There is a Bishop 9 -1 in the SK Expansion Pack 1. My favorite two stories, both playing Fort. Bishop on a .50 go on a long as ROF tear; Fort using him in a scenario--also on a ROF 3 MG--and not getting rate once through 6 turns. I played Jim Mehl once, using his German 9 -1 counter. I crossed wire with him and the counter got wounded. Spent the rest of the game caught up on that wire, unable to roll low enough to get below the Wire. Last story, at Winter Offensive, play Keith Spurlock in some Korean was scenario. I have this 8 -1 Spurlock counter and the whole game I am commenting on "Spurlock, the known malingerer" and how he is failing me not doing the job. Keith sneaks a tank out and is on the verge of winning when Spurlock double-times across the board with his HS and BAZ to get into position to shoot. Keep in mind, these are early war BAZ which have all the doubt about is it dud or not a dud. Of course, Spurlock directs the boys to get a hit, the hit is not a dud, and the hit kills the tank and secures the game for me. Keith looked at me with a dead straight face and says "It's all bluster until it matters". We both started cracking up. Love playing ASL with Keith. So much fun. Sad I could not play at the last WO as I moved to German on that Friday. -- jim
EDIT to add: WRT to superstitions, I don't really have any. I do try to play with a color die matching the nationality I am playing (as close as I can) when I have all my dice with me. Otherwise, I just play. I guess you could call it a superstition that I think the dice are always going to fuck me over. Sadly, reality has borne that out.