Nemeses

Made similar post on BGG when the forum was down but figured I’d post here too.

I noticed that on the back of the new Wraith card she has 4 figures in the shadows, the first one is Spite, the others look similar to Two-face, Penguin, and possibly Catwoman. Will we ever see a Hero have more than one Nemesis? If the expansions continue in the trend Rook City is going then the Villians will outnumber the Heroes on the 4th expansion. Can easily give a Hero more than one Villian as their Nemesis and not change the game mechanics. This as well would give us more options to choose from when we want use a Hero to fight their Nemesis.

Yes.

Hah, nice. High-fives for vague but accurate answers!

Mr. Fixer has more than one nemesis.

Booyah.

Known Nemesis as of 4-18-2012…

Absolute Zero - ?
Bunker - ?
Expatriatte - Citizen Dawn
Fanatic - New Villain from Infernal Relics
Haka - ?
Legacy - Baron Blade
Mr. Fixer - The Chairman & The Operative
Ra - New Villain from Infernal Relics
Tachyon - The Matriarch
Tempest - Grand Warlord Voss
The Visionary - ?
The Wraith - Spite
? - Omnitron
? (Hints at a possible Chrono Ranger character) - Plague Rat
New Hero Guy from Infernal Relics - Akash Bhuta (a new villain from Infernal Relics…revealed in interview with Giant Fire Breathing Robot)
New Hero Gal from Infernal Relics - New Villain from Infernal Relics

Bonus: Medico - ? (For those still hoping he’ll come to be )

What’s a Medico?

Look up the old Why No Healers thread YOU started.

Medico was my avatar for a while. It was just one of those little jokes Chris makes, but after I asked for artwork, Adam actually drew a picture of him. Wasn’t that nice?

Whoa, one of the heroes already has a name? Where’s that interview?

Its the villain whose name was revealed in a podcast interview on Giant Fire Breathing Robot. Its the tentacle headed sand/plant villain and it was revealed that its the new guy hero (top left of the cover) nemesis.

http://gfbrobot.com/2012/04/18/hr-32-special-edition-interview-on-the-newest-sentinels-expansion/

As somebody who has played a lot of Arkham Horror I would love to see somebody who summons or becomes a big lovecraftian creature, like the one logan_mann mentions.

So if the tentacle head is the guys nemesis then flaming monster skull (possibly GloomWeaver) must be the chicks nemesis.

Listening to Giant Fire Breathing Robot now. After Christopher’s comment that if you play Fanatic you know her nemesis and it’s male so it has to be dark winged dude. I also think he may be the GloomWeaver. I have no idea, it could fit in with either.

Well, that’s that then. Still cool. I look forward to Mr. Black Wings. I’m listening to it right now too.

Sadly I accidently exited off about thirty minutes into it, though I think it was about yo get wrapped up in the next ten so hopefully I won’t miss any vital information.

It went on for an hour, so you missed about half, but you can DL it or listen to it again on their site.

It’s got some pretty interesting info. I LOVE the sound of the new mechanics. Right now he’s talking about Akash Bhuta, and she sounds really fun. The two heroes also sound like a blast to play as. So much insight in this podcast!

Oh my. I guess I will have to start listening to it again if I am missing thirty minutes of it. Guess I know what I am doing tomorrow morning when I get off work.

Akash Bhuta does sound really awesome. My jaw dropped when he said her HP was two hundred, but after finding out how it worked it made me feel a lot better. It was almost as scary as looking at Spite’ playtest card and seeing he had a max HP of two hundred and fifty. Lucky his starting HP was only sixty.

Wait, he has a max HP of 250? Spite? I must have never caught this. Damn, hearing all this stuff on the podcast really makes me want to go up to Indianapolis and play this weekend. There is so much we can talk about! Seriously, great podcast. I love their discussion on the heroes personality. They did make a mention of Tachyon, and she’s definitely my favorite. I just find her hilarious.

Spite used to have a max HP of 250, with a starting 60. This was to make him very difficult to defeat if you didn’t manage to deal more damage than he healed.

Oh, how he beat the heck out of me during playtesting. Oh, wait. I think basically they all crushed me during playtesting. I wonder if I could post some stuff from that playtest since it is over?

