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Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance

Game ID: GID0203017
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Year
2023
Players
1-6
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Description

When the zombie plague strikes, not even Earth’s mightiest heroes are safe. Marvel Zombies is a cooperative board game for 1 to 6 players, based on the core mechanics of the smash hit Zombicide series, bringing non-stop zombie action to the Marvel universe. The original art by comics legend Marco Checchetto is brought to life in amazing game pieces depicting the iconic Marvel characters in glorious (and often gory) detail.

In Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance, players control the last surviving Super Heroes (Hero Mode). The X-Men and their mutant nemeses unite against the zombie threat.

Each Super Hero has unique skills that get unlocked the more zombies you eliminate.

Players can use actions to acquired various Traits. These single-use cards boost their skills in various ways.

Hiding in buildings or being hunted by zombies, Bystanders are often your primary objectives. Rescuing them gives you a permanent ability unique to each one.

Your actions can increase your heroic Power, which in turn can be spent for bonus dice or to trigger special Skill and Trait effects.

The more experiences and powerful you get, the larger the hordes of infected that will spawn to hunt you down every round. They could be lurking inside any room.

The apocalypse gets in full swing when a Zombie Hero rises to hunt you, Death has not weakened their unique powers.

Modular tiles faithfully recreate the X-Mansion in amazing detail. Over the course of 10 Missions you'll make your stand on the ground floor, the upstairs student dorms, and the underground X-Men facilities.

The box also contains the cards needed to use its Heroes and Bystanders in Zombie Mode, as well as unique Zombie Mode missions. The Marvel Zombies core box is needed to play in Zombie Mode.

—description from the publisher

Description

When the zombie plague strikes, not even Earth’s mightiest heroes are safe. Marvel Zombies is a cooperative board game for 1 to 6 players, based on the core mechanics of the smash hit Zombicide series, bringing non-stop zombie action to the Marvel universe. The original art by comics legend Marco Checchetto is brought to life in amazing game pieces depicting the iconic Marvel characters in glorious (and often gory) detail.

In Marvel Zombies: X-Men Resistance, players control the last surviving Super Heroes (Hero Mode). The X-Men and their mutant nemeses unite against the zombie threat.

Each Super Hero has unique skills that get unlocked the more zombies you eliminate.

Players can use actions to acquired various Traits. These single-use cards boost their skills in various ways.

Hiding in buildings or being hunted by zombies, Bystanders are often your primary objectives. Rescuing them gives you a permanent ability unique to each one.

Your actions can increase your heroic Power, which in turn can be spent for bonus dice or to trigger special Skill and Trait effects.

The more experiences and powerful you get, the larger the hordes of infected that will spawn to hunt you down every round. They could be lurking inside any room.

The apocalypse gets in full swing when a Zombie Hero rises to hunt you, Death has not weakened their unique powers.

Modular tiles faithfully recreate the X-Mansion in amazing detail. Over the course of 10 Missions you'll make your stand on the ground floor, the upstairs student dorms, and the underground X-Men facilities.

The box also contains the cards needed to use its Heroes and Bystanders in Zombie Mode, as well as unique Zombie Mode missions. The Marvel Zombies core box is needed to play in Zombie Mode.

