Cosmic Omnitron
VS
Price of Freedom Wraith (PlatinumWarlock)
Expatriette (cmschex)
The Eternal Haka (grysgrl)
Bunker (phantaskippy)
Tachyon (Greywind)
IN
Silver Gulch, 1883
Grab a hero and a quartet of cards, but be warned that from this Saturday my life is going to sort of spring to life, meaning it may take me a while to post.
Expat, - Flak Jacket, Tactical Shotgun, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw
Tachyon
Research Grant, Fleet of Foot, Sucker Punch, Sonic Vortex
I'll take Wraith!
Opening Hand: Utility Belt, Grappling Hook, Infrared Eyepiece, Throat Jab
Haka please.
Starting hand: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Vitality Surge, Ta Moko
Bunker!
Opening Hand: Adhesive Grendes, Flak Cannon, Turret Mode(2)
Damn! I could actually have done this one, but I missed it by a hairsbreadth. Will be eager to see Episode 14 go up.
Round One
Omnitron - Cosmic-Powered Exterminator
Omnitron - 100
In Play: Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2
Trash:
Effects: ST: If there are no Components in play, flip Omnitron
ST: Omnitron deals the 2 heroes with the highest HP 4 projectile damage each.
ST: Omnitron deals the hero with the highest HP 6 energy damage. [x2]
ET: Play the top card of the villain deck.
Reduce damage dealt to Devices by 1.
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Start of Turn: Omnitron deals 4 projectile damage to Haka [29] and Expat [25].
Omnitron deals 6 energy damage to Haka [23].
Omnitron deals 6 energy damage to Bunker [22].
Play a Card: Adaptive Plating Subroutine enters play.
End of Turn: Adaptive Plating Subroutine enters play.
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Omnitron - 100
In Play: Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2
Trash:
Effects: ST: If there are no Components in play, flip Omnitron
ST: Omnitron deals the 2 heroes with the highest HP 4 projectile damage each.
ST: Omnitron deals the hero with the highest HP 6 energy damage. [x2]
ET: Play the top card of the villain deck.
Reduce damage dealt to Devices by 1.
Hero HP: Wraith - 25, Expat - 25, Haka - 23, Bunker - 22, Tachyon - 27
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 25
Opening hand: Utility Belt; Infrared Eyepiece; Throat Jab; Grappling Hook
In play: n/a
Trash: n/a
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Infrared Eyepiece.
Use a power: Infrared Eyepiece: I get to peek at the top 2 cards on the villain deck and reorder them. I draw Razor Ordinance
Draw a card: Suture Self
End of hero turn:
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HP: 25
Hand: Grappling Hook, Throat Jab; Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance; Suture Self
In play: Infrared Eyepiece
Trash:
Additional effects: Scry top 2 cards of villain deck.
S-83 Assault Drone and Interpolation Beam.
Expatriette
HP: 25
Opening hand: Tactical Shotgun, Quick Draw, Arsenal Access, Flak Jacket
In play: n/a
Trash: n/a
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Tactical Shotgun
Use a power:Tactical Shotgun, 3 projectile damage to Cosmitron (97)
Draw a card: Assault Rifle
End of hero turn:
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HP: 25
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, Arsenal Access, Flak Jacket
In play: Tactical Shotgun
Trash:
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to projectile damage
If we can get CosmiTron to flip this turn, I'd prefer doing the Interpolation Beam. If he doesn't flip, the drone.
I don't think it's going to be hard to deal 4 more damage, considering Elbow Smash, Flak Cannon and Fleet of Foot/Sonic Vortex. Only thing we'd have to worry about is having Haka deal damage this turn, so that Bunker can get around the Adaptive Plating Subroutine.
Sound good to everyone?
Question. Omnitron's card lists him as both Villain and Device. Cosmic Omnitron's card (as viewed on BGG) only lists him as a Villain.
If this is the case, then he shouldn't be getting damage reduction, right? I'm going to play this turn assuming that he gets no damage reduction. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 23
Hand: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Vitality Surge, Ta Moko
In play:
Trash:
Additional effects: Omnitron double-immune to projectile damage
Start:
Play: Elbow Smash deals 2 melee damage to Omnitron [9395]. Omnitron has taken 7 damage this round, so his components are all destroyed.
Power: Haka of Knowledge: Draw Haka of Battle. Discard Haka of Shielding to draw Haka of Restoration and Vitality Surge
Draw: Enduring Intercession
End:
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HP: 23
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Haka of Restoration, Enduring Intercession
In play:
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding
Additional effects: Omnitron double-immune to melee damage
Cosmic Omni is a device they printed a fixed version, so he's still at 95.
"Big targets call for big guns."
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 22
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Flak Cannon, Turret Mode(2)
In Play:
Trash:
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Flak Cannon
Use a Power: Flak Cannon deals Omnitron 2 projectile Damage (93) components gone.
Draw a Card: External Combustion
End of Turn:
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HP: 22
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Turret Mode(2)
In Play: Flak Cannon
Trash:
Effects: Omnitron is immune to Projectile Damage
Tachyon
HP: 27
Hand: Fleet of Foot, Research Grant, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch
In Play:
Trash:
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Fleet of Foot (Draw HUD Goggles), HUD Goggles, Sonic Vortex (3 to Cosmo)
Use a Power: Rapid Recon (Hypersonic Assault) replace
Draw a Card: Hypersonic Assault
End of Turn:
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HP: 27
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Research Grant, Sucker Punch
In Play: HUD Goggles
Trash: 1 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex
Effects: Cosmo is immune to Sonic Damage, each player may draw a card
Silver Gulch
In Play:
Trash:
Effects:
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Start:
Play: Sustain The Portal. One of you may discard a card to discard the top card of the environment deck, but I doubt you'll want to.
End: Each target takes 2 energy damage, Sustain The Portal self-destructs.
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In Play:
Trash: Sustain The Portal
Effects:
Round Two
Omnitron - Sentient Dropship
Omnitron - 90
In Play: Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2
Trash:Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Whenever a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Omnitron is immune to energy damage.
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Start of Turn: Flip.
Play a Card: Interpolation Beam enters play.
End of Turn: Omnitron deals 5 energy damage to Tachyon [20], Wraith [18] and Expatriette [18].
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Omnitron - 90
In Play: Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Whenever a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Omnitron is immune to energy damage.
When a player draws a card, Omnitron deals that player's hero 1(+1) energy damage.
Hero HP: Wraith - 18, Expat - 18, Haka - 21, Bunker - 20, Tachyon - 20
Omnitron should be at 91, by my count…
Also, in case anyone missed it, Fleet of Foot lets us all draw a card. Haka draws Savage Mana.
Omni took damage from Sustain the Portal too, so should be at 90. Expat draws Hollow Points
Bunker Draws Recharge Mode.
