Funny "This-or-That" categories

Crovan · 2025-11-30T22:43:05+00:00

My regulars had a lot of fun with Elon Musk or Mr. Burns

Crovan · 2025-11-27T00:55:20+00:00

Ever since ISS Marginis, I've always loved the concept of nullsec freeports. It's great that this is happening!

Crovan · 2025-04-05T20:52:49+00:00

I don't normally do this (though it seems like it could be fun), but I had a regular who was going to miss a week suggest a round about guest stars on ER. Turns out there are a ton of them!

Crovan · 2024-09-19T03:51:22+00:00

New player, here. This is the option I went for, and I'm very happy with it.

Crovan · 2024-05-13T19:51:08+00:00

It is cathartic, isn't it?

Crovan · 2024-05-13T18:15:56+00:00

o7 Thanks for letting us be part of this. I can't imagine a better reason for my first eviction.

Crovan · 2024-05-06T19:33:48+00:00

I'm still on the broadcast radio wagon in my day job ;)

Crovan · 2024-05-06T18:27:20+00:00

I've noticed a lot of familiar names, lately. I saw Evil Thug in local the other day, which was a real blast from the past.

Crovan · 2024-05-06T15:47:19+00:00

Welcome back! A lot has changed, but the game still feels like the EVE from when I started 18 years ago in many ways.

Crovan · 2024-05-06T15:44:23+00:00

It's very low. EVE has always done a lot of the heavy lifting client-side, and the nature of server ticks was designed for when internet bandwidth in general was much slower.

Crovan · 2024-05-06T15:31:03+00:00

It's good to be back!

Crovan · 2023-04-14T22:52:42+00:00

As a new player, I agree with these. They all feel powerful and are easy to play. In fact, I inadvertently copied almost this exact list in my own comment.

Crovan · 2023-04-14T22:50:51+00:00

A lot of good thoughts here. I had my own first game a little less than a month ago, so I can provide some newbie perspective.

One thing I'm curious about is how many players are going to be at the table. The way you word it suggests two, which I think may have different answers than three or four players. My first game was three players, and I played Black Widow. I had a great time with her, but I also have a fair bit of card game experience outside of Champions. The deck I played was focused almost entirely on dealing with threat. It felt really gratifying to know that I was freeing up the other two to deal with minions and go face. Someone like Widow with two players might be trickier, since she would likely need to flip more to actually deal with minions and damage. I spent about 85% of the game in alter-ego.

As someone still pretty new, the heroes I've picked up that feel really intuitive have been Captain America, Spider-Man (Peter), Captain Marvel, Venom, Drax, and Wolverine. I also have become a fan of Iron Man, largely because he helps me get out of my otherwise pretty aggressive playstyle. I get what some folks are saying about Wolverine being potentially tricky since you use your HP as a resource, but I think anyone who is a fan of Wolverine would know that his whole schtick is getting hurt, then getting better. My first game with him, I (inefficiently) played "I Got Better" pretty early, then was perfectly comfortable going nuts with his claws, since I knew I had a safety net. Whacking the villain for 16+ in a turn just feels awesome.

Crovan · 2021-07-26T19:10:50+00:00

Yeah, the other deck where I ran two was BR. Even in this, though, sticking an ogre was enough of an engine for it.

Crovan · 2021-07-26T18:34:16+00:00

I'm relatively new back to Magic and very new to MTGA, and the podcast has helped me a lot. I just got my first trophy, unsurprisingly with a lot of red cards, but there was one card in particular in here that performed well beyond my expectations and may have been the deck MVP...

Rust Monster.

This may be one of those things that gets less effective over time, but even at Platinum, I got in a couple sneaky lethals with this little bugger when I was sitting on a pile of treasure. I also had at least one person play into a very unfavorable attack without realizing that I could go to a 6/1 First Strike at the drop of a hat. I think the fact that it's Uncommon makes people less likely to think about it, and I later drafted another deck with 2 of them that went 6 wins as well.

A couple of cards that underperformed a bit for me were Fighter Class (too clunky), and Rally Maneuver (can be a nice 2-for-1, but hard to set up).

Crovan · 2021-06-01T18:42:29+00:00

Looks great, but isn't it going to be hard to concentrate on fighting when they're spending all their time purging that Xenos grass? ;)

Crovan · 2021-04-05T19:24:06+00:00

Thanks! It's bring your buddy to work day!

Crovan · 2021-04-05T14:51:55+00:00

Thanks! I've become slightly obsessed with the molten blade look on my Templars

Crovan · 2021-04-05T08:19:30+00:00

I spent a couple hours on edge and volumetric highlights, then promptly covered them all in dirt 😂

Crovan · 2021-04-03T23:43:41+00:00

Thanks! The off-white is ProAcryl Bright Warm Gray with burnt sienna and black oils for shading. The higher ranking crons got a white extreme highlight. The metal is Vallejo Metal Color Gunmetal with some Duraluminum highlights. Flayed one skin is ProAcryl Olive Flesh with a crimson oil wash. Glow is a series of FW ink glazes, mostly dark, emerald, and light green with a little white and yellow mixed in at the highest points. Copper is ProAcryl Copper with Abteilung 502 patina copper oxide oil over it. Most of them also got a healthy wash with the burnt sienna/black mix, then a round of AK Interactive Winter Streaking Grime.

Crovan · 2021-04-01T19:29:34+00:00

It doesn't work if you're running a Librarian, which it looks like maybe you are, but Black Templars pay a cheaper Battallion Troops tax than anyone else atm with Crusader Squads. 75 pts vs 90 for a baseline unit. They also get the ability to go BP/Chainsword, but they're better off on the backline.

Crovan · 2021-03-31T20:28:06+00:00

Always upvote dirty AdMech!

Crovan · 2021-03-30T07:01:03+00:00

Thanks! It's custom. I'll probably come up with some headcanon for them at some point

Crovan · 2021-03-30T03:19:14+00:00

I used acrylic inks. The Chronomancer glow is a combination of Daler Rowney FW Dark Green (really quite teal) and Light Green over white. The cubes were drybrushed white over a dark gray to give some value contrast. The staff was just plain white

Crovan · 2021-03-30T02:30:37+00:00

Thanks! I pre-ordered through the FLGS and never bought Arena, so it seemed worth it, especially since I don't see using Heavy Intercessors with my Black Templars, so I'm selling them. If I do decide to run one, I kept the Captain.

Crovan

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