So last night was doubles night.
Me and my best friend Phill played in the Golden Age Legend doubles tournement over in loughborough, with us we took Multiple Man and Captain America. We drove down with Chewitt and Rob who were taking Punisher and Kang.
So we get there I manage to get 2 SRA’s putting my total up to … 2, but only two to go.
So we go into game one. Against Scott and Dave(Bungo_Underhill). My partner Phill says “So, how does this doubles work?”
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There is about a minute of silence.
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I had thought we had played a few games of with him. Turns out, not so much.
Damn it! Turn one Boris and SHIELD Agent Hits play. In testing we were weak against rush, because we couldn’t build up a sufficient enough board to be able to do out thing. Dave goes on to play nothing until turn 4, where as Scott plays a few more Agents, Cape Killers and of course Squirrel Girl. Turn 5 an Dave plays Abra Kadabra… Ah…DIG, though I don’t worry as we pounded him for 30+ endurance on turn 4. Turn 6 and Phill has his Captain America building up a surprising amount of concealed characters, Dreadnought tank seriously decreases out board, and doom Pystically Paralyses Nightcrawler. Grr. Well, it’s to be expected. A Legendary battles later, and quicksilver clears up with the help of lots of Multiple Men.
1-0, and since I was expecting reign and MP to ruin my day, we did surprisingly well.
Game 2. This time we are at a disadvantage from the get go. Out game to a long time. A LONG time. People were crowded around, so EVERYONE knew what we were playing. So, we go in blind. Blake and Fumo(What is real name is I have no Idea). Early turns reveal a Ra’s / Iron Man Legend. SHITE, I was expecting extremis upgrade to make my cry. Well it didn’t. We pound them for a surprising amount on turn 3, and then turn 4 is just a reinforcement rectangle.
We go in to turn 5 with a LARGE board, and I have Nightcrawler, Wasp and 2 Legendary Battles. I am feeling rather confident and in the space of a second I want to cry, shit myself and hit Fumo. Tower of bastard Babel,(In hindsight I do not know how I didn’t see this coming) I honeslty can think of ANY time(not with rob) that I have wanted to punch somebody quite so much. We lose this game. In style.
1-1
So, we go up against the Husband of Wife combo, Derek and Le-wen. TUUUURRRD. They’re both playing Avengers. What there legends were I still don’t know. We exchange a few Natasha Stuns, a few very awkward turns, then it comes. Out initiative. Turn 5, 3 legendary battles in hand, and both Nightcrawler and Quicksilver on the board along with a Wasp and a playroom just for fun. Then, before they even lay their resources, I think back to the last game. Turn 5 is when we get shafted, and giving that I got a sneak peak at their decks at the end of the last round while they were finishing, I remember Spider-Man. This guy could really upset me. They talk. A lot, and we have no idea what they are planning. They seem to have this very complex plan abrewing. Le-wen annouces Spider-Man’s ability, target Wasp? That’s right, I could have lent over and kissed her (if her husband wasn’t there), I play 3 legendary battles and we manage to get them from 30-Something, to minus 62? I think? Phill did the maths, and I trust him on it.
2-1. Boom.
I was hoping for another round for me to kick some ass in, but it was not to be.
Who won it? Not Dave!!! Blake and Fumo, Iron Man and Ra’s Al Ghul win the tournement.
I also have a few little things to say, not on the doubles.
They caught one of the dudes that mugged me and he is in the clink for at least 2 years for armed assault. YAY!