Did I really not change Omni's HP? *sigh* I am a moron...
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 18
Opening hand: Utility Belt; Throat Jab; Grappling Hook; Razor Ordinance; Suture Self; Inventory Barrage (drawn from Fleet of Foot)
In play: Infrared Eyepiece
Trash: n/a
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Throat Jab: Omnitron takes 2 melee damage [88] and cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn.
Use a power: Infrared Eyepiece: I get to peek at the top 2 cards on the villain deck and reorder them. I draw Throwing Knives
Draw a card: Razor Ordinance
End of hero turn:
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HP: 18
Hand: Grappling Hook, Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Throwing Knives
In play: Infrared Eyepiece
Trash: Throat Jab
Additional effects: Scry top 2 cards of villain deck; Omnitron cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn.
Expatriette
HP: 18
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, Arsenal Access, Flak Jacket, Hollow Points
In play: Tactical Shotgun
Trash:
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to projectile damage
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Flak Jacket
Use a power:Tactical Shotgun, 4 projectile damage to Cosmitron (84)
Draw a card: Prejudice
End of hero turn:
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HP: 18
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, Arsenal Access, Hollow Points, Prejudice
In play: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket
Trash:
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to projectile damage
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 21
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Haka of Restoration, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana
In play:
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding
Additional effects: Omnitron double-immune to projectile damage
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Start:
Play: Ta Moko
Power: Haka of Knowledge - draw Taiaha; discard Haka of Restoration to draw Ground Pound and Taiaha
Draw: Rampage
End:
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HP: 21
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Taiaha (2), Ground Pound
In play: Ta Moko
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration
Additional effects: Omnitron double-secret-immune to projectile damage
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 20
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Recharge Mode, Turret Mode(2)
In Play: Flak Cannon
Trash:
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Recharge Mode
Use a Power: recharging
Draw a Card: Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop
End of Turn:
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HP: 20
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade(2), Ammo Drop, External Combustion, Turret Mode(2)
In Play: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode
Trash:
Effects: Omnitron is immune to Projectile Damage, Bunker takes -1 damage.
Tachyon
HP: 20
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Research Grant, Sucker Punch
In Play: HUD Goggles
Trash:
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Research Grant
Use a Power: Research Grant (Draw Nimble Strike, Pushing the Limits, Discard Sucker Punch)
Draw a Card: Hypersonic Assault
End of Turn:
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HP: 20
Hand: Hypersonic Assault x2, Nimble Strike, Pushing the Limits
In Play: HUD Goggles, Research Grant
Trash: 2 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch
Effects:
(?)
Scrying reveals an Interpolation Beam and an Electromagnetic Railgun.
Silver Gulch
In Play:
Trash: Sustain The Portal
Effects:
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Start:
Play: Stout Barrel enters play.
End: Explosives Wagon enters play.
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In Play: Stout Barrel - 5
Explosives Wagon - 9
Trash: Sustain The Portal
Effects: ET: Play the top card of the environment deck.
Increase all damage dealt by 1.
Round Three
Omnitron - Cosmic-Powered Exterminator
Omnitron - 84
In Play: Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Interpolation Beam
Trash:Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2
Effects: ST: If there are no Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Play the top card of the villain deck.
Reduce damage dealt to Devices by 1.
Omnitron is immune to projectile damage.
When a player draws a card, Omnitron deals that player's hero 1(+1) energy damage.
Omnitron cannot deal damage.
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Start of Turn: Flip.
Play a Card: Electro-Magnetic Railgun enters play.
End of Turn: Technological Singularity; destroy all equipment cards in play.
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Omnitron - 84
In Play: Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Electro-Magnetic Railgun
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity
Effects: ST: If there are no Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ST: Omnitron deals the two hero targets with the highest HP 4 projectile damage each
ET: Play the top card of the villain deck.
Reduce damage dealt to Devices by 1.
Omnitron is immune to projectile damage.
When a player draws a card, Omnitron deals that player's hero 1(+1) energy damage.
Hero HP: Wraith - 18, Expat - 18, Haka - 21, Bunker - 20, Tachyon - 20
I’d prefer the rail gun, truth be told. Less damage from drawing…
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 18
Opening hand: Utility Belt; Grappling Hook; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Inventory Barrage (drawn from Fleet of Foot)
In play: n/a
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece.
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn: n/a
Play a card: Grappling Hook--destroy Adaptive Plating Subroutine #1, I draw Impromptu Invention (and take 2 damage in the process [16])
Use a power: Last Stand--net 1 melee damage to Omnitron [83]. Omnitron is immune to melee damage.
Draw a card: Combat Stance (and take damage [14])
End of hero turn:
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HP: 14
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Throwing Knives; Impromtu Invention
In play: n/a
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook
Additional effects: Omnomnom is immune to melee damage.
Since Omnitron didn't actually take any damage from Wraith, I assume he's still immune to projectile damage?
Yeah, 0 damage is no damage.
Ah, but (assuming PlatinumWarlock wants to) he does take damage! There's an Explosive Wagon hanging about being all explodey. That does mean that the Interpolation Beam is dealing 2 damage a time, however, so Omni is on 83 and melee-immune, and Wraith is on 14.
Ah, ha! Thanks for the heads up!
If Cosmo can't deal damage, how is Wraith taking damage for drawing a card?
Expatriette
HP: 18
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, Arsenal Access, Hollow Points, Prejudice
In play:
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to melee damage
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Arsenal Access, reveal Pride and Submachine Gun, put Pride into play
Use a power: Pride, 2 projectile damage to Cosmitron (81)
Draw a card: RPG Launcher, 2 damage to Expat (16)
End of hero turn:
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HP: 18
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher, Hollow Points, Prejudice
In play: Pride
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to projectile damage
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 21
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Taiaha (2), Ground Pound, Rampage
In play: Ta Moko
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration
Additional effects: Damage to Haka reduced by 1; Omnitron immune to projectile damage; +1 damage dealt (Explosive Wagon)
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Start:
Play: Taiaha
Power: Taiaha - deal 3 melee damage to Omnitron[78] and 4 melee damage to the Stout Barrel[1]
Draw: Mere (take 1 energy damage from Omnitron)
End:
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HP: 20
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Taiaha, Ground Pound, Rampage, Mere
In play: Ta Moko, Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration
Additional effects: Damage to Haka reduced by 1; Omnitron immune to melee damage; +1 damage dealt (Explosive Wagon)
He couldn't deal damage because of a Stun Bolt, and that expired at the start of Wraith's turn.
That's what I thought. It threw me because you didn't have anything deliniating it on Cosmo.
Are we going to continue?
My impression was that phantaskippy's going through some technical difficulties right now; I'm not sure if he/she's still on board...
