Thanks for the revies Azs. My only worry is that you have posted them a little early as the marquee is still a few weeks away and the posts might get knocked off the front page before then when they are needed most.

Excellent article, as usual.

There are a couple uses for Madness you forgot about, though.

1. To punish the lucky

2. To laugh at users of loaded dice

3. To scream “Up is down, black is white – Say good-bye to Bizarro World, Greg!” Cackle maniacally here.

I love that they included L-RON. He’s the man. Er, cybernetic life form.

I really like reading the marquee primers, even though there are never any official tournaments in my area. Thanks, azs! *gives cheesy grin to nearest camera*

guys the 1 pt pogs stats are

movement 4
attack 5
defense 7
damage 0

I would not be to worried about it.

aha!

but there WAS a pre-release.

sure; just barley, but the fun we had at Dragon*Con can attest to it.

I pulled a Lex Luthor in a Battle Royale, and he won it for me. A bit pricey for a regular sealed event, but so sweet.

I pulled a Flash in the 300 point sealed event, but lost to the cheese: sahll I tell you what to look out for? Superman, Darkseid & Raven. If someone gets their hands on all three in their draw; watch out people! The last two teams I fought consited of these peices and I went from third to nowhere in two rounds. the Superman TA running shot while carriing a Raven for PC & Barrier is just stupid. Stupidly brutal.

I Had alot of fun though.

so never say never: sometimes its unannounced!

Actually, I thought I was agreeing with your review. BT, Unstoppable, Submerged, Slippery and Siphon Power are rarely if ever usable in Icons sealed. Darkness within... maybe with Darkseid, Aquaman or Cheetah. But yes, Sidekick, Swingline and Divebomb are all definitely usable. So generally speaking, I would say only about 1/3 of the feats will be used in sealed.

There are 3 BFC's (one of which is OD), 9 feats (only 3 of which are likely to be used in sealed) and 6 pogs. I suppose the set was designed not with sealed in mind. I'm not complaining, just surprised. I might mix in some FF boosters for the task, but I've really bought my fill of that expansion.

On the collecting end, I would have rather seen fewer pogs and more BFC's, but even if I only pull pogs I won't complain because I like any cardboard insert rather than none.

I am also very surprised to see the 1 pt pog and anticipate the aforementioned Suicide Squad abuse. I'm not terribly worried about meat shield abuse, though I expect she'll be the fare for many speedy taxis so they can maximize the returning rule of btb tie-up. (Though I am really glad to see btb back!)

Just expressing my druthers.

The One point Pog

There should never be another 299 or 399 point team again!

Hey, as far as I'm concerned, any one who was able to buy Icons Wednesday instead of having to wait until Thursday got a pre-release.

Not much of a ruling as its clearly stated in the rules. As Lealu pointed out - FTI applies to a figure's starting position. It never had anything to do with the first 2 rows on the map.

After all, Galactus was protected by FTI and he starts outside those first 2 rows...

I actually cheered when I saw her point cost! I can't tell you how many times situations like those you've desribed have happened, to me...

Um...they aren't mimicking this game after Mech Warrior so there is no 'homework' to do...yeah some things may be similiar but they are both miniature games so of course some things will be the same but we don't need to look at MW and go "oh let's make it the exact same in heroclix"

I'm glad Infilitrated characters still have first-turn immunity, otherwise it would be nearly useless to put them out there in the first place since so many characters have uber range these days and would be able to smack them in the face before you got a chance to do anything...

Great last part of the review, azs! I think Darkness Within also has a place with Regenners...I'd love to pull Starfire/Blackfire Darkness Within and a Raven...it would be a tag team with alot of options and would be fun to play.

Madness and Infiltration come in the starter, and as far as I've seen, ONLY in the starter, so you won't be seeing those in the marquee.

I too am mad about submerged...I can see it though for Superman (the character because of the X-Ray vision, but on the other hand, this game isn't totally comic correct is it?)

I think the 1 point pog is funny!!! But it will be just as much of a hinderence as a help.

Beating up the 1 point little girl, isn't that child abuse!!?????

In Galactus' defense, when you played him on a force your starting area actually grew out to three so you could play him. Therefore, he was still in your starting area, your starting area was just bigger now.

I still think it should be for figs in the starting area. I'm not even to keen on a player moving out with a fig to pick up an object lets say and then moving back to where they were to regain the immunity. Little loopholes like that I though is what they where hoping to get rid of with rules clarifications.

Hmm I never thought that was legal...I thought first turn immunity only applied if a character also hadn't taken an action yet. I think that is the way it should be....but I also think Infiltrated characters should have immunity in their starting position out on the field, otherwise it would be too dangerous to put your character out their most of the time.

[QUOTE/] Great last part of the review, azs! I think Darkness Within also has a place with Regenners...I'd love to pull Starfire/Blackfire Darkness Within and a Raven...it would be a tag team with alot of options and would be fun to play.[/quote]

or the Superman/Raven draw