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2018
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Description
Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War is a cooperative dice and card game for 2-4 players.
In the game, players recruit heroes and assemble a team to face off against Thanos and his villainous forces in an effort to thwart him from accomplishing his master plan: Collecting all six Infinity Stones to power the Infinity Gauntlet and wreak havoc on the very fabric of reality. Building upon the strengths of the characters on their team, as well as other players, winning requires critical thinking and communication to reach a common goal.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Top List at 4:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- It's considered one of the best comic-based board games played in a while.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Fighting against Thanos
- Comics/Marvel universe
- Narrative driven by comic book themes.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- my leadoff question to the segment is going to be answered right now because coming in at number 10 and dropping eight spaces is the key for charkh on Dec
- this is a game that I got to saw preview at dice tower con and there was a lot of buzz around it so if you're interested go pre-order it now because it's supposed to be out this month
- this is a game that appeared in the top 10 list last month and it was so popular that I thought I need to try this game so I went out and bought myself a copy hath not had a chance to play it yet but I can't wait to try it out because I've heard so many good things about it and it's in the top 10 for this tube two consecutive months
- my wife made me a homemade copy of Azul using ticket to ride trains so we could feel like we're a part of the board gaming hotness
- must be an extremely popular game and I'm sure with it being the Halloween but a lot of people are getting into Lovecraftian games
- I've had a chance to play this game and this is one of my favorite of that style game
- well Brian miniature Market will be sending your friend Jake a copy of that game and I've played this game and it really is one of the best comic based board games I've played in a while
- I love the designer I highly recommend checking it out
- this card game that took the community by storm earlier this year is as hot as ever it's an easy game to learn easy game to play it's one of those that you can just get out and play any time I can totally understand why this game is so hot I guess eventually everybody's gonna have a copy of this thing
- this game is crazy after all these years and all these expansions everything associated that game is just super hot people love this game and my local game store I see it play it all the time all my local friends have a copy of this game and I'm sure they probably got this expansion too so if you have a copy of terraforming Mars you need to add this to your collection
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 47:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Thoroughly enjoyed the game.
- Nice components, especially the Thanos figure and chunky dice.
- Fun dice-chucking cooperative game.
- Surprised by how enjoyable it was.
Cons
- The game overstayed its welcome in a two-player game, leading to a loss.
- If Thor dies, one player loses interest.
Thematic elements
- Cooperative game where players must defeat Thanos and his monsters before he collects all the Infinity Gems.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — Players work together as Avengers to defeat Thanos.
- Deck building (implied) — Building a team of Avengers is compared to deck building, suggesting a similar progression.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled and assigned to actions or combat.
- Push Your Luck — The game involves deciding how to use dice and managing risks.
- Set Collection — Collecting Infinity Gems is Thanos's win condition.
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Quotes (from this video)
- These crackers spend most of their episodes talking about everything but board games
- The thing that really sold us both on this game it's the resource management
- Oh crap I sat there for an hour getting through the rules
- This is very much a tactical game Tony which I found out and I stick it tactical games it's about positioning your squads and in in good places to defend and in case some enemy moves into a crystal zone then you can move into a crystal zone and actually do battle against each other
- The really neat mechanic that I liked was the three different colors of the workers you had the black the gray and the white and you don't get those gray and white until you go raiding later in the game
- I highly recommend the expansion Hall of Heroes because typically when you draw cards in the base game it's a blind draw you don't know what you're gonna get with the expansion you have three of them out that you can pick from
- The app works well I was surprised how well the app works because there's also a time when you can just do a check you could say hey is this color part of the the pattern and you type in it tells you whether it is or not
- I really enjoyed this Marty I was really surprised at just the fiddle enos of playing with the coins and moving them in and out
- I love it's a it's a tactical board game with cards and minis I get to paint my minis
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Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews Review at 2:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- High production quality and tasteful, non-movie still art direction
- Accessible and tactical co-op with a clear thematic through-line
- Solid overall duration: typically 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on difficulty
- Clear, contained luck factor with meaningful player decisions
- Good for 3–4 players with playful downtime balance
Cons
- Downtime can be longer with more players, and some may find the deck variability creates occasional stalls
- Luck is still a factor in dice outcomes, though more contained than typical dice games
- Deck shuffle can be optimized; a specific house rule is suggested to improve flow
Thematic elements
- Hero alliance vs. Thanos and his lieutenants in a race to assemble Infinity Stones.
- A Marvel universe-wide race to prevent Thanos from collecting all Infinity Stones, culminating in a high-stakes boss encounter.
- cinematic, cooperative, thematic with a comic-book aesthetic
Comparison games
- Darkness Rising
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — Players work together to stop Thanos, coordinating actions and resources across sectors.
- cooperative play — Players work together to stop Thanos, coordinating actions and resources across sectors.
- Deck Manipulation — An optional house rule suggests dividing the deck into piles and adding villains to each to smooth flow and reduce luck spikes.
- deck organization to control luck — An optional house rule suggests dividing the deck into piles and adding villains to each to smooth flow and reduce luck spikes.
- dice-driven combat and action resolution — Dice are rolled to activate abilities, attack lieutenants, recruit heroes, and mitigate damage; dice are allocated to multiple cards.
- Infinity Stone disc flip and ability modulation — When a stone is captured, a disc is flipped and its stone-activated ability affects future rolls, altering threat dynamics.
- recruitment vs. damage economy — Damage dice can be used to recruit heroes, with damaged heroes potentially shuffled into a penalty pool; balance between offense and recruitment is critical.
- sector and card management — Players choose one of three sectors, each containing three cards (heroes, assets, or villains) to influence the board state.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the game is the perfect length and should not run you more than 45 minutes
- production quality is up there
- art direction they went with wasn't pictures from the movies though you will recognize the characters
- the luck factor is pretty well contained
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