Overpower: Power Balance - New Custom Expansion!

[PowerBalance]

http://www.oppowerbalance.net

oppowerbalance@gmail.com

Hey Overpower fans! A new Overpower expansion has been created, called Power Balance. It started out as a little personal project, but it kept growing and became something much bigger. After production, I thought it would only be fair to share this with the Overpower community, and hope you guys could get something out of it too giving you something new and exciting to play with, and who knows, in an ideal world, it could perhaps re-ignite interest from ex-Overpower fans and help the Overpower community grow once more!

A lot of effort has been put into making this feel like the real thing, so that Overpower fans could really get immersed in this like it was a real Overpower expansion. This doesn't just extend to the cards themselves, but the tuck box and the instruction manual that comes with it! I believe that all Overpower fans who have maintained unwavering loyalty over the years should get rewarded! A website has been created for this, so people can see what is included in this expansion: http://www.oppowerbalance.net

Featuring 48 cards, this expansion was designed with two main intentions:
1) To make the game feel more complete
2) To make the game feel more balanced

The game is made more complete by creating the characters listed on Location cards but weren't ever officially printed. Every little detail was recreated, from the artistic style and the text, all the way to the smallest details. Other cards which never got printed, like the Marvel version Any-Power cards, level 5 MultiPower cards, 4-stat Galactus character, etc. were included in this expansion. Some of the the "accidental" inserts (Avenger's ID, Level 6 Any-Power Teamwork, Deal With The Devil) were also redrawn and remade in the style of the rest of the Power Balance expansion, just for people to have a go at playing with them!

The game is made more balanced with new rules for play and new cards. More details on this can be found on the website. Some traditional Overpower enthusiasts will find this difficult to swallow, so you don't have to play with the new rules if you don't want to; you can still play with the new cards using the old rules!

Anyways, feel free to have a look at this in more detail on the website. The OP in the web address stands for OverPower (no kidding? LOL!) - http://www.oppowerbalance.net

[TGW]

Is there any way I can order a set from you or your site? The cards look great.

edit: I like the multi-power teamwork cards, interesting idea.

[steve2275]

pretty good name too

[gameplan.exe]

this looks great!! ditto to TGW, how do I get a set (or 2)!?

[mattkoz]

Am I reading the site wrong, or did they only create one special per new character. That doesn't seem to make them very usable.

Graphics and design look great though. I like that they even made a box for them. It brings back some great memories.

[gameplan.exe]

Am I reading the site wrong, or did they only create one special per new character. That doesn't seem to make them very usable.

Graphics and design look great though. I like that they even made a box for them. It brings back some great memories.

That's how it looks to me, but honestly, I'm interested for those Power cards as much as anything else 

[TGW]

Yes, there is only one special per new character, so while it's fair to say the characters aren't very usable with just that one special, they are at least usable in some way (battlesites such as The Sewer get a boost), which is a step in the right direction.

The new power cards and multi-icon teamwork cards are very cool.

[PowerBalance]

Glad to hear that the expansion is well received, and that you guys like the new cards that have been introduced.

Yes, there is only one Special per character at this stage, but future revisions are planned if this is popular enough. I was hoping the fans (i.e. you guys!) could help decide what Specials would be best to help balance the game, and make the next revision a group project! Feel free to discuss future ideas here!

If you are interested in obtaining a set of Power Balance, you can simply send an e-mail to oppowerbalance@gmail.com. The cost of a set is $25, which covers cost of design and printing the cards, which were all professionally done. (The commissioned artist, graphics designer, mathematician, and printer all were paid in the making of this project!) No profit would be made from this at all, as this would make it illegal. Shipping would depend on your location. So yeah, hit me up if you'd like one!

[TGW]

Email sent, although I sent it when I first read the post this morning lol. $25 sounds like a great deal, I really like a lot of the cards and ideas presented in the set, and I'm intrigued with the new cost totals of the characters. A lot of really cool stuff.

Are these in hand and ready to ship, or are they in the process of being printed? I could have Paypal sent tonight, most likely.

[garose74]

Man these cards look good. I think I might have to look into getting a set. Well done guys another great custom set.

[PowerBalance]

TGW, I currently have a small handful ready to go. The rest of them should reach me within about a week.

Garose, no worries. Received your e-mail as well, and have also replied!

[knnthwht]

Your cards look great but damn the new rules you setup completely change the game .. probably shouldn't be called overpower anything ... specials, strategy and inherents are used to balance the game, not saying anything is anywhere near perfect at present but it's a game I have loved playing for a long time.  A whole new ruleset is a whole new game and probably not something I would be interested in.

[PowerBalance]

Knnthwht, LOL - fair enough. Which is why the initial post mentions that you don't have to take on the new rules at all. Just simply play the game with the rules you feel comfortable with. I know change is something can be difficult for traditional OverPower enthusiasts to swallow, so feel free to ignore the new rules if you wish!

This is basically just a way for the OverPower community to get excited about something again, whether it be new rules for play, or simply new cards to use. As I mentioned before, people who have been loyal to OverPower for so long should be rewarded in some way!

In any case, those who are keen on trying something new, a lot of effort has been made to make the game as balanced as it can be through statistics and mathematics, not just empirically by trial and error. Feel free to express your opinions and ideas - as mentioned before, it should be a game made for the fans, BY the fans!

[KObossy]

First off great cards! It looks like a lot of time and effort were put into these. I am usually the 1st to throw money at anything OP but I'm going to pass on these. If its not usable in a tourney I am usually not interested.

[breadmaster]

wow...those cards look fantastic!

i was looking to add those same 10 characters in with the 'evils' set.  gonna be damn hard to try to match/top your art choices! 

we had the same inherent idea for viper...it may prove too strong though, we'll see!

great job!