Forgive me for starting yet another thread but I was looking for card art images and came across some other images I thought some of you might find interesting.
I think these date back to the first Regional tournaments. I may be wrong but I think the top 8 were awarded these rather cool uncut sheets from the original starter decks. Both Cherie and I made the final 8 and so we ended up with two of them. Cherie went on to win the whole thing of course and I got knocked out in the first elimination round. In my defense though I was playing with a Galactus deck because we didn't have enough level 8 strength power cards to make two strength decks!
I thought these mini-uncut sheets were cool and actually prefer them to the full size uncut sheets that were often used as tournament prizes later on.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/image009.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/image011.jpg)
Post any other images you have of cool promo items or uncut sheets here. I'll dig out what I can.
Quote from: JohnLForgive me for starting yet another thread but I was looking for card art images and came across some other images I thought some of you might find interesting.
Keep posting. A million posts. Never stop, for any reason! I'm a little bit obsessed with any kind of uncut sheets (they are a lot rarer in some other games that didn't give them out as easily as Overpower did), so looking at these is great. I've seen tons of different OP uncut stuff, but oddly enough never the original set. I think it's unique that they collated the starter decks next to each other on the same sheet, since that isn't always the case. Do you remember what the Onslaught uncut sheets were given out for? I still can't believe that one ended for 30 bucks on e-bay a few years ago...
I'm gonna go figure out how to clamp my Monumental sheet down without damaging it so I can take a picture of it. It has the miscoded Tessa on it, which I thought was cool when I won it. Overpower prizes were always fun, because now that I think about it I also got some Wolverine comics to go with the sheet.
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Well that was easier than I thought.
(http://i.imgur.com/9MaSJl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/9MaSJ)
(http://i.imgur.com/Sr7DGl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/Sr7DG)
(http://i.imgur.com/9oR5jl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/9oR5j)
Here (http://i.imgur.com/9oR5j.jpg) is the full sized pic of the entire sheet.
Is anybody aware of the Uncut Sheets of the "Lost" Classic Inserts? I know for a fact that 2 such sheets "Did" exist.
I have an uncut sheet of JLA Missions, pretty useless. I'm not even sure where it is anymore.
Bios had an uncut sheet of the Classic Inserts.
http://www.beenhereandthere.com/SMF/index.php?topic=167.msg1430#msg1430
I agree. Totally useless. But still pretty cool...
Here's an Image press sheet - the sort of thing sent to comic retailers to announce new products.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/Image2.jpg)
Press sheets were cool because they had to be produced before the product and so changes were sometimes made before the cards were released. Here's one from Mission Control. I can't find a larger image but I did find a zoom in on that Brood hero card.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/miscon1.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/miscon3.jpg)
I don't think that Brood art ever showed up on another card, did it? Meaning there could be a fair amount of art that was commissioned for OP, and then just never used for one reason or another. Since Mephisto (and some team called "The Jury") were supposed to be in Mission Control, maybe there is a Mephisto hero card and set of specials rotting away in a filing cabinet somewhere...
I just bought an Image sell sheet, but it's a different one:
(http://i.imgur.com/G9kBb.jpg)
Mostly to get a logo crop for my art collection.
That one must be a lot older, since it has stock art instead of using images directly from the cards. Oh, and the Fleer/Skybox logo. Cool find.
Very cool. I've never seen that one. Plus it says Ass. heh
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I'm not sure I've ever seen a scan of the Tournament guide online. These were produced towards the end of OverPower's run and so I don't think they got that well distributed. They contain some general tournament advice plus the full guide to specials by code. There is some black and white art inside
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/tourny1.jpg)(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/tourny2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/oppromo.jpg)
OverPower card sized but with square corners. The image shows both the back and the front. Didn't seem that hard to find at comic conventions back in the day but good luck trying to find one now.