Known Nemesis as of 4-19-2012…

Heroes by Set - Villain (set they come from)

Core Game ©
Absolute Zero - Unknown (?)
Bunker - Unknown (?)
Fanatic - ? (IR)
Haka - Unknown (?)
Legacy - Baron Blade ©
Ra - ? (IR)
Tachyon - The Matriarch (RC)
Tempest - Grand Warlord Voss ©
The Visionary - Unknown (?)
The Wraith - Spite (RC)

Rook City (RC)
Expatriatte - Citizen Dawn ©
Mr. Fixer - The Chairman & The Operative (RC)

Infernal Relics (IR)
New Hero Guy - Akash Bhuta (IR)
NightMist - Gloom Weaver (IR)

Villains with still unknown heroes
? - Omnitron ©
? [Hints at a possible Chrono Ranger character] - Plague Rat (RC)

I was going through the cards last night to read the quotes and flavor text, and I noticed something… on Visionary’s “Suggestion” Card, there’s someone who looks to be wearing something similar to Haka’s clothing… could be his nemesis, since the card’s effects only apply to villains.

Rook City revealed two core hero nemesis (Wraith got Spite, Tachyon got the Matriarch), matched up Fixer and The Chairman, gave a new hero a core game nemesis (Expatriatte to Dawn), and added one new villain in need of a hero (Plague Rat).

Infernal Relics will be revealing 2 core hero nemesis (Ra and Fanatic’s) and matching up its 2 new heroes with a new villain nemesis.

We have Omnitron and Plague Rat as Villains with no hero yet so what they did with Expatriatte will surely need to happen at least twice (more if they pull another Plague Rat type villain intro in an expansion).

I can see >G continuing the trend of matching at least one new hero with a villain nemesis within the expansion. That lets them really emphasize the theme they go for in each expansion. And I love that they can tie in core game characters to each game theme. They’ve done this two at a time thus far. To me, Tachyon’s connection to Rook City seems to be the most vague connection, but I’ll take it. With the remaining four heroes i have a hard time putting them in groups of 2 thematically to tie into another expansion together. Visionary is so different in story from Haka, Bunker and Absolute Zero I have a hard time seeing her and another of those both be tied into a similarly themed expansion. Unless we see a Haka, Bunker or AZ from the future.

All these back story connections and character interweaving is one of my favorite things about this game. The greater world they have created. I look forward to seeing how this continues to be unvieled moving forward. I just really really hope that when >G feels the game has reached its capacity for expansions and such that there won’t be any loose ends in the nemesis department. I know comics never really have an end to their story, but i hope no characters are left out to dry.

Oh the possibilities 8)

I could see Bunker and AZ’s nemeses being in the same tech-themed expansion (along with Omnitron’s nemesis)

We shouldn’t discount the possibility that one of the heroes may not even realize they have a nemesis.

Just saying…

Okay, from discussion in another thread I guess I can see how Visionary and Haka could connect. The name Time and Space has bounced around as a possible future expansion and I guess I always read that as the future. But Time goes both ways and Haka is very very old. So perhaps Visionary and Haka in time and space along with a hero for plaguerat and then something like this…

could work well. Only you’d have new heroes that still need nemesis…hmmm…mabye not.

Here’s a post of me speculating what the next expansion might be. It links Bunker and Absolute Zero, which I still see as a possibility as a future expansion but just not this one.

Spiff, I was really hoping that’d be a Venture Bros. clip. For those not intimately familiar with it, The Monarch is convinced that he’s Dr. Venture’s nemesis, and Dr. Venture just considers him a weirdo in a costume.

$50k stretch reward should be a re-themed Matriarch deck replacing her with the Monarch and all fowls with minions.

“Just as the deadly monarch butterfly spreads its wings…”

Edit: I realize this isn’t possible due to copyright but he just fits her concept so well.

I actually hadn’t thought about the whole Bunker and AZ connection with their crazy technology. But I had actually said a while ago that I thought Bunker’s nemesis might be someone in one of the old Bunker suits, or something of that nature. And it’d make sense for Omnitron’s nemesis to be in that expansion too, seeing as he’s a spawn of a corporation. Does anyone think its nemesis will be from the government, or could Aldred Ind. create some sort of robot suit for someone to put down their creation?

