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This week has seen quite a few heroes grace our table. Thanks to the UK Math Trade, I've had some NEW games to play
Thunderstone
After massively enjoying Dominion, I had looked at this as a potential purchase with the £'s that Santa gave me, but thought I'd give Ascension a try instead as it looked sufficiently different to Dominion to give a completely different experience. We really enjoyed that too. But I still held a desire to own this one day. And that day came last weekend. Pre-sleeved too
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After one play, I'm convinced we'll enjoy this more given repeated plays. The Light / Darkness rules are somewhat intrusive, but I'm sure well get them down after a couple more plays. Until we have to introduce new players to it that is :/
Marvel Heroes
I'd picked this in my wants lists purely as speculation, not expecting to get hold of it. But hey, sometimes you get lucky! We've played two games of this so far:
X-Men vs Marvel Knights - Born Again Scenario
My X-Men took an early lead going after some of the bigger hitting headlines. Kel's Knights remained just in my shadow for the rest of the game until the final round. My lead putting me up against Magneto in each headline eventually took it's toll and he got all his Master Plans into play on the turn I made 15 points, wounding the mighty Wolverine in the process. The 5 point hit took me behind the Knights who went on to win 16-13.
Avengers vs Fantastic 4 - Born Again Scenario
A closer game throughout. F4 made the early push, going for a Threat 3 Mastermind headline first off with Sue and Torch Ready and Thing in support, hoping that Kel's success with Master Plans in the first game would tempt into it this one. It did and Doom went down, giving the F4 their Temporary Recruit Power-Up. In the second round, F4 stayed fairly low-key, allowing the Avengers to creep marginally ahead in the VP stakes. Third turn was the last. A Mastermind headline each (F4 through choice, Avengers through VP lead) left Doom with a headache, F4 with an Improved Lab, Avengers lying wounded thanks to Juggernaut's intervention. After the dust settled, F4 won 16-15.
Really enjoying this much maligned game, although many thanks must go to Universal Head for his superb summary, which makes learning the rules SO much easier.
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