Seeking to Arrange a Forum Game this week.

I'm hoping that I can find at least one person on this forum who'd be up for playing a real-time PBP game of Sentinels with me, as I've been doing an unhealthy amount of solitaire in order to get my fix.  I say "real time" because I have only about a week before I'll be starting a new work gig, so the idea of a long, slow correspondence game where each player posts once or twice a day doesn't work for me; instead, I'd need someone to schedule a block of time to be online, and we'd exchange posts while maintaining the game across our respective copies of the game.

I'll be available from roughly 9AM to 9PM on Tuesday, Wednesday and probably Saturday, with part of that time on Monday (I'll be out shopping in the morning and perhaps early afternoon) to devote to scheduling, and about half a day each on Thursday (the afternoon to evening) and Friday (the morning to afternoon).  I do not own Rook City or Infernal Relics, but I have all the mini-expansions as well as Shattered Timelines; please select 1 or more heroes and a Villain that are available to me, so I can set the game up as we play for ease of tracking.  We will then take turns posting every 5 to 20 minutes, depending on flow (a longer silence, without some explanation, would suggest a person has ragequit and their position should be taken over).  I would love to have as many as five other players (if we wanted to do Freedom Six vs. Iron Legacy, as I haven't tried that game), but as I said before, i only need a minimum of 1, and that person may play only one hero if they prefer...I'd rather they take two heroes, since I'll be handling the Villain and Environment, but since I've done 4- and once even 5-player solitaire games, I can take the mandatory second hero if the other player isn't comfortable doing so.

So, anyone up for this?

Sure.

If we started a little later, I'd be game.  9am EST is a little early  on my end.  Noon would be good, if that's feasible.

I can do noon, sure.  Tomorrow?  You guys both in?  What heroes you want?

Why don't you set up a random game and we can pick from there?

I'm still good for tomorrow at Noon EST.

I don't do random, though if you don't care what hero you play, I can assign you one.  I would rather not have anyone play Unity, who has dominated three of my last four games, or Tachyon, who I play quite frequently and thus am overexposed to.  I can be overruled on those preferences if you feel strongly about it, but if it's up to me, I'll probably hand out characters that I've personally become bored with but think are worth seeing more of, such as Bunker and Tempest.

Thinking about it, I'll want the villain to be either Kismet or the Dreamer, and the environment should probably be the Final Wasteland, unless you'd advise against that strongly in which case I could use The Block.  I'll probably play Chrono-Ranger.

You're planning on running the villain, the environment, and a hero?  That's a bit much, don't you think?

As I said, I've played solitaire games with up to FIVE heroes and the villain and environment.  (Granted I usually screw up my math at some point, but this time I'll have extra pairs of eyes to help with that.)  This'll be a breeze for me.

Oh, just noticed that you had said EST.  I'm in Central, so if you want to start at noon, that'll be 11 my time right?

Yes, I'm in EST.

And I don't doubt that you can do it at home--I play "solitaire" myself.  It's just that having to type it all up adds a whole extra layer of complexity.  If you're up for it, though, that's fine.

Chalk me up for Bunker and Fanatic.

If we're playing on the forum, and I assume we'll be using standard forum post-up, why limit the hero options? Is it just that you want to see what cards come up? I mean actually be able to pull the cards up and look at them? I'm pretty sure that PW or I could list relevant text of a card you don't have. As for Unity, I've never used her. Don't think anyone in my group has.

Opening hands:

Bunker:  Ammo Drop, Gatling Gun, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware

Fanatic:  Holy Nova, Absolution, Zealous Offense, Chastise

Assuming you mean the format used in the "Episode" games…well, I suppose I can, although I find it a little overcomplected myself.  Still, it's my first time, so I suppose I should stick to the tried and true.

why limit the hero options? Is it just that you want to see what cards come up? I mean actually be able to pull the cards up and look at them?

Precisely.  I tried to visualize the La Capitan game based solely on text, and I just couldn't do it.  I've played Mr. Fixer, but I don't have his cards memorized, and even where the context made it clear what individual cards were doing, I couldn't make sense of the big picture.

Which hero do you want, Greywind?  Warlock is running two it seems; I leave it up to you whether to do the same.

Gonna be just a few minutes late you guys; got involved in something while I was marking time, and now I have to switch computers.  Should be ready by 12:10 EST.

Okay that took less time than I thought.  I've decided that since you guys didn't express a preference, we'll go with Kismet just because Dreamer is supposed to be harder.  Environment is definitely the Final Wasteland.  Still waiting for Greywind to pick a hero.

One thing I'm not clear on with these things...how does player order work?

Player order is typically determined by the randomized selection posted in the 1st post.  Heroes are played in the order listed.  

Obviously, since we're not doing that for this, I'll gladly go last:  Bunker then Fanatic.

Should we assume we've lost Greywind?  He doesn't seem to be online.

Not sure why we need to reveal our hands to each other, but CR starts with The Masadah, Displaced Armory, and 2x Bounty Board. (Great.)

People post their hands online so that players can work together and give suggestions on how to proceed if things get rough.

Actually, there's a large contingent here that play--even face-to-face--with open hands, for exactly that reason.

I'd wait at least a little to see if he arrives.  It's only 12:30 est now.

Okay.  I guess if you're not impatient, I can pretend I'm not either.

While we're waiting, should I include Chrono-Ranger's turn in the same post as the environment and villain turns, or split them up for easier readability?

You should probably split them up.

Hrm.  How much longer should we wait?  I don't have much else to do besides read other threads on this forum.

Give him till 1, then go ahead and post the Villain turn.