Okay, if my math is correct, and there will in fact be four expansions total, all with the same number of heroes and villains, then won’t we end up with 18 heroes and 20 villains? I mean the obvious answer would be “Some heroes will have more than one nemesis deck”, but what if that’s not the case? What if those two leftover villains are the “final bosses” of the Multiverse? I know I have no evidence to base that on, but sometimes I think about it, and it blows my mind. Honestly, I hope that’s the case and there will be two villains that are the definite end of the story. I can see the epic battle now: lives will be lost, sacrifices will be made, but who wins?

We will, of course.

It was said that SotM would only have a total of four expansions? If that’s true then it would be a real shame, because there is a multi-tude of things that can still be done. They even have plans to make Mega-Expansions, which may be similar to the core game where it introduces a butt load of new heroes. Maybe after four expansions they may put a pause on things for a bit and work on other things though, I can see that happening.

I don’t really know; all I heard from Chris back at Gen Con was “we’re thinking four expansions”.

Oh, that was still brand new back then, they probably weren’t aware of how much of a hit it would be.

That’s true. Alright, well, disregard the final boss thing. It’ll probably work out somehow with every hero having a nemesis and vice versa.

I just noticed. We have uncovered the theme of the next 2 expansions - Space and Time & High Tech Weapons.

They may throw a curve ball. Absolute Zero and Visionary in “Brain Freeze”. Bunker and Haka in “Heavily Armed”… It could happen…

With Visionary having an evil, other dimensional version of herself living in her skull, the fact that heroes apparently can have multiple nemeses, the dark haired Tachyon clone, and the constant insistance on the fact that “of the Multiverse” is more than just a cool title… What if a future, potentially larger expansion has “Earth 3”/evil versions of the Freedom Five?

That has been brught up before due to one of Visionary’s cards (can’t remember which one and don’t want to bother looking at it) because of the Legacy dress in red. The Flavor text from it says that it is from a Freedom Six comic. The creators have also stated that on the back of Young Legacy’s promo card where it features Young Legacy killed and Legacy holder her is where it splits off into the seperate direction. So the mystery is if the Legacy is still part of the Freedom Five and the gain an additional member or if Legacy drops off because he now has a different way of doing things and the Freedom Five replace him and even add an additional member. That’s why the expansion with Red Legacy is the one I am most excited for to find out what is actually going on in that multiverse.

Edit: Found the link to that discussion http://greaterthangames.info/forum/index.php/topic,334.0.html

The card is Prophetic Vision and the flavour text on it is from “America’s Finest Legacy #201”.
The only mention of the Freedom Six is in the Visionary’s bio. And even then the Visionary is not part of it.

(Legacy’s “THOKK!” card also has a red Legacy on it)

Oh the Freedom Six is from the bio. It gets hard keeping up with all that text, but gotta love it.

That’s actaully a different character on “THOKK” it’s actually more of a Bizarro type character.

Personally, I don’t think “Red Legacy” is a villian, I just think it’s an angrier, harsher hero, quite possibly still part of the Freedom Six (unless it has been stated otherwise elsewhere).

I don’t think it has been stated either way yet. Maybe he will be playable as both Hero and Villian? Well playable as Hero anyway and chose to go against as a Villian.

I personally would him to be on the “villian” side (whether he be a villian or not) just because his playsyle will probably will be fairly similar to Young Legacy, just even more cards switched out. Such as Lead From the Front would probably be dropped out for something else. Motivation Charge (I think I got it right) would probably be changed to something that lacks healing and deals more damage. And if too many things get changed to increase damage and such he will be a melee based Ra.

Now he’ll be heck of fun on the Villian side, Legacy versus Legacy has a nice ring to it. Some of his cards transfered over will be scary. I can see Next Evolution just giving him immunity to several different damage types.

Agreed. We have 2 red Legacy’s running around, bizarro world Legacy on “THOKK!” and alternate timeline red Legacy (from when his daughter dies, probably an antihero) on Prophetic Vision… actually the Legacy on Prophetic Vision is more orange.

