Expansion 3: Shattered Timelines Theories, Speculation, Facts as revealed

From the Cover

1) We see Omnitron hovering over a man sized robot with his nemesis symbol on his chest.

2) We see a current and future version of legacy

3) We see visionary and a girl who may well be an alternate her.

Guesses:

Heroes:

Man Robot  (yet to be named) pictured on the cover and will be Omnitron's nemesis.

Chronoranger sure seems like this would make a great place for him to appear as Hero #2 despite his lack of cover time.

Villains:

An evil Legacy from the future?

An evil Visionary split from her personality?

Whatever villian Alex made and won the contest with which he has yet to reveal anything about

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Kickstarter thread is here, for reference.  I had started a thread for this, but yours has better information for debate.

My thoughts is that I really hope that Legacy is evil... I was one of the guys who submitted an "evil heroes" deck for the villain contest so while I did not win, I still want some evil heroes bad.

Beyond that, I'm thrilled and hopefully the stretch rewards will provide us with a few alternate versions of heroes from other timelines.

The thing that's really getting me juiced up is the $40k level reward.  SIX promo hero cards.  Gotta be the Freedom Six from the future, yeah?  So great.

That would be very cool.  And could explain the other single promo as Visionary since they've stated she has never been part of the Freedom any number at all. So $30k Visionary, $40k Freedom Six? That would rock!

It would also potentially cover Tachyon, Bunker, and Absolute Zero as we've no indication yet they are NOT still part of the Freedom initiative in the future, though it looks like Legacy is out.  If Unity goes from intern to full fledged member that could be 4 of 6.  Who else I wonder?

Haka and Tempest could be the last two members of the Freedom Six along with Tac, Bunker, AZ and Unity.  That would cover everyone from the origianl expansion with a promo. 

As for the villains, we're still missing nemesis for Bunker and Absolute Zero.  It seems like the two heros cover the un-nemesis'ed villains, so my assumption would be that the villains would cover the unused heroes.  So Bunker, Zero, Visionary and Unity. 

I agree that Haka and Tempest would finish off promos for the core came characters…but they are now part of the Prime Wardens team (as of Infernal Relics).  Though in comics that doesn't mean anything in particular I suppose.  How many teams has Wolverine been in?

Not including alternate realities: 632.

What appears to be Chrono-Ranger is depicted on the Flash ad on boardgamegeek.

Saw the add for the kickstarter on BGG. Looks like a mad legacy on one side and I'm pretty sure its Chrono Ranger on the right...so I'm feeling Robot Man and Chrono Ranger for sure as our heroes...both of which should match our previous villains with no nemesis.  So that means 4 villains with no in expansion nemesis if thats the case. (Sans multi villain nemesis which thus far has only appeared via environment with Ra - Anubis - Ennead)

Sometimes, I think Marvel should just rename itself to "Spider-Man and Woverine & Friends."  I stopped reading six years ago, and those guys were everywhere.

It's funny, since I think the Avengers movie cycle beats the Spider-Man and X-Men trilogies by far.  But then, I haven't seen The Amazing Spider-Man, and I felt X-Men First Class was a great reboot to the franchise.

-CSR

Funded at 4.5 hours in.

Alright, huge success. I'm so happy we've done this. Now, in 24 hours, how high can we go?

It never even occurred to me that the six promo cards would be the Freedom Six themselves. That totally slipped my mind. So would that mean future Legacy is one of them, or does he leave the team and become a rouge? What about the Prime Wardens? Do they fit into this future at all?

I just can't wait to see more of Visionary's story arc. I knew she'd have to be the main character of this expansion.

What about the Triceratops on the right side? and the masked person on the side of the box? Do they get no love?

I know what the Triceratops is for.

Obviously the Triceratops is Chronoranger's steed.

Because who wouldn't want to ride dinosaurs dressed as a cowboy?

The answer is no one.

It's Bunker's Nemesis, isn't it?

Obviously it's Chrono-Ranger.  He's a Time Travelling Cowboy Bounty Hunter with the ability to Transform into Dinosaurs.

I'll just say that it seems rather random.  Well, about as random as a typhoon preventing shipments of boxes from China, causing extreme publishing delays.

I think a typhoon should have also been depicted on the box art. 

So, Dark Visionary is the $30k promo hero.  Hero, mind you, not villain as you'd normally expect from someone who's first name is Dark.  Her psychic hitchhiker doesn't seem too happy about the turn of events either.  He's even changed his color from purple to green, that's how distressed he is.  Poor lil' fella.

I'm betting that the hitchhiker from before (the purple one) has overtaken Visionary and that the green one we see is the regular Visionary.

I'd have to agree. It's also possible that it's a Visionary from an alternate timeline where the power struggle is a bit different and she was originally dark but picked up a benevolent version of herself within as she travelled back. My bet's still on it just being her losing control to her darker half though.

Some pics revealed on Giant Fire Breathing Robot

http://gfbrobot.com/2012/10/29/board-game-news-roundup-sentinels-incoming/

These look awesome.  His inside sources say something about a La Capitan hero...i am not seeing Robot Man as La Capitan...but he's on the cover...maybe chrono ranger isn't in this one.

Cool art though between these and Dark Visionary (who I still can't grasp as a hero).

I know nothing of a "le capitan" myself. Also, I'm sure we've seen that "Dark Hero" before in Legacy's deck.  He's the one that Legacy is punching that people before thought was the same as the "Red Legacy" from Visionary's deck.  It has been stated that those are two different people, and, looking close enough, they appear different characters.  That would still make three different "Legacies."

Whoa, crazy new things! That Dark Visionary looks pretty frightening. She's not quite what I pictured her to look like when I made her my "create-a-villain" contest entry. But I like her. If she's a promo card, then she has to be a promo hero card, right? There's no other deck she could go with.

Even being a playtester, I haven't heard anything about a hero called "La Capitan", so I'm just as in the dark as everyone else.

But it does say Visionary's nemesis will be in this expansion, but Dark Visionary is just a promo card, so I guess Dark Visionary really isn't her nemesis. Now I'm starting to buy more into the whole Visionary vs. Future Legacy as nemeses. I cannot believe I was wrong on this nemesis paring. I've been so sure for the longest time! It just had to be the answer! How could I be wrong like this?!

And I'm assuming that Granite guy is just going to be a minion for someone. Will he be in the same deck as Dark Hero? Their framing and backgrounds are very similar. That seems like an indication they'll be in the same deck. So who could summon these two types of different minions?

La Capitan is a villain! Per Christopher on the comments from GFBRobot

So, that makes <CONTENT REMOVED>, Le Capitan, and The Dr..ahem... er.. I mean, that makes two villains. I wonder what the other two are.....

That makes much more sense.