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The Powersurge promo poster. This image was rescued from GDMJR's site. I should dig out my 'posters' and take some pictures. I have this one and some from the original set (Spiderman-Wolverine, Storm-Thing, Gambit-Venom). Were there any promo posters made after Powersurge?
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/edge.jpg)
That Powersurge poster is so cool, it's a pity that you can't find one these days for less than 40 bucks. There was one more poster for JLA, and it had the art for the 6 Anypower on it. I had forgotten it even existed until thinking about it just now, so it must be pretty rare since it never pops up on e-bay.
Oh yeah, and the shot of the cards with speech bubbles is neat since they used it in a lot of magazine ads. I have an Archie comic somewhere advertising the game with Gambit proudly shouting "DISCARD!" as if it was a very exciting game mechanic.
Quote from: Onslaught on April 11, 2011, 03:16:51 AM
There was one more poster for JLA, and it had the art for the 6 Anypower on it.
I've never seen that. Does anyone have an image of it? These 'posters' were just letter sized pages folded twice so were not that big. They were probably mailed to every comic book store and 99% of them probably either gave them away or put them in 25c bins. These days they'd sell them on e-bay I expect.
Maybe there is some story behind that art, because the poster (same size as Powersurge) was in our local store window a really long time before JLA came out. Between that and the 6 anypower not being obtainable in packs, perhaps the art was commissioned separately from the JLA stuff at some point with the intention that it would be distributed as a promo card in a magazine.
Anyway, here is a panel I've been trying to find for a few days that fits the theme of the thread. While physically fighting the Fantastic Four, Onslaught (presenting himself as a kid) was mentally trying to win over Franklin Richards by bribing him with Overpower cards.
(http://i.imgur.com/xEgMx.png)
I'd LOVE to have a full scan of that tournament guide. I think that the specials guide would be something that would answer most card code questions.
We have the OP with the speech bubbles, got it back when I was only 7 or 8 at a Blockbuster in '95 or '96. I'm guessing that we had absolutely no idea what OverPower was back then since my first packs were IQ. The one that we have is pretty damaged. :(
I should have bid on those PowerSurge posters back when they were a common occurrence on eBay, hopefully one will pop up that's cheap.
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 07:15:58 AM
I'd LOVE to have a full scan of that tournament guide. I think that the specials guide would be something that would answer most card code questions.
If I ever get a working scanner again I'll do that but the specials guide was no different to the versions that are on the Web. It's just that not everyone had a laptop back then so having a paper copy was more convenient. Actually I do have a spare copy so if YOU want to scan it in and make it available to everyone it's yours. Send me a message or an e-mail with your mailing address.
And is that a Dark Claw card Franklin has?
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/homemade/bat2.jpg)
I found a bunch of homemade images so I'll start posting those over on the Custom Card section.
Quote from: JohnL on April 11, 2011, 01:57:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 07:15:58 AM
I'd LOVE to have a full scan of that tournament guide. I think that the specials guide would be something that would answer most card code questions.
If I ever get a working scanner again I'll do that but the specials guide was no different to the versions that are on the Web. It's just that not everyone had a laptop back then so having a paper copy was more convenient. Actually I do have a spare copy so if YOU want to scan it in and make it available to everyone it's yours. Send me a message or an e-mail with your mailing address.
I'm just curious as to what's actually in the guide. If it's anything like:
http://overpower.ca/pages/guide_to_playing_specials.pdf
I would love to have a complete copy as I haven't been able to find the last part of it.
The only Overpower promo cards I ever had came from breakfast cereal and they were just a few cards from the original set. I remember they came pack three and had cards like Prof X's and Magneto's AF specials. I don't think there was anything about them that differentiated them from the actual cards in the packs though.
I was able to dig up the comic books that had the 5 Any Hero promos, all sealed. I wasn't able to find ANY of the comics with the Onslaughts promos.
I also have sealed copies of magazines with Web Headed Wizard Any Hero, Wolverine Confusion, Captain Universe, Warlock and AoA promo.
