Recently my local scene has had a surge of new players and as someone who has countless crews and models to keep the game simple and quick we have been playing a bit of Henchman Hardcore (2019 gencon rules). We have tweaked some changes to the rules and so far its been a lot of fun. Mainly the biggest tweak to the rules is the Strategy and Schemes to add some more thinking into the mix, however I want to know the opinion of summoning in HH. For those not familiar with the rule, Models cannot be Summoned. If a model would be Summoned, the Summon effect is ignored. This has cut out a few players options for henchman. So I thought of a change to this to allow more options to henchman without breaking the game (IMO), by having all models summoned to attach an new upgrade as seen below.
Currently we play with the Gaining Grounds Schemes and strategies, using Public Enemies (c) as our Strategy and a pool of Vendetta (3), Assassinate (4), Claim Jump (5), Hidden Martyrs (6) and Leave Your Mark (10) for schemes.
What do you guys think?