Back on topic, is there any reason we’ve not considered 1 villain with multiple nemeses? Would the ability to do 1 extra damage to 2 (or more) characters be unbalancing somehow (and vise versa)?
I can see a villain considering the Freedom Five as their nemeses rather than an individual hero.

I’m starting to think if those Other Heroes show up (such as fake Legacy and the red-clad Tachyon), they may show up as a villain deck as a whole, with a central leader as the villain character card. All of the look-alike heroes would be similar to Chairman’s underbosses or Dawn’s citizens: a small group of powerful underlings. So maybe it would be a Freedom Six sort of thing, with the mysterious sixth member being the villain character card, and all of the clones being minions with high HP and attack.

Well, maybe they wouldn’t be the Freedom Six, but they’d still be a group of bad guys that look like the Freedom Five.

That would actually be pretty cool. I guess if a Villian is a nemesis of the Freedom Five the nemesis symol on the Villian card would be split in fifths and each one would depict part of the coinciding Hero. The only issue with that is it may be hard to make out some of their symbols. I would say have multiple symbols on the card but that would be taking up a lot of space… Maybe mini symbols than?

Well, or maybe with the Enhanced Edition, each hero could have their own icon, plus a “5” icon, thus showing their team affiliation. That’d be cool

Just for fun…lets say there is a Felenous Five…a team of five villains who collectively consider the Freedom Five as their team nemesis. None of these villains should be any of the actual freedom fives personal nemesis, but each should be taken form the background characters on the artwork of the game. Which background five villains would you put on this evil team? Hippo Man? Bizarro Legacy? Red suit speedster that Tachyon specifically denies as her personal nemesis? Who do you think? (If you can name the card for others to reference that would be great.)

Yeah, I definitely think Hippo Man (Savage Mana) and Speedster (Fleet of Foot) would make the list. I could see maybe the demon from Sacrosanct Martyr as well. The “star-faced brigade” from Lead from the Front would be nice too. I could see that actually being a self-replicating guy like Multiple Man from marvel.

If I’m being serious about the team of Other Heroes that go against the Freedom Five, I’m imagining they are all reflections of the Freedom Five members, so I’m thinking it’d be a team with fake Legacy, red speedster, another person in a fire-using suit, a person in a gun-toting mech suit, and a gadget user who fights in the shadows. Oh, and since those first two have primarily red costumes, the other three have mainly red costumes. Y’know, for style.

Because if you don’t have style, what DO you have?

I don’t have style, you insensitive clod!

Even villains need a sense of style to look bad. Sure, without style, they can be bad, but when they’ve got style, they’re bad.

Also, I’m calling it right now that Fanatic’s promo card is her in some different armor, probably more stylish than what she already has. Style is at work even as we speak!

Possible Expansion?: Sentinels of the Multiverse - Style is the Goal

Style? Then I demand a villain who uses Fosse Fu. Beware the jazz hands… of fury!!

Project: Sentinels
What Not to Wear (While Fighting Evil-Doers)
America’s Next Top Superhero
Baron Blade’s Drag-the-Moon-Into-the-Earth Race

Does this have implications about Blade I was unaware of?

Yeah, I’m taking this as “Baron Blade in drag”.

Oh the horror! I’d rather him try and pull the moon into earth!

So the rivalry between the Blades and the Parsons is because one family gets to wear fab-u-lous capes and the other doesn’t?

Hey, everyone likes to feel pretty now and then. If mascara, heels, and sequins are what do it for you, have fun! Maybe he’d be less inclined to pull the moon into the Earth, if he got to have a good time more often.

Quick Moderation Note: We’re fine so far, but let’s make sure we avoid any territory that would alienate any non-heteronormative (etc.) fans. We’re all-inclusive here, folks!

In any event, carry on.

If it was me, sorry about that, I’m not trying to put anyone down. I’m cool with everyone too and such. I love you guys just the way you are!