If not, can we get someone to step in? If so, shall we resume?
Yeah, I guess we need a new Bunker...
HEY EVERYONE! WE NEED A NEW BUNKER!
Could I maybe get in? If you're amenable, I'll devote some time this afternoon/evening to seeing if I can reconstruct the game. (I don't blame you if you don't want to wait that long, but I have job hunting to do.)
Go for it.
Okay, see you in about 5 hours, hopefully I can get caught up. This will be my second ever forum game, and my first jumping into the middle against a promo villain I don't own, so please bear with me. (Or just bear me, if anyone has the Naturalist handy.)
Envisioner, you really don't have to re-create the whole game: just pull Bunker's deck and filter the cards based on what phantaskippy had earlier.
The following was his last update, amended only to put his Flak Cannon in the trash (via Technological Singularity):
HP: 20
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade(2), Ammo Drop, External Combustion, Turret Mode(2)
In Play: Recharge Mode
Trash: Flak Cannon
Effects: Bunker takes -1 damage.
I really do; it's part of my process. And for the record, I'm pretty certain you missed a damage point on Omnitron - PoFW's Last Stand deals 2 damage, -1 for Omnitron Advanced, +1 for the explosives wagon. So he should be at 77, and his Components are destroyed (2 damage from Wraith, 2 from Expat, 3 from Haka).
That was some bump on the head, Bunker thinks as he shakes himself inside the suit and boots it up out of Recharge Mode, feeling like an entirely different person. No telling what could be hiding in that Stout Barrel, and the damn bug-bot fried my flak cannon's control circuit, so no target practice for me. Guess I'll just have to make do with some analog hardware.
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 20
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade (2), External Combustion, , Turret Mode(2), Ammo Drop
In Play: Recharge Mode
Trash: Flak Cannon
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Start of Turn: Drop out of Recharge Mode.
Play a Card: Adhesive Foam Grenade. Environment cards cannot be played until after the start of Bunker's next turn.
Use a Power: Initialize; draw Upgrade Mode.
Draw a Card: Auxiliary Power Source
End of Turn:
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HP: 20
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Turret Mode(2), Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Auxiliary Power Source
In Play:
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade
Effects: Omnitron is immune to Projectile Melee Damage.
Omnitron is immune to melee damage at the moment. Haka hit him with Taiaha my last turn.
Fixed.
Last Stand deals up to 2 targets 1 damage each, not 2 damage to one target. Omnitron's damage was correct and his components are intact, pending Tachyon's turn.
Tachyon
HP: 18
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Research Grant, Sucker Punch
In Play: Research Grant
Trash: Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Pushing the Limits, Hypersonic Assault (2 Sonic to Cosmo, Stout Barrel, and Explosives Wagon)
Use a Power: Rapid Recon (Blinding Speed) replace
Draw a Card: Blinding Speed, Accelerated Assault
End of Turn:
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HP: 18
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Nimble Strike, Accelerated Assault, Blinding Speed
In Play: Research Grant, Pushing the Limits
Trash: 2 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault
Effects: Cosmo and Explosives Wagon cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn
According to who? Certainly not this…
(Also, Greywind, don't you still have Research Grant in play? And your hand should contain Pushing the Limits and a second Hypersonic Assault. Looks like you forgot to update your "before" section. More pertinently, Cosmotron has damage reduction, so only 1 damage gets thru to him.)
'this' is wrong, it was changed in testing
So unless there's also errata on Hypersonic Assault that I don't know about, Omnitron is now at 77 HP. And neither he nor the Explosives Wagon (nor for that matter the Stout Barrel, which has entirely ceased being stout) can deal damage until the next Tachyturn.
I guess the Interpolation Beam didn't die until Hypersonic Assault, so Bunker took 2 damage drawing a card and is at 18.
(PS, Greywind, your End of Turn hand is also wrong, it should be Hypersonic, Nimble, and Accelerated Assaults and a Blinding Speed.)
Technically, the Explosives Wagon only deals damage when it explodes.
Right, I know that. Right now, we could in theory destroy it without it exploding, though whether we want to is another story.
Bottom left side is the correct Wraith.
People complained because she had the exact same base power as Haka, and this seemed better to >G anyway because of the whole 'surrounded by enemies' idea. (Env/Villain Turns soo. Ish.)
More pertinently, I'm playing Tachyon. Tachyon does 2 damage at this point. BHMeerkat is taking care of Cosmo.
Silver Gulch
In Play: Explosives Wagon - 7
Trash: Sustain The Portal, Stout Barrel
Effects: Increase all damage dealt by 1.
EW cannot deal damage.
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Start:
Play:
End:
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In Play: Explosives Wagon - 7
Trash: Sustain The Portal, Stout Barrel
Effects: Increase all damage dealt by 1.
EW cannot deal damage.
Round Four
Omnitron - Sentient Dropship
Omnitron - 77
In Play: Adaptive Plating Subroutine
Trash:Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Omnitron is immune to sonic damage.
Omnitron cannot deal damage.
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Start of Turn: Flip.
Play a Card: Terraforming; no more Explosives Wagon.
S-84 Automaton Drone enters play.
S-84 Automaton Drone enters play.
End of Turn: S-84 #1 deals Haka 5 energy damage.
S-84 #2 deals Tachyon 6 energy damage.
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Omnitron - 77
In Play: Adaptive Plating Subroutine, S-84 Automaton Drone [5], S-84 Automaton Drone [5]
Trash:Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine, Terraforming
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
ET: S-84 deals the hero target with the highest HP damage equal to its HP. (x2)
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Omnitron is immune to sonic damage.
Omnitron cannot deal damage.
Hero HP: Wraith - 14, Expat - 16, Haka - 15, Bunker - 18, Tachyon - 12
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 14
Opening hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Inventory Barrage; Impromptu Invention; Combat Stance
In play: n/a
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn: n/a
Play a card: Impromptu Invention: Draw Impromptu Invention! Search deck to put MicroTargeting Computer into play. Play second Impromptu Invention
Second Impromptu Invention: Draw Stun Bolt. Search deck to put Utility Belt into play. Play Razor Ordinance.
Use a power: 1) Razor Ordinance: deals Omnitron net 5 projectile damage [72]. Omnitron is now immune to projectile damage.
2) Last Stand--net 1 melee damage to Omnitron [71] and Automaton Drone #1 [4]. Omnitron is now immune to melee damage.
Draw a card: Razor Ordinance
End of hero turn:
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HP: 14
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Throwing Knives; Impromtu Invention; Stun Bolt; Combat Stance; Inventory Barrage;
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2)
Additional effects: Omnomnom is immune to melee damage.
That's what the doctor ordered! :D
The doctor is definitely not complaining.