Hrm, the forum clock seems to disagree with my clock...it says I posted this at 12:02, but I have 11:47.  The hour is presumably a time zone difference, but it suggests my clock is 15 min off....

So you're saying I should wait another HOUR?

I have 12:57 est right now.  I think the forum clock is about 10-15 minutes ahead.

Alright, I think we've waited long enough, we'll call it a 3-hero game.  Let me know if I'm doing this right.

Kismet

HP:  70

In Play:  The Talisman: Enchanted Heirloom [7]

Trash:  None

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Start of Turn:  Flip if hero has Talisman, otherwise deal 1 psychic damage to each hero target.  (Chrono-Ranger and Bunker at 27, Fanatic at 29.)

Play a Card:  Hapless Strike.  Fanatic deals 2 energy damage to Bunker (or Chrono-Ranger, but I think it's only fair that your characters should fight among themselves for the position of your favorite). [25]

End of Turn:  Reveal and play Fortune's Smile.  Each hero takes 1 more psychic damage (CR at 26, Bunker at 24, Fanatic at 28).  Play another villain card:  Inconceivable Obstruction enters play (and I crack up).

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HP:  70

In Play:  Inconceivable Obstruction

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile.

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if hero has Talisman, otherwise deal 1 psychic damage to each hero target. (Kismet)

Static Effects:

    Talisman is indestructible. (Talisman)

    When a hero target deals 4+ damage to a different hero target, destroy a Jinx. (Kismet)

   Kismet deals +0 damage for the 0 Jinxes in play.  (Talisman)

   First time each turn Kismet would be damaged, discard top Environment card; if it's a target, it goes into play and takes the damage instead.  (Inconceivable Obstruction)

ET:  Put top card of villain deck into play if Lucky, else reshuffle it. (Kismet)

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 26

Bunker:  24

Fanatic: 28

CR draws two cards, Just Doin' My Job and Eye On The Prize.  Bunker's turn.

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 26

Hand: Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Displaced Armory

In Play:  None

Trash: n/a

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: None

Use a power: None

Draw cards: Just Doin' My Job and Eye On The Prize.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 26

Hand:  Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Displaced Armory, Just Doin' My Job, Eye On The Prize

In Play: None

Trash: n/a

Additional effects: None.

Bunker

HP: 24

Hand: Gatling Gun; Ammo Drop; Grenade Launcher; Decommissioned Hardware

In Play:

Trash: n/a

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Grenade Launcher

Use a power: Grenade Launcher:  2 (projectile) damage to Talisman [7]; 2 damage to Kismet, which may be redirected based on Inconceivable Obstruction [68 or 70]

Draw a card: Flak Cannon

End of hero turn:

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HP: 24

Hand: Gatling Gun, Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware, Flak Cannon

In Play: Grenade Launcher

Trash: n/a

(Next round, I'd recommend using that Displaced Armory to get a Temporal Grenade out--with the number of Villain Targets in the Final Wasteland deck, we'll never deal any damage to Kismet with the Inconceivable Obstruction out.)

Fanatic

HP: 28

Hand: Chastise, Zealous Offense, Absolution, Holy Nova

In Play:

Trash: n/a

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Absolution (Fanatic regains 1 hp)

Use a power: Absolution--Fanatic hits the talisman for 3 fire damage [4]

End of hero turn:  Sanctifying Strike

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HP: 29

Hand: Chastise, Zealous Offense, Holy Nova, Sanctifying Strike

In Play: Absolution

Trash: n/a

Inconceivable Obstruction puts out a Horrid Skunk Ape, which now has 2 damage on it [3]; Kismet is unharmed.

Whoops, didn't notice you'd posted above me.

So noted.

Say what?

Updated.  I missed a line.

Why didn't you kill the Skunk Ape with Absolution?  Oh well, moving right along.  Also the Talisman had 2 HP at the end of Fanatic's turn, not 4 - Bunker shot a grenade at it.

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  Horrid Skunk Ape [3]

Trash:  None

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Start of Turn:  None

Play a Card:  New Jersey Devil [4]

End of Turn:  Horrid Skunk ape deals 1 to Kismet, redirected to a sudden Abominable Snowman [now 8], 1 to the Talisman [1], 1 to Fanatic [28], 1 to Bunker [23], 1 to Ranger [25], 1 to Jersey Devil [3], and I think another 1 to the Snowman [now 7].  Jersey Devil deals 2 damage to Skunk Ape and kills the Talisman, which flips and goes to Fanatic [Talisman now at 7].

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In Play:  Horrid Skunk Ape [1], New Jersey Devil [3], Abominable Snowman [7]

In Trash:  None

Additional Effects:

ST:  Abominable Snowman deals 2 melee and 2 cold to second-lowest HP non-E target (Abominable Snowman).

Static Effects:

    Abominable Snowman is immune to cold (Abominable Snowman).

ET:  Horrid Skunk Ape deals 1 damage to everything but itself (Horrid Skunk Ape).

    New Jersey Devil deals 2 damage to the two non-E targets with lowest HP (New Jersey Devil).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 25

Bunker:  23

Fanatic: 28

I didn't kill the Skunk Ape, because I was banking on the Environment turn taking down the Talisman, reducing the overall damage to us next round.  

Besides, Bunker can take it out with his Grenade Launcher next round.

Kismet

HP:  70

In Play:  Inconceivable Obstruction

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile.

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Start of Turn:  Kismet flips. 

Play a Card:  Lady Luck.

End of Turn:  2 damage to Fanatic [26]

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HP:  70

In Play:  Inconceivable Obstruction, Lady Luck

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile.