Oh, how I hope La Capitan is a pirate!

Um, was that first villain you listed supposed to be public knowledge already, JayMann?

Whatever do you mean?

Oh, I didn't see that. All I remember seeing is "We'll reveal info about the winner later". I assumed it was supposed to be secret among playtesters or something. My bad. No worries here.

Mr Fixer is seen fighting the Granite guy on his cards, probably a minion.

That Dark Hero looks like a Bizzaro Legacy, he's got the right skin color.

La Capitan is a villain! Per Christopher on the comments from GFBRobot

No word, however, on why he's "La Capitan" rather than "El Capitan", which sounds like it'd be the correct gramatical article to use, unless it's in some language I'm not thinking of.  Even if the captain were female, "captain" is usually a masculine noun.

If someone were to name themselves "The Shadow" in spanish, they'd be "La Sombra", even if they were a man.

If the granite power in the first pic were associated with the Capitan villain, making one think of the giant rock formation in Yosemite Park, it would still be El Capitan, since that's what the Yosemite rock is called.

There is a female variant of 'el capitán,' but it's 'la capitana,' and it typically refers to a flagship.

I flunked Spanish. 

Look at you guys rocking the spanish, you are making this Mexican Luchador proud. Btw where are the mentions of this character coming from?

As for the legacy... yeah, he looks mind controlled and the background makes me think... NIGHTMARE! Would it not be cool if that is not a villain, minion or one shot... BUT AN ENVIROMENT CARD. Something that corrupts heroes or throws evil versions of them out there.

La Capitan could be Italian or some other language. I'm no polyglot, though. Anyone?

No, Italian is 'el capitano,' which would, again, lead to a female version as 'la capitana' (though I didn't research this one as I didn't see a point).

La Capitan is a lady!

And, yes, I know my Spanish. Pretty darn well, actually. But playing with proper spellings and such is how heroes and villains are named!

Ah, so there's the confirmation. I'm not too savvy on the Romantic languages, but I can understand some decent Chinese.

No matter the gender, I'm interested in seeing what La Capitan is like. If she's a pirate, this will be the best expansion ever.

Though, she'd have to be a pirate from some dimension with better technology than pirates we think of.

In fact, it seems like all these heroes and villains need either mystical powers from their other dimension, or technology from the future. I don't think any weapons from the past would contend with the heroes.

Hmm... there is a precedent for Time Bandits... why not Time Pirates?

It could happen. But that is just a random thought on my part. I honestly doubt La Capitan will be a pirate. She could be a captain of anything, really.

Well. Just as I was compiling a list of "unknown" characters appearing in card art for speculations, I see the "granite samurai" will be in next expansion. I hope we'll know more about "red guys with geometric shapes" too ! And Siege-Breaker, maybe ? I can't wait !

If only shipping costs were not so high for us poor Europeans...

I feel La Capitan is the red-headed angry-looking woman on the side of the box with the glowing eyes and mask. Not too piratey, but she definitly looks like she takes charge in her work. Citizen Dawn may have some competition!

Masked man at the side looks like "Dark Hero" from GFBR blogpost.

I think it looks more like a woman. I'd say there's a good chance that's La Capitan.

My two cents:  Either give her a less revealing outfit or get rid of the evil purple veins on the boobs.  That's not something I want to think about while trying to save the Multiverse…

The Dark Hero has black hair and paler skin so they can't be the same.

So Granite Oni has appeared previously, on one of Mr. Fixer's cards (I believe Hoist Chain, not 100% sure on this, if not I think it is at least on one of his tools) and he does have the look to be a very intimidating minion.

As for the Dark Hero, i'm not so sure what his deal is. He is definetly on Legacy's THOKK! card and seems to be a "Bizarro" type character, which is fairly neat. So two seperate versions of Legacy will appearing in this expansion in some way, shape, or form.

So the single promo hero has already been comfirmed to be Dark Visionary, which is kind of interesting. So I guess she is along the lines of a anti-hero. What I really want to know though is what he power will be, my guess is a attack power that will deal infernal damage, maybe even a little side effect to it?

As for the six hero promo pack, what I really want is it to be five of the base heroes who have not recieved one yet (AZ, Tempest, Haka, Bunker, and Tachyon) since they all are great heroes and can have some pretty interesting stuff going for them. Wraith could use another promo, considering her first promo wasn't anything too great and is not nearly as good as her base power, so I wouldn't mind if she was in the final slot of the promos. I do like the Freedom Six idea, but I would like the core heroes missing a promo to get theirs first before the Freedom Six is created. Now three of the five heroes are already in the Freedom Five though, so who knows, maybe Tempest and Haka join at some point? I do believe that Wraith's promo already takes place in the future, so that could be her Freedom Six card already. Using that method however still leaves that extra sixth character to ponder about.

Need more "ADDITIONAL ALLIES" on Kickstarter!  They sold out in a heart beat!

Ha HA! Dark Visionary's power, revealed! 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gtgames/sentinels-of-the-multiverse-shattered-timelines/posts/339361

I find this power very interesting.... I barely woke up when I first read it and thought it was just her deck... but dang. That's some sweet deck control right there.

@genuinesmile29

Unfortunately, we can't add any more, as those are the only promo cards we have left!

Oh hey... http://gfbrobot.com/2012/10/31/house-rules-46-shattered-timelines-announcements/

*SPOILERS*

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Christopher mentioned that the main villain of this Expansion has multiple nemeses! The Freedom Six is his nemesis! Oh ho! I'm only a little ways into it, but... man. Crazy.

He said what?!

I need to listen to this podcast right now!

By the way: La capitan is actually correct. Indeed the word "La capitana, la doctora, la presidenta" exists, but those are only very recent. Previously no one thought that women could have these ranks, hence you would use "La capitan, la doctor, la presidente, etc…" for the unlikely event in which it happened. Since the change is so recent, the older namings are still correct. Specially if she comes from a long time ago or a universe in which things have not equaly evolved

@paul: any plan for reprinting the promo cards? I am missing Young Legacy!

Curious...has anyone speculated that the new Robot Hero...could be one of Omnitron's drones but realizes the error of it's creator's ways?

I mean it has the same menacing eyeball and blue paint job...as Omnitron.

@drstein

You're definitely not the only one asking! Here's an exerpt from a Kickstarter update I'm working on that will address this:

The currently out-of-print promos were created as limited-run rewards for early adopters (much like the promo cards that we will be making as part of this Kickstarter campaign). As such, we will not reprint those cards in their exact, original format. However, it is possible that, at some point in the future, we would release an "unlimited edition" run of all of our promo cards featuring the same characters and same powers, but distinct from the limited-run promo cards in some easily recognizable way. However, if we do decide to do that, such a promo pack is probably a couple of years off.