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 02:11:36 PM
Quote from: JohnL on April 11, 2011, 01:57:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 07:15:58 AM
I'd LOVE to have a full scan of that tournament guide. I think that the specials guide would be something that would answer most card code questions.
If I ever get a working scanner again I'll do that but the specials guide was no different to the versions that are on the Web. It's just that not everyone had a laptop back then so having a paper copy was more convenient. Actually I do have a spare copy so if YOU want to scan it in and make it available to everyone it's yours. Send me a message or an e-mail with your mailing address.
I'm just curious as to what's actually in the guide. If it's anything like:
http://overpower.ca/pages/guide_to_playing_specials.pdf
I would love to have a complete copy as I haven't been able to find the last part of it.
Is it just me, or does this guide say that CM-coded specials can be played defensively? ???
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 02:33:53 PM
I was able to dig up the comic books that had the 5 Any Hero promos, all sealed. I wasn't able to find ANY of the comics with the Onslaughts promos.
I also have sealed copies of magazines with Web Headed Wizard Any Hero, Wolverine Confusion, Captain Universe, Warlock and AoA promo.
My friend who got me into Overpower was also a comic collector at the time so he had all these great cards and used to lord them over me. Then I got a box of Mission Control for my birthday and all of a sudden I had the Any Heroes! I never got a Warlock or Captain Universe until years later. Also, what is the AoA promo?
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Quote from: ncannelora on April 11, 2011, 02:42:56 PM
Is it just me, or does this guide say that CM-coded specials can be played defensively? ???
That would be strange.
Quote from: ncannelora on April 11, 2011, 02:42:56 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 02:11:36 PM
Quote from: JohnL on April 11, 2011, 01:57:31 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 11, 2011, 07:15:58 AM
I'd LOVE to have a full scan of that tournament guide. I think that the specials guide would be something that would answer most card code questions.
If I ever get a working scanner again I'll do that but the specials guide was no different to the versions that are on the Web. It's just that not everyone had a laptop back then so having a paper copy was more convenient. Actually I do have a spare copy so if YOU want to scan it in and make it available to everyone it's yours. Send me a message or an e-mail with your mailing address.
I'm just curious as to what's actually in the guide. If it's anything like:
http://overpower.ca/pages/guide_to_playing_specials.pdf
I would love to have a complete copy as I haven't been able to find the last part of it.
Is it just me, or does this guide say that CM-coded specials can be played defensively? ???
I wouldn't use that as an official guide, I just copy and pasted it without knowing how new/old it is relative to our current metas.
The AoA promo was just a pre-release of events.
(http://overpower.ca/cards/events/6b.png)
Thanks Jack.
Also, that Promo EVENT is recognizable as it doesn't have copyright info on the bottom.
I still need to get my hands on the Infestation Incident one in a sealed bag.
(http://overpower.ca/cards/events/45b.png)
It would be so fun to have this stuff coming out now. I really think that if Overpower could have held on just a little bit longer it would have been really bolstered by the increasing use of the internet.
I snagged these from GDMJr's site. I was never hugely into these but the comparison makes the differences very clear. Jack already posted the printing errors/oddities in a different thread. These are the misprints/variants:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/sorceressslam.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/rollwithpunches.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/tessa.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/lampnolamp.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/profxevent.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/aoaevent.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/hillshirehero.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/generator.jpg)
Does anyone know the whereabouts of GDMJr these days? If someone has his contact info, maybe he would like to visit this forum.
Yes, It looks like the online specials guide is exactly similar to the one included in the "Tournament Guide". There are a few other pages included in the tournament guide, but they are almost all well-known rules.
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 11, 2011, 05:52:01 PM
Yes, It looks like the online specials guide is exactly similar to the one included in the "Tournament Guide". There are a few other pages included in the tournament guide, but they are almost all well-known rules.
interesting. just for comparison's sake, what does
your guide say about the CM specials?
without looking at the online guide... my tournament guide copy says....