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if she has Talisman, otherwise deal 2 irreducible psychic damage to it. (Kismet)

Static Effects:

   First time each turn Kismet would be damaged, discard top Environment card; if it's a target, it goes into play and takes the damage instead.  (Inconceivable Obstruction)

    If you would destroy a villain card, top card of villain deck replaces it in play if Lucky, otherwise is discarded instead of the destruction.  (Lady Luck)

ET:  Regain 1 HP for each Lucky card in play (Kismet).

    Deal 2+(damage on Talisman) psychic damage to highest-HP hero (Kismet)

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 25

Bunker:  23

Fanatic: 26

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 25

Hand: Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Displaced Armory, Just Doin' My Job, Eye On The Prize.

In Play:  None

Trash: n/a

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Eye on the Prize targeting Kismet; another Abominable Snowman appears and gets shot instead [8].  Draw Compounded Bow.  Play Displaced Armory, putting Temporal Grenade into play from deck and shooting Kismet now that she's out of sharks to block with [69].

Use a power: Temporal Grenade.  Deal 1 damage each to Kismet and two Snowmen.  Destroy Lady Luck, triggering Lady Luck; top card is Fortune's Smile, so Lady Luck is destroyed, but Kismet regains 3 HP [70], deals 1 damage to each hero [CR: 24, Bunker: 22, Fanatic: 25], and plays another card.  Imminent Destruction destroys all four Environment cards and deals 5 damage to each Hero [CR: 19, Bunker: 17, Fanatic: 20].  (Sorry, if I'd known something like that could happen, I'd have shot the monsters instead of Kismet.)

Draw cards: Eye On The Prize

End of hero turn:

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HP: 19

Hand:  Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Just Doin' My Job, Compounded Bow.

In Play: None

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade

Additional effects: None.

Bunker

HP: 17

Hand: Gatling Gun; Ammo Drop; Flak Cannon; Decommissioned Hardware

In Play:

Trash: n/a

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Flak Cannon

Use a power: Flak Cannon--Talisman [4]

Draw a card: Recharge Mode

End of hero turn:

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HP: 17

Hand: Gatling Gun, Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware, Recharge Mode

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon

Trash: n/a

Might want to call a mulligan on that turn, chief...

(For future reference--anything that allows the Villain to play more cards becomes priority one.  Letting Kismet toss down this many cards (and environment targets) puts us behind the 8-ball pretty severely.  I'm going to try to pull cards with Sanctifying Strike, in the hopes to get Consecrated Ground...)

Fanatic

HP: 20

Hand: Chastise, Zealous Offense, Sanctifying Strike, Holy Nova

In Play:

Trash: n/a

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Sanctifying Strike (1 melee to the Talisman [3]; draws (YAY!) Consecrated Ground, heals 1 hp.

Use a power: Absolution--Talisman, which is refreshed to 7 and given back to Kismet.

End of hero turn:  Undaunted

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HP: 21

Hand: Chastise, Zealous Offense, Holy Nova, Consecrated Ground, Undaunted

In Play: Absolution

Trash: Sanctifying Strike

Might want to call a mulligan on BOTH those turns, Chief.  And I know that stopping the villain from playing more cards is important, which is why I took out Lady Luck.

EDIT - In case you haven't noticed what I'm talking about, read Chrono-Ranger's last turn very carefully.

Damn--I missed the Imminent Destruction actually destroying the environment cards.  I'll edit, briefly.

[Edit--Done and done.  I figured, why not just whale on the Talisman until we can get rid of the Inconceivable Obstruction.]

Why are you shooting the Talisman when Fanatic has it?  Also if you shot it with Fanatic, it would have 4 HP, not 2, though Absolution and Sanctifying Strike can still kill it, if that's actually your objective.

So that it'll flip back to Kismet and Fanatic won't take a bunch of burst damage.  

Generally speaking, the easiest ways to minimize Kismet's damage have been to either 1) keep her on her original side the whole game or, if you can manage it, 2) make her flip each round.  The second way amounts to less damage taken overall, but it's generally harder to do.  In this case, since we have no other targets, it's worth doing.

And, yes–killing it was my objective.

Ah, I see how it is.  I thought it would only be 2 damage, but it's at least 4 isn't it.  Okay, yeah, the 1 damage to everybody from her other side is safer I guess.

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  None

Trash:  None

Start of Turn:  None

Play a Card:  Con's Bunker (well that's much appreciated).

End of Turn:  Heroes regain 1 HP each.

In Play:  Con's Bunker.

In Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2

Additional Effects:

ST:  Destroy Con's Bunker unless you play an Environment card.

Static Effects:

    None

ET:  Heroes each heal by 1.

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 20

Bunker:  18

Fanatic: 22

Kismet

HP:  70

In Play:  Inconceivable Obstruction, The Talisman: Stolen Charm

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile.

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Start of Turn:  Kismet flips to Charmed Scoundrel. 

Play a Card:  Karmic Disjunction.  Next four cards are ALL Jinxes:  another Shaky Arm...wait, "another"?  Okay, I guess Shaky Arm must have been her actual card play, and Karmic Disjunction was her "play the top card if it's Lucky", which it isn't.  So KD goes back in the deck, and since we weren't supposed to see the upcoming cards, I'll shuffle them in with it.

End of Turn:  The aforementioned Karmic Disjunction.

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HP:  70

In Play:  Inconceivable Obstruction, The Talisman: Stolen Charm

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction.

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if she doesn't have Talisman, otherwise deal 1 psychic damage to each hero. (Kismet)

Static Effects:

   First time each turn Kismet would be damaged, discard top Environment card; if it's a target, it goes into play and takes the damage instead  (Inconceivable Obstruction).