It seems kind of a dangerous precedent to include half the effects on the board which are modifying damage, but leave the person who controls the target to keep track of the other half. I figure that on one's own turn, one should either calculate all the modifiers or only the base damage, but not try to split the difference.
Also, Tachyon was at 18 HP on her last turn, and was shot for 6 by a Drone, so she should be at 12; Meerkat's Omnitron post is showing her at 14.
Warlock, the Explosives Wagon is gone, so unless I'm missing something Wraith deals 5 damage with Razor Ordnance and 1 with Last Stand, leaving COT with 71.
Unless things radically change during Expat and Haka's turns, my plan is to plunk down Upgrade Mode and then External Combustion. I could put down Ammo Drop instead if Tachyon will be able to kill one or both Drones.
Expatriette
HP: 16
Hand: Assault Rifle, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher, Hollow Points, Prejudice
In play:
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Pride
Additional effects: Omnitron immune to projectile damage
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Quick Draw pull Pride from trash into play
Use a power: Load RPG Launcher, destroy Adaptive Plating Subroutine, deal 2 damage to Omni (69, dude!) and Drone 1 (3)
Draw a card: Reload
End of hero turn:
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HP: 16
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Prejudice, Reload
In play: Pride
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher
Additional effects:
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 15
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Taiaha, Ground Pound, Rampage, Mere
In play: Ta Moko
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration, Taiaha
Additional effects: Damage to Haka reduced by 1
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Start:
Play: Taiaha
Power: Taiaha - deal 3 melee damage to Omnitron[66] and S-84 Drone #2[2]
Draw: Ground Pound
End:
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HP: 15
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Ground Pound (2), Rampage, Mere
In play: Ta Moko, Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration, Taiaha
Additional effects: Damage to Haka reduced by 1
[Never mind this post--I was wrong, wrong, wrong...]
Omnitron's Terraforming took out the Explosives Wagon.
I stand totally corrected. Fixing now...
Do you mean Drone 2, which was undamaged and thus would indeed be at (3) afterward, or Drone 1, which Wraith bonked with Last Stand and left at (4), which would be (2) after your RPG? (So deadly, those roleplaying games!)
Haka then went on to bash a drone with his Taiaha, leaving it at 2. Either there's a source of damage prevention somewhere which I haven't noticed, or the two 5-HP drones should have taken 6 damage between them. If we're assuming both are still alive as of my turn, they should have either 2 HP each, or 3 and 1 in some order.
A voice crackles through the earpiece of Dr. Stinson's field comm unit. "Tachyon, my guns are down; can you do that thing you just did one more time and keep the Automatons busy while I get the wheels turning in here? Otherwise all I can do is vent a bunch of rocket fuel, and that'll get messy; better to save it for now IMO."
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 18
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Turret Mode(2), Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Auxiliary Power Source
In Play:
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade
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Start of Turn: no Mode to deactivate.
Play a Card: Upgrade Mode, then Ammo Drop.
Use a Power: busy upgrading
Draw a Card: External Combustion
End of Turn:
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HP: 18
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion (2), Turret Mode(2), Auxiliary Power Source
In Play: Upgrade Mode, Ammo Drop
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade
Effects: Bunker cannot use powers. Whenever a villain card is destroyed, I may draw a card.
(Quick rules question, do One-Shots count as being "destroyed" when they automatically go from play to the trash after their effects resolve? I'm fairly certain that's a "no", but I figure it's worth checking.)
No.
I didn't think so. Still waiting for a clarification on the two drones' HP, but it won't make much difference if Tachyon's player doesn't mind devoting her turn (or half her turn, if she keeps Pushing the Limits and drops to 10 HP) to a HSA.
Tachyon
HP: 12
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Nimble Strike, Accelerated Assault, Blinding Speed
In Play: Research Grant, Pushing the Limits
Trash: Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault
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Start of Turn: Leave PtL in play (2 Sonic to Tachyon)
Play a Card: Accelerated Assault (deals 1 Melee to all non-hero targets), Hypersonic Assaults (deals 1 Sonic to each non-hero) Cosmo at 64, Drone 1 at 1, Drone 2 destroyed
Use a Power: Rapid Recon (Lightspeed Barrage) replace
Draw a Card: Lightspeed Barrage, HUD Goggles
End of Turn:
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HP: 10
Hand: Nimble Strike, Blinding Speed, Lightspeed Barrage, HUD Goggles
In Play: Research Grant, Pushing the Limits
Trash: 2 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault
Effects: Cosmo and Drone cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn
(Why'd you use Rapid Recon when you have a Research Grant in play? Also your trash now has 3 bursts.)
Sorry for having to drop out guys, and thanks for covering for me.
Sorry for having to drop out guys, and thanks for covering for me.
Silver Gulch
In Play:
Trash: Sustain The Portal, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon
Effects:
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Start:
Play: Tyler Hayes enters play.
End: All non-Gunman targets take 2 projectile damage.
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In Play: Tyler Hayes - 8
Trash: Sustain The Portal, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon
Effects: ET: Tyler Hayes deals all non-Gunman targets 2 projectile damage.
After the 2 global damage, can I safely assume that both Drones are dead, and draw 2 from Ammo Drop?
Round Five
Omnitron - Sentient Dropship
Omnitron - 62
In Play:
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Omnitron cannot deal damage.
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: S-85 Repair Drone enters play.
S-83 Assault Drone enters play.
Sedative Flechettes; destroy all hero ongoing cards.
End of Turn: S-85 repairs Omnitron for 3HP.
S-83 deals Bunker 4 melee damage [12].
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Omnitron - 65
In Play: S-85 Repair Drone - 4
S-83 Assault Drone - 4
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2, Sedative Flechettes
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
ET: S-85 repairs Omnitron for #Drones+1HP.
ET: S-83 deals #Drones+1 melee damage to the hero target with the highest HP.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Omnitron cannot deal damage.
Hero HP: Wraith - 12, Expat - 14, Haka - 14, Bunker - 12, Tachyon - 8
I'm actually at 12 hp, not 13. I was at 14, then took 2 from Tyler Hayes.
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 12
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Inventory Barrage; Combat Stance; Throwing Knives; Stun Bolt
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2)
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn: n/a
Play a card: Throwing Knives
Use a power: 1) Razor Ordinance: deals Omnitron net 5 projectile damage [60].
2) Throwing Knives: deals net 3 projectile damage to Omnitron [57], Repair Drone [1] and Assault Drone [2].
