From Panel to Play: Gwenpool

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Hey there superfans. In today’s From Panel to Play, we’re giving you a brief rundown of one of the wackiest characters to ever show up in Marvel: Crisis Protocol: Gwendolyn Poole, A.K.A. Gwenpool!

Gwenpool’s life has been…complicated. There she was, figuring life out after high school (who needed that place anyways?). Yes, maybe she was struggling and yes, maybe one person’s comic superfan is another person’s “What are you going to do with your life?”, but she was going to work things out. But that was before she found herself living the comics! No way was she going to miss this chance at being the main character. After managing to find a place to suit up and getting confused with a Deadpool copycat, she began living the life of adventure and suspense that she deserved! Who cares if she didn’t have any “real skills” to start things off? She had something better: knowledge of everything about every hero and every villain. Even just knowing how the comic world itself works saved her bacon more than once!

You probably guess how this knowledge will help her in Marvel: Crisis Protocol. With a cool miniature and the most adorable sidekick you’ve ever seen (thanks for being here, Jeff the Land Shark), she’s ready to take on those other miniatures at Threat 4. It’s going to be hard to get rid of her, too, since she has an amazing 4 Physical and 4 Mystic defense along with 6 whole Stamina on both sides of her card!

Stab! Stab! Stabitty Stab! Her first attack is her Stabby Swords! She may have to get in close and personal with these things since they are limited to Range 2, but when she does she’s going to smack someone with 5 dice and might even get to change one of the Defender’s dice to a blank since this attack has the Pierce special rule. Oh yeah! This attack also helps her build Power to fuel her stupendous superpowers.

She’s also got her own Bag of Tricks. This attack may only gain her one Power and maybe its only 4 dice, but it does allow her to lob it at a target from Range 4 and, if she rolls a Wild and Hit, she’ll dish out a spicy little thing known as a Gwenpool Special where she can add on a special condition, including Bleed, Shock, Incinerate or Poison after the attack resolves.

Last but not least in her arsenal of weapons is a giant rocket launcher! Helpfully labelled “This end Toward Target”, this Strength 8 wallop only costs a measly 4 power and can come in from Range 4 away from the target. Not only is it going to blast Gwenpool’s opponents away, it’s going to ensure the target suffers the Incinerate and Stun special conditions. An even nicer treat is that when you roll a wild during this attack, it’s going to blast all other characters within range 2 of the target with 1 damage and the Incinerate special condition!

And those are just Gwenpool’s attacks. First among a full suite of superpowers is her ability to Travel Through Gutter Space. Usually she uses this to pop between comic panels, but in Marvel: Crisis Protocol, a mere 2 power is going to let you Place Gwenpool anywhere within Range 3 of her current position. She’s too awesome to run away from a fight with the MacGuffin in her hands though, so you do have to ensure she’s not holding any objective tokens to move her with this superpower.

Next up is Retcon Powers Activate! This superpower allows Gwenpool to reroll her attack or defense dice. Don’t stress about it being complicated either (no messy timing steps here), you get to choose to use this during the Modify Dice step, so you can pick and choose based on almost perfect knowledge of the dice!

Last but not least is the superpower that lets you know that Gwenpool IS the main character now. Who else but the hero of the story ALWAYS has Plot Armor? This innate superpower means that anytime an enemy effect is going to scuff her suit, that damage is reduced by 1 (to a minimum of 1)!

That’s it for our first look at Gwenpool in Marvel: Crisis Protocol! Be sure pre-order your copy of the Squirrel Girl & Gwenpool Character Pack at your local game store or through the webstore today. Also, be sure to check back later for yet another installment of From Panel to Play, the series where we give you your first look at how your favorite characters transition to the tabletop in Marvel: Crisis Protocol.

Until next time, Atomic Mass Transmissions, signing off!