![]() By the end of the game, your Cyborg deck is going to have a bunch of Batman gear and combat moves, super-powers ascribed to Superman and the Flash, and maybe even some iconic location like Arkham Asylum … little of which feels much like Cyborg’s particular experience. While you might begin the game as Wonder Woman or Green Lantern, your sense of identity is going to take a beating, as you will have soon built a deck full of all sorts of heroes - both your own guy, and everyone else, too. First, you get to be a superhero! The game comes with the usual JLA stalwarts to select from, and each character has a little advantage, such as the speedy Flash (who gets to draw more cards), Batman with his bonus for equipment cards, Superman with his benefit for playing multiple super-powers … it is a small thing, but a welcome bit of theme, and if it doesn’t feel especially Aquamany to let me put cards I captured this turn directly atop my deck, well, at least they tried. I like deck-building and I like DC comics, so even just respraying Dominion with a coat of Batman paint would be a win.Ĭalling the DC game a respray is an injustice, though, as there are a few innovations on display here that allow the game to stand on its own. None of those things should be considered liabilities - indeed, they may be virtues - just as saying that at heart the DC game is a traditional deck-builder should not be construed as criticism. ![]() ![]() It’s also easier to set up and pack down the game occupies a smaller footprint on your table and its scope is a bit less ambitious than its Marvel cousin. The DC Heroes Deck-Building Game is the simpler of the two designs, and not just in terms of complexity. Most importantly - both games are great fun to play! Both are loaded with art from contemporary comic books and faithfully represent the heroes, villains, and accoutrements of their respective superhero universes. Both games are relatively quick to play, and easy to understand (particularly if you’ve played a deck-builder before). Where to begin? The games are broadly similar - in each you represent a hero or heroes, and your deck lets you fine-tune your abilities and capture villains cards that are out to give you grief. The superheroes arrived in 2012, thanks to the games under consideration here today, and more to the point, they arrived at Longbox Graveyard Secret HQ over the holidays, prompting this comparative review! With Dominion the new hotness, it was only a matter of time before “Deck-Building” would blossom as a genre, and before long you could delve dungeons, fight demons, and build space empires using the form. You Might Also Like: The Best Superhero Game You’ve Never Heard Of - Capes & Cowls Most deck-builders don’t have a lot of direct player interaction, lending them an aspect of “mutual solitaire,” but that’s ok - it’s fun to while away an hour with friends, semi-competitively trying to solve whatever puzzle the current selection of cards offers, and tallying up the score more to measure how each of you did against the game than each other. They’re easy to explain, and fast to play - your turn comes around in a flash - and it is rare that you complete a game without wanting to play one more. As new cards are purchased, they go into your deck, and each new hand provides new opportunities for combos and synergies that let you better manipulate the game and box out your opponents.ĭid I lose you? It’s more fun than I’ve made it seem, honest! Simply put, in a deck-builder, players start with a small and inefficient deck of cards, and score points by playing those cards to buy progressively more complex and expensive cards from a face-up display. The form exploded on the gaming market with Donald X. Namely, what the heck is a deck-building game? … but first, for those of you who aren’t game geeks, I should address the elephant in the room. Upper Deck’s Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game and Cryptozoic’s on-the-nose named DC Comics Deck-Building Game are both … eh … deck-building games, both released in 2012, and both casting players in the role of superheroes fighting super villains for glory and high scores! That’s right, it’s DC vs. Last time, I lauded a game that’s harder to find than Bigfoot riding a unicorn - but this time I offer up not one but two games that you can find right now! Once every hundred issues or so I like to run a superhero-related game review here at Longbox Graveyard.
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