Memorable Moments in Monsterpocalypse

Every so often, a player will have an experience during a game that was just so phenomenally hilarious or game changing that it clings to their memories like a barnacle on a Triton figure. Between players, it's always different, whether something was so ridiculously successful, or there was just one roll that turned a game about.

I've had quite a few different ones. One that really stood out was against planet eaters. Planet eaters are tough bastards, retaining a very high health count across the majority of their monsters. They have a Monster Pairing that has the highest total health count: Gorghadra and Mega Gorghadra at 16 health!

Then we look at the rest of the Planet Eater range, where figures usually have a decent amount of health. Rogzor at the bottom with 10, Vorgax at 11, Zorog and Xaxor at 12.
Xaxor is the accomplice, however. With his abilities, particularly the blue Jump ability, nothing can escape Gorghadra's ability to “Eat Face”.

And that was the plan. Xaxor and Gorghadra running through a field, claw in claw, laughing under the sunshine as they terrorise the 'burbs of whatever-opolis, bounding over skyscrapers with the ease of superman. With Xaxor's super-damage capabilities and Gorghadra's phenominal endurance, it would naturally be assumed that a very uphill battle would be ahead of me.

Not quite.

To battle these monstrosities, you have to pull out the big guns. Lords of Cthul have plenty of big guns too, and some unique niches for their monsters. Yasheth stands as an extremely enduring figure, with his Leech ability and Vampirism, coupled with Meat Slaves, he can regenerate anywhere up to four health. With his Mega, he becomes stealthed to ranged attacks and his assault trades healing for super damage.

Cthugrosh is a great figure for his variety of options. He summons, he sacrifices, he moves things with his minds; with every brawl attack, he gains an additional power die; with something that he's a little too disgusted with, he gets as far away as possible and Flings them another five spaces away. Mega Cthugrosh

My pairing of choice, however, were the Pustule hammer and Geriatric sickle of the Lords of Cthul: Ulgoth and Ancient Osheroth. Both Annihilate anything they touch. Both flail about with their Radial Attack. Both have great health (11 each).

Their Downsides? Only Ancient Osheroths Morphers have maneuverability, using the ability Burrow. That's okay. I knew this player, I knew how he played. I didn't need to chase them down. He would perform ballet over the buildings to reach me and Eat face.

Other Downsides? Relatively low healing capabilities. Ulgoth relies on Meat Slaves, while Ultra Ancient Osheroth has Sacrifice and his morphers have Vampirism on one of the Tentacles.

So with these weapons at hand, and a standard force layout of units, the Block War was on.

Now, if you could, imagine two people. Female warriors in schoolgirl outfits. One with blind courage, prepared to run into the midst of anything and everything to take on whatever sod wanted to challenge them; The other with a little more patience and pondering as it whacks a building with the back of its hand and catching a better view of her partners suicide run.

Now think of those bad anime shows that involve schoolgirls and tentacles. That pretty much describes what happened to Gorghadra, all 16 of his health disappeared after about 3 or four turns.

And Xaxor watched on, trying to help where he could. But it just wasn't enough. Then, with Gorghadra torn apart and laying down on the floor, his biometal clothes tattered and strewn across the town... they turned to Xaxor.


What are your Memorable Moments in Monsterpocalypse?