Marvel Champions Review - The Broken Meeple

"With great power, there must also come great responsibility."

–Stan Lee, Amazing Fantasy #15

Iron Man and Black Panther team up to stop Rhino from rampaging through the streets of New York. Captain Marvel and Spider-Man battle Ultron as he threatens global annihilation. Do you have what it takes to join the ranks of these legendary heroes and become a champion?

Jump into the Marvel Universe with Marvel Champions: The Card Game, a cooperative Living Card Game for one to four players!

Marvel Champions: The Card Game invites players embody iconic heroes from the Marvel Universe as they battle to stop infamous villains from enacting their devious schemes. As a Living Card Game, Marvel Champions is supported with regular releases of new product, including new heroes and scenarios.

Is this another LCG to add to my growing roster or was the hype train not worth the ticket price?

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[michaelrodriguez]

On your complaint about breaking the theme of having to “run back to deal with an eviction notice during a battle.” I believe others have stated that the actual fight/interaction is supposed to take place over several days. Hence, the Scheme/Plan tokens and side schemes. Throughout those days the heroes have to deal with their Alter-ego obligations, which yes are trivial in comparison to fighting but as you see even in the MCU, they care a lot about living normal lives. I think it’s pretty cool.

[YuWinY]

My personal take on switching between alter-ego and hero form make sense.
In marvel comics, the battle usually drag out more than a day. So when the hero switch back to alter-ego, take it as they retreat or the enemy retreat to fight another day.

[thelastmotel]

Rhino is a Spidey villain. Klaw is a Black Panther villain. Ultron is an Avengers villain. This is the Avengers cycle (Avengers A as the set icon in the bottom corner of the cards.)

The three villains link up as a small campaign. Ultron, as the Crimson Cowl hires Klaw (an arms dealer) to get him some gear. Klaw hires Rhino to steal the vibranium he needs to make the gear.

[nguinguingui]

I like Champions over Legendary. I felt more of a Marvel character in Champions rather than random character and item cards centralized around a particular theme.

[EclecticCamel]

Wait, are we complaining about a FFG insert when they actually made something marginally better than a piece of cardboard with a trough in the middle? lol

[ionutsandu]

I really don’t think that 3 or 4 players is an issue with experienced players who are going at it fast. 4 might be too much but with 3 it should definitely be a superior experience than 2. That’s my theory at least, haven’t gotten to trying it yet with 3 or 4

[larrye]

Unfortunately, my first game was with 4p and in expert mode & It went way too long. I just worry that each deck has a way it should be played (like Ironman) and you just play it the same way every time with that character.

[A._J_.]

Thorough review, Luke. I also like that you don't affect a "radio voice".

[thelastmotel]

As for the dividers... The cycle ends with the story pack in July 2020, and the nature of that pack's contents are still a secret (as are the identities of the heroes from hero packs 4, 5, &6 ... though we do know it's a female and two males), so dividers could be a spoiler for the cycle, so I am betting that the story pack will have the dividers in.

[grog]

My gaming group is 4 guys. We like strategy and games with interaction. Which game would be best? I have Aeons end coming and everyone already liked the campaign for hero realms. Should I go for Sentinels or this? How much down time would there be with 4 players?

[TheDarktater]

Thanks Luke! I was curious what your take on this was. Would you still get this if you would only be playing this 3 player? I already have everything Sentinels, and 2 player we will almost always pull out LoTR LCG or one of the cooperative dungeon crawls.

[Clappincardboard]

I’m loving this game too. Like you said it’s similar to their other lcgs like Arkham and Lotr but has its own feel. My only complaint for this game is the cost of the core box is really Op. My favorite things about this is how comic accurate the heroes and villains feel and play along with the deck building mechanic with the different aspects. I think even though they are different this will prob make legendary obsolete for me unless I’m okaying with more than 2 people and they are new gamers.

[sedlak]

will you make another video after year of expansions? cause this game just get 200% better with all the expansions. Although, to player count, 3 experienced players has synergies and interactions and feel richier than 2. but 2 is best imho :)

[yandrak]

I dont know what to do with this game. I love Marvel, but I already have 90% of LOTR and everything released in AH. I am not sure if there is room in my shelf for a third solo coop LCG.

[Coffeemaker]

I still don’t know wether to buy Marvel Champions or not. I got halfways (almost) with LotR, and got AH with one deluxe cycle. And finally I got Sentinels otM.
And besides that Marvel is not my favourite universe. But it sure looks great and sounds fun 🙂
Thanks for the long awaited review Luke, others seems as enthusiastic as you do, so it sure gets popular.

[KaijudoMaster]

Marvel is abut super heroes that also lead regular lives. So the obligation cards are a nod to that. I was reading a Marvel Comic and shit was getting crazy but some guy was worried about his relationship with his girl friend.

[adilgeresu]

Loving this game so much and based off the previews I’ve seen so far showing such radically different hero play styles I’m definitely in for the long haul. Top game of the year hands down!

Also, the 3/4 player problem goes away with experienced players. But I’m ONLY playing it that way with veteran players. 2 is the sweet spot still.

[Knuspertoni]

Great video! Do you see the game to deviate a lot from aeons end?

[scottwallbank]

Ms Marvel and She-Hulk are both getting Disney series so I imagine theres been some direction from Disney on heroes they'd like to see early on.

[MicJames]

Luke...think...they need you to buy the Hulk, Thor, X-Men expansions...that's why you've got b list heroes...next to spider Man and iron Man...