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Tower Of Faces
Location
Reviewed October 30, 2006
Constructed: 4.5
Sealed: 4.25
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale
1 being the worst. 3 ... average.
5 is the highest rating
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king atlantis |
this weeks are
my pics- if only i had known more minis before i
picked...but in anycase, i like the ones i did
pick. :-) Today we have Tower Of Faces, or ToF
for short, a uncommon location from the new set,
Baxar's War. And I love it. Let me start by
saying this mini is HUGE. Some x2/3 times bigger
than say, Pearlthorn Castle. And it has stats to
match:
Tower of faces
5MM
location
double blade ability: warpstrike 7
Thats rite folks- a location that uses your
rolled blades to activate this huge minis
effect, and get to make a 7 power attack! This
is like, the less expensive/better version of
Unspeakable Freak. Not only does it NOT have to
be in a scoreing cell (although it would be wise
for it to be....), BUT its also a location, so
the only way for it to go away is if your
opponents running the meteocre sluaghter boots!
I <3 this mini.
set it up in a cell or two early, set some
beaters with it, and blow away!
YAAAAAAAY!
limited: 5/5
constructed: 5/5
sculpt: 4.5/5
hope you liked this Baxar of a review! If you
liked it, or even didn't, contact me on pojo's
forums as "King Atlantis" or go e-mail me at
king_atlantis@earthlink.net
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Rolf the Ruf |
Tower of Faces
5MM
Location
Abilities:
Double-blade: Warpstrike 7
Gettin' killed with too much work this week, so
no time for a full review. But I just wanted to
add a few comments. I pulled this sweet puppy
from a pack this past weekend and gave it a
trial run. I plopped it down in the center cell
(which I highly recommend as the best spot for
it). The center cell almost always sees the most
action during a game. In the game I played I
spent a lot of time holding that cell with the
Virtuous Maiden, Raging Vanguard and Nevret
Warmaster. With the Maiden pumping the other
two, I was rolling 10 dice with 5 rerolls, so I
got double blades often. That warpstrike is huge
for clearing other cells. This can be a really
effective piece. I also placed my Arch of
Triumph in the 1-point space immediately to the
right of the center cell, so I was bringing in
reinforcements and moving them directly into the
center immediately. I got behind 3-2 early, but
once I had this arrangement in place, I didn't
lose another turn.
Constructed: 4/5
Sealed: 3.5/5 (Because of the double aspect cost
and the need to pack its cell with enough
firepower to get it to go off, this is a little
harder to put together effectively in limited.)
Artwork 3.5/5 (Looks like a wizard's keep where
a magic experiment got out of control.)
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That Guy That
Plays DreamBlade |
TOWER OF FACES
Ok so today, we are hooked up introducing one of
the new, more sizeable locations that towers
pretty high over some Base Set minis. Tower of
Faces to be exact. No stats for locations,
except for its spawn cost of 5MM. This won't
matter so much as you should be planning to
spawn it anyway and you should have at least 2
characters going into turn 3 (I like around 4
characters at least). This may be harder if you
attempt to splash in this location, but still, 6
or even 7 spawn points for this baddy is no big
deal. Here's the effect it gets for being so
huge: Double Blade Warpstrike 7. Yes 7. Its
basically like having a guy with a sniper at the
top of the tower nailing all your enemies for
you. For now, Warpstrike 7 is only limited to
this, Unspeakable Freak (who is hard to set up
and you have to give up alot of spawn points),
and the new Ooktolok (whos Warpstriking target
is chosen by the opponent). Now you may be
thinking, Double Blade effects are hard to pull
off. Well then yeah...I guess you're right. But
Madness have some bigger drops that can offer
that kind of attack power. Plus, Madness has
currently two guys that can reroll some of your
dice to try and get more blades. Its risky, but
the payoff is big. This may not fit into the DHC
build, but give it a shot. I played against one
and got nailed by it about 3 times XD.
Constructed - 3.5/5 - Locations need to be good
to be included over characters, and this guy's
potential makes him worth it.
Sealed - 4/5 - With access to Passion's power
and methods of swarming, this piece gets a
boost.
Artwork - 4/5 - First location I saw from the
set, and my jaw dropped.
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