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Codenames: Marvel
Codenames: Marvel combines the hit social word game Codenames, while featuring characters and locations from the Marvel Universe including, Spider Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers and Doctor Strange.
In Codenames, two teams — S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra in this case — compete to see who can guess all of their field agents (identified by either a word or picture) correctly first — but those field agents are hiding in plain sight in a 5×5 grid that includes the agents of the other team, neutral words, and an assassin that will cause you to lose the game immediately if you guess it. One person on each team is a spymaster and only these two know which agents belong to each team. Spymasters take turns giving one-word clues that can help their teammates identify multiple agents on the board. Their teammates try to guess agents of the right color while avoiding those that belong to the opposing team — and everyone wants to avoid the assassin.
| Ages | 8+ |
|---|---|
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
| Play Time | 15m |
| Designer | Casey Sershon, Vlaada Chvátil |
| Mechanics | Communication Limits, Push Your Luck, Team-Based Game, Memory, Pattern Recognition |
| Theme | Card Game, Comic Book / Strip, Deduction, Party Game |
| Publisher | Czech Games Edition, The OP |
AmadanNaBriona
Codenames variant where you really need to have players who are knowledgeable about obscure Marvel characters. Wasn't that fun even for two Marvel-philes.
alexs34
This seems best with players who are all up to date on their Marvel knowledge. Not so good otherwise.
CrazyBlueDwarf
.25/1 Storytelling .75/1 Effort to fun ratio in line with complexity .5/1 Variety in play/strategy .75/1 Art 1/1 Appropriate level of setup for it's complexity .5/1 Meaningful Decisions .5/1 Likelihood to skip similar games for this one 1/1 Keeps me engaged .5/.5 Immediately want to play again .5/.5 Theme .5/.5 Components .25/.5 Subjective/Evangilization