Choosing Back Ups

[ryano23277]

Just want to clarify how back ups can be selected.

This is how I pick them.

Each player picks their team. The person that had first pick for their team gets the first pick for back ups.

If their was only 1 figure that can be bought into play via a back up SP, once that players is picked I cease worrying about back ups.

If player A has 3 figures that can bring back ups into play (ie: Super Optimus, Megatron & Skyblast) then I allow Player B to have a chance to not let Player A get all the back ups that can transform( or however they come into play). If player B is not smart enough to do that then that is his fault.

[ionicdesign]

Sounds like a fine way to do it. When your teams aren't being picked from a collective pool then the backups are usually up to 50 points for a 100 point game.

For non-tournament games, just having fun with my family, we like to just have any backup that could be played available. It isn't within the rules, but we figure you don't get to bring in back-ups too often so why not.

[ryano23277]

Thanks for the reply.

[Draaka]

We just use what ever we have in our collections.

[Cona Chris]

ionicdesign said:

Sounds like a fine way to do it. When your teams aren't being picked from a collective pool then the backups are usually up to 50 points for a 100 point game.

For non-tournament games, just having fun with my family, we like to just have any backup that could be played available. It isn't within the rules, but we figure you don't get to bring in back-ups too often so why not.

I wish that the formal tournament rules would be like this... Basically, recruiting a back-up is like rescue, only you bring in a new figure. The ratios for recruit coming up are usually pretty low compared to say recover, so I don't think it would cause competetive imbalance or anything like that.

[InvaderJes]

My wife and I like to choose our back ups based on the color schemes of our main force. I like to go analagous usually, but my wife is strictly complentary.

[hulkman1023]

we usualy dont worry about back-ups