    When a hero target deals 4+ damage to a different hero target, destroy a Jinx (Kismet).

    Bunker deals 1 less damage (Shaky Arm).

   Kismet deals +1 damage for the 1 Jinxes in play (Talisman).

ET:  Put top card of villain deck into play if Lucky, else reshuffle it (Kismet).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 20

Bunker:  18

Fanatic: 28

Wait, if Karmic Disjunction was her card play, how did I get a Shaky Arm?  Can you clarify the card play section?

Also, Fanatic is at 22 not 28, as per the Environment turn.

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 20

Hand: Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Displaced Armory, Just Doin' My Job, Eye On The Prize.

In Play:  None

Trash: n/a

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Eye on the Prize targeting The Talisman [6].  Draw Just Doin' My Job.  Play Just Doin' My Job, discarding The Masadah and drawing Terrible Tech-Strike and shooting the Talisman again [5].  Bunker and Fanatic may also discard cards to enable CR to draw more cards.

Use a power: Shoot the Talisman again [4].

Draw cards: Temporal Grenade.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 20

Hand:  Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Just Doin' My Job, Compounded Bow, Terrible Tech-Strike, Temporal Grenade.

In Play: None

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah.

Additional effects: None.

Fanatic will drop Chastise to give C-R another card.

(Next turn, Bunker is likely to drop into Recharge Mode to start building a hand to fuel Gatling Gun.  I'll come out when we have >2 Environment targets to hammer on.)

Bunker

HP: 18

Hand: Gatling Gun; Ammo Drop; Recharge Mode; Decommissioned Hardware

In Play:

Trash: n/a

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Gatling Gun

Use a power: Flak Cannon--2 net damage to Talisman [2]

Draw a card: Adhesive Foam Grenade

End of hero turn: Discarding Ammo Drop to fuel Gatling Gun

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HP: 18

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade; Decommissioned Hardware; Recharge Mode

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun

Trash: Ammo Drop

That card will be "No Executions".  Say, this can't be used to put The Talisman on the bottom of Kismet's deck, can it?  It doesn't say "non-indestructible" like Into The Stratosphere (Tempest) does.

Fanatic

HP: 22

Hand:  Zealous Offense, Absolution, Holy Nova, Consecrated Ground

In Play:  Absolution

Trash: Sanctifying Strike, Chastise

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Consecrated Ground--destroys Inconceivable Obstruction.  Fanatic deals Kismet [69] and the Talisman [1] 1 radiant damage each.

Use a power: Absolution--Fanatic hits Kismet for 3 fire damage [66]

Draw:  Consecrated Ground

End of hero turn:  

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HP: 22

Hand: Zealous Offense, Holy Nova, Undaunted, Consecrated Ground

In Play: Absolution

Trash: Consecrated Ground, Santifying Strike, Chastise

The Talisman is a character card (it is double-sided), and, therefore, it can't have "No Executions."

I'm very sad that Bunker's Ammo Drop doesn't work when he's clearing out the Final Wasteland.  Speaking of which, if you're waiting for us to have multiple Environment targets in play, should we play extra Environment cards to keep Con's Bunker?  This would potentially produce a Skunk Ape that offsets the healing, but it might be worth it.

I would say "no" because the text on the card would occur before the text on No Executions.  As such, the Talisman would get placed in the villain play area or in front of a hero beforehand.

Can I get an answer on the Shaky Arm/Karmic Disjunction confusion.  That makes a difference this round, as that 1 extra damage from Bunker would cause the Talisman to flip on Fanatic's turn.

And, no–I'd rather not keep the Con's Bunker around.  Nearly every card in that deck is a fairly hard-hitting target, so I'd just as soon minimize our pain from the Environment deck.

I have Kismet at 66 HP after your last stab, not 65.  Also you forgot the Chastise in your trash.

You have one Shaky Arm on you.  (If Karmic Disjunction had resolved, Bunker would have gotten a Shaky Arm, other heroes would have had a Weak Heart and Two Left Feet, and Con's Bunker would have exploded for 2 damage to each of us.)

Okay.  It just wasn't clear what was actually being played, based on what was posted.

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  Con's Bunker.

Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2

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Start of Turn:  Con's Bunker destroys itself.

Play a Card:  Mongolian Death Worm.  (I vote we let that munch on Kismet and Fanatic next round, since Fanatic likes getting beat up anyway.)

End of Turn:  None.

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In Play:  Mongolian Death Worm [8].

In Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker.

Additional Effects:

ST:  Mongolian Death Worm bites the two top-HP targets (not itself) for 3 melee and 3 toxic, then shuffles into the deck.

Static Effects:

    None

ET:  None.

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 20

Bunker:  18

Fanatic: 22

Ooof.  Fanatic can take it, but right now I'm not really built for a 'sacrifice' type build.  No Wrathful Retribution/Sancrosanct Martyr/Aegis of Resurrection, currently.  I'd like to get down Zealous Offense this round, to help keep future Environment cards in check.

Kismet

HP:  66

In Play:  The Talisman: Stolen Charm [1]

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction

Start of Turn:  Kismet deals each hero 2 psychic damage. 

Play a Card:  Glass Jaw.  CR will take that since he doesn't damage himself and Fanatic does - nevermind, I miscalculated his HP as being 20.  Too bad.  Maybe we should let the Death Worm take a piece out of her anyway, but it's less obviously correct now.

End of Turn:  Reveal Scattered Mind and reshuffle it into the deck.

HP:  66

In Play:  The Talisman: Stolen Charm [1], Shaky Arm (Bunker), Glass Jaw (Fanatic).

