At the end of the day…
everyday glory, games, geekery No Comments »After work, I came home, had a (very) quick bite to eat, changed clothes and headed out…
…to play dolls with Chris. After gabbing about comics and cartoons and other assorted geekery we got down to gaming. I brought out Galactus and Phoenix. Chris just shook his head. I wasn’t really planning on playing with either of them; I had simply brought them because SaraRules made a comment along the lines of “…yeah, but wouldn’t it be cool just to have [Galactus] standing there on the sidelines?” We settled on 400-point teams. Chris fielded the X-Men:
- Bishop
- Gambit
- Psylocke
- Shatterstar and
- Storm (Yes, Tyranist… the mohawk-coifed, black leather-wearing Storm of your youth)
I decided to field My Plastic Legionâ„¢ :
I also used the Legionnaires Feat Card, which we may – or may NOT – have been using properly.
We played for about an hour-and-a-half. Just that one game. Chris won. I don’t mind losing to him as I usually learn a good deal about the game in the process. Tonight’s lessons:
- Saturn Girl’s abilities are damned effective when utilized properly. Just through the use of her “Telepathic Coordination” – to enhance other Legionnaires’ attacks – I was able to pound on three of Chris’ figures; I took Shatterstar and Storm out and was working on Bishop when I lost.
- I have to remember to use Cosmic Boy’s “Leadership” to possibly add an addition action to my turn.
- I have to remember to use Dawnstar’s “Quarry” to add a +1 modifier to my team’s attacks on one character.
I did come to a number of conclusions:
- As much as I want to play other characters/teams to get a feel for how other combinations work, I want to field the Legion again and add Dream Girl to the mix. Her “Precognition” and “Outwit” would make a nice compliment to Saturn Girl’s abilities.
- With DG and SG on the team, I could use Ultra Boy, Mon-El and/or Young Superman, along with Wildfire for a rather potent force.
- It would also be interesting to try using Kyle Rayner with the Legion, based on the issues of Green Lantern when he was thrust into the 31st Century and met the LSH.
- I need two more veteran Triplicate Girl figures.
- “Willpower” is a wonderful thing.
Wow. Where does the time go?
‘Night!