Wow, I got to sleep for a few hours and wake up to this…

But anyways, if a villian were to have a symbol such as a “5” I guess they could always put in the rule book symbols that could apply with Hero Groups. It might be really fun to see a group of villians that are actually part of the same team. Maybe it would be a altered version of how The Chairman works with The Operative, though it does sound like it would be pretty busy keeping track of more than just the two villians.

I had considered that for a bit, having them all be villain character cards, but that seems like a lot to keep track of, assuming there are actually five of them. So many things to read… And I’ve got a terrible track record with reading cards…

So do I, sometimes I have cheated without knowing it because I end up skipping some of the villian’s cards and end up avoiding damage or something because of it. Though I have been working on reading every thoroughly now adays.

I think I’m going to get a piece of paper that I’ll carry around in the box, on which I’ll write in huge letters:

REMEMBER TO X WHEN YOU Y

Or something like that. It’d probably help a lot.

This reminded me of Captain Planet and Captain Pollution. Oh, anyone from my era of cartoons?

By your powers combined…

[quote=““The Conscience””]

By your powers combined…
[/quote]

Don’t forget the Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Heart.

Fanatic’s nemesis is named Smite the Transgressor?

http://www.gamecouch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Smite-the-Transgressor.jpg

I’ve got a feeling Mr. Black Wings’ fancy sword will be an item he begins the game with, can be destroyed, but also be brought back into play (like Matriarch’s mask)

He also has something on his left hand, a shield? another sword?

Looks like a gauntlet that comes up his arm to me.

Yeah, just looks like some armor. Maybe he’s got his own kind of armor too? Though nothing too heavy, since he seems to like not wear a shirt.

That sword simply must be a relic. There shall be relics in Relics.

Definitely looks more like a gauntlet. I wish I knew where my woman put all the board games, I kind of want to look at Fanatic’s deck to see all the cards he appears on and see what kind of hints appear on them. He looks like so much fun to take on. So want to see Ra’s nemesis.

I took a look at them last night, and there’s not too many clues. Based on the flavor text and such, the most we can tell is Fanatic really hates this guy. A lot. But even that’s not rocket science. We’ll just have to wait. I wonder what update we’ll get today…?

Oh, that’s a pity. I mean don’t we all already hate the guy, I mean he is walking/flying around half naked. I think that spot is reserved for Haka.

At least we know he’s comfortable with his body. He’s confident. He’s cool. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks. Maybe Fanatic is really just a fangirl he brushed aside, and now she’s out for revenge.

I dunno man, she doesn’t strike me as the type to chase guys with huge muscles, flowing red hair, and a huge sword. She seems to be interested in people like myself. Now that I think about in my own little fantasy world that would be all women… So yeah, your guess is probably more correct.

I’ll put it to rest now that Fanatic is no man’s fangirl.

Well, of course I was joking. Fanatic isn’t like that. I think she’s mainly just one to focus on her goals. Sure, she’ll help others, but her mission comes first. I would never seriously call her a fangirl. But still, all I can take from her cards and the podcast is that they really hate each other. Like, she’s really out for blood in this fight.

Just as I suspected…

If I looked like that I’d be running around with no shirt on all the time too

Haka is cool and all, but Mr. Black Wings is definitely bringing sexy back.

Wait…is this all just supposition from the name of this j-peg file and the fact that almost everyone has always assumed he’s the nemesis? Or is that accepted as a reveal?

Chris had been hinting heavily that anyone who had played as Fanatic before had probably seen the guy who is her nemesis, and yeah most of us have been guessing it’s him for a while, so there’s no doubt.

There’s doubt. But I doubt that the doubt that there is is any doubt worth doubting your lack of doubt over.

I remember something just as confusing explaining the difference between solicitation and unsolicitied literature.

#icanteven

To be fair, there’s also a devil-looking character on a couple of her cards (Chastise, Divine Focus), and the undead-looking guy on Sacrosanct Martyr that could potentially be her nemesis. Most of us don’t have any way to know. The black-winged angel on Smite the Transgressor just seems like the most likely option.

He’s also on Zealous Offense, so really we’re going on the fact that he shows up twice, whereas no one else does. And since there’s multiple copies of those cards (obviously), we see him the most often, so he stands out more than the others. And I don’t know, it just seems like it’d make sense for Fanatic to have a “fallen-angel” type nemesis.