Hope that helps answer the question at least!

Just saw the Freedom Six promo pack. Excitement doesn't even describe it. Time to look and speculate!

I'm assuming the [REDACTED] is where Future Legacy's name goes.

Wow ! The Freedom Six are really fascinating !

I love Tachyon, Wraith, Bunker, and Absolute Zero.  I'm a little less fond of Unity and Tempest.  I have to admit though, the thought of Unity actually getting to USE all of her equipment should be interesting.  I've never really had trouble with card draw on Tempest.  He's usually one of those guys sitting with a whole hand of cards and no way to play them.

Tachyon's is INSANE.

Who is wearing the Bunker suit? Could that actually be Fright Train? Just a guess, since he appears multiple times.

Is the new Wraith actually Maia? Because she's holding the Operative's weapons. Either she killed the Operative and took her weapons, or that is actually the Operative who has now taken on the name of Wraith. I think it actually is the Operative, turned good.

Also, this golem-Unity is wearing Mister Fixer's hat and is missing the same eye as Expatriette. Why the references to the Rook City heroes? Maybe they're both dead in the future.

That is basically my thought. Killer art across the board and I really like the idea of Unity keeping her equipment around. For me Wraith is a little weak, you would abandon those melee attacks really early in favor of targeted projectiles… and unfortunately Ongoing cards might not be common enough to make the (awesome looking) new bunker useful.

I was actually coming here to speculate that there might be a villain with multiple nemeses (like all the Freedom Six), or a group of villains like the Ennead, but with different nemeses.  But apparently it's already been confirmed in the podcast.

@paul Thanks for the quick reply! I look forward to the day in which Legacy's dog appears as another promo! :p

@evandan55 I do not see why the fact that the new Unity misses an eye is a fact that Expatriette is dead. 

As for the new freedom 6...I love Tachion, Wrath, and Absolute Zero. Unity can deploy robots faster at the cost of her life...I wonder if she can last for long (4 damage seems a lot). I will have to test her. The other 2 however, I find them weaker

Tempest normally has a lot of cards. Why give him another way of drawing cards and reduce his life in the process?

Bunker's power is very powerful. Discarding modes is not too expensive (since he also draws many cards and are not always used). However, I foresee that many rounds bunker will have no power to use!

Finally a question for >G guys: any reason why we have seen no Haka promo, but we have 2 Wraith ones? Storytelling reasons I presume?

I meant it as like Unity is making an homage to the dead Rook City heroes. Maybe it's just a coincidence for that one, yeah I'll admit. I just noticed she was also missing her right eye. But I still think Mister Fixer's hat is some kind of indication of his fate.

And you also bring up a good point: where is Haka's promo card? Do we get that when we get the Prime Wardens promo pack? 

I've been trying to figure out who the new Bunker is. He kinda looks like Atum.

Yeah, Atum, that's who I was thinking of, but I didn't have my cards with me.  Some on the kickstarter have suggested Siege Breaker.

Tachyon is absurd, but she won't be quite as good at piling bursts into her trash without using the powers like Rapid Recon and Research Grant. Absolute Zero is a clear upgrade, if awp has anything to say about it.  I think Tempest's power has good potential - it's another way to charge up cards for Vicious Cyclone shenanigans.  The new Bunker covers a hole in the old Bunker's deck - having an ability that kills ongoings usually comes in handy.  Unity getting to use her equipment might be an interesting experience.

I'm annoyed at Wraith.  Wraith doesn't need new powers, or more promos, as the powers in her deck are really good at dominating the board anyway.  No mistake, a damaging base power is a boon, but this card annoys me for another reason.  I had suspected that there was an unwritten rule that no two base powers could be the same.  This Wraith has the same base power as poor Haka, the hero whose promo slot she stole!

That said, the story implications of that card are pretty cool.

I'm fairly sure the new Bunker used to be FreightTrain. My reasoning, apart from the similarity in looks and body shape, is the power name. Locomotion? Who else could it be? Little Eva?

Free speculations : ok, we have one of the villain's name, and I think we all know who one of the villain (the one with multiple Nemesises) is ;)

Who are the others ? Mr Fixer's deck has pictures of the "granite asian warrior guy" and one of a Fu Manchu looking guy - could it be that one of the new villain would be some kind of (alternate ?) Old China Wizard or something ? Maybe with Mr Fixer as a Nemesis, even if he already has one ?

Expatriette has a picture of a guy that seem made of molten metal (one the Hollow Points bullet card) who she nicknames "metalhead" - is it some one appearing elsewhere, or could it be one of the new ennemies ?

Mweeheheeheeheeheh… I know her well…

Oh, wow, a little bit ago I had also thought FrightTrain (or is it FreightTrain?) was the guy wearing the old Bunker suit. But now that pwatson pointed it out, I can't believe I missed the name of his power! That seals it for me. You're right: Locomotion could not be a bigger clue.

I'm kinda pleased that FrightTrain is now more involved in the story.

Alex... do you have something to do with that person? Don't lie to me...

Y'know…I didn't really notice the stance untill you pointed it out. And Locomotion is giveaway. Nice catch. I think you've got it.

What about Atun after having his Ennead powers stripped. The body style isn't to far off, the facial hair and solid white eyes line up. I'll have to look through Bunker's cards later for Freight Train.

Nakos,

He's on Flak Cannon most clearly. And yes, it is FrightTrain, not FreightTrain.

Since they're posting pics of the cards themselves on Kickstarter rather than just the raw art, that means we know each alt hero's hp and rules, which means I should be able to Photoshop up some oversized cards for Dark Visionary and the Freedom Six right away (as long as I just use each of their incapacitated rules as they exist now).  We could be playing with these soon!  I'll post a note to the forums when I've got them available on my SotM site.

I also like that Absolute Zero's appearance looks like a reference to Iceman after his encounter with the White Queen :)

Well, I'm glad another female villain will be represented. And, if she won the contest for you (which I shall assume is being alluded), she must have great mechanics! I'm interested in her, whether she be La Capitan or not.

Another point in favour of FrightTrain being the Bunker of the Freedom Six: the subheading is Engine of War. I think that's enough hints to convince me.

I initially thought you might be on to something with this, but looking at the art for the Operative, she has a tatoo on her upper, left arm that is not shown in the new Wraith art. It's not definitive, but it does look like it's more likely Maia was involved in the defeat of the Operative and took her weapons as "trophies".

They specifically mention an old foe in a bunker suit and a bot that thinks its unity...seems like if it isn't the original wraith anymore they may have dropped that hint too.  The way its worded is not definitive but certainly leads to interpretation of 4 original heroes and these other 2 stand ins.

