What I played:

• NFAOS056 Nick Fury
• EW027 Superman 
• WKM-R001 Supreme Intelligence ( On Superman)
• NFAOSNFID-007 S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 7 (calling in another Nick Fury)
• XXSXID-006 All-New Wolverine (calling in All-New Wolverine)

I thought my two character spy team was pretty meta. The Supreme intelligence got clicked to click 2 granting Superman full dial Stealth and Willpower and purposely never moved past that point. So both Characters had stealth and the ability see through hindering terrain. Additionally Superman got Shape Change and Super Senses on his first click until making his first attack. I envisioned Nick taking shots and Superman Flying him away as the opponent closed in.  Additionally the team was only two figures so the opponent couldn’t just KO one little figure like a retaliator and run away from me the rest of the game.

I expected to face Uni-mind, Shredders, and this PJ Bolin team where ADW chase cap rides around with General Lane, Beta Ray Bill, and Overdrive. Against the Uni-mind I could see through his stealth if he chose it and use the Watcher Eye to cancel on of his powers (including Perplex). Against Shredders I was going to lean heavily on the invincible, Stealthy, Hypersonic Superman. The Shredders would have been hard pressed to damage him. Against the PJ Bolin Team I was hoping to use Hypersonic Superman or the All-new Wolverine call in to Damage beta Ray Bill. Once that figure takes a single click of damage the whole team is exposed.

Round 1 –

Versus:

• TMTG006R Mangog
• NFAOS059B Nighthawk
• JW066 Bizarro Green Arrow
• TMTG001P Surtur
• I forget the other 10 points of his team

I didn’t know how long Mangog’s Dial was and with the support characters he had with him I judged (correctly) that I wasn’t going to stop him from pulling the Odin Sword. Instead I KOed everything except Mangog and the Bizzaro Green Arrow He was carrying and got my team to a stealth patch hidden in the middle of the map. I was able to finish off Bizzaro Green Arrow, but then his Mangog landed some nice shots on Superman (who thankfully has 8 clicks) with Giant reach before time was called. I missed a bunch of rolls that game, but still got the win. Had the game gone longer I am not sure who would have won, but time was called and he only scored 8 points worth of ID cards.

Round 2 –

Versus:

• SMWW028 General Lane
• SFSM029 Overdrive
• ADW069 Captain America
• TMT063E Beta Ray Bill
• JLA Teleporter and 5 cards.
• (PJ Bolin designed team, but not played by the actual PJ Bolin)

I started of with a positioning mistake and he made me pay for it. I went behind blocking instead of staying in stealth. He moved up overdrive, had Cap use outwit and put his damage to 3 with enhancement and attack to 12 with perplex. I still got Shape Change and Super Senses with Superman so the odds were in my favor that this attack would fail. He hits his attack roll easily and I miss both of mine. Superman loses Hypersonic and the opponent’s whole team is sidestepped backwards by Overdrive so that I am out of range for ranged attacks. He is just close enough that I can use Superman to call in All-New Wolverine and send the Jonathan token after Beta Ray Bill. Even after the perplex from Wolverine and a Probability control reroll from Nick I can’t get a seven. He stays there an additional turn so that Overdrive isn’t taking pushing damage. I get two more chances with Jonathan. Both miss. Superman has to clear and Nick can’t see to get a shot because of Beta Ray Bill. The next turn he KOs Superman and I don’t get to make any more attacks that game. Kind of a bummer to lose to a team I knew I would see that day.

Round 3 –

Versus:

• TMT056E Maestro
• UND002 Dr. Frankenstein
• JW066 Bizarro Green Arrow
• TMTG004P Carnage
• WKM-R001 Supreme Intelligence (on Frankenstein)
• TMTS001 Bloodaxe (On Hulk)
• WFWFID-004 Green Arrow (elseworlds Green Arrow)
• Boxing Ring

The match was a stalemate for most of the time. We couldn’t really see a good way to approach each other.  I had Nick take some pot shots against his team, but Bizzarro was adjacent to everyone and Dr. Frankenstein was easily healing the damage as a free action. I finally decided to try to rope him in. I landed Superman 8 squares away from his team in stealth knowing that he would summon Elseworlds Green Arrow and target Superman. I figured my Shape Change and Super Senses combo had to work this time. The next turn played out like I thought except that again I missed my rolls and he hit his roll. Superman took 5, but he’s still 8 squares away in stealth. On my next turn I stupidly took a shot with Nick (hitting) and cleared Superman’s action tokens instead of just running. It was stupid because of course the damage was healed with a free action and now Carnage could come after a wounded Superman. Unfortunately, I hadn’t realized that the Supreme Intelligence was there to grant Dr. Frankenstein Side Step and TK or I could stopped that with a free action from Nick. He sent a 12 attack Maestro with Flurry at Superman and that was it for him. Nick Fury actually put up a good fight, but the healing from the Bloodaxe and the retaliation from carnage was too much for him.

After that I dropped and took my lousy rolls to a battle royale. I missed literally every attack, took fourth, and still walked away happy with an Earth X Cap and SR Venus De Milo.

What would I change if I had to do it again? I liked my team. With better rolls and better placement in game two things could have gone different. Knowing the dial for Bizzaro Green arrow would help too. I think game three I was at a disadvantage, but against most teams there I had a relatively good matchup. I would have liked to have faced the shredders team that I heard eventually won. My two characters work well together and I would run them again.