Draw a card: Smoke Bombs
End of hero turn: n/a
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HP: 12
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Impromtu Invention; Stun Bolt; Combat Stance; Inventory Barrage; Smoke Bombs
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt; Throwing Knives
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2)
Additional effects:
Expatriette
HP: 14
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Prejudice, Reload
In play: Pride
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Prejudice
Use a power: Pride - 2 to Omni (55). Prejudcie - 2 to Omni (53) (the ole one-two)
Draw a card: Shock Rounds
End of hero turn:
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HP: 14
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Shock Rounds, Reload
In play: Pride, Prejudice
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher
Additional effects:
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 14
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Savage Mana, Ground Pound (2), Rampage, Mere
In play: Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko
Additional effects:
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Start:
Play: Haka of Battle - draw Taiaha and Ta Moko; discard Enduring Intercession; next damage is +1
Power: Taiaha - deal 4 melee damage to Omnitron[49] and 3 melee damage to the S-83 Drone[Destroyed]; Bunker draws a card
Draw: Haka of Shielding
End:
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HP: 14
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Savage Mana, Ground Pound (2), Rampage, Mere, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Shielding
In play: Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession
Additional effects:
You guys could really profit from the very attention to detail which compels me to keep the entire game set up. No less than 3 goofs (which did not end up having a net effect, but could have under other circumstances) since my last post:
1. Omnitron does not flip this turn, but Meerkat's post still says "Start of turn: Flip".
2. When Wraith threw knives, both drones were reduced to 1 HP, as they both start at the same 4.
3. Sedative Flechettes destroyed all Ongoings, including Ammo Drop, so no Bunker does not get to draw a card when Haka kills a Drone.
Also, in the vein of tactics, I really wish that Haka had Ground Pounded this turn, as Omnitron is about to regain the ability to deal damage. And if he wasn't going to Ground Pound, then I wish he'd had the second Taiaha bonk hit Tyler Hayes instead of the Drone, as it was 3 damage being wasted on a 1-HP target after I had already said I had External Combustion in hand.
Y'all are definitely not playing to perfection. I get not wanting to delay the game by discussing strategies before posting your action, but we're in danger of a loss because we didn't coordinate our activities for maximum effectiveness.
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Ammo Drop drew two cards when Tyler Hayes destroyed the Drones: another Ammo Drop and an Omni-Cannon.
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 12
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion (2), Turret Mode(2), Auxiliary Power Source, Ammo Drop, Omni-Cannon
In Play:
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode
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Start of Turn: no Mode to deactivate.
Play a Card: Omni-Cannon
Use a Power: Initialize; draw Grenade Launcher.
Draw a Card: Decommissioned Hardware
End of Turn:
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HP: 12
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion (2), Turret Mode(2), Auxiliary Power Source, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware
In Play: Omni-Cannon
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode
Effects:
I will say that the BGG PBF style, with summaries posted after every turn, makes it much easier to keep track of what's going on. Has that ever been tried here? It certainly slows the game down a bit, but I've found it to be pretty valuable.
When we started this we had a google doc that had the current game state. After each players turn, they just updated the numbers, and highlighted the next players turn. It was extremely easy. No need every to scroll looking for the information, just keep the tab open, and it will be updated for your turn.
Not to derail this thread, but seriously, man, work on your diplomacy skills. We're each playing our hero and there are multiple options. If you want to run a solo game then run it. Statements like "You guys could really profit from the very attention to detail which compels me to keep the entire game set up" and " Y'all are definitely not playing to perfection" don't endear others (certainly me) to want to continue playing with you.
The game is co-op; we're supposed to be doing what's best for the team, because otherwise we all lose. I'll cop to being a bit on the blunt side, and you did the right thing by calling me on it, but it's as you said - diplomacy is a skill and I need to work on it. If I knew how to do better I already would have. Suggestions are welcome.
Suggestions:
1) Don't complain about other people's plays--it's their choice, not yours. Just because it's not the play you would have made doesn't make it any less valid or desirable. Yeah, we're gonna take some damage this round--that's fine. We're not going to die and we're not going to lose the game because of that. And, even if we do? No big loss. It's a game. Shuffle the cards, choose a new villain, and we play again. No big whoop.
2) Handle your own Hero and go from there. This is why I said, earlier, to not try to recreate the whole game on your own. It's a ton to manage in person, much less typed into forum posts.
3) Trying to control the entire game defeats the purpose of playing with others. Conferring over strategy is one thing; telling people what they should do with their turn is obnoxious. Case in point, there was no talk of using External Combustion this round (last round, yes--and it turned out that it wasn't needed, as Expat and Haka took care of business), so several people focused on drones. Don't get upset at other players for not reading your mind about your own play.
4) It's a superhero card game being played online: it's not freaking brain surgery and it's not a rocket launch. Ultra-precision is not necessary here. Telling someone "hey, you counted your damage wrong" is fine, but don't be condescending or rude about it. Math errors happen. Deal with it and move on.
5) Making yourself out to sound like an "expert" in a game that, by your own admission, you've only played a limited number of times (and rarely with others) is beyond egotistical. There are people on this board who have been playing this game since before the original edition was released--don't pretend to act like you know the game better than them. That's the attitude you're conveying and it rubs people the wrong way--(see also: the Argent Adept discussion elsewhere on the board, where you admit to not understanding or liking AA, then want to write an instructional guide on how he works).
True, but this game is a team effort, so some collaboration should be occurring. Tachyon is close to dead, and none of us is looking to sprightly; I am firmly of the opinion that we needed that Ground Pound. Plus it was kind of a waste of the extremely powerful, game-ending Haka of Battle to add just 1 damage on a villain who's still above half (if we desperately needed to finish off a Drone or something, that'd be different of course). I didn't mean to come across as telling anyone what they have to do, but rather what they should do, for the sake of the group. Though I confess that from my perspective, the distinction between "you have no choice but to do this" and "you have a choice, but one choice is obviously right and the other is obviously wrong, so we're trusting you to do what we're all counting on you to decide to" is less than dramatic; I really don't get why so many people make such a big deal about it, but I suspect the answer is related to emotions, which I don't understand very well (my own least of all).
Yeah, we're gonna take some damage this round–that's fine. We're not going to die and we're not going to lose the game because of that.
Dropship Omnitron adds +1 to all damage, and could potentially put out six more drones this turn and then fire a Flechettes (I counted, not that I really had to, being extremely familiar with Omnitron's deck in particular). Yes, we very easily could lose heroes or even the game because of a one-turn lapse in our protection, particularly in a violent environment like Silver Gulch, with the most damaging of its cards already in play.
And, even if we do? No big loss. It's a game. Shuffle the cards, choose a new villain, and we play again. No big whoop.
This would be the point we disagree on. While I don't want victory to be a foregone conclusion, I do think it's of critical importance to try for it within the context of a coop game, or else the experience becomes gratuitous and meaningless. I don't see any point in playing at all if you're not going to take it seriously, at least not over the Internet (in person might be a more relaxed atmosphere, though I would probably still look askance at my fellow players if they didn't seem to care whether they got their own character killed, let alone mine). Gaming is Serious Business in my world; it's my passion, it's my vocation, it's something I dedicate myself to with an almost psychotic intensity, and I'm sorry if that means a few people get rubbed the wrong way.
