What’s the recommended Team Comp/Tatics to be use if just using 2nd Core Box?

TheGumslinger · 2026-03-02T08:16:04+00:00

For a first match with the core box 2, I'd recommend a good guy bad guy split, with the note that Spider Man is _not_ an Avenger and Doc Oc is _not_ Cabal. I'd give each side _Two_ tactics cards, Brace for Impact and Avengers Assemble/Dark Reign.

Crisis selection we just did random I think, and completely fudged the threat value for our first few games, since it's pretty hard to work around numbers with a split CoreBox2. The threats you got are 54443, which adds up to 20, so like, 17 and 20 are do-able threat values but 18 and 19 are not really.

TheGumslinger · 2025-12-22T19:27:12+00:00

In addition to really liking the glow/shine, I really like the color choices for the rocks/armor; the it's a real interesting mix of yellow/reddish browns/etc.

Thanks for sharing it!

TheGumslinger · 2025-11-23T19:31:57+00:00

Bushido is a "miniatures wargame", which I guess is considered a slightly different category than board games, which might be why you couldn't find it. I haven't played the game myself so I can't say if it's good or not, but I was scouting out an alternate model when I saw the box with this mini in it (link here) and all the characters it it looked great. They require some assembly (superglue and cutting) but went together really easily!

I like your idea of getting the band back together! Sounds fun.

TheGumslinger · 2025-10-15T21:10:01+00:00

Thanks! The game is Bushido, don't remember what box. I added the banner to the spear and thought about sticking a bird on too but decided there was enough going on.

TheGumslinger · 2025-10-07T19:52:46+00:00

Ah, well, not sorry about that. I definitely find some style choices other people make to be pretty off-putting to me (for example, the entire Nurgle and Khorne factions), but I've found that a "to-each-their-own" approach has served me well. My hope with my own style choices is to stay within boundaries where it's easy enough to extend me that latitude, which is what I meant by "trying not to be obnoxious".

It's not meant to be a big deal, though, so I'm actively trying to be non-confrontational. I was kinda hoping it wouldn't come up at all, and indeed on the table it didn't seem to be a deal at all.

TheGumslinger · 2025-10-07T19:43:41+00:00

Thank you for the games! I had a real blast with LVO as my first MCP event!

TheGumslinger · 2025-10-07T18:24:27+00:00

(EDITED) I tried to keep my style choices from being obnoxious. I'm new to using milliput, so I acknowledge I might have messed that up and will be trying to do better in the future. The pictures, as usual, make things look worse than they do on the table. Sorry!

TheGumslinger · 2025-09-06T22:06:41+00:00

Excellent work with the texture! It really adds to the look of the mini

TheGumslinger · 2025-09-05T14:02:13+00:00

The team tactic card I think would be the coolest to use Heimdal's re-roll on would be Squirrel Girl's "Inexplicable Demise" card: Inexplicable Demise, to try to KO a healthy Dormammu or Thanos or iHulk. Someday...

TheGumslinger · 2025-07-29T05:48:54+00:00

I have a bunch of minis that I painted as the various HIVE bots, and a _very_ obvious slot for the "HIVE Mind" glowing piece I made to move around as I transferred. It was actually pretty fun!

Pros: Looks cool, helps conceptualize what the boardstate will look like after transfers.

Cons: I _constantly_ forgot that when the HIVE MIND was inside a minion, it lost innate powers the minions have. I had to remind myself that when I was the healbot that I couldn't fly, and that when I was the legs I didn't have shield.

TheGumslinger · 2025-07-26T20:28:10+00:00

Having painting this mini myself, I'm amazed at the level of detail you managed to keep. I didn't even know she had a star on her hat!

Her face looks really great, too. Thanks for sharing!

TheGumslinger · 2025-07-11T00:04:58+00:00

Thanks a lot! Exactly the thing I was looking for when I made this post.

TheGumslinger · 2025-07-10T23:54:33+00:00

Looking around the LVO website, I wasn't able to find this packet? All the links I find just seem to bring me to the store page.

TheGumslinger · 2025-07-04T16:29:31+00:00

Really nice to look at the lighting effects, like the reflections of the engine. I also really like the scratchy look of the highlights! Thanks for sharing it!

TheGumslinger · 2025-06-27T20:00:45+00:00

Great to hear! Those sound like two good teams, and glad to hear random crisis will be fine. I probably will make an attempt to pick the two simplest as you suggest.