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if she doesn't have Talisman, otherwise deal 1 psychic damage to each hero. (Kismet)

Static Effects:

    When a hero target deals 4+ damage to a different hero target, destroy a Jinx (Kismet).

    Bunker deals 1 less damage (Shaky Arm).

    Fanatic takes 1 more damage (Glass Jaw).

    Kismet deals +2 damage for the 2 Jinxes in play (Talisman).

ET:  Put top card of villain deck into play if Lucky, else reshuffle it (Kismet).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 18

Bunker:  16

Fanatic: 20

I seem to be good at failing to notice your posts when they're buried under my previous ones.  I'll try to watch that, but if I'm not answering a question, feel free to ask it again; I'll try not to regard it as nagging. 

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 18

Hand: Bounty Board, Bounty Board, The Masadah, Displaced Armory, Just Doin' My Job, Eye On The Prize.

In Play:  A Glass Jaw (Kismet) targeting him.

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah.

Additional effects: 

Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Play Just Doin' My Job, discarding No Executions and drawing Eye On The Prize and shooting the Talisman to flipit, giving it back to Fanatic.  Bunker and Fanatic may also discard cards to enable CR to draw more cards.

Use a power: Shoot Kismet [65].

Draw cards: Jim's Hat.

End of hero turn:

HP: 18

Hand:  Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Compounded Bow, Terrible Tech-Strike, Temporal Grenade, Jim's Hat.

In Play: None

Trash:  Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job

Additional effects: None.

Bunker

HP: 16

Hand: Decommissioned Hardware, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade

In Play:  Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher, Gatling Gun; Shaky Arm (from Kismet)

Trash: Ammo Drop

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Start of hero turn:  Gatling Gun deals 1 net damage to Talisman, causing it to flip and go in front of Fanatic.

Play a card: Recharge Mode

Use a power: n/a

Draw a card: Upgrade Mode, Turret Mode

End of hero turn: Discarding Decommissioned Hardware to fuel Gatling Gun

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HP: 16

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade; Turret Mode, Upgrade Mode

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun; Shaky Arm (from Kismet); Recharge Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware

Other Effects:  DR 1 (Recharge Mode)

[Edit--make that shooting Kismet for net 1]

Fanatic

HP: 20

Hand:  Zealous Offense, Absolution, Holy Nova, Consecrated Ground

In Play:  Absolution

Trash: Sanctifying Strike, Chastise, Consecrated Ground

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Zealous Offense

Use a power: Absolution--Fanatic hits Kismet for 3 fire damage [62].  Keeps Zealous Offense in play.

Draw:  Absolution

End of hero turn:  

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HP: 20

Hand: Absolution, Holy Nova, Undaunted, Consecrated Ground

In Play: Zealous Offense

Trash: Consecrated Ground, Santifying Strike, Chastise

> Gatling Gun deals 1 net damage to Talisman, causing it to flip and go in front of Fanatic.

You should probably see what CR does on his turn before you decide what to do on Bunker's.  For now I'll just assume you shot Kismet instead.

That works.  I didn't see the damage to the Talisman, as it was in the midst of the line with Just Doin' My Job.

That puts Kismet at 61.

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  Mongolian Death Worm [8].

Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker

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Start of Turn:  Mongolian Death Worm deals total of 6 damage to Kismet [55] and 8 damage to Fanatic [12], then reshuffles.

Play a Card:  Rat Beast.

End of Turn:  Rat Beast deals 3 damage to Chrono-Ranger.

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In Play:  Rat Beast [7].

In Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker.

Additional Effects:

ST: 

Static Effects:

    Rat Beast takes and deals 1 extra damage from/to Chrono-Ranger (Nemesis icon).

ET:  Rat Beast deals 2 damage to the second-highest HP non-E target (Rat Beast).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 15

Bunker:  16

Fanatic: 12

Wait--does Chrono-Ranger have the Glass Jaw or does Fanatic?  During the Villain turn, you gave it to Fanatic, but then in C-R's turn you have it on his sheet.

If Fanatic has it, then the 8 damage from the Death Worm is correct.

If C-R has it, then Fanatic would only take 6.

Kismet

HP:  55

In Play:  None

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction

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Start of Turn:  Kismet flips to Deranged Miscreant.

Play a Card:  Scattered Mind goes in front of Chrono-Ranger.

End of Turn:  Kismet deals 1 net damage to Bunker [15].

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HP:  55

In Play:  Shaky Arm (Bunker), Glass Jaw (Fanatic), Scattered Mind (Chrono-Ranger).

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if she has Talisman, otherwise deal 2 irreducible psychic damage to it. (Kismet)

Static Effects:

    Bunker deals 1 less damage (Shaky Arm).

    Fanatic takes 1 more damage (Glass Jaw).

    Chrono-Ranger must discard a card each time he deals damage (Scattered Mind).

ET:  Kismet regains 0 HP for her 0 lucky cards in play, then deals highest-HP hero 2+(damage on Talisman) damage.

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 15

Bunker:  15

Fanatic: 12

I'm guessing this means that Fanatic actually has the Glass Jaw?

The Jinx is on Fanatic; I fixed the error in my last CR post.  (I also apparently forgot to remove The Masadah from his hand for at least one turn.  Too many details to keep track of in these things!)

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 15

Hand: Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Compounded Bow, Terrible Tech-Strike, Temporal Grenade, Eye On The Prize, Jim's Hat.

In Play:  A Scattered Mind (Kismet) targeting him.

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job.

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Play Jim's Hat, then Temporal Grenade.