2) Handle your own Hero and go from there. This is why I said, earlier, to not try to recreate the whole game on your own.
I can't possibly visualize the game state without having the components to look at. I know there are people who can play chess in their head just by calling out moves, but my brain doesn't have such potent software. I need scratch paper to do math, and I need a table to set up a game upon. Once I can see the entire picture, that's when my brain starts spotting the patterns and connections, and I become aware of every tiniest detail. (As an aside, this is also what makes me good at my job. When I have one.)
Case in point, there was no talk of using External Combustion this round, so several people focused on drones.
I did not have an opportunity to ask whether you wanted me to play XC, nor to mention that I was hoping Haka would Ground-Pound…you all posted while I was asleep, or maybe it was while I was out buying groceries. The key to a coop game is for the players to coordinate their activities, and when we're not all in a room able to talk to each other, that becomes more difficult. I didn't really see you guys focusing on drones to any great extent (you hit them with multi-target attacks, and the only other places those could have gone was to Tyler Hayes, which might have been wiser but not so much so as to be obvious), but if you were counting on me to play XC this round, all you had to do was ask. Since you got rid of the dangerous drone, there was no longer any real need, so I chose to set up for next turn, but if anyone had asked me to do otherwise, I would have at least considered their input.
Telling someone "hey, you counted your damage wrong" is fine, but don't be condescending or rude about it.
Again, I do apologize that the distinction between rude and non-rude is largely invisible to me. I shall endeavor to tread with greater caution. My mind is a lot like Bunker's armor - massive and powerful, capable of crushing fragile objects that get in the way. I did not mean to bruise any egos, and I am regretful that I am not better at managing my responsibility to avoid this.
Making yourself out to sound like an "expert" in a game that, by your own admission, you've only played a limited number of times (and rarely with others) is beyond egotistical.
I never said I was an expert…I only said that I play perfectly (which is true or very nearly so, within the context of having a day or so to analyze the board between turns; I screw up quite frequently in my solitaire games, because I have too much work to doo in too much of a hurry). Like the data entry work I do with spectacularly high accuracy, this does not require knowledge, only an intense focus on fine details, and that state comes quite naturally to me. It makes me extremely well qualified to keep track of all the fine details that others think are too much for anyone to have to manage. It's not necessarily true that my tactics are perfect or anything, only that I notice things that others may have missed, and wish to point them out, so that everyone fully understands the truth which only I seem able to perceive.
(see also: the Argent Adept discussion elsewhere on the board, where you admit to not understanding or liking AA, then want to write an instructional guide on how he works).
One, my saying I didn't like or understand him was weeks before my saying I wanted to write a guide about him…I played him several times in the interim and began to comprehend how he functions. And two, part of the point of my wanting to write a guide (which I have in fact started doing) was to help me understand him better, and I'm not the first person on these boards to use that logic. Sometimes you have to go through the steps of a process in order to understand where it leads.
You asked for suggestions, I provided them.
For the record, labeling yourself as a borderline-psychotic who looks at gaming as an obsession is definitely taking this way too seriously.
Dude, its a game. We play to win, yeah, but not at the expense of fun. And the way you act and dialogue with others? Its un-fun to play with you.
Let’s please get back to the game.
Agreed. I'll try to watch my tone, though it doesn't come naturally to me. Let me know if I start losing it again.
Tachyon
HP: 8
Hand: Hypersonic Assault, Nimble Strike, Accelerated Assault, Blinding Speed
In Play:
Trash: Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault, Pushing the Limits, Research Grant
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: HUD Goggles, Blinding Speed – Tyler Hayes goes to Boot Hill
Use a Power: Rapid Recon (Quick Insight) discard
Draw a Card: Pushing the Limits
End of Turn:
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HP: 8
Hand: Nimble Strike, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing the Limits
In Play: HUD Goggles
Trash: 5 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault, Pushing the Limits, Research Grant, Blinding Speed, Quick Insight
Effects:
Ah, but the fact that you've failed to consider is that I'm a bit of a moron 
Silver Gulch
In Play:
Trash: Sustain The Portal, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon, Tyler Hayes
Effects:
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Start:
Play: Temporal Event brings out Lost In The Past, discards Temporal Event and Sustain The Portal.
End:
In Play: Lost In The Past
Trash: Sustain The Portal x2, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon, Temporal Event x2
Effects: ST: Place the top card of the trash on the bottom of the deck.
ET: If trash is empty, game over.
Round Six
Omnitron - Sentient Dropship
Omnitron - 49
In Play: S-85 Repair Drone - 1
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2, Sedative Flechettes, S-83 Assault Drone
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
ET: S-85 repairs Omnitron for #Drones+1HP.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Electro-Pulse Explosive enters play.
End of Turn: Omnitron deals 5 energy damage to Expat [9], Haka [9], and either Wraith or Bunker [7].
S-85 repairs Omnitron for 2 [51].
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Omnitron - 51
In Play: S-85 Repair Drone - 1
Electro-Pulse Explosive - 15
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2, Sedative Flechettes, S-83 Assault Drone
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ST: EPS deals each hero damage equal to its health.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
ET: S-85 repairs Omnitron for #Drones+1HP.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Hero HP: Wraith - 12/7, Expat - 9, Haka - 9, Bunker - 7/12, Tachyon - 8
What's keeping Cosmo from doing damage?
I can take the damage for Wraith, since I have more chance of being able to pull a Heavy Plating or Maintenance Unit. Granted it could be an issue with External Combustion, but I'm probably not playing that this round. But I'd really appreciate it if Haka would play those Ground Pounds on the next two turns.
Heh, I wouldn't have said anything like that…we can all have a moment where our brain takes a nap, no worries…just fix it and move on, which you appear to have done. 'Sall good. 
Actually I'm pretty sure it brings out Sustain the Portal instead, leaving Lost in the Past still at a random location within the deck, since Sustain the Portal is a Time Portal card. Sustain the Portal will then deal 2 damage to everything, including the 1-HP Repair Drone, so Omnitron won't get repaired this round.
Lost in the Past is also a Time Portal card, and from the way he has it listed, it was the next card.
Ah, okay, I forgot that it discards two cards, I thought it sounded like he was flipping past the two cards to find it. Sorry, what I get for speaking without looking at the cards. Carry on (optionally keeping calm in the process)…
(I'm anticipating that Bunker's taking the damage from Omnomnom, given what he said earlier. I do agree, Ground Pound makes for a great play this round--and even next round, if you're up for it, since you have two. I'm going to focus fire on Omnitron because of that.)
