POWER LEGION – Playtest #2

Almost two months ago I volunteered to help out with the play-testing of Power Legion – a new Super Hero game from Ganesha Games using the ever popular Song of Blades and Heroes game engine…  

You can see the first play test we did here: POWER LEGION – Playtest #1

I have to admit I’m feeling just a little bad about not getting more play-tests in before this but May/June are just crazy around here… So last weekend I was DETERMINED to get another game in… and I did (despite that fact that we had Karate grading in the morning and then we had to ride to the other end of town to get to the the Dragon’s Den for Free RPG Day… and then get groceries… and get to the library to return some books… did I mention it was pouring rain all day…?) So I only had an hour or so to come up with some new heroes to try out… and then our friend arrived early… and we got started late… and then I had another insanely busy week… but that’s all over now… we played a game and her, finally, is the report!

(Whew!)

River City, 23 June 2014

SITUATION

Members of the League of Bad Evildoers, recently busted out of the Prince Albert Penitentiary and looking for payback from the River City Super Squadron that put them there orchestrated a bank robbery that they knew would draw the member of the Super Hero team which the Evildoers could then ambush.

SCENARIO

Another straight up slugfest, more or less…

FORCES

River City Super Squadron

Superfastgirl (Marin)

M d6, A d8, S d6, K d6

Superspeed d8

Super Energy Man (Christian)

Md8, Ad8, S d8, K d8

Flight d10, Armour d8, Ranged Weapon (energy blast) d8, Combat Computer

Hell Girl (Keira)

M d6, A d8, S d8, K d10

Lethal HTH attack D8, Armour (vs. Fire) d10, Luck, Toughness

River City PD SWAT Officer

M d4, A d4, S d6, K d4

Rifle (Ranged Attack d8), Marksman d6, Armour d6, Normal

2x River City PD Patrol Officer

M d4, A d4, S d6, K d4

Pistol (Ranged Attack d6), Marksman d6, Normal

League of Bad Evildoers

The Sinister Dr. Flame (Finnegan)

M d10, A d8, S d6, K d6

Fire Generation d10, Leadership d8, Intimidation d10, Strong Will d10

Dim Shadow (Maeve)

M d6, A d10, S d8, K d6

Teleport d10, Lethal HTH Attack d10, Stealth d10, Loner, Backstab

Punchy Brewster (Amanda)

M d6, A d8, S d8, K d8

Flying Kick, Marital Arts d12, Acrobat d10

3x Bank Robbers

M d4, A d4, S d6, K d4

Rifle (Ranged Attack d8), Marksman d6, Normal

THE GAME

(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)

The two teams set up at the opposite ends of the street while the Police and the Bank Robbers face off at the intersection.

TURN ONE

Dim Shadow kicked things off by teleporting to the polics station and ambushing the SWAT Officer easily taking him down!

The Sinister Dr. Flame ran up the street to join the Bank Robbers exiting the main branch of the River City Credit Union. (Yeah, it might seem those bank robbers were a bit dim to rob a bank right across the street from the River City Police Department HQ…. but remember this was all just a set-up to draw in the River City Super Squadron!)

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On the Heroes end of the turn Super Engery Man flew to the top of the Wales Theatre…. Aaaaaaaand then Superfasatgirl rolled a turn over…

TURN TWO

The sinister Dr. Flame and the Bank Robbers all blasted away at Super Energy Man on top of the Wales Theatre… but did absoloutely nothing to him (thanks to d8 armour!)

Punch Brewster ran up the street while Dim Shadow took down another cop.

When it was the Heroes turn the remaining River City Police Officer on the scene stepped up and attacked Dim Shadow and was KOed for all his efforts…

Superfastgirl rocketed up the street and tried to slam into Punchy Brewster and got knocked down in the process, got up and did a power attack with her remaining actions but failed to do anything (I think Punchy actually hit Superfastgirl, but failed to do any damage to her…)

Super Energy Man unleashed a blast of raw Energy Power at The Sinister Dr. Flame staggering him! Then Super Energy Man flew away to the top of the River City Credit Union.

TURN THREE

Dim Shadow teleported to the top of the River City Credit Union and attacked Super Energy Man… hitting him…. but not really doing anything (d8 armour, yo! Should have made Dim Shadow’s knives armour piercing…)… and then she teleported away before she got her but kicked off that roof!

The Sinister Dr. Flame did not fall unconscious (being “staggered” he had to test every turn for KO). He and the Bank Robbers decided to hightail it out of there before they did end up KOed and were forced to be an objective in a supervillain breakout scenario next game (although, that might have been fun too!?)

Hell Girl ran up the street some more…

On the Heroes turn Super Energy Man flew down to join in the fight between Punchy Brewster and Superfastgirl… but nothing happened (probably punchy hit Super Energy Man, but couldn’t do anything to his awesome d8 armour/d8 Knockout). Superfastgirl also took a swing at Punchy and again with Punchy’s awesome d12 martial arts it was Superfast girl that got hit and was KOed for her efforts!

TURN FOUR

Dim Shadow teleported into  the melee between Puchy Brewster and Super Energy Man (and the unconscious Superfastgirl) hitting Super Energy Man (again) and doing nothing to him (again). Punchy then rolled a Turn Over.

Oh, and The Sinister Dr. Flame succumbed to his injuries and was KOed. I guess we WILL be having a super villain break out next game! 

On the Heores turn Super Energy Man flew away from Punchy and Dim Shadow to pick up Hell Girl (who was still running down the street) hoping to try a team maneuver next turn

TURN FIVE

The Bank Robbers ran back towards the action – I guess finally seeing that Superfastgirl was down…? Dim Shadow teleported way out of the action – not wanting to be the target of what she knew was coming next…

Super Energy Man Picked up Hell Girl and delivered a “Dive Bomb” attack on Punchy Brewster… I’m pretty sure Hell Girl missed - with Punchy’s awesome Martial Arts she probably did some crazy Aikido side step and HG piled into the ground. Hell Girl apparently survived the fall.

TURN SIX

I guess it was getting late and I stopped taking pictures… one both ends of the turn Punchy and Hell Girl hammered on each other – both times Punchy hit Hell Girl, but was unable to actually damage her. So they stood there. Hammering on each other.

Super Energy Man flew down the street to seek out Dim Shadow and delivered a mighty Energy Blast with KOed the Dim Shadow.

At that point we called it.

Again – a great game… took a little longer than I imagine it should – but mostly because I spent a lot of time looking things up to try and remind myself of how a few things worked.  Once I get it in my head it will be a lot quicker.

Coming soon on Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog:

Hopefully now that all the crazy has subsided and all the kids activities are done for the summer we’ll get some more Power Legion play tests in SOON – though we’ve also been thinking it’s time we gave Of Gods and Mortals a try… and A Fistful of Kung Fu – Hong Kong Movie Wargame Rules… So many games, so little time...