So...a summary of what we seem to currently know from sneak peaks, podcasts, and hints...

2 Heroes

Omnitron's nemesis (Robot Man on cover, confirmed as nemesis in podcast)

Plague Rat's nemesis (revealed in podcast and believed very strongly to be Chrono Ranger)

4 Villains

La Capitan

? Visionary's Nemesis

? The Freedom 6s nemesis (stated in podcast, believed strongly to be a Legacy gone bad...as pictured in the lower right of box cover)

?

2 Environments

?

?

Am I missing any confirmations?

 I.... am SO EXCITED!!!

First off, FrightTrain!  YEEEEAAAAH.    This looks exciting.   Bunker with some utility?   Wut is this nonsense?!!   This is great.  And it gives me something to do with the mode cards I dont want to play.

Secondly:  Elemental Wrath is my playtest power!   I'm so happy.  Sure its not what some people wanted,  but for me,   I could NOT be more stoked.    Nailed it!

3rd:  Tempest as a member of the F6?   Nailed that one too!

And of course there is Unity in place of Legacy.   Didn't see that one coming,  but I doubt many people did.    4 Energy damage is a LOT to take,  but otoh, garanteed bot-spamming is pretty good.  Tachyon looks patently nuts, and I guess I don't mind Wraith's power.   It's good for her early game, and not so great later.   I like it.   Yes, it did kind of "steal" Haka's power,  that is a little sad.  But even so, I still think it's nice.   Haka promo card would be nice to see tho =p,  maybe he can steal Stealth, that would certainly be appropriate.

He can just flavor it as "Regeneration" or something. Even just "regain 2 HP" is almost the same thing, although of little use when fully healed.

You missed Stretch Rewards Hero ? and Stretch Rewards Villain ?

I am glad someone has noticed a hole in the "operative is the new wraith theory."  I wonder how that could be more plausible than Wraith beefing up, and getting a new hairstyle.

Aw man, I was kinda hoping Evil Future Legacy's nemesis would be Legacy. Kinda like The Hulk and The Maestro. Plus there'd be that wonderful moment where Evil Future Legacy kills Young Legacy, sealing his future. Past?

Hey in Absolute Zeros promo card there is a sign he is standing in front of  for a research lab.  Out of curiousity is there any signicifance to the sign (?)EN-RUBENDA(?) RESEARCH LABORATORIES?

Oh, actually, you're right, Rabit. I totally neglected the tattoo. I just jumped to the Operative-turned theory as an alternative to Wraith having possibly killed someone. 

Then again, what if in this future, the Operative actually kills Mister Fixer, enraging Wraith to kill her, and that's why Golem Unity has his hat?

I need to stop jumping to conclusions so quickly!

In the, er, present, Tachyon works for the  Eaken-Rubendall Laboratories.  That organization employs Unity, and probably made Absolute Zero's suit.

There are 3 heroes that have the power "do X damage to a target" (Ra, Haka, and Mr. Fixer). Are so different in the fact that the damage type or amount changes?

Upon seeing the lab destroyed in his card, I imagined maintainence and monitoring of the suit ended, leaving AZ's condition unchecked and leading to his…future condition.

Thanks guys, most interesting then.  Maybe he's scouring the ruins for components to get back to normal.

As I said, unwritten.  And unwritten for a reason, I guess.    The heroes with base powers that do damage (who also include Fanatic, Tempest, and Young Legacy in their number) all do different types and amounts, which distinguish them both mechanically and thematically.  While I suppose nobody is going to confuse Haka with Price of Freedom Wraith, the fact that this was not a design concept kinda makes me wonder why Mr. Fixer isn't dealing two damage a Strike.

We never had any sort of written or unwritten rule that no characters could not have the same innate power. It was just highly unlikely. However, I can understand the appeal of such a thing, and I can certainly come up with nigh infinite innate powers. So, I have considered your words . . .

Very well. You all get your wish.


Better? I actually prefer this thematically as well.

 I like it.  A lot, actually.  Thank you very much!

It does seem weaker, so very quickly here we will have a bunch of people either berating me for complaining about a good thing, or berating you for caving to one griping individual. 

I agree it's weaker, but it goes great with the art 

Definitely agreed that it's better. I wouldn't consider it weaker than the original though, it makes better use of damage bonuses which is much better!

I didn't mind it either way. But true, this power does fit the theme a little more, since she's surrounded by potential enemies. It'd make sense for her to be hitting more than one at a time.

I find it is probably weaker in the earlier game, but come later when bonus are on the table, and probably minions and other HP cards are on the table, this will certainly help out - especially if you get hit with an equipment eating scenario and loose your throwing knives and hud target system (name, i forget :P)

I like the new power. 1 vote from me.

I too agree with flamethrower that (although unwritten) no 2 innate powers should be exactly the same.

It does feel notably more Wraith-like, which is excellent. I like the potential change, really. It keeps her options properly Wraith, which is generally little pew-pews everywhere, until late game where it changes to holy-crap-why-is-everything-taking-thirty-damage-with-just-one-power-oh-gee-she's-doing-it-again levels.

Me Gusta.

The Wraith: Price of Freedom looks a little like the character on the incapacitated side of the base Wraith.

Since Golem Unity *is* a Mechanical Golem who thinks she/it is Unity, will it be thematic to include the Mechanical Golem keyword on Golem Unity's character card?

Then she'll need some balancing too as Raptor Bots and Powered Shock Wave gets an immediate upgrade. And Golem Unity can use Inspired Repair to repair herself. Although she shouldn't be allowed to take the character card into hand using Scrap Metal.

Man, Team Leader Tachyon is so good, it actually made me go back and check if I misread the original Tachyon's base power and it could actually be used on any deck (it would fit the name Rapid Recon too!). No such luck, but now I'm going to give it a try anyway.

The steep international shipping made me hesitate for a bit, but there's no way I'm going to miss out on these amazing stretch goals. And besides, I can't imagine playing without oversized villain cards! Thanks so much for still offering international shipping! Hopefully it won't be such an insane money drain for you this time. As for me, luckily my girlfriend has declared Sentinels to be her favorite game, so I won't have to carry the financial burden on my own ^_^

(Speaking of converts, I made another one! A friend of mine has recently ordered everything Sentinels he could find on local Amazons :D)

Woho!! New Wraith is great! I think it will be much more useful mid-late game (with all the damage buffs)...while not being OP in early game.

This made me think about the other promo cards I did not like that much: How about changing Tempest's power to "Discard 2 cards. If you do play a card"? I would also add 1-2 life to Unity as well (but I guess the guys from >G have playtested the promo card)

As I understand it from updates and various posts from >G, playtesting is ongoing right now - Which is probably why Chris doesn't have a problem with changing the power of Price of Freedom Wraith - because we'll just stick it into the playtesting mat.

