Marvel Champions: Awesome! I’m the only game in town! Buy me!

You: I’m a gamer who likes Marvel comics and cooperative card cames. I can toss the cards together, sit down with my friends, and enjoy giving Rhino a much-deserved beat down. And since it’s fully cooperative, I don’t have to worry about creating the best deck. Choose a hero, choose an aspect, grab the ten basic cards and you are done. I think it helps a lot that deck construction is so simple right now. But the fourth one stayed up! I’ve played Marvel Champions about 7 times over the past month and have been loving it more and more each play. Arkham Horror, Netrunner, Star Wars…I tried them all and they were all out of my collection less than a year later.

I buy the core set, love it, get a couple of expansions, and then lose interest because I don’t have time to tinker with deck construction. I’m always hesitant when it comes to LCGs. If the players can defeat the villain before he completes his scheme, they will win! Gameplay Thoughts: Throughout the game they will be able to play upgrade, support, and event cards from their hand using an easy “cards as currency” mechanic. Players will be attacking the villain, trying to thwart his scheme, and defending against his attacks and treachery. Each player gets to control a unique hero (Captain Marvel, She-Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man or Black Panther) and customize their deck in a familiar LCG style (Hero deck, choose an aspect, add in some basic cards).

Marvel Champions is a cooperative LCG where players must work together to defeat one of the core game’s three villains (Rhino, Klaw, or Ultron). This is the newest Living Card Game (LCG) to come out of Fantasy Flight’s design room and this one uses one of the world’s most popular IP. Today we are going to look at the hotness from Fantasy Flight Games, Marvel Champions: The Card Game. It’s time for another Quick Hits from the Vault, the series where many of the BGQ team gathers together to give you our quick thoughts on a new or popular game.

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