Use a power: Throw Temporal Grenade.  Deal 2 damage to Rat Beast, discarding Bounty Board.  Deal 1 damage to Kismet, discarding other Bounty Board.  Destroy an Ongoing card - if I destroy Bunker's Shaky Arm, will you have Fanatic destroy the Scattered Mind on CR?  Having to discard every time he deals damage, when almost every card in his deck deals 1 damage and he plays a lot of extra cards, is utterly destroying me.  If you cannot agree to this trade, the Temporal Grenade will have to destroy Scattered Mind instead of Shaky Arm.

Draw cards: Ranger's Mark.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 15

Hand:  Compounded Bow, Terrible Tech-Strike, Eye on the Prize, Ranger's Mark.

In Play: Jim's Hat, and possibly a Scattered Mind (Kismet) targeting him.

Trash:  Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job, Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Temporal Grenade.

Additional effects: None.

I mean, the Shaky Arm doesn't bother Bunker too much--why don't you use the Temporal Grenade to destroy the Shattered Mind yourself?

That's what I'm doing if you don't agree to the trade.  IMO, it would be better for Jim to remove the Shaky Arm so that Bunker would deal full damage on his turn; Bunker could then drop out of Recharge Mode (there's not much point in skipping your turn to draw an extra card if you then have to discard a card for only 1 damage at the end of your turn), fire one of his other weapons (or both of them with Turret Mode), and we could make some huge progress on getting Kismet actually killed eventually.  But I would need your word that Fanatic will then play Consecrated Ground to remove the Shattered Mind.

My plan was to stay in Recharge Mode for one more round, then to drop into Turret Mode afterwards.  I wanted to collect at least one more card, so that I can fuel the Gatling Gun for a few rounds longer.

It'd mean I'd get one net turn of lessened damage, but it'd free Fanatic up to play Holy Nova this turn and give us some HP back.

But, I guess I can hold off on the Holy Nova--it'll have more impact when we have more targets in play anyway.  Go ahead and destroy Bunker's Shaky Arm; Fanatic will take care of the Shattered Mind.

Okay, then go ahead with Bunker's turn.

Bunker

HP: 15

Hand: Upgrade Mode, Turret Mode; Adhesive Foam Grenade

In Play:  Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher, Gatling Gun; Recharge Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop; Decommissioned Hardware

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Start of hero turn:  Gatling Gun deals 2 net damage to Talisman [5]

Play a card: n/a

Use a power: n/a

Draw a card: Flak Cannon; OmniCannon; (no play, no power = third draw--Grenade Launcher)

End of hero turn: Discarding Upgrade Mode to fuel Gatling Gun

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HP: 15

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade; Turret Mode, Flak Cannon, OmniCannon; Grenade Launcher

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun; Recharge Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware; Upgrade Mode

Other Effects:  DR 1 (Recharge Mode)

Fanatic

HP: 12

Hand:  Absolution, Holy Nova, Consecrated Ground, Undaunted

In Play:  Zealous Offense; Absolution; Glass Jaw (from Kismet)

Trash: Sanctifying Strike, Chastise, Consecrated Ground

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Start of hero turn:  Rat Beast cannot deal damage this round. (Zealous Offense)

Play a card: Consecrated Ground (destroys Shattered Mind on C-R).  Fanatic deals Kismet [54], the Talisman [4], and the Rat Beast [4] 1 radiant damage each.

Use a power: Absolution--Fanatic hits Kismet for 3 fire damage [51].  Keeps Zealous Offense in play.

Draw:  Absolution (again)

End of hero turn:  

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HP: 12

Hand: Absolution (x2), Holy Nova, Undaunted

In Play: Zealous Offense, Absolution

Trash: Consecrated Ground (x2), Santifying Strike, Chastise

I think you're wasting time shooting the Talisman when you could be unleashing the fury against Kismet herself, but if you are indeed hiding in Recharge Mode all turn, don't you draw THREE cards, since you neither played a card nor used a power?

Also your post doesn't show Recharge Mode still in play.

Look, I went over my plan earlier.  If you don't like it, that's okay--I'm likely coming out this next round, guns a-blazing.  I just want to make sure I don't run out of steam.

But, you're right, regarding the card draw.  Editing now.

You should have discarded the second Absolution when Jim was Just Doing his second Job.  :)

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  Rat Beast [4, cannot deal damage].

Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker

Start of Turn:  None.

Play a Card:  Amphibious Chupacabra.

End of Turn:  Chupacabra deals 3 net melee damage to Fanatic [9], and then another 2 toxic damage [7] the Talisman, which goes back to Kismet is left with 1 HP.

In Play:  Rat Beast [4], Amphibious Chupacabra [6].

In Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker.

Additional Effects:

ST: 

Static Effects:  Rat Beast takes and deals 1 extra damage from/to Chrono-Ranger (Nemesis icon).

    Rat Beast cannot deal damage this turn (Zealous Offense).

ET:  Rat Beast deals 2 damage to the second-highest HP non-E target (Rat Beast).

    Chupacabra deals 2 melee damage to the lowest-HP non-E target, and then 1 toxic damage if it has at least 5 HP (Amphibious Chupacabra).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 15

Bunker:  15

Fanatic: 12

Chupacabra definitely hits the Talisman, not Fanatic.  Please amend.

Kismet: Deranged Miscreant

HP:  50

In Play:  Glass Jaw (Fanatic).

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction, Shaky Arm, Scattered Mind

Start of Turn:  Kismet deals 2 damage to The Talisman and reclaims it.