Sooo kinda hopping i have a spare 40 bucks when the month is up, so i can up my pledge at the last moment and snag a playtesting slot for the next expansion

ALso, there's some potential for synchronization. Especially with redirecting damage.

I love the card!

Personally I like Tempest's promo innate power. It gives him the ability to destroy his cards that could potentially hurt him. Such as his Electrical Storm, you don't always want to damage everyone with lightning damage, so now you can choose to destroy it and even gain three cards out of it. Localized Hurricane would also be a good one that he could easily destroy (even though it can be destroyed with a use of a power on it) and get the benefits of drawing brand new cards. After all, you can never have too many cards.

As for Unity, it does seem like it'll be a burdento use her Innate power, but at the same time she has a lot of other ways to play Mechanical Golems, so that power may only need to be used two or three times in the game, depending on what other heroes you have in the field. Have Ra out there with her, along with Imbue Fire and Flesh of a Sun God, she could use that power every turn without any bad effect.

I know this is a little late to the party, but really, is The Wraith using The Operative's weapons the reason people are saying she's The Operative in a mask? And yet nobody's saying that Golem Unity must actually be Mr. Fixer, because she's wearing his hat. Or that Team Leader Tachyon is actually Vegeta because of her scouter.

The likelihood of that is over 9000.

For one thing, Unity's Rook City hat has a different color font, so it's not Mr. Fixer's hat. Lastly Mr. Fixer was frozen to preserve his body until the world needed him the most.

All saiyans wear scouters after they had defeated the Truffles on Planet Vegeta and started to use their technology. Also Freeza and his men also started to wear them after they had enslaved the saiyans. There are countless people out there that are wearing scouters, so Tachyon is very unlikely going to be Vegeta. Especially considering Vegeta no long needs to wear a scouter as he can sense people's power level. Not to mention Tachyon is way too smart to be a a full blooded saiyan.

Now I do not support that the new Wraith is the Operative, for obvious reasons such as the missing tattoo and the fact she is using the weapons in the opposite hands that the Operative was using them in. I more simple reasoning behind the weapons is that she was held captive by The Organization and had to fight her way out. She was able to defeat the Operative and stole her weapons to aid in her escape since she was unarmed. Now that is just all speculation on my behalf.

This made my day.

Christopher's very good at that.

Just be aware: you won't get a playtesting slot for the next expansion; you get a playtesting slot for every future >G product.  For. All. Time.

At least, that is how I understand it.

even better! (can't think of how that is a 'Be  Aware' more of 'Plus side so you should spend your money!)

Exactly!  Give them more money!  I wants me that bonus villain deck!

I’ve always found the idea of playing both base and promo characters in the same team appealing if it was thematic enough. Now that we know promo bunker and promo unity are not the same as their original characters, there is an opportunity to play them at the same time, much like Legacy and Young Legacy. What do you think? Are the bunker and unity deck different enough to play them on thr same team?

I think the promo Unity still shares the same body as Unity, but some how after her death she became mechanized and it believes itself to be Unity. That's the way I see it considering the parts that still look human have the appearance of Unity.

I think two Unitys on the same table would be hilariously broken. Inspired Repair, Volatile Parts, and especially Raptor Bot and Powered Shock Wave would all become more powerful. Also, Champion Bot isn't Limited, which would be another issue.

New to the game and to the forum...

So if I figured out the man-robot's name, what is the proper etiquette?  Am I allowed to post it here, or should I wait for >Games to reveal it?

What are the terms you have found out the man-robots name? If it were playing/speaking with a playtester than it's best not to use his name. Now if you heard it from a creator on some post, blog, or some other form where anyone could see it for themself then the name could be used.

Omnitron-X

It was in the official twitter feed.  They posted a picture from their playtesting.  They had strategically covered the heroes names with tokens, but I was able to zoom in and read the names from other cards.  I also saw Chrono-Ranger and the villain was La Capitan.

http://twitter.yfrog.com/kkh6svloj

Nice, they are unofficially revealing stuff already. Then again we have been playtesting a couple weeks now.

Very cool! Siege breaker is a crew in La Capitan deck, not himself a villain. Chrono ranger uses a bow and gun. Omnitron X has platings!

Nice!!

By looking a bit La capitan's text says "if there are no crewmates flip her". So my guess is that she will have two modes similar to Voss, depending on whether or not she has crewmates or dishes out damage on her own.

The Chrono-Ranger seems like a bounty hunter that places bounties and then gets bonuses when attacking those cards. Note that his base power is to do 1 projectile damage. 

Omnitron-X uses plating and metallic punches. The protecton card seems to reduce (melee, projectile, and something else) damage by 3!! Combined with twist the nether from Visionary I see a great damage soaking team!

That's great stuff.  I'm all excited again.

Man, cell-phone cameras are getting really impressive these days!

Huh.

La Capitan has a few more titles visible under savage mana. L'épéiste (the swordsman) and Last breath (strange name for a crew member).

Omnitron X's ablative coating only reduces Melee, Projectile and Toxic damage dealt to Omnitron X by 2. Looks like the plating is a mechanic omnitron X is built around, having different defences available depending on what you face (though with only 25 HP to start, he may need it). 

Very exciting stuff!

Can anyone make out the written notes on the side? I can see Time Cataclysm, Rift in Time, and Crumbling (?) Hallway. Also, L'épéiste looks like it has an end of turn ability that may work better as a beginning of turn ability. Looks like the crewmates have different types; I saw that Siege Breaker is a Crew, Cavaliere. How relevant do you think the subtype will be?

Gonna resurrect this thread for more disucssion on the new villain! The Dreamer!

Lets get some speculation going on her.

I'm going to guess that this villain is some sort of self damaging villain to cause a flip. I somehow don't think that flipping her will cause a loss, but could make for a good advance mode? 

I'm thinking you need to keep her alive until you have dispatched a number of her dream minions or performed some other goal.

Then you might have a mano a mano with some massive psychic entity.

A question about Promo-Bunker locomotion power :

Could it be activated in a mode that doesnt not allow power use ? this would be a very interesting addition !

Discarding means discarding a Mode card from hand. There's no need for you to be using a Mode when using the Power.

Oh... I misread it for discarding a power in play, as in destroying it. Far better this way, always so many useless Mode card in Bunker hand.

And after reading Kismit’s background on the update, I can see why you won. Grats! I really look forward to playing against her.

Since we've got this new Haka card that mentions the future where monsters rule the world (same future Chrono-Ranger winds up in), I think there's a likely chance that this future is going to come back as an environment in the future. Lots of monsters and targets to fight against.

Actually, my friend had made a guess that a post-apocalyptic world would be an environment, after seeing a certain card in the Time Cataclysm environment. I think he's right.