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 12
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Suture Self; Inventory Barrage; Combat Stance; Throwing Knives; Stun Bolt; Smoke Bombs
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt; Throwing Knives
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2)
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn: n/a
Play a card: Suture Self--Wraith regains 3 hp [15]
Use a power: 1) Razor Ordinance: deals Omnitron net 5 projectile damage [46].
2) Throwing Knives: deals net 3 projectile damage to Omnitron [43], Repair Drone [dead] and Electro-Pulse Explosive [12].
Draw a card: Stun Bolt
End of hero turn: n/a
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HP: 15
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Stun Bolt (x2); Combat Stance; Inventory Barrage; Smoke Bombs
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt; Throwing Knives
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2); Suture Self
Additional effects:
Okay, I have to go out for the evening pretty soon here, and I'm pretty sure nothing Expat or Haka can do will invalidate my plans (I've already spoken with grysqrl about the Ground Pound, and he agrees that is the thing to do), so I'm posting my turn a little out of order. I apologize if this is confusing; maybe grysqrl could quote this post after his own to make it more clear that it's Tachyon's turn, if you feel that's necessary. If this is done, I can later delete this redundant post.
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 12
Hand: Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion (2), Turret Mode(2), Auxiliary Power Source, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware
In Play: Omni-Cannon
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode
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Start of Turn: Put Turret Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, and External Combustion beneath Omni-Cannon.
Play a Card: Auxiliary Power Source
Use a Power: AuxPS; draw Gatling Gun, Maintenance Unit, Maintenance Unit.
Draw a Card: External Combustion
End of Turn:
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HP: 12
Hand: External Combustion (2), Turret Mode, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware, Gatling Gun, Maintenance Unit (2)
In Play: Omni-Cannon (containing Turret Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, and External Combustion)
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Auxiliary Power Source
Effects:
Expatriette
HP: 9
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Shock Rounds, Reload
In play: Pride, Prejudice
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Hollow Points next to Pride
Use a power: Pride - 4 to Omni (39). Prejudice - 2 to Omni (37)
Draw a card: Arsenal Access
End of hero turn:
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HP: 14
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Arsenal Access, Reload
In play: Pride, Prejudice
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher, Hollow Points
Additional effects:
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 9
Hand: Vitality Surge (2), Savage Mana, Ground Pound (2), Rampage, Mere, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Shielding
In play: Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding, Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession
Additional effects:
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Start:
Play: Ground Pound - Discard Vitality Surge and Mere
Power: Haka of Knowledge - Draw Haka of Shielding; discard Haka of Shielding to draw Mere and Haka of Restoration
Draw: Haka of Battle
End:
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HP: 9
Hand: Vitality Surge, Savage Mana, Ground Pound, Rampage, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Shielding, Mere, Haka of Restoration, Haka of Battle
In play: Taiaha, Ground Pound
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding (2), Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Vitality Surge, Mere
Additional effects: non-hero cards cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn
Tachyon
HP: 8
Hand: Nimble Strike, Lightspeed Barrage, Pushing the Limits
In Play: HUD Goggles
Trash: Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault, Pushing the Limits, Research Grant, Blinding Speed, Quick Insight
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Pushing the Limits, Nimble Strike – 1 to Cosmo (36), draw Fleet of Foot, Fleet of Foot, draw Blinding Speed, Blinding Speed to destroy Lost in the Past
Use a Power: Rapid Recon (Sucker Punch) discard
Draw a Card: Accelerated Assault, Nimble Strike
End of Turn:
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HP: 8
Hand: Lightspeed Barrage, Accelerated Assault, Nimble Strike
In Play: HUD Goggles, Pushing the Limits
Trash: 9 Burst Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault, Pushing the Limits, Research Grant, Blinding Speed, Quick Insight, Nimble Strike, Fleet of Foot, Blinding Speed, Sucker Punch
Effects: Each player may draw a card
Expat draws Unload. Also, Omni should be at 36
Haka draws Dominion.
Bunker draws Heavy Plating.
Silver Gulch
In Play:
Trash: Sustain The Portal x2, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon, Tyler Hayes, Temporal Event x2, Lost In The Past
Effects:
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Start:
Play: Water Trough enters play.
End:
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In Play: Water Trough - 7
Trash: Sustain The Portal x2, Stout Barrel, Explosives Wagon, Temporal Event x2, Lost In The Past
Effects: Increase lightning damage by 1.
Decrease fire damage to Gunman cards by 2.
Round Seven
Omnitron - Sentient Dropship
Omnitron - 36
In Play: Electro-Pulse Explosives - 12
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2, Sedative Flechettes, S-83 Assault Drone, S-85 Repair Drone
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ST: EPS deals each hero damage equal to its health.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: S-85 Repair Drone enters play.
S-83 Assault Drone enters play.
S-84 Automaton Drone enters play.
Terraforming destroys the Water Trough.
Sedative Flechettes destroy all hero ongoing cards.
End of Turn: Omnitron deals 5 energy damage to Wraith [10], Expat [4] and Haka [4].
S-85 repairs Omnitron for 4 [40].
S-83 deals 5 melee damage to Wraith [5].
S-84 deals 6 energy damage to Tachyon [2].
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Omnitron - 40
In Play: Electro-Pulse Explosive - 12
S-85 Repair Drone - 4
S-83 Assault Drone - 4
S-84 Automaton Drone - 5
Trash: Electro-Magnetic Railgun x2, Disintegration Ray x2, Technological Singularity x2, Interpolation Beam, Adaptive Plating Subroutine x2, Terraforming, S-84 Automaton Drone x2, Sedative Flechettes, S-83 Assault Drone
Effects: ST: If there are any Components in play, flip Omnitron.
ST: EPS deals each hero damage equal to its health.
ET: Omnitron deals the 3 hero targets with the highest HP 4 energy damage each.
ET: S-85 repairs Omnitron for #Drones+1HP.
ET: S-83 deals the hero target with the highest HP #Drones+1 melee damage.
ET: S-84 deals the hero target with the highest HP energy damage equal to its HP.
When a drone enters play, play the top card of the villain deck.
Increase damage dealt by Devices by 1.
Hero HP: Wraith - 5, Expat - 4, Haka - 4, Bunker - 7, Tachyon - 2
This turn might be a good one for that External Combustion (and another Ground Pound, if you like, Haka).
I’m out of the house for most of the day, but I’ll post my turn as soon as I get back…
If Sedative Flechettes destroyed Ground Pound, doesn't that mean all the end of turn damage happens after all?
(Fleet of Foot causes me to draw Trust Fund)
The Wraith: Price of Freedom
HP: 15
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Inventory Barrage; Combat Stance; Throwing Knives; Stun Bolt; Smoke Bombs; Trust Fund
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt; Throwing Knives
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2); Suture Self
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn: n/a
Play a card: Combat Stance
Use a power: 1) Razor Ordinance: deals Omnitron net 5 projectile damage [35].
