Vol 5 - Morlock Siege Expert/Standard III vs Iceman Precon (Live Play with Cards)

[@LexiconLeidun]

Nice one! Thanks for setting up and doing the live plays. I agree with BGL that his pre-con is a bit expensive. Once he builds up, he often has the money for some expensive cards - it's just hard in solo with his low thwart to take the time to build a lot.

[@Rey_Plays_Games]

Love all your material obviously, ...but I EXTRA love the live playthroughs!! Something about watching a live game - the shuffling, the sounds of cards hitting the table...nothing sweeter!! Im loving Iceman too! I never really play precon decks, but its always interesting to see how they fare....thanks for the awesome video!!

[@criticalencounterspod]

Thanks! Might I suggest you always play a pre-con a tleast once. Open that pack, put it on the table and play it once against your favorite scenario. You see what the designers had in mind, and its a good challenge too. Then deck build from there. There are many people out there that only play pre-cons or use pre-cons a lot, you'd be surprised. Its a fun way to interact with the game.

[@Rey_Plays_Games]

@criticalencounterspod You convinced me! I might try that for Jubilee or Nightcrawler ....I think I did it for Domino and just found some of the reskinned cards (is it Even the Odds..? The justice card - remove 1 threat off each side scheme ...deal 1 damage to villain etc) superfluous in the deck... Also, with the Iceman precon for instance...I'd only put one copy of Team Building in the deck, so for me the two other copies could be replaced with better cards.... A big part of the enjoyment for me is the deck construction...but I'll play a few more precons with the coming releases because I like the idea you can see what the designers have crafted for that hero...!:)...and it would give an extra challenge, playing the precon....(sometimes the scenarios are challenging enough! Haha) Would love to see more live playthroughs from CE!:)

[@criticalencounterspod]

@@Rey_Plays_Games Yeah the Pre-cons are not the best optimized decks but they provide a good interaction with the game for a game or two, then its time to deck build. We will try and keep the live plays coming, its too bad its so hard to record multiplayer games live.

[@Rey_Plays_Games]

@criticalencounterspod yeah it's such a shame it's hard get multi play with live cards...I've seen some other channels basically cast their tables in sync...but then you need someone controlling the encounter deck ....I'm currently on a quest to learn how to play Cyclops and pilot him well....I'll look at his precon deck and see if it gives some clues as to hos overall design!:)

[@criticalencounterspod]

@@Rey_Plays_Games We play plenty of MP games here, but I don't have the equipment to film the whole table, etc. We need more of that sweet sweet Pateron money to ever think of doing that! :) Or perhaps some Break'in and Tak'in

[@boardgamelawyer]

Really love your live card setup. Super easy to follow along. And the card images on the screen help out a ton. I also like that you feature the precon. The raw card shuffling kinda triggers my OCD. I was struggling with tempo when playing with his precon because of how expensive his deck is. I had to go with a 43 card deck by tossing in Energy, Genius, and Strength just to try and get a tiny bit more economy. I do have a question: was there something that caused you to begin the game with extra threat on the main scheme? I feel like I missed something there. Good Game! Please keep making these. Super fun to watch.

[@criticalencounterspod]

Thanks! Hmmm, why did it start with 3 threat? I think I read 3 Knock Counters and that number was stuck in my head....wait a minute, who was that bald guy in a wheel chair that just rolled out of the room? Professor X must have messed with my mind and FORCED the number 3 to be in my mind so I started with too much threat! LOL

[@boardgamelawyer]

@criticalencounterspod That Guy! Always always sticking his mind where it doesn't belong.