Just thinking out loud, can Freedom Tempest have the following power instead?

Sacrifice

Power: Destroy 1 of your cards. If you do, play up to 3 One Shots.

or

Power: Destroy 1 of your cards. If you do, play up to 2 cards.

Please, oh please :)

That first one would probably make him far too strong.

Likely true. Kicking it down to 2 One-Shots then!

With Tempest, I usually have fists full of cards. I think Tempest needs some way to dump the cards instead :)

Am I the only one that thinks that the new Haka is a bit too strong? His power is in all ways better than bunker's one!

Draw a card (like Bunker), and if you have a Haka card discard it to gain 2 more!

Yeah, but a card in Bunker's deck is discarded for 2 damage, whereas a card in Haka's deck is discarded for 1 damage. Strict power comparisons don't take the rest of the deck into consideration.

True, but a "Better-Than-Bunker's innate power" precedent had been set a long time ago.  Redeemer Fanatic and Team Leader Tachyon both have strictly better powers.  TLT, granted, benefits more from having cards in her trash rather than her hand.  But a 3-5 card boost is pretty incredible compared to one or two Burst cards left out of her trash.  Plus, she still has Research Grant if her Burst cards want more company in her trash. both have powers that are just plain "better" than Bunker's "Draw a card" power.

True, I had forgotten about those. What I will complain is about the "long time ago". At least I received a month ago my Redeemer Fanatic, and I am still yet to receive my TLT

In any case, I think that Bunker could use some love. The new promo is a nice step, and helps with the "useless" modes…but I still would like something more

Yes.  In the base set.  See Visionary.

I still say Bunker's power is a good one, especially for him.  He needs cards more than any other hero, except Nightmist, but her power takes care of her.  Just try to ignore the fact that everybody is getting a better one these days.

I'd say her and Ra's power are more "different" than better.  "Draw two, discard one", and "Draw three, discard two" end with one extra card in hand.  It allows for cycling, yes, but the player ends with one more card in their hand than they began with.  Granted, Visionary can choose which character can draw those cards, but Redeemer Fanatic's power is straight up "I can draw a card too, but better than Bunker."

The more cards you look at before you decide what to keep, the stronger the power. Imagine a power that said "Draw up to 40 cards. Discard X cards where X is the number of cards drawn minus 1." It's still only gaining you one card in hand, but it effectively lets you search your deck for as many cards of your choice as you have in hand plus the one extra. This is an extreme example, but it illustrates the principle that it is indeed more powerful to look at more cards even if you don't get to keep any more. It increases your flexibility, helps you get to the cards you want faster, and helps you respond to changing threats more efficiently. In a game like Sentinels where it doesn't hurt you to deck out, "Draw 3 Discard 2" is strictly better than "Draw 2 Discard 1" or "Draw 1."

I am not sure we can really compare the powers of two different heroes. After all, Mr Fixer's strike is worse than the Savage Haka's base power - but once combined with the cards of his deck, it can become very effective. The way a power and a deck interact are more interesting than the power taken alone.

"Draw two cards, discard one" is much better than "Draw one card".  It has the same net effect on card amount, but it gives you superior card selection.  I suppose you might regret it if you discard the wrong card, but that's hardly the power's fault.  Add to that the fact she can let anybody do it, Visionary's base power is strictly better than Bunker's.

True. My point is that there is a power that straight up is "Draw a card and gain 1 HP," which is strictly better than Bunkers power.  I understand that the other powers are strictly better in terms of draw, but Bunker's Innate<Redeemer Fanatic's Innate and Rook City Wraith's Innate<Omnitron-X's Innate.  At the very least, Visionary and Horus of Two Horizon's better innate powers are a different flavor than an outright "and do something more" innate power.

I think that there are certainly some powers that are just better than others. OX has an amazing power, and I think we can all agree that TL Tachyon's power is high up there on the list.

That's fair. "Do the same thing but better" can totally feel different from "do the same thing and this other thing too." They're both better, but they sting in different ways.

Also, I think TheSoundOfTrees has a good point that they play different roles in the different decks. I do think that it can be illuminating to compare the powers directly, but I'm glad you jerked me back into perspective.

I should have worded my post differently :) We can of course compare powers, but an apparently weak power can be very useful or effective for a given hero.

Fanatic "draw one, heal 1" is better than Bunker simple "draw 1", but there many situations where Bunker has to discard cards as ammo (omni canon, gatling), and many where he can't draw cards anymore : this power is a way to help with this, as are Recharge Mode or the parachuting supply card. And he is better than Fanatic at keeping his HPs... Is it sufficient to balance these two powers ? I don't know, but I think Christopher kept all these parameters in mind when designing the powers and decks.

Or maybe I am a little too much on the defensive when it comes to heroes like Bunker :)

Bunker has the most cost efficient card to shut down the Environment deck:  Adhesive Foam Grenade.  Believe me, I love that guy.  He's saved our group more times than I can count.  But Redeemer Fantatic's Innate is straight up a mashup of The Scholar and Bunker.  Come to think of it...America's Greatest Legacy has a vastly superior innate power to The Scholar as well!

I suppose he is the Greatest Legacy.  Gotta be superior to something.

Re: Bunker, Like I said, he requires more cards than almost any other hero, and so he has an appropriate base power.  Compare this to Visionary - she is very much not reliant on other cards or powers, so she uses her better-than-average base power to supplement her game-changing one-shots and ongoing effects. 

Redeemer Fanatic's Redeem is, on the surface, better than Bunker's Initialize, but to get that, she gave up a lethal double attack that used to define her playstyle.

Rook City Wraith's Sleulth is a strange, sometimes-useful power that Wraith's deck more than overshadows.  Meanwhile, here I would talk about Omnitron-X, but I can't.

Don't get me wrong I like Bunker at least as much as the next guy. But I kind of feel like his relatively weak innate power offsets some of his other cards which are really powerful. I definitely agree that it feels intentional. The only time I haven't really understood the thought process behind a power is the promo Tachyon. Jayzus that's an incredibly OP power.

I'm assuming that The Scholar's going to have buffs to his base power like Mr. Fixer. Things that splash healing to other heroes, or increase healing he does. That or he converts healing into other effects like an inverted version of Absolute Zero. I kinda feel like Heroes with weak innates get me the most excited to see what their deck does. :D

Well, in my few games with it, I have found that sole use of it means Tachyon is not as good at at getting cards in her trash.  It's kinda like the difference between Finest Legacy and Newest Legacy, just implemented in a different way.  It makes everybody else better to an absurd degree, at the cost of stunting her own effectiveness.  Does that excuse it?  Probably not, but we'll see. 