2) Throwing Knives: deals net 3 projectile damage to Omnitron [32], Automaton Drone [2] and Electro-Pulse Explosive [9].
Draw a card: Micro-Targeting Computer
End of hero turn: n/a
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HP: 15
Hand: Utility Belt; Razor Ordinance (x2); Stun Bolt (x2); Inventory Barrage; Smoke Bombs; Trust Fund; Micro-Targeting Computer
In play: Microtargeting Computer; Razor Ordinance; Utility Belt; Throwing Knives; Combat Stance
Trash: Throat Jab; Infrared Eyepiece; Grappling Hook; Impromptu Invention (x2); Suture Self
Additional effects: The first time a target deals Wraith damage each turn, that target takes 2 melee damage.
Expatriette
HP: 4
Hand: Assault Rifle, Hollow Points, Arsenal Access, Reload
In play: Pride, Prejudice
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher, Hollow Points
Additional effects:
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Start of hero turn:
Play a card: Assault Rifle
Use a power: Load to Play Unload - fire Assault Rifle into Omnitron (30), Automoton (dead), EPE (7). Pride for 2 to Omni(28), use that to fire Prejudice into Omni (26)
Draw a card: Incendiary Rounds
End of hero turn:
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HP: 4
Hand: Hollow Points, Arsenal Access, Reload ,Incendiary Rounds
In play: Pride, Prejudice, Assault Rifle
Trash: Tactical Shotgun, Flak Jacket, Arsenal Access, Quick Draw, RPG Launcher, Hollow Points, Unload
Additional effects:
Eternal Hakatron
HP: 4
Hand: Vitality Surge, Savage Mana, Ground Pound, Rampage, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Shielding, Mere, Haka of Restoration, Haka of Battle
In play: Taiaha
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding (2), Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Vitality Surge, Mere, Ground Pound
Additional effects:
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Start:
Play: Ground Pound - Discard Savage Mana and Mere
Power: Taiaha - deal 3 melee damage to Omnitron [23] and Electro-Pulse explosive [4]
Draw: Dominion
End:
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HP: 4
Hand: Vitality Surge, Rampage, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Restoration, Haka of Battle, Haka of Shielding, Dominion
In play: Taiaha, Ground Pound
Trash: Elbow Smash, Haka of Shielding (2), Haka of Restoration, Taiaha, Ta Moko, Haka of Battle, Enduring Intercession, Vitality Surge, Mere (2), Ground Pound, Savage Mana
Additional effects: non-hero cards cannot deal damage until the start of my next turn
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YES, YES IT DOES.
grins maniacally
edits furiously
S-84 should have hit bunker rather than Tachyon, I think. Nevermind, Tachyon had more than I thought (emphasis on "had").
Will post my turn later tonight.
(Also, you guys often seem to be online at about 5pm Central US time…is that accurate? I can try to arrange to be ready to play at that time on future days if it'll avoid further delays.)
At least this time we know Ground Pound can't be destroyed in the middle of Omnitron's turn (no more Flechettes). So we have one full round of not having to worry about damage before we're completely screwed.
The Indestructible Bunker
HP: 7
Hand: External Combustion (2), Turret Mode, Ammo Drop, Grenade Launcher, Decommissioned Hardware, Gatling Gun, Maintenance Unit (2), Heavy Plating
In Play: Omni-Cannon (containing Turret Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, and External Combustion)
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Auxiliary Power Source
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Start of Turn: Put Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware, and Maintenance Unit beneath Omni-Cannon.
Play a Card: External Combustion. 2 damage to Bunker (5), 3 damage each to Omnitron (20), Electro-Pulse Explosive (1), Repair Drone (1), S-83 Assault Drone (1).
Use a Power: Omni-Cannon; 12 damage to Omnitron (8).
Draw a Card: Upgrade Mode
End of Turn:
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HP: 5
Hand: External Combustion, Turret Mode, Grenade Launcher, Gatling Gun, Maintenance Unit, Heavy Plating, Upgrade Mode
In Play: Omni-Cannon
Trash: Flak Cannon, Recharge Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, Ammo Drop, Upgrade Mode, Auxiliary Power Source, External Combustion, Turret Mode, Adhesive Foam Grenade, External Combustion, Ammo Drop, Decommissioned Hardware, Maintenance Unit
Effects:
That was awesome, everybody. I've never fired an Omni-Cannon for more than 6 damage before; it's always too much of a risk against opponents I don't know like the back of my hand, but knowing Omnitron was out of TechSings made it worth investing in, and it paid off. (Still sad I couldn't get out a Turret Mode and fire a Flak Cannon too, for 17 total damage.) Tachyon can deal the lethal blow with Lightspeed Barrage no problem (there's a certain justice in her getting the final blow, since she came closest to death), so we don't need to worry about killing the Repair Drone, though I'm still a little sad I couldn't arrange to finish it off. Well, thanks for letting me play, and sorry I was a bit of a dick about it at first.
You did arrange to finish it off. You didn't finish it, but you arranged it.
Tachyon
HP: 2
Hand: Lightspeed Barrage, Accelerated Assault, Nimble Strike
In Play: HUD Goggles
Trash: Fleet of Foot, Sonic Vortex, Sucker Punch, HUD Goggles, Hypersonic Assault, Accelerated Assault, Hypersonic Assault, Pushing the Limits, Research Grant, Blinding Speed, Quick Insight, Pushing the Limits
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Start of Turn:
Play a Card: Nimble Strike – Cosmo (7) (draw Hypersonic Assault), Lightspeed Barrage - Cosmo (-3)
Uh, look again Greywind. I put Omnitron down to 8 HP; you can Lightspeed Barrage for the win.
We still have to take out the Drones
I don't believe we do, with Cosmic, unless that is also also neglected on the BGG version of his card.
Even then–Accelerated Assault then Lightspeed Barrage kills all the drones and Omnitron, as well. Victory. 
I admit I did forget that detail, but yes, nothing on the Cosmic Omnitron images I've seen indicates that. If Christopher thinks Cosmo is only a 2 difficulty, then I'd say he's more than doing the job as-is.
VICTORY! :D Another?
It is for me; that and 3 or 4am CST are my most likely times to be around.
I'm game for a new round. Count me in.
Me, too. Thanks for running this one, Meerkat!
I'm on when I'm awake. That time is likely to change at any given moment.
If you end up selecting only decks I'm comfortable with (currently that excludes Nightmist, Mr. Fixer, Pike Industrial, both IR environments, and all of the villains from RC and IR), I'll get in on the next round from the get-go. Otherwise, no worries.