Play a Card:  Imminent Destruction.  Rat and Chupacabra destroyed, 3 gross damage to each hero [CR at 12], which becomes 2 to Bunker [13] and 4 to Fanatic [8].

End of Turn:  Kismet reveals her top card to be Karmic Disjunction, which is not Lucky (so in other words, we are; that's our second time dodging that bullet).  Kismet deals 1 net damage to Bunker [12].

HP:  50

In Play:  Glass Jaw (Fanatic), The Talisman: Stolen Charm [7].

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction, Shaky Arm, Scattered Mind, Imminent Destruction

Additional Effects:

ST:  Flip if she has Talisman, otherwise deal 2 irreducible psychic damage to it. (Kismet)

Static Effects:  Fanatic takes 1 more damage (Glass Jaw).

ET:  Kismet regains 0 HP for her 0 lucky cards in play, then deals highest-HP hero 2+(damage on Talisman) damage.

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 12

Bunker:  12

Fanatic: 8

Whoops, fixing.

Keep in mind, that'll change the Villain turn, as well--Unless I'm wrong, Kismet will regain the Talisman when she damages it herself.

Sorry, just had to take a call while I was editing Kismet's turn; I'll go finish doing that now.

Okay, I believe I got it all straightened out now.  The strikethrough line in Kismet's most recent post is a comment from a point in the sequence where I thought the Chupacabra had destroyed the Talisman; at one point I had it with 5 damage counters on it, but I was unable to reconstruct why I thought that was the case (I think I had intended to include it as a third target for the Temporal Grenade, which would have had it at 6 HP before it was Gatling Gunned, then 4, then 3 after Consecrated Ground, and then I probably misread the Chupacabra as dealing 3 melee damage by default, rather than just to Fanatic with her Glass Jaw).  In any event, the timeline is hopefully correct now (gotta love a game where even the rules make you feel like you're Uatu the Watcher or whoever).

Okay, finally proceeding to CR's turn.  Sorry about all that.

If you can spare it, a Temporal Grenade on this Glass Jaw would be appreciated.

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 12

Hand: Compounded Bow, Terrible Tech-Strike, Ranger's Mark, Eye On The Prize

In Play:  Jim's Hat

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job, Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Temporal Grenade.

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Play Eye On the Prize, dealing 1 damage to Kismet [49].  Draw and then play Sudden Contract, putting By Any Means into play.  All damage dealt to Kismet is now increased by 1.  Sudden Contract then lets CR deal 2 net damage to Kismet [47].  Play Compounded Bow.

Use a power: Compounded Bow deals 2 projectile damage, and 2 more just-for-laughs-we'll-make-it-infernal damage to Kismet [43].

Draw cards: Hunter and Hunted.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 12

Hand:  Terrible Tech-Strike, Ranger's Mark, Hunter and Hunted.

In Play: Jim's Hat, Compounded Bow, By Any Means (on Kismet).

Trash:  Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job, Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Sudden Contract.

Additional effects: None.

Bunker

HP: 12

Hand: Turret Mode; Adhesive Foam Grenade, OmniCannon, Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher

In Play:  Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher, Gatling Gun; Recharge Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop; Decommissioned Hardware; Upgrade Mode

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Start of hero turn:  Gatling Gun deals 3 net damage to Kismet [40], 

Play a card: Turret Mode

Use a power:  1) Flak Cannon deals 5 net damage to Kismet [35].  2) Grenade Launcher deals 4 net damage to Kismet [31], 3 net damage to the Talisman [4], no third target in play.

Draw a card: n/a

End of hero turn: Discarding Grenade Launcher to fuel Gatling Gun

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HP: 12

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Flak Cannon, OmniCannon; 

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon, Gatling Gun; Turret Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware; Upgrade Mode; Grenade Launcher; Recharge Mode

Other Effects:  +1 damage for Bunker (Turret Mode)

(Temporal Grenade comment was if you get another one or if you pull Displaced Armory.  It's not urgent.)

Fanatic

HP: 8

Hand:  Holy Nova; Undaunted; Absolution (x2)

In Play:  Zealous Offense; Absolution; Glass Jaw (from Kismet)

Trash: Sanctifying Strike, Chastise, Consecrated Ground (x2)

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Start of hero turn:  No targets available for Zealous Offense.

Play a card: Undaunted

Use a power: Absolution--Fanatic hits Kismet for 4 fire damage [31].  Keeps Zealous Offense in play.

Draw:  Wrathful Retribution  (next round, Kismet goes Boom.)

End of hero turn:  

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HP: 8

Hand: Absolution (x2), Holy Nova, Wrathful Retribution

In Play: Zealous Offense, Absolution, Undaunted

Trash: Consecrated Ground (x2), Santifying Strike, Chastise

Other Effects:  Fanatic ignores instances of exactly 1 damage and reduces damage of 5+ by 2.

Does CR have a third copy in his deck?  I thought there were only two.

It's actually 4 damage due to the Bounty.

The Final Wasteland

In Play:  None

Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker, Rat Beast, Amphibious Chupacabra.

Start of Turn:  None.

Play a Card:  New Jersey Devil.

End of Turn:  Jersey Devil deals 2 damage to each of The Talisman [5 3] and Fanatic, who takes 1 extra [5].

In Play:  New Jersey Devil [4].

In Trash:  Horrid Skunk Ape, New Jersey Devil, Abominable Snowman x2, Con's Bunker, Rat Beast, Amphibious Chupacabra.

Additional Effects:

ST: None.

Static Effects:  None.

ET:  Jersey Devil deals 2 damage to the two lowest HP non-E targets (New Jersey Devil).

