Though I lacked the participation points to play for colossal Thanos, I was able to get in a side event under the same parameters: 500 points of elements from Chaos War, Galactic Guardians or Incredible Hulk only.

Lacking the chaeese* figures of the day (Sentry and Void or Thanos 049), I opted for something strange…and stranger.

DRS. STRANGE AND STRANGER

Stranger (Galactic Guardians 043) 213
Dr. Strange (Galactic Guardians 028) 196 + Avengers (Heroic Age) ATA 2
Dr. Strange (Galactic Guardians 206) 75
Astral Dr. Strange (Galactic Guardians 014b) 13
= 499 points, with 2x replacement Astral Dr. Strange (Galactic Guardians 014a). My strat was to use the lesser Dr. Strange’s Energy Shield-sharing power to bolster defenses against the inevitable alpha strike against my not-so-mobile team until I had A) enough Astrals to start shooting with the big Dr. and B) Stranger could get to his 2nd click and start HSSing about.

ROUND ONE I faced sparring partner Lenny’s Annihilators: Cosmo, SR Gladiator and the Fast Forces versions of Quasar and Ronan the Accuser. I won handily, as I was able to get first Outwit then shot on Gladiator to blunt his threat. Lenny doesn’t handle gameplan adversity very well and I was thus able to run the table on him from there.

ROUND TWO was against the venue’s usual judge, who was allowed to play in this side event. He had the dreaded Sentry and Void, plus two Fast Forces Scarlet Witches and the medic Donald Blake.  AND a Gamma Bomb. Dude came to win. But he almost didn’t when he (and I) forgot that Astral Dr. Strange doesn’t force break away rolls and he stayed still a couple turns longer than he should’ve. It gave me a chance to close on his side of the map and eventually beat Sentroid as low as  his last click, forcing repeated heals via Support and Regeneration.

But then, with Stranger pushed and on his next-to-last-click, I made the absolute worst User Error I have EVER made in a HeroClix game (yes, even worse than the worst of the baker’s dozen I made in this classic failing effort). I forgot to pick Colossal Size at the start of the turn before (uselessly) moving Dr. Strange, thus denying Stranger the Colossal Stamina ability to make an attack with two tokens. That turned an unlikely win for me (as a hit would’ve KOed Sentroid) into complete and utter defeat in two turns.

ROUND THREE was against Melinda, a fairly new player who usually only plays Lord of the Rings characters. Her husband built her a team of Defenders: Silver Surfer (Galactic Guardians o36), Hulk (Galactic Guardians o27), Captain America (Chaos War 001) and Dr. Strange (Galactic Guardians 206). She was very aggressive; a little too much so. I managed to wipe her team while only losing a couple of Astral projections.

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All in all, it was a decent day of clixin’. I played a team that’s the essence of F.U.N. that challenged even the most terrifying non-colossal character in the game. If I could only eliminate those User Errors!!!!!

* Chaeese = Chase and Cheese, combined.