Marvel Champions: The Card Game – The Galaxy’s Most Wanted

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 8 out of 10

   Mr Jummy

   I started on expert as usual, but switched to normal quickly, wow this campaign is hard even on normal! I played Groot and I had to deckbuild after losing to the collecter a few times. Groot is an interesting character, I really liked him. Nebula was pretty tough as well, but Ronan took me 15 tries, a lot of deckbuilding and good fortune to beat. I ended up switching from protection to justice which helped. Ronan beat me in the first two turns most of the time, he is brutal. Arguably too hard for normal difficulty. I like the challenge, but this is a big step up from the other marvel champions content. I think it should at least be possible to beat Ronan with the default groot deck, I honestly doubt if this is possible. I probably will only play this campaign again with a real strong deck.

2. 7 out of 10

   DoxaLogos

   I have mixed feelings about this expansion so far. I was more excited about just having more villains to play against and not crazy about the heroes. Now, I've almost flip flopped after having played it some. Groot and Rocket are a lot of fun. The villains are interesting and very challenging... almost too challenging. I was never one to complain about the difficulty of this game, and I have been happy to play at expert level with most villains... however... I play mostly single hero solo, and this campaign has been taken way into the stratosphere in difficulty. I've been playing the campaign at standard difficulty and I don't know how to get past Ronan yet. He's insanely difficult. I will probably never play this on expert which disappoints me in some ways, because the expert campaign for true solo players looks impossible. That's the disappointing part. I haven't tried the villains in a standalone setting, but they should be easier because less is added to their setup when not played in the campaign. If you play this multiplayer and the game is already super easy for you, then I would highly recommend this expansion. However, if you play mostly single hero solo and enjoy the game's difficult where it's at, I would say try before you buy. I don't regret buying this because of the content. I'm just disappointed by how badly unbalanced the difficulty is in the expert campaign for solo players. Yes, I could tweak things myself, but it's not as satifsying as playing "official" versions. Rocket and Groot are amazing though and come with some great cards. Rocket is going to a great solo play hero with lots of versatility between thwart, damage, and healing. Groot is a tank at protection but is not a consistent thwarter.

3. ksquires84

   I know I'm not alone in saying that this expansion was two things: 1.) A further display of Marvel Champions' creativity and design that they have shown again and again. 2.) Impossible. Literally impossible. Like...frustratingly, annoyingly, fun-killing, impossible. I can't say it enough. It's effing impossible. Fun slowly gets zapped from the game after losing again and again and again. Really bad form from Fantasy Flight Games to create a game with a difficulty set to a 14 on a scale of 10 just for basic gameplay, not even for expert.