Marvel Dice Masters Tutorial

Rodney Smith of Watch It Played takes us through a gameplay overview of Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men, the newest cross-brand offering from WizKids Games! In this video, Rodney reviews the rules basics of Marvel Dice Masters and shows off some of the awesome looking card art and custom cut dice from Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs X-Men.

Designed by Michael Elliott and Eric M. Lang, Marvel Dice Masters utilizes WizKids Games' proprietary Dice Building Game platform where players collect and assemble their "team" of character dice and battle it out on the tabletop. Join forces with your favorite heroes (or villains!) and defeat your opponents!

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[DreadedAI]

For all the people that are saying that this is confusing or the game looks to complicated should watch the gameplay between Rodney and Luke after watching this tutorial. This tutorial is actually really awesome, you just might be having to much rules thrown at you at once and need to see how its played.

[jeremyblankenship]

I understand the opinion of those that say this game is confusing. It LOOKS confusing. Even watching someone explain it is still a little confusing. Once you sit down and play it, inside 10 minutes you will have it down cold. It plays almost exactly like Quarriors with a few differences, both in game and the actual ability to construct a team. This will make for more strategic decisions, which will make it a better game. I've got the starter and a whole mess of expansion packs already pre-ordered! Can't wait for them to come in!

[thephantomhennes]

This guy does a good job, I can see why Marvel themselves use his video.

[CatOnFire]

Don't understand how people got confused by this, I thought he explained everything well and was fairly concise.  But then again, I play all kinds of board and card games so I understood the basics fairly quickly.  I'd like to see a full playthrough just to get an idea of the pace of the game.  IE: how quickly people reset their dice bags and how fast heroes go in and out of play in the early and late stages.  I think there is some interesting strategy here and I'm looking forward to seeing more and probably picking up a set for me and my friends.  Also, is the game only 2 player specific, or can you have 3-4 or more players as long as they are using different hero cards?

[stephenmitchell]

I've never played a dice game but I'm excited about this. It was a bit confusing at first, but after watching the follow up play-through's, I came back and watched this again. It made much more sense to me. I'm okay with the collectible nature, but it just means no tournament play for me. People invest far too much money in making sure they get the best cards for a casual player like myself to enjoy entering a tournament.

Look forward to playing with my friends, brother and kids though :)

[Shmeeka]

To all the people very interested in this game but feeling confused, I can relate! However, after watching some other people play this game and asking a couple of questions I began to understand it. I've been playing this for about three weeks and it gets better with practice. It's very similar to Magic the Gathering. 
Simply start out with your sidekick dice, try getting enough resources/energy to summon as many characters you can and try attacking/defending, then as you become more experienced try using the basic action cards and the special abilities your characters possess.

[sarethums]

I think id need to play this with this guy several times before i could grasp whats going on.

[GenJuhru]

A playthrough would have a less confusing effect than a pretend play. But for me, i have quite an understanding and tolerance with games involving dice and board-games in general, so with this one i'm more interested on what marvel characters they put; galactus.. onslaught... legion... we'll see.

[Shuckleking]

Probably would be nice to link his youtube page, just saying!

[grkpektis]

I am not really a big comic book fan but I freaking love MDM it is one of my favorite games

[godofzombi]

Wow there's so much they could do with these dice/cards combos!
Dark avengers: new cards using the standard dice.
Marvel zombies: new cards and dice with some black marbled plastic.
Galactus: giant (twenty sided) die with special scenario rules.

[GuiltySpark]

My back-order was finally fulfilled and I got the game.  Appreciate the clearly described steps of a round.  Today... we play.

[Noname-vvtp]

Another masterful production by Watch It Played!

[ManuelGarcia-kivc]

i wish i had a group of nerdy friends to play this with :(

[TheFatmanK]

Great video. Thanks for explaining everything. This game makes me think of a hybrid between your standard dice building games (see Quarriors) and your collectable card games (see Magic: The Gathering). I will be really interested in seeing how ya'll balanced everything out. My FLGS just got a shipment of The Amazing Spider-Man in and that put the game on my radar.

[falconashek]

Would this be a CDG? Collectable Dice Game. It looks like Quarriors with superheroes. I enjoy Rodney's walk through. I can't wait for this game.

[MungBoi]

Sounds like a good game.
What are the dimensions of the cards? Standard size?

[schmayonaize]

The 0-recruit 1/1 side kick die cannot be spent as energy correct? Also, do the prep area dice go toward the 4 you draw at the start of each turn?

[jeremymeyer]

I was wondering if a character gets KO'd then at the start of that persons next  turn they are able to roll the KO'd dice with the 4 draw dice?  Also how long does an action dice or energy dice stay in reserve pool if you choose to leave it there?  Just your turn and then your opponent? Then it goes back into the used pile?  Can't wait to play it

[nsoncrantful]

Thank you Rodney that was enlightening