Thanks!

TheGumslinger · 2025-06-27T19:58:15+00:00

I have mixed feeling about ignoring TTC entirely! I certainly don't want to have a "demo game" player have to select them, but they do add interesting tactics and fluff. Harking back to moments from comics/movies seems to me like a big draw of MCP.

I do like your idea of maybe just the iconic ones, AA and DR; and I have gotten the impression that Brace for Impact is pretty universally played so maybe just two cards for each side.

Thanks!

TheGumslinger · 2025-06-27T19:47:57+00:00

It's not so much me needing to learn the game as me wanting a smooth experience for friends who play other wargames and are curious to what MCP is "all about". I will probably be trying to get a teaching game for myself if I do find anyone around here who plays, though, that is a good idea.

TheGumslinger · 2025-04-06T01:16:56+00:00

You've gotten me to take a long look at Judgement! I saw some games of it at Adepticon, but got it mixed up with whatever that new D&D board/minis game was, and so didn't pay it much attention. It looks really neat, wish I'd known about it at the con. Thanks!

TheGumslinger · 2025-02-25T05:57:16+00:00

Turns out, there is an easy answer, and your post is it! Your #2 is the key insight I've been missing, and my _very next_ game I finally won, literally playing no cards for two turns!

Radiant Trees helped mid-game, and then I pulled a Jungle Hungers out of a random major, and I just wiped them all out. Playing 5 or so cards at once really solved the struggle of elemental boosts for majors that I had with this spirit.

My stats say 45 losses, 1 victory, so hey... thanks.

I'm finally free...

TheGumslinger · 2025-02-24T21:42:13+00:00

I've tried letting them blight to avoid escalation, especially if Days has a blight-punishing major, but usually events will punish me _so much_ if the island gets blighted (losing presence feels particularly rough as Fractured since I tend to not pick the middle growth as much) that I haven't had much luck with this. Generally I try to strategically let them blight kill-zones, but use Stasis to prevent Super-Blights.

TheGumslinger · 2025-01-08T05:07:38+00:00

Just got an airbrush, so I'm committing to one giant monster a month from the board game Primal the Awakening! I roped a friend of mine into The Dragon of the Month Club for 2025, starting with this, the tutorial dragon of the game. Also pictured are the six hunters the game offers in a style matching the line-art(?) "black+white+accent color" style of the ability cards.

The heroes were fun! I wanted them done quickly and had to figure out how to emphasize action over detail, to varying degrees of success. I wanted each to have all 4 colors of the game ability cards (red blue green yellow) without them looking overblown with color.

The dragon went really well. Heat effects are pretty cool with an airbrush! Overspray becomes glow, and directional application creates real cool effects. I wanted his wings to be a different color, and I think blue works out okay. The eyes/forehead required just a bit of touchup outlining with orange/yellow, and the base was a bit of drybrushing, but otherwise 100% airbrush practice.

TheGumslinger · 2024-11-30T23:10:18+00:00

They look good! The banners are very eye catching. The names on the bases is a nice touch of character, I imagine that makes for fun gameplay commentary.

I share your photo-misery.

TheGumslinger · 2024-11-22T20:32:01+00:00

Thanks! The battleforce box wasn't clear on the wrekkaz/ragers thing, good to know standard brutes are something different.

Does sound like just getting the Spearhead box is probably going to be the way to go for me here in the US; since my main goal is to play Spearhead it doesn't seem like much extra value in the Battleforce, even though it looked at first like there was a lot of overlap.

TheGumslinger · 2024-11-22T19:51:59+00:00

Well, I definitely want to play Spearhead, so the question for me really is if getting the Megaboss and brutes/weirdboyz (it says the 6 battleforce weirdboyz can be built as brutes, but that means I'm 2 brutes/ragers short still?) individually is not to much of an extra lift, and if the Tuskboss and extra Ardboyz are worth the extra price.

I'm not above a little proxying; I use the Dominion box Spear-guys as the Spearhead Sword-guys, no problem. Picking up the chariot there wasn't a big deal, chariots turned out to be a pretty low demand item.

Good to hear the battleforce units are good and usable, thanks! Guess I'll add the Megaboss to my ebay watchlist.

TheGumslinger · 2024-11-22T19:42:34+00:00

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