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Game Info
Year
2020
Players
2-6
Age
10+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Collection
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Description
The Mad Titan Thanos seeks the Infinity Stones to bend the universe to his indomitable will, but courageous heroes are assembling to stand in his path to ultimate power. Based on the beloved card game and set in the Marvel Universe, Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game features the elegant mechanics of the original, re-imagined in a one-vs-many twist for thrilling team play. While one player takes on the role of Thanos on a crusade to change the universe as we know it, 1-5 other players must deploy iconic heroes to defeat him before he can achieve his aims.
Throughout the game, players take turns drawing a card and playing a card, then executing its effect. Hero players can call upon the likes of Iron Man, Spider-man, Thor, and Scarlet Witch for their abilities to battle and gather intel about their opponent’s schemes. A worthy adversary, Thanos plays with a two-card hand, drawing from his own deck of minions and powerful Infinity Stones. The heroes will have to use their abilities in strategic combinations to knock his health down to zero before he can do the same to them—or find all six Infinity Stones and win with a snap of his fingers. Who will prevail in this battle for the universe?
—description from the publisher
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Watch It Played Discussion at 7:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- miniature war game
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Skirmish game — I was interested in a small scale Skirmish game.
- Wargame — I thought you'd like to try another war game.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I don't know how many of these he'll complete and I don't care that you took the time to do these even I just really really appreciate it what a generous gift to the show of your time and your effort
- Germany is the gaming capital of the world at least in my mind that's how I think of it because my understanding is that board gaming there is is much more integrated into society
- I really want to bring a watch of play flavor to this so I don't want them to just tell me about their game I want them to set it up and show me a couple turns maybe we'll even play out a couple of turns if possible
- I'm not looking for a free copy of the game don't get me wrong I love free copies of games but when I pick a game for the series it's because I already had the game and I've played it and I've decided this is a good fit and I already have a wonderful support system of viewers like you guys who are sending me games
- if at some point in time this show just can't sustain itself or it doesn't really make sense for me to put all as much time into it as I have been then as I've said before I'll walk away and I will not have regretted a minute of this because it's been so satisfying it's been such a wonderful expression of my enjoyment of this Hobby and I've gotten so much in return outside of financial gain just people appreciating it and wanting to interact with me I have gotten so much out of that that that's really been arguably the best part of the whole show
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 6:20 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Cautiously optimistic
Pros
- Good value starter box
- Free rules available online
- Cool aesthetic
- Improved model assembly on newer kits
Cons
- Potentially complex rules
- Older metal miniatures can be difficult to assemble
Thematic elements
- Sci-fi
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Model Assembly — Discussion revolves around the complexity and ease of assembling miniatures for the game.
- Rulebook Availability — The rules are available for free online, with a physical book being primarily a lore guide.
- skirmish wargame — Discussed as a skirmish game where a smaller number of models are used.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Still just don't really like the newest edition of War Cry or sorry not War Cry, Killteam.
- It seems like it's not about trying to kill the other guys. It seems like it's more about just like it doesn't seem like a war game.
- There's also a lot of tokens to keep track of and stuff like that and that seems to get even worse in um Shatterpoint.
- Infinity rules are free.
- This is the essentials start here box and it's like 40 bucks and it comes with six models, three per side. It comes with six dice. Evidently, there's a ruler in there. There's card stock or cardboard chipboard like uh terrain, printed terrain. There's a card stock mat. Uh, there's cards. There's also the fancy book about how to get started and all that stuff. And uh, it just seems like it's a really good deal.
- Just started playing Notorious, which is really easy solo RPG. Basically a Star Wars bounty hunter uh hunting targets on a planet based on Ronin.
- Uh subscribe to Vince Venturella on YouTube. Vince Venturella and Sam Lens. Sam Lens artwork. I would definitely subscribe to both of them.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:49:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Rules are free.
- Good value starter box available.
- Excellent Army Builder app.
Cons
- Host has not heard of The Remnant Chronicles.
Thematic elements
- Sci-fi
- Lore book available separately
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Army Builder App — The game has had an amazing Army Builder app for years.
- Free Rules — The rules for Infinity are free, with a physical book only being a lore book for the current edition.
- Keyed Limbs — Some kits, like Combat Zone, use keyed limbs which worked okay for the most part.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Still just don't really like the newest edition of War Cry or sorry not War Cry, Killteam.
