MARCH
2007
MARVEL HEROES (as seen
in the Border Mail 01/03/07)
Play
Time: 60 -120 Minutes Number of Players: 2 - 4 Difficulty: Moderate Price: $120 Ages: 12 to Adult Rating:
Want
a game to ignite your imagination?
Want a game that feels like a story is unfolding?
Then strap on your tights and head this way
- it's time for Marvel Heroes.
In MH, each player controls a team of heroes.
The teams include The Fantastic Four, The Avengers,
The X-Men and The Marvel Knights. That's 16
key characters including many favourites.
The game comes with 10 different scenarios and
each one outlines a different requirement to
win.
This
is a great addition and will keep the game fresh
for many years to come.
The aim is to use your team to solve headlines
that arise in the city of New York.
A headline acts as a crime, disaster or mystery
that is plaguing the city.
But the fun doesn't end there.
Each player also controls a Nemesis to one of
the other teams.
These
can be used to try and stop the other players
from completing headlines and this means that
all players are kept in the action regularly.
The game aims to tell a story by offering great
detail in the headlines, story boards and characters
themselves.
A further 50 allies and 50 villains are added
to the game with two decks of cards making for
a large number of possibile encounters and combinations
of characters
It
takes a few plays to work out some of the trickier
rules but this is a must for any comic book
fan and a great experience for any gamer who
likes action and has the patience to work through
a few quirky rules.