CM - (Both) This Special affects the attack or defense of your opponent's team. It does not affect the damage of their attacks, only what the Charatcter defending from those attacks needs in order to block the attack. Likewise, it does not effect the intensity of your attacks, only what the opponent needs to block those attacks. For example, with this Special in effect, your opponent would need a level 5 or greater defense in order to block a level 4 attack. Conversely, you would only need a level 4 or greater defense in order to block a level 5 attack. This special does not effect the Power Grids of the Characters, and does not affect specials that do not have an attack or defense value.
Hope that helps.
QuoteCM - Play this Special during battle on either your turn during your attack or alone without an attack, or your opponent's turn during your opponent's attack. This Special affects the attack or defense of your opponent's team. It does not affect the damage of the attacks, only what the Hero defending from those attacks needs in order to block the attack. Likewise, it does not affect the intensity of your attacks, only what your opponent needs to block those attacks. For example, with this Special in effect, your opponent would need a level 5 or greater defense in order to block a level 4 attack. Conversely, you would only need a level 4 or greater defense in order to block a level 5 attack. This Special does not affect the power grids of the Heroes, and does not affect specials that do not have an attack or defense value.
Pretty much the same, though CM shouldn't be played defensively.
I'm guessing the copy of the guide I found was up to the Powersurge set. The latest code used for Powersurge was DS.
Fun fact: Latest code used by each set:
Original - BP
PowerSurge - DS
Mission Control - EL (Though, Hawkeye's AA was recoded as GJ)
Batman Superman - FC
Onslaught - GL
IQ - IG
JLA - JN
Monumental - LQ (Well, there's ZZ too, but that was just silly of them)
Classic - LT
Image - NF
X-Men - OD
Quote from: Jack on April 12, 2011, 05:27:18 PM
QuoteCM - Play this Special during battle on either your turn during your attack or alone without an attack, or your opponent's turn during your opponent's attack. This Special affects the attack or defense of your opponent's team. It does not affect the damage of the attacks, only what the Hero defending from those attacks needs in order to block the attack. Likewise, it does not affect the intensity of your attacks, only what your opponent needs to block those attacks. For example, with this Special in effect, your opponent would need a level 5 or greater defense in order to block a level 4 attack. Conversely, you would only need a level 4 or greater defense in order to block a level 5 attack. This Special does not affect the power grids of the Heroes, and does not affect specials that do not have an attack or defense value.
Pretty much the same, though CM shouldn't be played defensively.
Lol, I think it
should be played defensively, but I never thought it could (i just had hope with that other post ;))
Quote from: ncannelora on April 12, 2011, 05:32:19 PM
Lol, I think it should be played defensively, but I never thought it could (i just had hope with that other post ;))
100% they should be usable defensively! If Invisible Woman's marvel's card is usable defensively, then so the hell should this one!
But it's strange that the tournament guide lists it as defensive, because the Meta Rules clearly state no.
Gotta love the consistency! *sigh*
-BBH
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 12, 2011, 05:16:29 PM
without looking at the online guide... my tournament guide copy says....
CM - (Both) This Special affects the attack or defense of your opponent's team. It does not affect the damage of their attacks, only what the Charatcter defending from those attacks needs in order to block the attack. Likewise, it does not effect the intensity of your attacks, only what the opponent needs to block those attacks. For example, with this Special in effect, your opponent would need a level 5 or greater defense in order to block a level 4 attack. Conversely, you would only need a level 4 or greater defense in order to block a level 5 attack. This special does not effect the Power Grids of the Characters, and does not affect specials that do not have an attack or defense value.
Hope that helps.
The way this words it does seem like they are trying to explain why, according to this particular version of the rule, why it is defensive as well as offensive. When you play it defensively, at the time you are playing it it is only giving you a bonus to defense. These cards are hard to play when they are only playable offensively. This is another one that we should list in the specific card fix topic.
