A BLAST FROM THE PAST (aka a post I scheduled literal years ago but never hit the publish button)
The scenario: Modern Age* game with no characters over 75 points.
*This game was held before July 1, 2015, when Amazing Spider-Man, DC 10th Anniversary, Fear Itself, and Streets of Gotham sets were retired from Modern Age play.
The team: Animals.
Lockjaw [Guardians of the Galaxy ] 75
Rocket Raccoon [Guardians of the Galaxy Movie 005] 75
Vixen [Streets of Gotham] 74 + Justice League: Generation Lost ATA 3
Alyosha Kraven 70
Dex-Starr [War of Light] 68
Catwoman [DC 10th Anniversary 008] 35
+ Bat Signal 2
= 399 points.
The opponents:
Derrick and his Stargirl [Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes]+Ion entity, Boodikka, Riddler [SLOSH], and Phoenix Force
George and his Bizarro [SLOSH 039], Tony Stark [Iron Man], Lockjaw [GotG], Sister Sercy, Captain America [Marvel 10th Anniversary 001], two Alpha Primitives and Book of Skull+Angrir’s Hammer.
Matt and his Red Lanterns Dex-Starr, two Recruits, Rankorr + Black Hand entity, Boodikka + Butcher entity and Power Battery+Sapphire ring.
The results:
2-1. The animals squeaked out a 1-point win over Derrick by KOing his 3-point Phoenix Fragment-wearing 75-point Boodikka while losing the equal-priced Lockjaw and wasting the 2-point Bat Signal in a missed attack. But the second match against George couldn’t have gone more poorly unless I rolled actual critical misses. From an unexpected one-hit KO of Vixen by a hammer-wielding Bizarro who landed on Hypersonic Speed EVERY SINGLE TIME he could act, to a seemingly inconsequential failed breakaway Sidestep to an actual late-game misplay that absolutely killed off any chance of scoring a single other KO, it was a complete disaster that should have been a closer game by rights. I had to take it out on Matt’s team in the third round.
As usual, Alyosha served as the engine of the Animal team and Vixen, as its potential lead attacker. But the additions of Rocket, Lockjaw and Dex-Starr gave the team much more shooting, mobility and swarming power than usual.