Scenarios

Tired of the usual 300-point build total? Sick of powergamers bringing the same 15-20 super-efficient min/max pieces week after week? Need a reason to play some of those pieces crammed in the dark corners of your tackle boxes?

You’ve come to the right page.

Here, I share some fun scenarios that help keep my tournament scene fresh without changing the core game — beating the other team into KO KO KO — or being too complicated to play (like the Event Dials.)

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ADULTS ONLY

No characters with the Kid or Teen keywords.

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AHH!! INHUMANOIDS!

All characters must be aliens or extremely non-human in appearance. No robots or folks who can easily pass for human.

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BEACHWEAR

Characters must show more skin than clothing.

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BIZARRO

Esrever ni krow laid eht nrut taht stceffe lla. Enil gnitrats rieht tsap dekcilc nehw d’OK era dna kcilc lanif rieht no trats sretcarahc.

TRANSLATION: Characters start on their final click and are KO’d when clicked past their starting line. All effects that turn the dial work in reverse.

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BLEACHED-OUT DIAL

In this issue: One of these powers DIES!

At the beginning of each player’s turn, each player rolls a single die. Each number corresponds to HC colors as follows:
1st player
1=red
2=orange
3=yellow
4=light-green
5=green
6=light blue

2nd player
1=dark blue
2=purple
3=brown
4=black
5=grey
6=white
and all powers represented by that color can’t be used until the beginning of that player’s next turn.

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BRAND NAMES ONLY

No characters with generic keywords allowed. No themed team bonuses.

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BREAKFAST CLUB NEW!

No characters can share keywords.

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“EAT IT, GRANDPA!”

All characters must have the Kid or Teen keyword. No theme team bonuses for non-generic keywords.

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FAMILY AFFAIR

 

Ben's LIKE family. But not ACTUAL family. (Sorry, Grimm.)

Each character must be related by blood, marriage or adoption to at least one other character on your force.

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FIGHTING WITH YOUR HANDS FULL

Each character’s sculpt must hold an object. Wearing objects doesn’t count (Green Lantern Corps, I’m thinking of you).

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FIGHTING WITH YOUR HANDS FULL…TWO
Each character’s sculpt must hold separate objects in both hands.

 

WRONG.

RIGHT.

 

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Female characters only.

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LITTLE BIG MEN

No characters less than 200 points or with a base that fills more than two squares.

 

"Like th' MAIN MAN!"

 

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MANY STYLES OF CLIX

Your team must have at least one character for each of the following types: Wing symbol, Dolphin symbol, Duo symbol, Transporter symbol (any of the three), Giant symbol and multi-based.

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MINOR HEROES

No characters over 40 points or less than 14 points…including feats!

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“NO GURLS ALOWED”

No female characters.

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NO SKIN
Characters must be clothed head to toe, showing zero skin.

 

a.k.a. "The Gimp Suit scenario"

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PICK A COLOR FROM THE PAC

Pick a color representing a standard Heroclix power. On their first click, each character must have a power represented by that color, and each of that color’s powers must be represented by at least one character on your force. For example, if you picked Black, then you’d need one character each with Stealth, Steal Energy, Regeneration or Outwit on their starting click.

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POWER DAMPENING

At the beginning of each player’s turn, roll a die:
1 = all powers are countered that turn.
2 = Speed powers and abilities (Flight, Carry, Move-And-Attack, and Swim) can’t be used that turn.
3 = Attack powers and abilities (Duo and Sharpshooter) can’t be used that turn.
4 = Defense powers and abilities (Indomitable) becomes the standard defense symbol that turn.
5 = Damage powers and abilities (Colossal Size, Giant Size, Giant Stride, MultiAttack and Capture). Giant/Colossal symbols becomes the starburst symbol that turn.
6 = Team abilities, traits and feats can’t be used that turn.

NEW! Additionally, roll 1d6 before any ranged attack. On 4-6, that character has 0 range until the end of the turn.

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RAINBOW COALITION
Each character must have a different skin color. So if you’re playing Rampaging Hulk, you’ve got to leave the also-green (though different-shaded) Gamora off the team.

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SECOND AMENDMENT
All characters’ sculpts must have guns.

 

For the love of--! Not THOSE kind of guns!!!

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SHAOLIN SHADOWBOXING…

No ranged attacks allowed. Hypersonic Speed and Telekinesis can’t be used. Effects with a range (Outwit, PC, Perplex, etc) may only be performed on adjacent targets.

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…AND THE WUTANG SWORD STYLE!

Sculpts must have swords.

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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

 

 

No Kevin Bacon necessary.

Start with a keyword. Pick a character with a keyword. The next character on your team must share that keyword. Then pick a different keyword on the second character and match those. Keep going until you’ve got six characters. 600 points.

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TAX BRACKETS
Pick 4 characters — no more, no less — within these point spreads:
A) 200-299 points
B) 125-199 points
C) 75-124 points
D) 50-69 points
No more than one Feat allowed per character.

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TEAM SWAP

NEW! Build a team for your opponent to play. But don’t get too craptastic with it: after figures and objects have been placed but before the first turn, the loser of the map roll gets to pick which team to play!

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THE U.N.

Each character must have a different team ability & symbol. Only one wildcard allowed per team. Only one non-affiliated character per team.

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WHITE BELT CLASS

No character may have an Attack Value greater than 9 or modified greater than 9.

 

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And then there are times when you have an odd number of players in a round robin or battle royale format that almost inevitably results in a player getting double-teamed. Here are some methods to mitigate that un-fun factor:

THREE PEOPLE: One player (ideally the most skilled one) plays a force build equal to both the other players’, which combine to take down the third. One of the small teams goes first, then the large team, then the other small team. Large team always gets map choice.

or

Each player must target, attack or base more than one opponent’s force each turn if it is possible to do so.

or

Each player can damage another force only once per turn. NEW!

FIVE PEOPLE ON ONE MAP: The fifth player sets up in the middle of the map but enjoys immunity from attacks until he either targets another force or the beginning of turn 4, whichever comes first.