Ultimate Transformers Hero Challenge

[thecasualoblivion]

In honor of the 100pt squad building challenge over on the Star Wars Attacktix section, I'm bringing my own challenge here. This challenge will be 200pt teams based on Transformers in my collection. Star Wars Attacktix will still be involved, since I have them and its good to know how they work with Transformers, but all times will include and most likely feature Transformers.

Here are the general rules of the challenge:

1. Teams will be based around a single(or group) of figures in my collection. Board members will chose their own figure to sponsor, and they will have that figure as their team leader for the challenge.
2. Teams will be 200pts. 200pts lets you do more.
3. All teams will include and feature Transformers. My Transformers Attacktix outnumber my Star Wars Attacktix by more than two to one, so this is almost necessary. I also really don't play games without including Transformers anyway.
4. I will be proxy-ing figures heavily. Just because a figure is someone's team leader doesn't mean it won't be on other teams, and if I don't have enough for both teams, I'll have to proxy.
5. I am a fairly good shot. Shooters will work well.
6. I'm not really good at getting multiple hits with strikers. Yodabreakers style of play didn't really seem fun to me, so I don't plan on practicing it anymore either. I am still good enough to get kills at nearly 100% success rate with strikers, and I'm a master of Battle Ravage.
7. I'm not really big on using formations. I almost always use formations to advance strikers across the table. I occasionally use formations for other reasons. The majority of the time though I usually don't do anything more than hide figures I want to protect a few tix behind more solid or expendible figures.
8. To get a better feel for what figures can do, the tournament will be a few rounds of swiss format(magic: the gathering tournament veterans will understand this). Losing does not eliminate a team from playing, but one or more losses will likely eliminate a team from winning.
9. I may get new figures as this progresses, and I may update teams as time goes by.
10. **NEW** the playing surface will be a 3x3 card table
11. **NEW** House Rule: Transformed figures replace the dying figure where it fell(this makes a BIG difference for Skyblast!)

The guidelines for entering:

1. I'll give you guys until friday to sign up. I'll then put the names in random order to draft the figure for your team leader which the team will be built around.
2. If you don't feel you'll be around to pick your leader, PM me with a list of figure's you'd prefer in order, and when it comes to your turn, I'll give you the top figure on the list.
3. People signing up late after Friday can pick a figure from what is left on a first come, first served basis.
4. If you have some input on what you think the team should be, PM me and I'll take your advice into account when I pick the team.
5. Feel free to choose a figure you don't think can win, just to see how it does. Like how would a Crumplezone/Ransack team do, or a team based on Dirtboss.

Here are the figure or team of figures available to head teams:

Minicon and Omnicon
Rodimus
Battle Ravage
Starscream
Excellion
Landmine
Scorponok
Ransack and Crumplezone
Overhaul
Dirtboss
Skyblast(both modes)
Super Optimus Prime(all versions)
Megatron(all versions)
S4 Darth Vader
S4 starter Han Solo
Endor Han Solo
S4 starter Boba Fett/Bounty Hunters
Ewoks
S2 starter Obi-Wan
General Grievous launcher
Jedi Knight
Yoda

This list does fail to include some quality figures, that either I don't feel are team centerpieces, or I don't have the figures to support. Examples would be Grand Moff Tarkin(don't have AT-ST drivers) or Kit Fisto(a support figure, not a centerpiece). Feel free to suggest a figure that needs to be on the list.


Any questions or stuff I haven't explained, let me know. Feel free to sign up, and we'll start Friday.

[grievous]

I'm in. Will be interesting to see how this style of challenge turns out.

[Phoenix]

i'm in as well

[thecasualoblivion]

I wrote this up quick during my lunch break, I left out two things, which I have since added to the main post:

10. **NEW** the playing surface will be a 3x3 card table
11. **NEW** House Rule: Transformed figures replace the dying figure where it fell(this makes a BIG difference for Skyblast!)


Need more people, help out guys!