Another pre-Corona World flashback, featuring the Boy Wonder (and a couple of wonderful girls, too)

 

LONG ago, I wrote a bit about how I’d like to run a force of nothing but Robins. There have been a LOT more added to the game since then and I’ve tried it out a few times. Here’s the latest:

Robin [Batman The Animated Series 002] 35

Robin [Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls 031] 40

Robin [WizKids DP19-009] 40

Robin [Elseworlds 048] 45

Robin [Batman The Animated Series 102] 50

Robin [Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls 031] 55

Robin [Batman The Animated Series 041] 75

Robin [Rebirth 050] 75

Batcycle [WizKids DP19-010] 40

Duke Thomas [Rebirth 011a] 35

= 490 points.

My opponent, David, is an occasional returning player who’s relearning the rules, so I often coached him as to some of his best move options. His team: X-Men

Cable [X-Men The Dark Phoenix Saga 015] 75

Colossus [Avengers V X-Men 012] 125

Gambit [X-Men The Dark Phoenix Saga 025] 65

Magik [Avengers V X-Men 013] 125

Storm [WizKids M19-003] 75

= 465 points

Dave had just bought the Earth X starter set, so he selected the Wakanda X map.

That was the first of the game’s TURNING POINTS:

• Too much Stealth meant he had to close in on my team eventually, severely blunting the threat represented by Storm’s 12 AV Running Shot. So he had to cart Colossus in close with Magik. But the big guy got one-turned (he was on his short dial) and Magik was beat up, too. I left her alone in favor of engaging the rest of Dave’s team.

TURNING POINT

• I did not notice Magik’s Pulse Wave.
• I DID notice the CRIT HIT Dave rolled using it.

Between them all being clumped together and getting knocked back into the edge of the map or blocking terrain, my team took a whopping 22 clicks of damage!

It was something of a last gasp, though. The Robins were all more than healthy enough to continue swarming Cable, Storm and Gambit to defeat — especially after 030 “Thrillkiller” Robin fell to the Mystics TA, KOing Magik and tokening up those remaining X-Men to ruin David’s tempo for a comeback.

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MVP(s):

I spent a little too much money acquiring Batcycle Robin, but yo, he might be my favorite Boy Wonder right now. And of course Thrillkiller Robin (and No.10 and 37 Favorite of the 2017 and the Decade, respectively) always puts in work.

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I have a much larger team of Robins planned for some future throwdown with a similar swarm, maybe with point costs capped at 100 or less. IDK