- It seems like it's not about trying to kill the other guys. It seems like it's more about just like it doesn't seem like a war game.
- There's also a lot of tokens to keep track of and stuff like that and that seems to get even worse in um Shatterpoint.
- Infinity rules are free.
- This is the essentials start here box and it's like 40 bucks and it comes with six models, three per side. It comes with six dice. Evidently, there's a ruler in there. There's card stock or cardboard chipboard like uh terrain, printed terrain. There's a card stock mat. Uh, there's cards. There's also the fancy book about how to get started and all that stuff. And uh, it just seems like it's a really good deal.
- Just started playing Notorious, which is really easy solo RPG. Basically a Star Wars bounty hunter uh hunting targets on a planet based on Ronin.
- Uh subscribe to Vince Venturella on YouTube. Vince Venturella and Sam Lens. Sam Lens artwork. I would definitely subscribe to both of them.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 43:57 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Crisis Protocol
- Necromunda
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Skirmish game — five to 15 models is enough to play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, the highest ranked game I haven't played is Eclipse: Second Dawn.
- Each year I play more more games and each year I have played fewer of the top 100. BGG's top 100 is turning into heavy game central, for sure.
- Daydream is a cozy roll and write.
- Stop telling me your games are cozy.
- Terraria on the box says 45 minutes per player. I don't even know what what was going on there because someone was like, you lots of publishers lie about time. No one lies that that egregiously. It is not even remotely 45 minutes a player.
- I don't like Imperial at all. There's my review of
- Wise Wizards definitely said they're kind of on the uh that they're that they're struggling with a lot of stuff. So, I hope it works out pretty well.
- That was Zen Camilla, and they said it was really really hard, which made me not really particularly want to play it that strongly. I like to play games that are easier, not as difficult.
- Um, there's there's always things we're working on. Uh there's something small bag that we're working on. I can't really talk about that. Um, yet, but you'll know about that in a few weeks.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 7:17
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So skirmish games are the future and army style games are going away, right?
- What do you think? Are skirmish games the future or actually just a really a fad?
- Skirmish style miniatures war games are at the very least not going anywhere.
- Take a look at full spectrum dominance from the lazy forger.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:48:23
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none
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- OPR is the GURPS of wargaming.
- 40K rules as deep, I would call it artificially deep.
- Star Wars Legion terrain is almost always the best.
- OPR skirmish is a breath of fresh air compared to Kill Team.
- The damned stuff is supposed to be out, but it's not out yet, unfortunately.
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Watch It Played Rules Teach at 0:00
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Pros
none
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none
Thematic elements
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Simple turn structure: draw a card, then play a card.
- All played cards are visible on the table for clarity.
- Two-player variant exists for different player counts.
- Based on Love Letter, which suggests approachable, light card play.
Cons
- Heroes on the same team must keep their hands secret from each other, which can complicate coordination.
Thematic elements
- Love Letter-inspired card play with Marvel-themed combat between heroes and Thanos.
- Thanos is trying to gather the six Infinity Stones while the heroes are assembled to stop him.
- Asymmetric, hidden-information hand management with public card play and varied abilities.
Comparison games
- Love Letter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck_reshuffle_and_rules — If the hero deck empties, all face-up hero cards are shuffled to form a new deck; if Thanos's deck runs out, the game proceeds with a simplified rule where Thanos cannot be played and the hero player may have additional turns in two-player mode.
- defeat_and_replace — When a card is defeated, the card is placed face up in front of its owner and the owner draws a replacement from their deck.
- draw-and-play — On a turn, a player draws one card from their deck and then plays one card from their hand.
- life_track — Heroes lose life when a hero card is defeated; losing all life ends the game with Thanos winning.
- power_tokens — Power tokens can be spent during a fight to add +2 to a card's value; only one Power token can be spent per fight, tokens are returned to the supply after the fight, and a replacement is used if the supply runs out.
- secret_fight_resolution — In a fight, players secretly compare a card from their hands; the lower-valued card is defeated; ties result in neither card being defeated.
- stones_and_effects — Infinity Stones and Thanos-related cards have special effects (e.g., mind stone, space stone, reality stone) that modify combat or card behavior.
- Time Track — Heroes lose life when a hero card is defeated; losing all life ends the game with Thanos winning.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Thanos is a powerful enemy
- Infinity Gauntlet is based on another game called love letter
- the turn is really quite simple
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