Yep, I played this some weeks ago in a 100% Captain America set Golden Age tournament. Nick Fury (Captain America #023) 109 + Inside Information 4 + Alias 3 Quake 67 Stonewall 62 Phobos 59 Slingshot 50 Hellfire 45 + Kinetic Accelerator + Eleha’al Vine + Dynamostat =399 points My basic strategy: Use Fury’s SP… [Read more…]
August 19, 2011
I recently got the new MODOK (Captain America #050), and so want to run a near-complete M.O.D.O.K.’s 11 team. MODOK (Captain America #050) 160 Super-Adaptoid (Captain America #020) 175 Scientist Supreme (Captain America #033) 97 Armadillo (Captain America #036) 89 Nightshade (Captain America #027) 72 Mentallo (Captain America #010) 71 Chameleon (Web of Spider-Man #019) 66 Rocket Racer (Web of Spider-Man #044) 60 +… [Read more…]
June 22, 2011
Dr. Manhattan (#005) 276 Ozymandias 83 The Comedian (#006) 83 Rorschach 57 Nite Owl (#003) 53 Silk Spectre (#002) 46 = 596 points. Ever since I scored the $100 collector’s set for a simple trade of a chase figure, I’ve been hoping for a 600-point build to run the whole team in. Finally got the… [Read more…]
June 8, 2011
So I recently got a pair of the new Toys “R” Us Exclusive Sentinels and wanted to try them out in a tournament requiring all-fliers with range. My team: Sentinel Mark V (Giant-Size X-Men #G02) 200 Sentinel Mark V (Giant-Size X-Men #G09) 150 Sentinel Mark II (Giant-Size X-Men #G08) 100 Experienced Sentinel Trooper (Ultimates) 25 + Yellow… [Read more…]
May 11, 2011
I’m not a huge Batman fan, whether in comics or clix. But there’s no denying he’s a great character, no matter who’s wearing the cowl…there’s a reason he endures even after celebrating his 75th anniversary just last week. So when mad genius comics writer Grant Morrison created “Batman, Inc.” with Bruce Wayne’s public revelation that… [Read more…]
April 15, 2011
Welcome again to F.U.N. Friday, where I share team builds that are Friendly yet Useful and, above all, Nifty. Once I got Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, the Super Rare duo from The Brave And The Bold set, and The Holiday Killer from same, I was finally able to build a decent Batman Enemy-centric team… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
I recently got a Watchmen Collector’s Set in a great trade. And because I like to play all my pieces at least once, I decided to use this team of no-good criminals in a 200-point tournament recently: Moloch the Mystic 79 Knot Top Leader 37 Larry & Mike 33 Knot Top 25 Knot Top 25… [Read more…]
February 11, 2011
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, that Hallmark-promoted holiday that puts dudes on the spot the middle of every February and sets ladies up for disappointment. Oh, sorry. Did I sound a little bitter there? Didn’t mean to. (Much.) Anyway, a lot of venues like to couple-up the clix in their scenarios. Here are a few that… [Read more…]
February 2, 2011
Formerly called “Wednesday Battle Reports,” the name change represents a shift in how I do these. They just take way too long to read and write. So instead of a play-by-play description of the games, I’m going to follow this basic format: The inspiration of the team The actual build My basic strategy And, per… [Read more…]
December 8, 2010
Captain America (Hammer of Thor) 72 SR Hawkeye (Avengers) 56 SR Wasp (Avengers) 37 SR Scarlet Witch (Avengers) 35 + Eleha’al Vine 0 + Kinetic Accelerator 0 + Dynamostat 0 =200 points. FIRST MATCH: Charlie answered the question: “Who Watches the Watchmen?” by running Rorschach, Nite Owl, and the 83-point Comedian. I got to pick… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
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