Marvel Snap
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Dowbocop
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Not sure how many people are playing this but I'm loving it!
Each game has three locations, each with an effect. Each turn you spend energy to lay cards at these locations which gives you power there. At the end of six turns the player with a higher power at more of the locations wins. Different cards have different abilities as well (multipliers, destroying other cards etc). You do challenges, get new cards, build new decks, all that jazz!
Currently rocking a fairly basic strategy where I flood the middle with Medusa and Mr Fantastic to get their bonuses, and augment that with Blue Marvel and his bonus. Along with Mantis, Scarlett Witch and White Queen to do some stealing/disruption to my opponent that's doing me pretty well. I've been trying to experiment with more destructive cards (some cards give bonuses and buffs if you destroy them), but I struggle to control the cards that get destroyed. In one game I stacked a location in preparation for laying Carnage to give him the bonus from eating all cards at a location, but I laid another destructive card and ended up destroying Carnage
I like how the abilities are nicely suited to each character card (Nightcrawler can teleport, Heimdall can move cards around etc). The coolest thing I've managed to do was use Heimdall on the final turn to transport my Odin card to a location where I was losing but playing new cards there wasn't allowed, winning me the match - felt proper badass there
My highest score for a single location is 8960: I thought this was a bug until I googled and found out what the real highest score was
Each game has three locations, each with an effect. Each turn you spend energy to lay cards at these locations which gives you power there. At the end of six turns the player with a higher power at more of the locations wins. Different cards have different abilities as well (multipliers, destroying other cards etc). You do challenges, get new cards, build new decks, all that jazz!
Currently rocking a fairly basic strategy where I flood the middle with Medusa and Mr Fantastic to get their bonuses, and augment that with Blue Marvel and his bonus. Along with Mantis, Scarlett Witch and White Queen to do some stealing/disruption to my opponent that's doing me pretty well. I've been trying to experiment with more destructive cards (some cards give bonuses and buffs if you destroy them), but I struggle to control the cards that get destroyed. In one game I stacked a location in preparation for laying Carnage to give him the bonus from eating all cards at a location, but I laid another destructive card and ended up destroying Carnage
I like how the abilities are nicely suited to each character card (Nightcrawler can teleport, Heimdall can move cards around etc). The coolest thing I've managed to do was use Heimdall on the final turn to transport my Odin card to a location where I was losing but playing new cards there wasn't allowed, winning me the match - felt proper badass there
My highest score for a single location is 8960: I thought this was a bug until I googled and found out what the real highest score was
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jiggles
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I am enjoying it but I’ve not got far enough in to really engage with any kind of meta (I’m still using mostly starting cards and winning most of the time). I wouldn’t say I’m particularly immersed in the Marvel comics history so a lot of characters are a mystery to me. I wouldn’t let that dissuade you, rinks.
The snap mechanic is a great concept, for raising the stakes, and simultaneously playing cards and revealing gives it a very poker-like feel. A full snap for the final round gives you the edge-of-your-seat thrill of seeing out the river in a high stakes game. I always forget to do it though, unless the other player does it first.
The snap mechanic is a great concept, for raising the stakes, and simultaneously playing cards and revealing gives it a very poker-like feel. A full snap for the final round gives you the edge-of-your-seat thrill of seeing out the river in a high stakes game. I always forget to do it though, unless the other player does it first.
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Dowbocop
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jiggles wrote:I am enjoying it but I’ve not got far enough in to really engage with any kind of meta (I’m still using mostly starting cards and winning most of the time). I wouldn’t say I’m particularly immersed in the Marvel comics history so a lot of characters are a mystery to me. I wouldn’t let that dissuade you, rinks.
The snap mechanic is a great concept, for raising the stakes, and simultaneously playing cards and revealing gives it a very poker-like feel. A full snap for the final round gives you the edge-of-your-seat thrill of seeing out the river in a high stakes game. I always forget to do it though, unless the other player does it first.
It does have a very pokerish feeling to it, yeah. It's very tense when it's the last turn and you're trying to decide whether to spread your bets over multiple areas or double down on a location.
I played someone called Pell just now, might have had my first GR derby
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Fade
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Fade
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That kind of gooseberry fool is why this game is so good though there's so many crazy effects and combinations.
It doesn't feel like a card game to me, it feels like what Pokémon battling should have been. Scratches the game itch for me anyway. It's just faster, more complex and FAR better balanced.
Also, anyone like spamming the Spiderman emote when you both play the same card?
there's so many crazy effects and combinations.It doesn't feel like a card game to me, it feels like what Pokémon battling should have been. Scratches the game itch for me anyway. It's just faster, more complex and FAR better balanced.
Also, anyone like spamming the Spiderman emote when you both play the same card?
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Dowbocop
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Fade wrote:That kind of gooseberry fool is why this game is so good though
It doesn't feel like a card game to me, it feels like what Pokémon battling should have been. Scratches the game itch for me anyway. It's just faster, more complex and FAR better balanced.
Also, anyone like spamming the Spiderman emote when you both play the same card?
YES
I tried to explain why this was funny to my wife who has neither seen the meme or expressed any interest in Marvel Snap. Went well
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Fade
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I can imagine "It's the pointing meme!" "Okay dear"
Has anyone had the chance to use Galactus yet? What an absurd card, so fun to use. The animation too!
I got it as one of those 0 cost level 6 cards for filling up a zone. Destroyed all the other cards but ai had nova and wolverine down so it powered him up and wolverine joined him
"It's the pointing meme!" "Okay dear"Has anyone had the chance to use Galactus yet? What an absurd card, so fun to use. The animation too!
I got it as one of those 0 cost level 6 cards for filling up a zone. Destroyed all the other cards but ai had nova and wolverine down so it powered him up and wolverine joined him
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Fade
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Fade
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Saint of Killers
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Man! Had a real bad run thanks to the places being a right pita. I had one which gave out a random card which... PLAYED ALL MY CARDS FOR ME :LOL: Although that match I somehow managed to win
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