Indeed. Everything you’re saying is true and odds are it’s Mr Blackwing but there’s still a tiny possibility that it’s not (hence my doubt message); I mean it’s not as if >G have surprised us with a twist that no one saw coming before…

I suppose. But if it’s not that guy, then I solemnly swear to never, ever again make a solid guess. I will be completely beaten.

Well, since you forum folks are so awesome, I’ll go ahead and post some advance art here to give you an update that won’t be released for at least another week or so!

Enjoy!

Fanatic’s nemesis revealed - The black winged “Some-guy”!

Huh, looks like I accidentally made and posted a super tiny, nigh useless image that doesn’t really give you much information at all!

Weird.

Sorry about that!

No time to change it now, though . . . whoops.

;D

I tried zooming in on my phone. It stayed the same resolution. >:( I want fake TV tech so I can “enhance” the image infinitely. ;D

So, I made my post without looking through all of Fanatic’s deck. I had actually always assumed that the guy on Smite the Transgressor was a Citizen, maybe Citizen Assault or something. But now, looking closer because of all the fuss, the outline of black wings is quite unmistakable. So I had only seen the black angel on Zealous Offense. So then I think, hey, it could still be demon-dude. He’s on Chastise. I had thought, well, that looks kinda like the guy on Divine Focus. But no, that’s obviously Voss. (And the flavor text quotes Stranger in a Strange World, which is Tempest’s comic.)

So, yeah. I guess I wasn’t paying attention either.

Well, we now have confirmation that it’s the black-wing guy, and it looks like he has some sort of energy powers, based on the red and purple shinies near where I think his hands are. Also it looks like he’s on fire, but I’m guessing that’s just the backdrop. Hades?

You know what? I’m not even mad. That was kinda funny. But only kinda. My feelings are still bruised.

But hey, we’re right! Sweet!

That removes the doubt that some had… unless it’s the flames

In that photo though it appears he has black hair… Kind of making me a little bit curious as to what is going on there… Maybe he likes to dye is hair often?

So, the “Shrink a picture to nigh useless size button.” is next to the “Post to the forums” button, which coincidentally lies next to the “Watermark a random picture on the hard drive” button from Rook City? Man, I don’t want to think about how you work on that keyboard.

It’s a constant challenge.

Known Nemesis as of 4-25-2012…

Heroes by Set - Villain (set they come from)
History/reason for of rivalry

Core Game ©
Absolute Zero - Unknown (?)

Bunker - Unknown (?)

Fanatic - ? [Strong hints at it being the shirtless dark winged fallen angel guy seen on several of the cards in her deck] (IR)

Haka - Unknown (?)

Legacy - Baron Blade ©
Family rivalry going back generations

Ra - The Ennead - A group of 9 rival Egyptian gods (IR)
Two-fold rivalry…first the host bodies of these ancient gods are rival archeologists and second these ancient gods have been at war for hundreds of years

Tachyon - The Matriarch (RC)
Estranged cousins with The Matriarch hating Tachyon for always being so succesful

Tempest - Grand Warlord Voss ©
Tempest is the last survivor of another planet that Voss conquered previously

The Visionary - Unknown (?)

The Wraith - Spite (RC)
The Wraith is protector of Rook City and Spite is its most deranged psychotic citizen

Rook City (RC)
Expatriatte - Citizen Dawn ©
Snob elitist mother Dawn shunned super powerless daughter Expatriatte

Mr. Fixer - The Chairman & The Operative (RC)
Mr. Fixer is an everyday joe who has watched his neighborhood become corrupted and innocent people suffer. The Chairman and his Operative are the power behind all that corruption.

Infernal Relics (IR)
New Hero Guy - Akash’bhuta (IR)

NightMist - Gloom Weaver (IR)

Villains with still unknown heroes
? - Omnitron ©
? [Hints at a possible Chrono Ranger character] - Plague Rat (RC)

So, with the reveal of the Ennead, and the 95% chance Fanatic’s nemesis is that black-winged guy, it looks like we’ve at least seen all of the new people in the expansion. Now we just have to wait and find out what their names are and where they come from, etc.

