Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Description
Asymmetrical DC Comics deck-building game with eighteen playable characters where heroes and rogues pursue different victory conditions
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Review at 0:02
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Pros
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Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Superhero deck-building game with heroes and villains
- Gotham City, Daily Planet, House of Mystery
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck building — Mentioned as a genre of game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- There's a new superhero deck building game from Whiz Kids called DC Forever.
- You can either play as the heroes like Superman and Batman or the rogues like the Joker or Lex Luthther.
- There actually nine different bad guys and nine different good guys that you can play in this game.
- During the game, you'll be taking your characters to different locations like Gotham City Hall, the Daily Planet, or the House of Mystery.
- Each game, you'll be going to three different ones here.
- And the heroes are trying to capture the bad guys or rescue the citizens at the different locations.
- And the bad guys are trying to knock out the good guys or complete five schemes.
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Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Does some very interesting things with the deck building format.
- Brings some really interesting ideas to deck building games in general.
- Feels like something different from other deck building games.
- Variety in characters makes each feel unique.
- Each character brings their own strength to the team.
- Lot of depth if you are willing to dive in deep.
- Great comic stuff and character identity.
- Lots of tactility and strategy.
Cons
- Challenging to figure out character synergies and abilities initially.
- Has a learning curve.
- Can be slowgoing at the start.
- Some players might bounce off due to complexity.
- Requires playing multiple times to understand all characters for effective drafting.
- Can occasionally be a bit 'sy' with repetitive actions.
- Not all characters have good ways to react to opponent's big swings.
Thematic elements
- Classic heroes and villains in asymmetric deck-building battles
- DC Universe
Comparison games
- Netrunner
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric gameplay — Heroes and villains have different objectives and playstyles.
- Attachment Cards — Cards that can be attached to characters to provide ongoing effects or modifiers.
- attack — Characters can attack each other to defeat opponents.
- character abilities — Each character has unique abilities and starter decks that influence gameplay.
- Deck building — Players start with basic cards and acquire new cards to improve their decks.
- Discard pile manipulation — Some abilities allow players to interact with or retrieve cards from their discard pile.
- drafting — Players draft characters at the start of the game, with cost limits for starting lineups.
- Location abilities — Different locations have special abilities that affect gameplay.
- reaction cards — Cards that can be played in response to specific triggers.
- rescue civilians — Heroes attempt to rescue civilians from locations, contributing to their victory condition.
- Schemes/Agendas — Villains complete schemes by gathering bystanders, which contribute to victory conditions.
- Threaten — Villains can threaten locations to gather bystanders for their schemes.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This game does some very interesting things with the deck building format.
- It doesn't feel like other deck building games that I've played. This definitely feels like something different.
- Each character brings their own strength to the team.
- There is a lot of tactility in here, a lot of strategy when it comes to that decision.
- I do believe that there is a lot of tactility in here, a lot of strategy when it comes to that decision. I just hope people give the game enough of a chance to get to that point because I think it's worth it.
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The Dice Tower Review at 9:44 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- deep/complex design
- high production value
Cons
- box claims 30 minutes but is much more complex
- rulebook does not teach well
- not enjoyable for the reviewer
Thematic elements
- deck-building with asymmetrical sides
- DC Comics universe, heroes vs rogues
- deep, comic-book-inspired narrative with factions
Comparison games
- Netrunner
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — fighting over locations on the board
- area/locations control — fighting over locations on the board
- asymmetrical sides — villains vs heroes with distinct abilities
- Deck building — build decks to fight and gain resources
- deck-building — build decks to fight and gain resources
- take that — cards can attack opponents directly
- take-that — cards can attack opponents directly
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Quotes (from this video)
- Night Soil is a game about poop. That's all it is about.
- This game kind of beats you down.
- The cloth mat with the printing on is pretty hard to read what all the symbols do.
- This is a five out of 10 for me.
- The rules... is a very convoluted process.
- I really dislike what Portal did with this.
- There is a player aid per character. Yay.
- Symbols in this game do not match what you think they might mean.
- Redonkulously huge.
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