Quote from: Palatinus on April 12, 2011, 09:46:16 PM
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 12, 2011, 05:16:29 PM
without looking at the online guide... my tournament guide copy says....
CM - (Both) This Special affects the attack or defense of your opponent's team. It does not affect the damage of their attacks, only what the Charatcter defending from those attacks needs in order to block the attack. Likewise, it does not effect the intensity of your attacks, only what the opponent needs to block those attacks. For example, with this Special in effect, your opponent would need a level 5 or greater defense in order to block a level 4 attack. Conversely, you would only need a level 4 or greater defense in order to block a level 5 attack. This special does not effect the Power Grids of the Characters, and does not affect specials that do not have an attack or defense value.
Hope that helps.
The way this words it does seem like they are trying to explain why, according to this particular version of the rule, why it is defensive as well as offensive. When you play it defensively, at the time you are playing it it is only giving you a bonus to defense. These cards are hard to play when they are only playable offensively. This is another one that we should list in the specific card fix topic.
For sure, especially when you consider Iceman's I.A. .. I'd use 3+ of these in a deck if they were defensive.
Some of these may be repeats but I photographed all the OverPower press sheets/ promo sheets I have. I never really collected these, I'm just the sort of person who never throws anything away... These sheets were produced as approximately letter sized sheets but also, very often, the exact same sheet would be used as an ad in magazines. i don't think there are any fascinating revelations in these sheets but I provide them here for historical interest. I have one more that was very much aimed at retailers (with market share etc) I'll add on later. Here we have Original tri-fold back and front, Powersurge bi-fold back and front, Powersurge one sheet (1 sided), Mission Control 1 sheet back and front, Monumental one sheet back and front, Classic 1 sheet (1 sided).
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/op1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/op2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/ps1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/ps2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/ps3.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/mc1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/mc2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/mon2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/mon1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/cl1.jpg)
Up tomorrow - Posters.
Quote from: JohnL(http://i.imgur.com/z2qjb.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/bMpfm.png)
I would say Overpower is starting to show its age, but I think those references were already dated even back in 1996.
The cut and paste images of characters behind an expansion set logo always looked cool, but that Classic one is extra nice. I guess Iron Fist just classes it up a bit.
From the same photo session here's all the posters I could find. There are definitely more than this. In fact I think GDMJr said that they also came in different versions. The Dr Strange poster was a mail in offer with Marvel Masterpieces cards. I think the others were mainly sent to comic stores but maybe they were also used as prizes? Oh and they also definitely came in the Folders that were sent to stores. I photographed some of those too so I'll upload them at some point. As you can tell these are pretty small posters 16" x 20".
Just for fun I've included some of the original art by Darick Robertson from my own collection. The Thing-Storm piece is pretty obviously the final piece although these 3 images got a lot of computer 'enhancement'. Which worked quite well for these 3 images in my opinion. So the patchy nature of the original art cannot be entirely attributed to the computer coloring and CGI. The Spiderman-Wolverine piece is presumably an early version but it is surprisingly well finished for a sketch. Wolverine is rather different but Spiderman is very close to the version used with just a bit of rotation and a repositioned leg to fit the computer generated background better. I suppose it's possible this is the Spiderman used and a different Wolverine was scanned in. The art is smaller of course, but not by much, these two pieces are both on full 11"x17" comic boards.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/poster3.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/backart.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/poster4.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/thingstormart.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/poster2.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/poster1.jpg)
They hit their target demographic so well with the choice of art for the card back. "Spider-Man fighting Wolverine? Ok, I'd better see what this game is about..."
It's such a nice looking sketch too. Maybe it would have looked a little better without the brick tunnel, but it's still the best looking card back of any CCG.
I should have bid on some of those posters a few years ago, I don't think I'll ever see them on eBay. Thanks for the pics John.
