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Marvel Dice Masters: Age of Ultron is a collectible dice-building tabletop game designed by Quarriors! creators Michael Elliott and Eric M. Lang.
In this game, each player fields one of the superhero teams, with each hero — Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Kang and more — being represented by custom-tooled dice; each team must be composed of 15 dice, and a player can "purchase" dice only from his team. Each hero also has one or more character reference cards, which show the special abilities for the characters based on the die rolls. Different versions of these cards will be available in booster packs, allowing for more customization of your team. Players use these dice to collect energy, recruit new heroes, and battle head-to-head. In addition, each player brings two basic action cards to the game, which are placed in the center of the table; both players can purchase these cards. A player wins once the opposing player has been reduced to zero life.
The Marvel Dice Masters: Age of Ultron starter set comes with 44 custom dice, 38 cards, two dice bags, and a core rulebook. Booster packs include two dice with two matching character cards.
- IP-driven appeal and quick two-player play
- variety of dice and characters
- rules can be convoluted
- booster packs introduce uncertain value
- dueling heroes with dice-based combat
- Marvel Comics Universe
- casual, quick-play skirmish with IP flavor
- Blood Rage
- Rising Sun
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice drafting — roll and draft dice to gain resources
- dice drafting/rolling — roll and draft dice to gain resources
- dice pool/collection — build a pool of character dice to activate effects
- two-player head-to-head — combat against an opponent using built characters
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- chaos in the old world feels a little bit dated
- it's marvel dice masters
- we hired a cultural consultant for this one who turned out actually to be a kiwi farmer from australia
- blood rage is still a fantastic fun game
- this game's very very easy to play very easy to teach
- i am a little bit concerned about the pillaging aspect