MoDPDM Feb 2019 Team Lists & Overview

Hi folks,

This past Sunday marked the fourth MoDPDM (“Ministry of Dice Presents Dice Masters” for those not in the know) to take place since we started recording the podcast on BritRollerSix.com.

MoDPDM events are Casual, unofficial Dice Masters tournaments organised by us here in the UK. Regular readers/podcast listeners will be aware that we are big believers in the opportunity for fun that sits in Dice Masters without getting bogged down in the cut throat one-turn kill aggro of high level competitive play that can appeal to more than just those interested in playing “at the top”.

We had 14 players attend on Sunday and the event took place at Elements Games in Stockport. the format for the event was “Golden Age Single Affiliation”, which meant that all of the character cards on your team must share the same Affiliation symbol. We also had a handful of other restrictions we asked the players to abide by. These were:

1. Any Action cards a player used MUST be thematically linked to the affiliation they chose;
2. The Villain Affiliation was to be split by Intellectual Property. This means that if platers chose Villains they had to be all DC, all Marvel, or all TMNT;
3. Their Basic Action Cards had to be from the same IP as your chosen affiliation;
4. There was a Ban List: SR Yuan-Ti, Half-Elf Bard – Masters Lords Alliance, R Cosmic Cube, Imprisoned, Sword of Revealing Light and Relentless were not permitted.

Prizing was to be awarded in an interesting way too. We had top prizes for first place, second place, and the player who won the “Fellowship” event at the end of the event. These included a selection of Dice Masters promos available (The latest we could get our hands on, sadly the Super Spies order did not arrive in time.) as well as some custom product in the form of a MoD Movement Tray, MoDPoD, custom artwork, and a lovely set of Avengers: Infinity dice to get one lucky player up to Max Die 4.

But, in addition to the top prizes we had the “True Mister Six Mystery Prize Raffle”. The box is full of so much exciting Dice Masters goodies, Super Hero merchandise and gaming paraphernalia it would be impossible to list for fear of over whelming you with sheer awesomeness. Each item has a raffle ticket attached and players can earn a ticket for each game won. That’s each GAME won, so in a best of 3 you could potential win up to 2 prizes.

We played 5 rounds of Swiss and position was determined by the players performance at Swiss rounds. No top cuts – everyone plays all day.

There’s been a lot of interest in the team lists so, for those who asked, here you go, in order of position at the end of the day…

Steve Clegg

Basic Actions

• Resurrection
• The Outsider

Character/Action Cards

• Huntress – No Rest for the Wicked
• Fatality – Bounty Hunter
• Black Manta – Deep Sea Deviant
• Cheetah – Cursed Archaeologist
• Firefly – Ted Carson
• Captain Cold – Leonard Winters
• Captain Cold’s Cold Gun – Frozen Firearm
• Merlyn – League of Assassins

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Seth Connor-Fullwood

Basic Actions

• Resurrection
• Target Lock

Character/Action Cards

• Green Lantern – Willpower
• Batman – Strikes Terror into Criminal Hearts
• Bat-Signal – Out of the Darkness
• The Question – Vic Sage
• Doctor Light – Blinding Bright
• Firestorm – Host of the Matrix
• Zatanna – Zatanna Zatara
• Aquaman – Arthur Curry

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Matthew Haley

Basic Actions

• Magic Missile
• Blessing

Character/Action Cards

• Red Dragon – Epic Dragon
• Yuan-Ti Pureblood – Lesser Humanoid
• Acererak – The Eternal
• Blue Dragon – Apprentice Dragon
• Kobold – Greater Humanoid
• Staff of the Forgotten One
• Basilisik – Greater Monstrosity
• Beholder – Lesser Aberration

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 Steven McEwan

Basic Actions

•  The Oppression Begins
• Released From the Ice

Character/Action Cards

•  Professor X – Recruiting Young Mutants
• Bishop – Butterfly Effect
• Sunfire – Solar Flare
• Cerebro – Cybernetic Intelligence
• Multiple Man – Pile On!
• Storm – Goddess of the Plains
• Rogue – Anna Marie
• Wolverine – Xavier’s School

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Mike Ryder

Basic Actions

• Target Lock
• Resurrection

Character/Action Cards

• Batman – Always Prepared
• Batwoman – Kate Kane
• Darkseid – Force of Entropy
• Harley Quinn – Tough Cookie
• Huntress – No Rest for the Wicked
• Hush – Dr. Thomas Elliot
• Jervis Tetch – Mad Hatter
• Parademon – Strength in Numbers