(http://i.imgur.com/K2WV7l.jpg)
I still wonder if the inaugural Tokyo City Hall tournament ever actually took place since it was for $5000. If it did, their decks must have been so odd as they only had access to Original set (only starters?) and Image.
Quote from: Jack on April 12, 2011, 05:27:18 PM
I'm guessing the copy of the guide I found was up to the Powersurge set. The latest code used for Powersurge was DS.
Just noticed this comment. The guide I have goes all the way up to LQ and of course ZZ. Does this mean the rule may of been changed at sometime to allow the AG to be played defensively?
Looks like my version is from Monumental.
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 16, 2011, 03:37:58 PM
Quote from: Jack on April 12, 2011, 05:27:18 PM
I'm guessing the copy of the guide I found was up to the Powersurge set. The latest code used for Powersurge was DS.
Just noticed this comment. The guide I have goes all the way up to LQ and of course ZZ. Does this mean the rule may of been changed at sometime to allow the AG to be played defensively?
Looks like my version is from Monumental.
I think you got the code wrong - AG's are the pure avoids - what card are you referring to?
-BBH
I'm guessing drdeath25 meant CM specials.
Yes, CM is what i meant. Whatever the question was asked for.
Quote from: drdeath25 on April 17, 2011, 02:08:53 PM
Yes, CM is what i meant. Whatever the question was asked for.
Right, CMs. According to the Metas, they can't be used defensively, but I think your tournament guide states they can. I don't recall any statement about the change, but it certainly would be for the better.
-BBH
What booster packs might have looked like..
(http://overpower.ca/thumb.php?file=uploads/boosters.jpg&size=400)
Got this from a magazine circa 1995.
Going with the foil artwork was a huge improvement!
QuoteMastering OverPower George H. Baxter
Players of all levels will find Mastering OverPower an essential reference
and complete guide to playing this complicated collectable card game. This
book covers everything from fundamental decks for new players to advanced
deck construction. Experienced players learn how to tie elements of the
fundamental decks to more advanced concept cards and how to construct an
effective tournament deck with a minimal investment. It teaches sound
strategy through creativity and intelligent game choices-the essentials of
superior OverPower play. KEY FEATURES/BENEFITS: Mastering OverPower is the
first strategy book ever written for the OverPower collectable card game.
It will be the official strategy guide for OverPower and will contain a
large collection of artwork from Fleer Skybox under the Marvel and DC
comics licensing. Characters such as the X-men, Spiderman, and Superman
will be depicted throughout the book. Comic and game enthusiasts will both
enjoy this insightful guide to superior OverPower play. AUTHOR
INFORMATION: George H. Baxter is the most prolific writer in the
collectable card game industry. He has written seven books and several
articles in the Duelist, Duelist Sideboard, and Scrye magazine, all
focusing on the strategy behind collectable card games. Mr. Baxter is also
a professional tournament collectable card game player who has competed in
New York, Long Beach, Columbus, Atlanta, Dallas, Seattle, Paris, and Hong
Kong. He is widely recognized in the industry as one of the masters of
collectable card game systems. 1-55622-576-8 208 pgs 6 x 9 US $14.95
December 1997
I doubt that this was ever actually printed, but if it was it would be perfect for this thread. It has an ISBN number...
QuoteIt will be the official strategy guide for OverPower and will contain a large collection of artwork from Fleer Skybox under the Marvel and DC comics licensing.
The choice word of
will says to me this book/guide was never published.
Quote from: Jack on April 20, 2011, 05:26:07 PM
What booster packs might have looked like..
The same design showed up in a promotional piece aimed at retailers. I'm not sure whether this was an actual proposed design or simply something slapped together because the actual design was not complete.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/retail2.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/retail1.jpg)
And one last promo piece I have, this was a 1-sided promo that you've probably already seen in number of different formats.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/retail3.jpg)
OverPower had numerous promo cards in magazines but I can only think of a few times that OverPower was the cover story. Wizard 50 is an odd case because the Todd McFarlane art was the same as that used in Wizard 1 back in 1991 - just recolored and cropped closer. This art was then used for the Web-Headed Wizard card. Since OverPower wasn't even mentioned on the cover it was hardly a great promo but we did get a cool card out of it.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/combo.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/inquest.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/wizard.jpg)
Anybody remember any more? Back in the day there were a number of magazines that might have CCG articles or promos - Inquest, Scrye, Wizard, Combo, Ventura...
