Roll Call - if you play, or are thinking about it, please reply

Bluh don't get me started on lady j, 1.5 was fun because of df raising shenanigans coupled with riposte , now......well she's a cruise missile hits really hard then explodes. Loving the new Sonnia though and the ability to hit you pretty much anywhere so long as I set you fire first , plus spawning in minions , can set up some really mean crew wipes. Really looking forward to playing Tara though she has some really interesting delivery mechanics that should make her fun to play.

Look forward to the slow grow league and again I am free at any time just send me a message telling me when and where.

So all of my M2E stuff finally comes in tomorrow ( Yay for Tara and bury shenanigans ) Has anyone made any decisions about a Slow Grow league or maybe just a set night for play?

I convinced Gwen to run a demo for me this evening at DL, thereby unwittingly foiling some insidious "plan." And also, incidentally, finagling some pastries. ;) I picked up Marcus and friends to play until the rules are available for the other stuff I've got, so hopefully that'll work.

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Originally Posted by luckyjoemc

So all of my M2E stuff finally comes in tomorrow ( Yay for Tara and bury shenanigans ) Has anyone made any decisions about a Slow Grow league or maybe just a set night for play?

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I'm always there Wednesdays, and it's sounding like that's the only day Morella can do easily. The one problem with that day is it's also Warmachine night, so it'll be harder to seduce those players into our game if they have to give up warjackin'. But if people want an official night named, Wednesday sounds like it.

Slow grow, I'm still trying to muddle through a few ideas for it. Maybe start low points led by a henchman and a set crew. Then every other week, add a X points worth of models to your "pool" of available stuff to pick during set up, and the other weeks up the points. So, something like:

Week #, Game points size, points worth of options to pick from*, options to lead your crew
Week 1 15 Points, 15 points of models, Henchman
Week 2 15 Points, 30 points of models, Henchman
Week 3, 25 points, 30 points of models, Henchman
Week 4, 25 points, 45 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 5, 35 points, 45 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 6, 35 points, 60 points of models, Henchman/Master
Week 7, 50 points, 75 points of models, Henchman/Master/Second Master
Week 8, 50 Points, Unlimited options, Henchman/Master/Second Master
Week 9 (Weekend?) End of League Tournament, depending on participation

*Maximum number of points to pick from. Not a requirement, you can get by with just the game size #. Also includes upgrade cards.

Each week, score two different sets of points. 1 competitive (did you win your game that week, vps earned in game) and 1 achievements (did you pull off certain non scheme/strategy related goals, painting scores, bribe the henchwoman, etc). End of league a winner based on competition and one based on total overall score.

I'd say the game lends itself to achievements to score extra points during the league, and the local group lends itself to "soft scores" as well (painting, modeling, etc. Morella, Warpaint and I are all big painters/fluff bunnies and more on the fun side of fun versus competitive. Even if I do turn into a "powergaming min/maxing edge of rules running take no mercy jerky cheatyface" sometimes. :P ) so I could set up some of those into it as well. Just points for painting always feel entirely subjective to me.

And yes...there will be Spanikopita tonight.

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Originally Posted by Salubrious_vampire

Just points for painting always feel entirely subjective to me.

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And that tends to encourage me to buy way too many models ...

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Originally Posted by Warpaint

And that tends to encourage me to buy way too many models ...

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You do realize my job, the reason they pay me the "big minis" is to make y'all buy stuff, right? ^_^

My M2E book just came in, and this whole "slow growth league" thing has made it wayyyy too tempting to consider starting the Gremlins side of Zoraida.

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Originally Posted by Damios

My M2E book just came in, and this whole "slow growth league" thing has made it wayyyy too tempting to consider starting the Gremlins side of Zoraida.

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Cool cool cool. Let me continue to hammer out some rules (I knew there was something I meant to do last week) and see how horribly slow the henching application turnaround time is, and then we can kick this off in a couple of weeks.

I'd say Zoraida with gremlins sounds like it would play a lot like Zoraida with gremlins did in 1.5 (with most of them being below her willpower recruitment threshold), but I never saw anyone play Zoraida with anything but collodi/stitched togethers/other usual neverborn suspects. It will be fun to see.

I dunno if I even have a henchman that does not really need its master right now, ah well I like a challenge. Should be fun, Maybe I will just take the handicap and field the Valedictorian. Looking forward to it if I can make it ( Wednesday looks like it may not work)

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Originally Posted by luckyjoemc

I dunno if I even have a henchman that does not really need its master right now, ah well I like a challenge. Should be fun, Maybe I will just take the handicap and field the Valedictorian. Looking forward to it if I can make it ( Wednesday looks like it may not work)

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Well, A: league rules are still a far cry from complete, so won't be this week anyway. B: leagues generally work you play a game sometime during the week, I'm not going to say everyone HAS to play under my watchful eye or else.