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Duncan Harradine

Basic Actions

• Thrown Car
• Truce

Character/Action Cards

• Aquaman – Arthur Curry
• Zatanna – Actual Magician
• Firestorm – Host of the Matrix
• Doctor Light – Blinding Bright
• Batman – World’s Greatest Detective
• Wonder Woman – Reflections
• Superman – Man of Tomorrow
• Martian Manhunter – Watchtower

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Me

Basic Actions

• Big Entrance
• Distraction

Character/Action Cards

• Multiple Man – Pile On!
• Xavier’s School – Home for Gifted Youngsters
• Havok – Cosmic Absorption
• Sunfire – Solar Flare
• Wolverine – Xavier’s School
• Bishop – Butterfly Effect
• Storm – Wind-Rider
• Colossus – Piotr Rasputin

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Paul Fullwood

Basic Actions

• Under Surveillance
• Investigation

Character/Action Cards

• Nick Fury – Life Model Decoy
• Hawkeye – Avengers Disassembled
• Ronin – Between Employers
• Avengers ID Card – Making it Official
• Black Widow – Natasha
• Hulk – Green Goliath
• Wasp – Flitting About
• Captain America – The Good Old Days

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TJ Boz

Basic Actions

• The Outsider
• Villainous Pact

Character/Action Cards

• Lyssa Drak – Future Sight
• Black Manta – Deep Sea Deviant
• Poison Ivy – Red
• Batwoman – Kate Kane
• Hush – Dr. Thomas Elliot
• Black Lantern – Green Arrow Black Archer
• Merlyn – League of Assassins
• Harley Quinn – Tough Cookie

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Javier Martin

Basic Actions

• The Outsider
• Villainous Pact

Character/Action Cards

• Lyssa Drak – Keeper of the Book of Parallax
• Harley Quinn – Dr. Harleen Quinzel
• Cheetah – Cursed Archaeologist
• Lex Luthor – Power Suit
• The Joker – Clown Prince of Crime
• Sinestro – Instills Fear
• Deathstroke – Weapons Master
• Anti-Monitor – Warp Reality

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Stu Dickson

Basic Actions

• Big Entrance
• Hulk Out

Character/Action Cards

• Cosmo, Space Dog – Cosmonaut
• Mantis – Gift from the Priests of Pama
• Drax – Reborn
• Groot – Force of Nature
• Star-Lord – Space Oddity
• Gamora – Raised by Thanos
• Adam Warlock – The Being Known as Him
• Yondu – Ruthless Pirate

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Dante

Dante’s train was running a bit late, so I missed getting his team list in the rush of his arrival – sorry Dante  L

We didn’t play but I’m pretty certain I saw Avengers-y stuff going on with Dante’s team…

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Andy England (No turn zero shenanigans to help here!)

Basic Actions

• Big Entrance
• Takedown

Character/Action Cards

• Dum Dum Dugan – Howling Commandos
• Nick Fury – Commanding the Commandos
• Maria Hill – Trained Agent
• Phil Coulson – Inspirational Leadership
• Daisy Johnson – Mister Hyde’s Daughter
• Melinda May – Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D
• Deathlok – Death Machine
• Sam Wilson – Project:Rebirth

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Martin Holmes

My Sincerest apologies to Martin – I may have had my finger over the lens when I took a quick snap of his team and didn’t notice until I came to type these up today (Monday) Sorry Martin – my bad!

Martin was definitely playing the Guardians of the Galaxy affiliation and I’m pretty certain I saw some Avengers: Infinity set Rocket Raccoon dice in his field at one point. That’s all I got…

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 Be sure to tune in to the Ministry of Dice podcast next Monday to hear our thoughts on the day and talk through our rounds.

Congratulations to Ste Clegg and Seth for taking away the top spot and second place respectively. My special thanks to Ste who chose to gift me with the “Kate BishSix” prize as I was it’s spiritual home.

The next MoDPDM is already in the works (depending on a few other things in the pipeline.) so keep your eyes and ears open for word on that in the coming months.

What do you think of the team’s folks? Got a Golden Single Affiliation idea you don’t see and care to share? Let us know in the comments below…