Game Info
Year
2020
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description
A scenario pack in which heroes battle Kang the Conqueror across his many personas and eras of time
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- The new playmat helps with organization, especially for recording.
- The variety of encounter cards and mechanics in the scenario offers interesting challenges.
Cons
- The split play and inability to interact with other players can be 'brutal'.
- Encountering multiple difficult side schemes like 'Rampage' simultaneously can be overwhelming.
- Poor card draw and unlucky encounter cards can make the game feel unfairly difficult.
- The random hero selection for the scenario did not work well with the chosen heroes' abilities.
Thematic elements
- Kang the Conqueror has traveled from the distant future to subdue Earth with his advanced technology, and heroes must thwart his temporal invasion.
- distant future
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- guard — The 'Macrobots' minion has the Guard keyword, preventing players from attacking villains directly without it.
- Nemesis Minions — Each hero has a nemesis minion that is shuffled into the encounter deck and brought into play when certain conditions are met.
- Obligations — Obligation cards are introduced that can hinder players or affect the game state, such as 'Stolen Memories'.
- Scenario Pack — This is a solo scenario pack used to break up larger sets within the Marvel Champions series.
- Separate Game Areas — Players are separated into different game areas, preventing direct interaction and making it harder to coordinate actions.
- Side Schemes — Multiple side schemes are introduced, which can complicate the game and present additional challenges, such as 'Rampage'.
- Threat Escalation — Threat is placed on the main scheme, and the game progresses through multiple stages, with acceleration tokens also being added.
- Toughness — Several enemies, including Kang himself, have toughness, requiring specific mechanics or extra damage to overcome.
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Quotes (from this video)
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- I see that it is difficult to uh to tell what is going on.
- Whoops. There we go.
- I don't like that.
- I will beware.
- Oh, this is going to be disgusting.
- I think I might get something here.
- Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
- I literally can't even play anything.
- So, I guess we don't lose.
- I wish I could make this up.
- I don't know why I'm even trying. We technically lost, but Jesus, like what what what is this? What is this shuffling?
- that was that was brutal, but I hope it showed um I hope it showed how the Once and Future Kang uh side scenario pack works.
- My last games of Marvel Champions have not been going that well.
- It always feels like I get like the worst hands at the worst possible time and then the encounter cards are just like, "Hey, I finally got a good hand." And the encounter card is going to completely counter it.
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