Okay, the final part of my Friday trilogy. Here are photographs of the two OverPower folders I have. The inside is identical in both so I just included one picture. These are very cool items and are more than just a folded sheet of card since the die cut cards on the inside hold your papers. The addition of the thumbs from the Hulk and Spiderman are fun. I already posted scans of some of these cards - this is where the hero cards with the 'Hits to Knock Out' bell icon on come from. Also notice how the power and universe cards are an older design.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/folder1.jpg)
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/promos/folder2.jpg)
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Quote from: JohnL on April 22, 2011, 03:47:09 PM
Anybody remember any more? Back in the day there were a number of magazines that might have CCG articles or promos - Inquest, Scrye, Wizard, Combo, Ventura...
I think the special "JLA Edition" of Wizard at least mentioned Overpower on the cover, which was probably about as rare as Overpower getting a lead cover story. It was the one that came with the 6 anypower, but I guess they ran out of them or something since you could also just get a random card from the JLA expansion.
Regarding all the other stuff: those folders are quite cool, and I'm interested in trying to track down a few back issues of those magazines now. Are the articles in them of any interest? All I can really remember are some brief listings of who won an event, or a reworded press release about an expansion set.
The Hits to Knockout icon! Yes!
Quote from: Dog on April 22, 2011, 10:54:11 PM
The Hits to Knockout icon! Yes!
I posted a close up in a different thread but here it is in all it's bell ringing glory:
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/spidermanko.jpg)
Quote from: JohnL on April 22, 2011, 11:31:55 PM
Quote from: Dog on April 22, 2011, 10:54:11 PM
The Hits to Knockout icon! Yes!
I posted a close up in a different thread but here it is in all it's bell ringing glory:
That is something they really should have kept. That would have made balancing certain characters a lot easier. I guess it didn't really work well in play-testing, but they hadn't come up with half the different card types back then either.
I have received the Tournament Guide from JohnL and will be scanning it in tomorrow (just got a brand spanking new scanner!). Of course, it is outdated and should NOT be used as a final reference.
On a very important note, I have asked the Orange King to send me the big tournament guide that he brought with him to the April meetup. He has it in a binder and I will be scanning it and sharing it as a PDF when it's ready. Also, since I have access to a self-publishing machine at my school (Espresso Book Machine (http://www.bookstore.uwaterloo.ca/printondemand.html)), I will try to 'publish' all (relevant) pages of the guide as a bounded book and ship it to whoever wants a copy, at cost (cost of book printing + shipping to anywhere in the world). Or if you prefer to pick it up at a meeting, you're more than welcome to pay me in person for the cost of the book. I do not plan to make money from this at all, just thought it was a good idea to use the machine.
Is anyone interested?
Very :)
Depending on the cost, definitely.
I'll get a quote once I get the binder in and see how many pages it is.
Post Merge: July 11, 2011, 09:03:06 AM
Tournament guide from 1997, again, please don't use this as a definite guide for today's meta game.
http://overpower.ca/uploads/tournament_guide_final.pdf (22MB)
Quote from: Jack on June 22, 2011, 11:08:16 PM
Tournament guide from 1997, again, please don't use this as a definite guide for today's meta game.
http://overpower.ca/uploads/tournament_guide_final.pdf (22MB)
Very nice indeed. It's an interesting read - did you happen to catch the bit where it says that it's legal to retrieve an Activator with the Web-headed Wizard... :o
Somebody wasn't paying attention when they wrote it. :P
-BBH
Time to bring back this topic.