—description from the publisher

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Pros
  • Players play as the X-Men, the last surviving superheroes.
  • Focuses on fighting against the zombie threat.
  • Features standalone missions.
  • Supports one to six players.
  • Offers a strategic game for six players.
Cons
  • Requires the Marvel Zombies core box to play.
Thematic elements
  • X-Men fighting zombie superheroes
  • World overrun by zombies
  • Mission-based
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • cooperative play — Players work together to survive.
  • Mission-Based Scenarios — Playable through different missions of varying difficulty.
  • Zombie Apocalypse Theme — Players are fighting against a zombie threat.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • all of the animals will score you points in different ways and there are a number of cards in it that you know keep the game replayable
  • so if you want new asymmetric
  • releasing circadian chaos order harbingers expansion this is a mini expansion to the game circadians chaos order which was a heavyweight game where you could play as one of six asymmetric factions battling for control of ancient relics on a distant planet
  • this provides more variability and strategies to discover from within each faction so it doesn't add a new faction but it adds a couple of new things for the faction that makes it um you know a little bit more replayable
  • Renegade game studios and Garfield games are releasing an expansion to circadian first light this is the specialist expansion
  • circadian first light was a medium heavyweight game um that um was all about negotiation they it had open negotiations and you were building coalitions with new species in space
  • Steam Forge games is releasing an expansion to their newly released Resident Evil board game this is called Bleak Outpost
  • in this expansion Bleak Outpost there are six new scenarios in the game so it adds about approximately eight hours of extra gameplay to your Resident Evil campaign
  • if you like horror themed games then Resident Evil is definitely a horror themed game
  • so yeah lot lots more content to explore for circadian first light
  • so that's it that's all the expansions I have hitting retail in October 20123
  • there's a lot of expansions for well-known and well-loved games this month so it is an it's an exciting month in the world of expansions that's for sure
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Pros
  • Plays a lot like the Marvel Zombies game with definite differences.
  • Standalone box that can be played independently.
  • Cross-compatible with the other Marvel Zombies box to expand gameplay.
  • Interesting terrain pieces like elevators and smashable windows.
  • Power system allows for enhanced actions and abilities.
  • Rescuing bystanders is a key element, contrasting with eating them in the base game.
  • Zombie heroes are cool to encounter.
  • Juggernaut is a fun and challenging zombie hero.
  • All heroes feel very powerful, making actions feel super heroic.
  • Scales up difficulty with more zombies and tougher zombie heroes.
  • Offers a lot of replayability with multiple scenarios and campaigns.
  • Great solo game, easy to manage.
  • Good puzzle quality similar to Pandemic or Forbidden Island/Desert.
  • Everything is good quality and fun.
  • Feels really balanced.
  • Can play whatever difficulty mission you want.
Cons
  • If you had to choose one, the base Marvel Zombies game might be preferred due to the 'hunger' dynamic.
  • Some repetition between the two main boxes, suggesting no need to buy both if money is an issue.
  • Other expansions like Fantastic Four, Thanos, Red Skull, and Sinister Six may not be as essential unless seeking specific heroes or unique mechanics.
Thematic elements
  • Non-zombie superheroes fighting against a bunch of zombies, including some zombie heroes.
  • The school for gifted youngsters, Xavier's home
Comparison games
  • Marvel Zombies (base game)
  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Green Horde
  • Black Plague
  • Stranger Things
  • Pandemic Clone Wars
  • Pandemic Warcraft
  • Horrified
  • Forbidden Island
  • Forbidden Desert
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Bystander interaction — In this case you rescuing these bystanders and all the bystanders are going to be targeted... if there's any zombies or whatever in your Zone each of them is going to do one damage... if any bystander is killed anywhere on the board then all the heroes will lose one power and then they will have to also discard one of their two traits... if you were to take a wound as the hero to prevent that wound you could discard the bystander.
  • multi-level board — There is some interesting terrain ideas here... this is an elevator here that you can call... you have kind of two separate parts... you have some stairs on a couple of levels so you have kind of two floors there... when you're on like this floor out here all of the zombies are moving and activating and spawning... and then once you move up to this level this you know other level down here that you were on kind of deactivates.
  • power system — Your power is going to start off at zero every round you're going to gain one power automatically you can take an action to power up which will you'll increase your power by two at that point and of course it caps out at four. Power can be spent to add dice to attacks or activate abilities and traits.
  • Window smashing — You can also open and close windows but if the zombies are in such a way that it's quicker for them to get to you through a window then they will smash that window and then there's some rules for how they're going to come through that window to get to you.
  • Zombie heroes — You're fighting against some uh zombie Heroes. Some of the X-Men have already been turned into zombies... here is dark Phoenix Jean Gray who has been turned into a zombie... here is a non-zombie Magneto... here is a zombie Iceman... zombie Juggernaut.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this game plays a lot like the Marvel Zombies game but with some definite differences as you're playing the heroes
  • you're actually non zombie superheroes fighting against a bunch of zombies who are who are all the same person which is multim which is kind of fun and you're also fighting against some uh zombie Heroes
  • Juggernaut is awesome probably my favorite one and you can see his toughness scales quite High cuz that's seven hits you got to do it once remember cuz in Zombie side you got it's to All or Nothing so as you level up you know your characters and you know this you know you get to the higher colors there not only are you you know drawing these cards and the spawn cards and you know things are getting crazier and crazier but Juggernaut is basically leveling up with you in a way and so he can be quite uh quite difficult to take out
  • it feels like that everybody's really powerful
  • all the heroes feel very powerful which is cool especially when you kind of like power up or you get other cars that let you power up for free or get bonuses to that and you want to really get at the traits and stuff so when you do like these huge moves that can just wipe out like whole zones of zombies and stuff um they feel very superh heroic right away out the gate
  • it's a co-op game but you can solo it very easy
  • it's not too much on the brain but it is not too light either so and it's got the nice puzzle quality of like a pandemic or a uh Forbidden Island Forbidden Desert you know those kind of style games
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