100 Game Pics #8 Night Of The C-List Villains

I played Marvel Heroes for the first time on Friday night and had a fucking blast!  This was THE ultimate superhero board gaming experience I've ever had. It felt like I was truly in the world that Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Chris Claremont etc. etc. had built.

From what I understood before going in, was that the rulebook is  a bit of a nightmare. Fortunately the person who brought MH had prepared himself quite well for the challenge, aided with a flowchart and his keen ability for teaching games (thanks Keith!).

Keith: Marvel Knights

Nancy: The Fantastic Four

Mark: The Avengers

Me: The Xmen

Highlights of the game:

The Wizard after destroying Dr. Strange (w/ support from Daredevil) rushed back to his dingy apartment where he tweeted the rest of his C-list cohorts.

Pyro having read the Wizard's tweet refused to back down from a fight with Captain America, & The Hulk. After incinerating Cap & dodging Hulk's "Smash" (0 hits on five dice) Pyro scorched then outwitted the Hulk ( 2/3 KOs).  Pyro, feeling cocky, reached for his cellphone to text Hydro-Man about his almost certain victory over the Avengers, when the smouldering Green Goliath loomed above Pyro, raised both gigantic fists in the air and smashed Pyro into pulp. "HULK SMASH!"

The game ended with the Xmen taking the win for 21 pts, The MKs at 18pts the FF at 14 pts and the Avengers a distant 9 pts.

I loved it! And to top it off, I never used Wolvie once as Jean Grey kicked sweet ass all over the place. I would play this again at the drop of a hat, it was that good.

"Nuff said!

In another thread our fellow F:ATtie Thaadd mentioned that she's doing a blog in which she is to upload at least 1 photo everyday for 100 days.  I made a comment to Mikoyan about not having my own blog and Thadd busted me by reminding me that The Fort has it's very own blog sections (duh! I forgot I had two entries already.) She then challenged me to take 100 game photos. I thought...."what the hell".

To be realistic, I doubt I'm gonna do 1 a day but I'll try to do it at least once per week with a short write-up of some sort. I'm not promising anything spectacular but maybe, just maybe I can give you all a little glimpse into my world of gaming.