If anyone's interested in the Powersurge poster, there's 2 left:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360357336068
Quote from: JohnL on April 06, 2011, 05:50:27 PMPress sheets were cool because they had to be produced before the product and so changes were sometimes made before the cards were released. Here's one from Mission Control. I can't find a larger image but I did find a zoom in on that Brood hero card.
(http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/miscon1.jpg) (http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g443/thenorrin_radd/miscon3.jpg)
Quote from: Onslaught on April 06, 2011, 05:58:03 PM
I don't think that Brood art ever showed up on another card, did it? Meaning there could be a fair amount of art that was commissioned for OP, and then just never used for one reason or another.
(http://overpower.ca/cards/events/47.png)
And I also managed to pick up one of those Mission Control sheets.
How's this for lucky:
I went for an eBay auction to specifically win Combo Magazine #24, the one with the 5 Any Power card. The auction came with 3 other magazines and the seller wouldn't split it up so I paid for shipping for all 4 items.
I got the item today and went straight for #24 and Black Cat was there. Satisfied, I rummaged through the 3 other magazines to see what was there. #20 exists but doesn't really have anything (it wasn't sealed). #35 is interesting because it has an OverPower price guide circa December 1997, I'll open it up for some scans.
And the last one, #21, flipping to the back and I noticed the Any Hero Savage Land. I was shocked. I was going to have the seller throw the extra magazines away and I got the promo Savage Land in a sealed bag!
(http://overpower.ca/uploads/combo.png)
very, very nice
i got the same surprise when i bought a hillshire set off ebay...tons of extra promos i didn't have.
such a great feeling!
I got the scans of the price guide, this was published just after Classic was released so there isn't any price on Classic cards.
This is just for archival purposes, these prices do not reflect the current market prices. :P
http://overpower.ca/uploads/pg1.png
http://overpower.ca/uploads/pg2.png
http://overpower.ca/uploads/pg3.png
great stuff!
batman is 10 and rising!
also, the price of a mission control box brought a little chuckle
Thats a pretty awesome find Jack!
Also - does anyone know of anyone that wants to sale/trade any OP Uncut sheets? I'm looking to hang one up in my office at work.
Thanks!
I haven't seen an uncut sheet on eBay in a 3+ years. I bought one of the last two that were available on auction. It wasn't the best uncut sheet but I have one.
It was a uncut sheet of the JLA mission set, so a lot of useless cards in a huge sheet. The other one that was up for auction was, if my memory serves me correctly, the Onslaught OverPower expansion. The bidding got too expensive so I opted to just stick around for the JLA sheet.
Quote from: Jack on February 20, 2012, 09:48:35 AM
I haven't seen an uncut sheet on eBay in a 3+ years. I bought one of the last two that were available on auction. It wasn't the best uncut sheet but I have one.
It was a uncut sheet of the JLA mission set, so a lot of useless cards in a huge sheet. The other one that was up for auction was, if my memory serves me correctly, the Onslaught OverPower expansion. The bidding got too expensive so I opted to just stick around for the JLA sheet.
Would you be interested in trading off the JLA sheet? I really dont care what the sheet is of. I have no intentions of cutting it for use like I have heard some people do. I want to hang it up at my office for work 8) I think it would go nicely with my large Green Arrow Print :D
Since it's my only uncut sheet, I'll be keeping it until I get another one.
I completely understand. Let me know if you happen across another one ;) Thanks
Sweepstakes 1995
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Comic Con
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Wizard Metal Print
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1710.JPG)
Various Promo's
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1711.JPG)
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1712.JPG)
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1713.JPG)
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(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1715.JPG)
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My Overpower Duplicates Boxes
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1717.JPG)
Iron Man Power Card (Multi 2) - Variation (I never noticed till today)
(http://xau.net/overpower/DSCN1719.JPG)
Holy dupes
Did you ever do anything with all of these?