My problem with promo Tachyon is that she ALSO has more HP than the original.

From one point of view, America's Greatest Legacy's power is the best power; it causes a power to be used and adds healing to it. So its effect will always be slightly better than the effect of any other power. Of course, making other heroes slightly better is perfectly in spirit with Legacy's theme.

Adhesive Foam Grenade is easily the best justification for Upgrade Mode. Being able to play that card and a Gatling Gun or Omnicannon is pretty handy.

I am sorry but I think that Bunker Power is just goddamn weak and stupid.

What is the point in using one of your power to draw one card ? if by entering a mode or using another card you can already do that ? if by entering a mode you are prohibited to draw that card ? If just by not playing you draw one more card ?

I simply cant remember when Bunker used this power last time, there is always something better to do with his power use : heal, deal damage, draw more cards. If at last this power had the note that it allow drawing cards even when in a mode that prohibite to do so, but it even had that. The only case I would consider using it is if my starting hand had no power cards... and that have yet to happen.

Bunker for the fail !

IKerensky: It's all in how you play him. I've used his base power quite a few times, when I thought I'd be better off trying to draw more cards to fuel something or get me something I needed/wanted as quickly as possible. If my teammates are managing the current situation, I'd rather draw and build than just shoot something, knowing that me drawing will let me do a lot more shooting later.

In late game, I've also used it in Turret mode when I needed more cards for the Omnicannon or for other purposes.

It just depends on how you play Bunker.

Hey Rabit, doesn't turret mode say you cannot draw cards? That's why Ammo Drop says something like "Even if a mode card doesn't let you draw." or something like that.

Exactly. My cocnern over Chrono-Ranger's power has been reassured knowing that he has cards in his deck to make up for it!

So, as I play him by the rules, it is logical I found it a lot more useless than you

You cant use his power to draw when in Turret mode…

The base power of many heroes is a weaker version of one or their other powers or cards. In the case of Bunker, it is a weaker version of Recharge Mode. He needs lots of cards as ammo, and a good set up - recharge mode and ammo drop are the best help with this, but when they are not there, the base power helps a lot.

I use it often. Mainly in the first rounds, to have a good hand later, when dealing damage right now is not useful. Or when my main weapon is the gatling gun. Or when tanking damage while trying to charge the omni canon. And so on. It is not a shiny power, the kind of power you "wow! amazing !" at, but Bunker certainly can use it effectively.

I use it a lot more than Expatriette's :)

Facts as I remember at the end of the kickstarter.

Heroes:

Chrono Ranger - An out-of-time gunslinger from both the past and the future sent to hunt cryptids (including Plague Rat). Uses guns and crossbows and has some kind of bounty mechanic.

Omnitron-X - Omnitron's 10th iteration when it attempted to make an empathy chip and realized what a terrible force it was for the past century  and vows to stop itself. Maintains its ability to manipulate time as well as abilities it had as Omnitron Big (like ablative plating and a gauss beam).

The Scholar (Promo) - Laid back swamp man with the power of the philosopher's stone. Feels the strings of reality and manipulates as he sees fit. Not a lot of info on this guy.

Environments:

Time Cataclysm - The time stream is falling apart. Could be anything...it could even be a boat.

The Block - F.I.L.T.E.R. run extradimensional prison. Lots of bad guys in here and a warden who doesn't like super powers.

Silver Gulch (Promo) - Old west and hometown of Chrono Ranger. Has a "you lose" condition akin to self-destruct sequence.

Final Wasteland (Promo) - A world overrun by the likes of plague rat and others. Lots of monsters.

Villains:

La Capitan - Time travelling pirate. Has a crew that apparently is nasty. New nemesis.

The Dreamer - Villain with 6 HP. Have to defeat her creepy nighmares rather than her (she's just a kid). Visionary's nemesis.

Kismet (Villain contest winner) - Inherently lucky and inherently bad her powers are boosted by a talisman. Her nemesis is pictured on Shock Rounds (probably).

The Assistant (Promo) - A demure secretary with memories of the future. Bad memories. Hell bent on destroying the heroes and apparently very difficult. Also, not a villain target. New Nemesis.

Iron Legacy - He's bad news. With only 32 HP, we're afraid of what he'll do. Has a demoralizing presence. Is nemesis to all the Freedom Six (Tachyon, Tempest, Unity, New-Bunker, Wraith, and AZ).

I'm guessing he meant Recharge Mode.

I think the implication is supposed to be that it's not so much if Plague Rats wins as it is what would happen if Chrono-Ranger didn't do his time travel-Fu.  Could be just me, but I think the implication is that he's been traveling through time killing a lot of various monsters (werewolves, vampires, yetis, etc.) so that they don't take over.  Granted, Plague Rat and his spawn are a rather nasty faction of that desolate future (and one CR himself hates, since they ate his arm), but I don't think he caused it.

Bunker's innate power is useless when any mode is in play, as there is no mode which allows both power use and card draw.

Sorry, I misread Rabit's comment.  I thought he had said he'd often used "Turret Mode" to draw more, so I assumed he meant "Recharge Mode".  I missed that he said he use "it in Turret mode", thus referring to his power being used in Turret Mode.  Nvm.

Just a note that The Assistant is a Promo and NOT part of the actual expansion.  You'd marked all the others but this one.

Fixed.

Fixed.

Ha! That's me posting from work on a really bad day. You're absolutely correct on that particular one - but the rest hold true.

New on Twitter: Chrono-Ranger shoots Akashbhu'ta and Omnitron-X fires off an arm!

I wondered how long that would take to show up here.

I say, you need more monitors and more wallpapers.

Well, for every monitor sent to me, I'll put a picture of it up with a new wallpaper! *grin*

Everyone send them your broken monitors that you don't need any more!

Someone didn't specify...!

Er, if it's broken, how will I put a new wallpaper up on it? I mean, go ahead! The Greater Than Games headquarters has a pretty big dumpster.

I'm imagining you all receiving a mass delivery of obselete monitors that can still technically function.

You have a printer, don't you?

what? where? huh? Someone linky!!! (i couldnt find it)

Here.

I recognize OX's card, but not Chrono-Ranger. Maybe that's the same time when he first appears in Living Rockslide, though. Shows up and helps defeat Akash'Bhuta with the heroes. Damn, he's cool.

ooh. hahaha i remember that pic, i was too far into realizing i have the exact same desk :P

edit

... and the same speakers. And the same main monitor...

... I'm Christopher's alternate personality! OMG I"M NOT REAL!!! << >>

Wonder if those would be the art prints included for Shattered Timelines?

Speaking of which is there a list or something that names what were some previous art print?

I could see these as nice to have sold in the store or even KS add-ons.