I theorize that they all come from Las Vegas, that pyramid is actually a casino. Infernal Relics is just a catchy name and you can find the Enead on the strip every Thursday and Friday.

Man that sounds awesome. If >G wanted to they could probably sell “skins” just like in League of Legends where the character and their powers are exactly the same but with differently themed artwork (like Mafia Ennead or Casino Crew Ennead)

I still don’t buy this relationship. Is there a stronger reason why Tachyon is nemeses with Matriarch? I can see Matriarch hating Tachyon for her childhood trauma of being compared, but why would Tachyon bear a grudge against Matriarch?

It can still be one sided.

Imagine what happens if Tachyon runs into strategically located bird while running full speed to save the world. I’m sure after unintentionally hitting a bird at Mach X several times will leave one battered and bruised and aching to take down the mastermind.

Totally agree. I’m sure Matriarch has done that to Tachyon on various occasions. I can picture Tachyon running to meet the Freedom Five at Baron Blade’s after eating her pizza then birds are placed in her path through out her entire journey.

Ya know, Tachyon really should consider adding a motorcycle helmet to her costume.

Seriously, what happens when she hits a bug at Mach? And how many bugs has she inhaled/swallowed by breathing at the wrong time?

The HUD Goggles flavour text talks about that!

It’s probably why Tachyon is pictured eating so often, to get rid of the taste of the bugs.

People who know me know that I am pretty much always eating, due to my ridiculous metabolism.

You don’t want to know what Tachyon’s metabolism is like.

Wait, you mean your Tachyon’s illegitimate love child?

[quote=““The Conscience””]

Wait, you mean your Tachyon’s illegitimate love child?
[/quote]

1. *you’re

2. No. I created her. She did not create me. (BUT THAT WOULD BE AWESOME)

Maybe she ran around the earth so fast that she turned back time and created you, thus becoming her own grandmother. Because comics!

Does that mean she no longer carries the delta brain wave, making her immune to the Brain Spawn?

That is exactly what that means, which will be reflected in the Brain Spawn deck. It will be impossible unless you have Tachyon in your party.

Where’s the Scooty-Puff Sr equipment card in her deck?

Oops the grammar police caught me. Damn, fingers not working the way they are supposed to.

I can’t wait for the Brain Spawn deck. I’ll refuse to use Tachyon and see how tough it truly will be.

The Scooty-Puff Sr will probably be her promo card, if she ever does see the light of one.

I mean, hey, Superman was able to turn back time by flying around the earth really fast in that one movie.

Two movies. Superman II: Richard Donner Cut 4 Life. gangsign

Well, without Tachyon (or at least the Fry promo) the Brain Spawn basically immediately make all the heroes so stupid that they can no longer use their decks, thus the villians immediately win.

Oh, I was hoping there would at least be Will saves every turn, unless it was failed at which point would only give the hero access to one power Brick Slam “You slam yourself into a wall of bricks and recieve five damage.”

Will saves? This isn’t D&D.
But I do like the dumbening of “receive”, very Fry.

Known Nemesis as of 4-27-2012…

Heroes by Set - Villain (set they come from)
History/reason for of rivalry

Core Game ©
Absolute Zero - Unknown (?)

Bunker - Unknown (?)

Fanatic - ? [Strong hints at it being the shirtless dark winged fallen angel guy seen on several of the cards in her deck] (IR)

Haka - Unknown (?)

Legacy - Baron Blade ©
Family rivalry going back generations

Ra - The Ennead - A group of 9 rival Egyptian gods (IR)
Two-fold rivalry…first the host bodies of these ancient gods are rival archeologists and second these ancient gods have been at war for hundreds of years

Tachyon - The Matriarch (RC)
Estranged cousins with The Matriarch hating Tachyon for always being so succesful

Tempest - Grand Warlord Voss ©
Tempest is a survivor from another planet that Voss conquered previously

The Visionary - Unknown (?)

