to sing that song you can just deal with that..." Logan stands up so fast that he knocks over his chair, sniffs the air and then he starts to leave.
From the radio on low in the corner of the room, Vemon hears…. A disturbance with little top-less blue people causing panic on Bank St…

"I'm sorry, Dr. Rydell but we are needed."
"I thought that this might happen" gives an ear piece to Heather and two to Venom, "So we can keep in touch during a high stress test, give the other one to Logan."
"Come on, Moonie, we've got innocents to save!!"
"DON'T CALL ME MOONIE!!!!!
"…. Fine, Heather. Lets go."
"Much better,. Lets go."

As soon as they leave, " I hope Edward doesn’t run into this Spiderman… that looks like it's even out of my expertise."

Dang, no color. I'll re-post that in a bit.