Also is there a reason why SOTM does not have wallpaper download section

Yes, wallpapers, please ! I already use some art on my PC (Kismet, La capitan, the Matriarch and Kiss the Hero) and it never fails to attract attention.

I think Spiff or someone had mentioned that >Games was releasing an art package for public use. I imagine that will be done in the form of wallpapers. At least I hope so. 

If they do wallpapers, would it be possible to also make a few for phones too?

I'm actually looking for my art prints from IR and the EE. I know I got them from Gen Con, and I want to have them, but I have no idea where I put them. I'd like to combine them all in a large frame and put them up as decoration in my dorm room, but I've got to find them first. As of right now, I've only got two RC prints I found again recently, and I'll be getting the ST prints, but I want more than just five for this. I hope I can find mine, or someone willing to give me theirs who don't want them.

The lack of updates and general buzz around Shattered Timelines is boring and uninspiring and dull and disengaging.

What's the designers and playtesters busy with at the moment?

Art work done? Playtesting in alpha, beta, gamma, zeta? Sent off to printer already?

Peace~

What are they busy with? Project Tungsten -- an entirely new game.

Playtesting is completely done for Shattered Timelines. It is already sent to the printers and being printed as we speak! So woohoo! It's going to be super awesome when we all will get our hands on them. I for one am looking foward to having a physical copy of the game. I sure do miss playing as Omnitron-X.

Couldn't you still play him until it comes out, like you could play the most recent version available to the playtesters? Or is it gone forever until the release.

Also will information on how each character plays be released before the expansion is out (I don't know if this was done for RC or IR and I'm sure only the creators know), I've been excited to see chronoranger and Omnitron-X since their announcement.

I could, but that would require a lot of printing again, plus the cards I use for backs are currently being used for backs in the new project, so I don't really have a proper way to carry any of it with me. Plus I like the excitement of being able to open up the game and play as characters that I haven't been able to play in awhile. Helps keep things fresh!

They haven't really revealed how each character plays out for the previous 2 expansions, or the things they have said didn't really reveal too much. Such as Mr. Fixer switching between different styles during combat.

Since I am such a nice guy I will reveal something about an upcoming hero using my Mr. Fixer example as a template.

Omnitron-X has a lot of components that can come into play and work similarly to that of Omnitron!

Also, Chrono Ranger has a really cool hat.

I just really can't wait until ST comes out so that all of us can start speculating with the whole community about things revealed in the game. Since I can't go into detail about certain cards, it makes it difficult to make points to the general public with no source.

So, without spoiling any of the cards, here's a theory: based on two card arts and flavor texts, I think Omnitron-X kills himself to destroy Omnitron. It's very sad. To all you N7 soldiers out there--remember what happened to Legion in ME3 on Rannoch? Kinda like that moment. All the feels.

Sounds fun, and makes sense with his base power, unless that changed.

Well, Legion doesn't "kill itself", it simplu uses it's code as a vessel. Kinda...

But I hear you about Omnitron-X. I really want to play him! And Chrono!

My favorites are indisputably NightMist and Argent Adept, but Chrono-Ranger is my third favorite to play. The sheer amount of damage he can do is downright amazing under the right circumstances. He tends to take a bit of punishment for it, but if you have someone taking damage for him he's unstoppable.

Also, to echo what they said, the game is being printed. I assure you, you WON'T be disappointed. Shattered Timelines has some of my favorite bosses. La Capitan is really fun and creative, the Dreamer is completely unique, and Iron Legacy is just hard as balls.

Argh! I can't wait 5 months! Looking forward too it so much!

Well, you won't have to.

More like 2 or 3

One of the key points used in the flavor text of one of those cards is "[Omnitron-X's] sacrifice", so that's where I got the parallel.

Also because Omnitron is a Reaper. See the flavor text of "Technological Singularity" for evidence.

Sounds cool. Looking forward to an early delivery in April, preferably March.

It's May, I thought. So, around four months.

There is some hope that this may ship on time rather than within the extended envelope >G are now aassuming for deliveries from their printers after the typhoon incident with Infernal Relics, but until that's officially confirmed then I'm assuming it's still May. If it gets into my hands earlier, then that's a bonus.

In the playtester meetup we had a couple weeks ago, I asked when we could expect it and he said late march or mid april, barring typhoons.

Or else La Capitan will loot the delivery ship and run off through time/space with the cargo!!!

(that's what villains like her do, right?)

That does seem like her kind of nefarious trick.

Damn those tricky time pirates! She probably cause that Typhoon, too! ... not sure how. She doesn't seem to have any weather powers. Maybe she bribed Akash'Bhuta or something? or maybe I should just shut up now...

Typhoons? Where are these things coming from? The Final Wasteland? ;)

Na, rifts in time/space cause natural instability - techtonic plates shift, weather systems form, and so on.

clearly, this is why no vessel with a flux capacitor installed should go above 88mph (or 141.6kph for those across the pond)

I am so excited about Shattered Timelines, I have to say the Dreamer probably intrigues me the most, for some reason I think her flip side is going to be some monster demon or something that is controlling her and you can only win on the flip side.  Also looking forward to The Scholar, the fact that he looks fairly out of shape but incredibly smart just resonates well with me. 

I also hope they don't sell out too quick, as I was unsure of how much I would like Sentinels at the time of the most recent kickstarter, I hope that I can pick up all the promos a la carte (a la Unity y Ambuscade) along with Shattered Timelines when it becomes available.  I am also hoping to snag the oversized villain cards and a couple replacement cards (damn drunk friends & my T-Rex!!!) to get my moneys worth on the shipping (I prefer FedEx over USPS any day so thank you >Games).

I am very dissappointed with >G. Why do they produce the game in China, ship it to the US, and then mail it to backers? It is clear that the best thing to do is to print it right here in my city, give me a copy...and then care about other backers. Who cares they paid more, have been longer fans, and/or provide constructive feedback? Clearly I am more important than them all!! :p

Damn, shipping day (whenever that is) can't come any slower!

Yeah, I remember when I arranged all of the cards based on flavor text( because I am insane), the heroes seem to be losing in Singularity. Badly. I haven't compared it with O-X's flavor text yet, but my prediction is all his parts in Singularity come after the parts we have allready.

Are there other cards that reference the Singularity comic besides O-X's cards?

Omnitron the villain's deck.

well, yeah. Any character's flavor text is phrased to make them look unbeatable.

Any updates/changes to the new heroes and promo heroes's HP? The last we've seen, all the new heroes are pretty weak HP wise. When is the last we've seen a 30+ HP hero?

America's Greatest Legacy, The Eternal Haka.

The image of chronoranger, fixer, nightmist,and tempest at Silver Gulch makes me want a comic for that adventure, or at least for them to be a super team