The Wraith - Spite (RC)
The Wraith is protector of Rook City and Spite is its most deranged psychotic citizen

Rook City (RC)
Expatriatte - Citizen Dawn ©
Snob elitist mother Dawn shunned super powerless daughter Expatriatte

Mr. Fixer - The Chairman & The Operative (RC)
Mr. Fixer is an everyday joe who has watched his neighborhood become corrupted and innocent people suffer. The Chairman and his Operative are the power behind all that corruption.

Infernal Relics (IR)
New Hero Guy - Akash’bhuta (IR)

NightMist - Gloom Weaver (IR)

Promo Hero
Unity - Unknown (?)

Villains with still unknown heroes
? - Omnitron ©
? [Hints at a possible Chrono Ranger character] - Plague Rat (RC)

Unity → Omnitron?

A girl whose superpower is building machines vs a machine that builds other machines? I can see some potential there…

EDIT: Chris said we’re all wrong here…

The reason Omnitron is evil: He’s lonely. All the heroes ignore him and he has no nemesis of his own…

I can’t recall at the moment and i don’t have my copy of the game near me, but what does the nemesis symbol on Omnitron’s card look like again?

EDIT: Found it on BGG…yeah…that still hints at nothing to me. Plague Rats does some major hinting…not so much Omnitron’s.

Omnitron’s real name is Skynet. His nemesis is John Connor.

I didn’t think Tempest was the last survivor, I thought he was the only one who decided to search for the Freedom Five to request help to defeat Voss. The others are just hidden somewhere on Earth so they won’t be captured and they are a peaceful race so they don’t want to fight.

I believe you’re right…I’ll change that above.

Also, I don’t know if it has been confirmed or not, but I do wonder if Spite (Or Jack Donavan) was one of the thieves that attacked Wraith and killed her boyfriend. It’s unlikely but very much possible. Maybe someone can shed some light on it?

I’ve not heard reference to that…if so that adds a lot more personal touch to it.

I haven’t heard the reference at all, it’s pure speculation on my behalf. That’s the only thing that I could come up with that would be able to link the two. If it’s not true then maybe there is something that hasn’t been revealed yet to add that personal touch?

I personally wonder if an alternate villain could have a different nemesis then their original. It’s not uncommon for a villain to sometimes jump to another comic if they fit in better thematically, or just in a cross-over arc to have a plan to beat someone other then their major foil. It’s not normal, but it’s been known to happen. I do find it extremely unlikely that a alternate hero would change their icon.

Known Nemesis as of 5-8-2012…

Heroes by Set - Villain (set they come from)
History of/reason for rivalry

Core Game ©
Absolute Zero - Unknown (?)

Bunker - Unknown (?)

Fanatic - Apostate (IR)
He claims to be her creator, challenging her world view and very purpose.

Haka - Ambuscade (Bonus Villain Character)
Ambuscade is a big game hunter, who views superheroes as the biggest game of all. He feels that the great and ageless warrior Haka is the greatest trophy of them all.

Legacy - Baron Blade ©
Family rivalry going back generations

Ra - The Ennead - A group of 9 rival Egyptian gods (IR)
Two-fold rivalry…first the host bodies of these ancient gods are rival archeologists and second these ancient gods have been at war for hundreds of years

Tachyon - The Matriarch (RC)
Estranged cousins with The Matriarch hating Tachyon for always being so succesful

Tempest - Grand Warlord Voss ©
Tempest is a survivor from another planet that Voss conquered previously

The Visionary - Unknown (?)

The Wraith - Spite (RC)
The Wraith is protector of Rook City and Spite is its most deranged psychotic citizen

Rook City (RC)
Expatriatte - Citizen Dawn ©
Snob elitist mother Dawn shunned super powerless daughter Expatriatte

Mr. Fixer - The Chairman & The Operative (RC)
Mr. Fixer is an everyday joe who has watched his neighborhood become corrupted and innocent people suffer. The Chairman and his Operative are the power behind all that corruption.

Infernal Relics (IR)
The Argent Adept - Akash’bhuta (IR)

NightMist - Gloom Weaver (IR)

Promo Hero
Unity - Unknown (?)

Villains with still unknown heroes
? - Omnitron ©
? [Hints at a possible Chrono Ranger character] - Plague Rat (RC)