Legendary Expansions, Encounters and Robinson Crusoe

Couple of things that are on my Radar...

First two upcoming Expansions for Legendary, the Marvel Co-Op deckbuilding game.

The first of which is the Fantastic Four set, 100 Cards...Due out Oct 22nd.  Adds the Fantastic Four, and Silver Surfer as Characters, plus Galactus as a Mastermind with none other than a 20 attack!  Kinda makes Apocalypse with is 12 look like a kitten.

2nd is the just announced at GenCon, SpiderMan Expansion.  No Details other than Carnage as a Mastermind and the Spidey in it will be a lot tougher than the one in the original game.  February release date planned.

Next is a New Legendary box that is not Marvel based....Legendary Encounters.  Roughly the same engine but not exactly the same.  Based in the Aliens Universe....Ripley, Apone, Hudson, Hicks, etc. vs the Aliens.  Game Producer has said you can use the Heroes or Colonial Marines in the other Legendary games.  So You want Nick Fury to lead a new squad of "SHIELD Marines" against Kingpin you can...or put Colossus, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm and Cyclops against the Alien Queen (Brood anyone) you can do that too.  Not fully interchangeable, sounds like the only thing that can be swapped about is the Hero decks...still that is pretty neat.

Finally the game that is on my Most wanted list.  I spent quite some time watching the Gen Con live feed from Board Game Geeks looking for other games that might fit well with the family and the gaming group.  Came across this one that came out last year.  Robinson Crusoe, Adventure on the Cursed Island.

Fully co-op, 1-4 players, survival game.  Game is busy with a lot going on...cards, cubes, dice, hextiles, deckbuilding (in a bad way).  Has been said it is VERY challenging to win...making LoTR co-op game seem easy.  Also no  cutthroat version if one player dies, the game is over.  No hoarding food for yourself.  6 Scenarios in the box, each with their own theme (Crusoe/Castaway, Swiss Family Robinson, Volcano Island, Cannibal Island, Cursed Island, and the one that I'm forgetting)  Plus two more scenarios online (King Kong, and Explore the Galapagos).  

YouTube review that gives the basics of the game...

That's all for now...

 

Link to one of the best reviews / setups of Robinson Crusoe on the net.

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1033838/castaways-quick-start-guide-to-robinson-crusoe

New game on the way...Legendary

  Ever since I tried The Lord of the Rings board game by FFG I've fallen for Cooperative board games. Being on the lookout for any new one that may strike my interest, the interest of my gaming group, or even the interest of my Wife and Kids (now 8 and 5 years old).

  I have Kingdom Death: Monster on the way...pretty sure that will be a non-starter for the Kiddos and Wife.  I have numerous Dreadball teams having gotten one for each of the kids.  Still they are a few years from really enjoying Dreadball.  Then I discovered "Legendary" the new Deck building card game by Upperdeck.

  Basics of the game work like this, 1-5 players take on the game.  There is a Mastermind Villain that the heroes are trying to take down.  This Mastermind has a Scheme (Read as what nefarious plot they are trying to achieve).  They also have other Villains and Henchmen assisting them in their goals.  Opposing them are 5-6 heroes.

  The players play these Heroes but not in the way that you would initially think.  This is a Deck "Building" Game. So with the expansion there are 32 playable heroes, 31 different ones and Wolverine get 2 versions...well because his is Wolverine.  Each of these heroes has 14 cards. So the players select the 5 heroes they want to use and all of those cards go into a "Hero Deck"  All the players get their own personal deck which starts with a 12 SHIELD agent / trooper cards that can be spent to recruit the "Hero" cards that come into play.  So as these Heroes are recruited, they are added to that players personal discard pile.  When their current player's deck is empty they reshuffle all their discarded cards to restock their draw deck.

  There is a high replay value as with the Dark City expansion there are 9 Mastermind villains with 16 Schemes, 13 villain groups, and 6 Henchmen groups.    Which can be randomized, or even pre-selected if you wanted to re-create a major Marvel storyline (Avengers movie, Inferno, Legacy Virus, Civil War...etc)

  Here are a list of the Heroes currently in the game...

• Black Widow
• Captain America
• Cyclops
• Deadpool
• Emma Frost
• Gambit
• Hawkeye
• Hulk
• Iron Man
• Nick Fury
• Rogue
• Spiderman
• Storm
• Thor
• Wolverine (X-Men)
• Angel
• Bishop
• Blade
• Cable
• Colossus
• Daredevil
• Domino
• Elektra
• Forge
• Ghost Rider
• Iceman
• Iron Fist
• Jean Grey
• Nightcrawler
• Professor X
• The Punisher
• Wolverine (X-Force)

In October the next small release comes out "Fantastic Four" which will is rumored to have 5 heroes, 2 schemes, 2 masterminds, a villain group and a henchmen group.  Those are rumored to be Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch, and Silver Surfer.  Rumor has it they plan on one Major and two minor releases every year, and they have plenty of heroes left...

• X-Men (Beast, Psylocke, Kitty Pride, Dazzler, Longshot, Havok, Polaris)

• Avengers (Black Panther, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Wonder Man, Tigra, Mockingbird, Wasp, Ant Man / Giant Man / Yellow Jacket)

• Others (Spider Woman, Moon Knight, War Machine, She Hulk...)

• Guardians of the Galaxy (bet the are a small set release to go along with the movie next year)

The Box says ages 14+...though after watching a couple of videos of the gameplay, I'm fairly certain my 8 year old can handle it.  My 5 year old, will play with Dad, or have a hand of his own face up for me to help him with.

Should be getting the game in a couple of days

Here is a video of the basic gameplay...looking forward to flipping some cards with you.

Kingdom Death: Monster...

Jumped in on another Kickstarter project.  Yep, I am surfing the wave that is Kickstarter popularity right now.  Anyway...this Boardgame project (Kingdom Death: Monster) will not actually hit store shelves until Novemeber 2013, but the idea and gameplay looked too interesting to pass up.

Here is a video that goes over the basic premise of the game:

 

Here is a video going over the combat portion of the game...

And a video that goes over the other aspects of the game...

Love the look of the minis, how the game will play and that the group will be sitting around the table working together rather than against one another.  As a mini painter / modder, I look forward to the challenge this game will present.

I ended up bidding enough in the Kickstarter to get the base game and the Dragon king expansion.  I'm sure if it takes off with the group, I'll get more expansions later.  Convincing the Wife to play will also be a challenge...but a worthy one.

That is all for now...

Add on...Found a really neat article about painting fleshtones over on BOLS...(putting it here so I don't lose it when I actually get the minis this winter.)

http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2013/02/hobby-practicing-skin-tones-with.html

Two years away...what have I been doing.


Well to be honest working on my other Game specific blogs.  I wanted to keep the Chocolate out of the peanut butter as it were, and keep things more organized than they would be here in one Blog.

In case you missed it...here are the other Blogs...

Current Project...Dreadball.
http://mainedreadball.blogspot.com/

Wrapping up a Tukayyid Battletech campaign.
http://tukayyid.blogspot.com/

Ran a very fun Solaris VII Battletech Campaign.
http://solarisseven.blogspot.com/











Computer game wise...playing World of Tanks, Star Trek Online.  Tried Mechwarrior Online, but it made me motion sick.  Played through Diablo III once...was good.  Waiting on Marvel Heroes, Mechwarrior Tactics, and Neverwinter currently

That's all for now.  I'll attempt to post more often.