    Chupacabra deals 2 melee damage to the lowest-HP non-E target, and then 1 toxic damage if it has at least 5 HP (Amphibious Chupacabra).

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 12

Bunker:  12

Fanatic: 5

Talisman was at 4 before the Jersey Devil hit it for 2, as Bunker hit it with the Grenade Launcher in Turret Mode (total of 3).  That means the Talisman should be at 2.

Kismet: Deranged Miscreant

HP:  31

In Play:  Glass Jaw (Fanatic), The Talisman: Enchanted Heirloom [2].

Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction, Shaky Arm, Scattered Mind, Imminent Destruction.

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Start of Turn:  Kismet flips.

Play a Card:  Weak Heart goes in front of Fanatic.

End of Turn:  Kismet reveals her top card to be Karmic Disjunction, which is not Lucky.  (We really ARE Lucky; that's happened three times, two of them in the actual timeline.)  Guess Kismet didn't really want to win this one.

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HP:  31

In Play:  Glass Jaw (Fanatic), The Talisman: Enchanted Heirloom [2], Weak Heart (Fanatic).

In Trash:  Hapless Strike, Fortune's Smile, Lady Luck, Fortune's Smile, Imminent Destruction, Inconceivable Obstruction, Shaky Arm, Scattered Mind, Imminent Destruction.

Additional Effects:  I'm not going to bother with these since we know she's finished this round.

Hero Health:

Chrono-Ranger: 12

Bunker:  12

Fanatic: 5

> Talisman was at 4 before the Jersey Devil hit it for 2, as Bunker hit it with the Grenade Launcher in Turret Mode (total of 3).  That means the Talisman should be at 2.

Yeah, I eventually figured that out while working on Kismet's post.  Anyway, time for my last post of this game.  You'll forgive me for savoring it.

Chrono-Ranger

HP: 12

Hand:  Terrible Tech-Strike, Ranger's Mark, Hunter and Hunted.

In Play:  Jim's Hat, Compounded Bow, By Any Means (on Kismet).

Trash: Eye On The Prize, Displaced Armory, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Just Doin' My Job, The Masadah, No Executions, Just Doin' My Job, Bounty Board, Bounty Board, Temporal Grenade, Eye on the Prize, Sudden Contract..

Additional effects: 

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Start of hero turn:

Play a card: Hunter and Hunted.  Thanks to the Hat, also play Ranger's Mark, putting No Executions into play on Jersey Devil and allowing CR to deal 4 net damage to Kismet [27].

Use a power: Compounded Bow deals 4 projectile damage and 4 melee damage (it's an arrow that pulls itself out of the wound and then stabs you again) to Kismet [19].

Draw cards: The Whole Gang.

End of hero turn:

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HP: 12

Hand:  Terrible Tech-Strike, The Whole Gang.

In Play: Jim's Hat, Compounded Bow, By Any Means (on Kismet), Hunter and Hunted, No Executions (on NJ Devil).

Trash: 

Additional effects: +2 damage by and to Ranger (Hunter and Hunted).

Take it away, PW.

Bunker

HP: 12

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, OmniCannon, Flak Cannon

In Play:  Flak Cannon, Grenade Launcher, Gatling Gun; Turret Mode

Trash: Ammo Drop; Decommissioned Hardware; Upgrade Mode; Grenade Launcher; Recharge mode

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Start of hero turn:  Gatling Gun deals 4 net damage to Kismet [15], 

Play a card: n/a

Use a power:  1) Flak Cannon deals 5 net damage to Kismet [10].  2) Grenade Launcher deals 4 net damage to Kismet [6], 3 net damage to the Talisman [4], 2 net damage to Jersey Devil [2]

Draw a card: n/a

End of hero turn: Omnicannon gets trashed to fuel the Gatling Gun.

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HP: 12

Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Flak Cannon, OmniCannon; 

In Play: Grenade Launcher, Flak Cannon, Turret Mode; Gatling Gun

Trash: Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware; Upgrade Mode; Grenade Launcher; Recharge Mode; Omnicannon

Other Effects:  +1 damage for Bunker (Turret Mode)

Fanatic, at 5 hp, throws down Wrathful Retribution, discarding Absolution (x2) and Holy Nova.

That deals 26 net radiant damage to Kismet.  Game, set, match.

Technically, the Talisman was at 2 HP, so Bunker destroyed it (aka stole it...with a grenade).  But yeah, we curbstomped her.  You shoulda let me keep having her defend with sharks, so it'd be more sporting.  :P

Good game.  handshake

PS:  There are indeed only 2 Temporal Grenades in CR's deck.  But if you'd really wanted the Glass Jaw gone, you could have had Bunker shoot CR for 4 with the Grenade (3 would still have been enough to steal the Talisman, and you could have used its power second since the Flak Cannon was overkill).  That way, the text of Kismet: Charmed Scoundrel would have destroyed one Jinx, and you'd have gotten to amuse yourself by looking at a deck.

Villain reduced to -20 in one round...that's definitely a personal record in my experience.

Oh, how do we decide which player reports the game on the Statistics Thread?

Displaced Armory can pull Grenades from the trash as well as the deck, so had the game gone longer, that would have been a viable route.  But, with just that round remaining, it wasn't a huge deal.  

Looking through Fanatic's deck, though--I'd have been waiting a while for an Aegis of Resurrection.  The first one was 6 cards down, past all three Final Dives!

Go ahead and report the game if you like, since you ran the Villain stuff.

Sorry. I came down with a slight case of "reality", although I've been assured that it isn't contagious.

I know well the symptoms of that disease.  I'll let you know the next time I'm in the market for a forum game (it'll be a while, the experience was interesting but exhausting).