jesselowe Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 I saw this skirmish game at Guardian Games and it piqued my interest. Has anyone picked it up and played it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 It’s on my radar, but I’m waiting to hear more from others. I love superhero comics, I love superhero roleplaying games, and I love miniature war games (especially low model count skirmishers)... But I’ve never seen a miniature game that does superheroes very well. The Batman miniatures game was okay... Until they added heroes and villains from outside the Batman, his rogues gallery, and the Batman Family. Focusing on just “street level” heroes, it works well, provided you have an appropriately dense terrain set up. Start adding heroes like Superman and the Flash... and it just doesn’t feel right anymore. Their powers are too big for the scale of the game... Just their movement abilities alone should keep them off the tabletop. When I run games like Mutants & Masterminds, I don’t bother with minis and maps. Even a fairly modestly powered hero like, say, Spider-Man can cover over a hundred meters in single movement... and do it in three dimensions. Trying to make it “fit” in a miniature war game scale just seems impossible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 I’ve now watched several more YouTube videos of actual gameplay and read the free rulebook... I think a lot of my misgivings (in my post above) have all been properly addressed by the game designer’s focusing the gameplay on some very clever mission designs. This isn’t a wargame that is trying to represent a war or even a skirmish... it’s a “scuffle” game! The average game looks like it will perfectly replicate the sort of fight scene you might see in a single issue of a comic book. A duo or small team of heroes duking it out for 6-8 pages with a mastermind villain and one or two of his henchmen. It’s not The Infinity Gauntlet and it’s not trying to be, it’s Marvel Team-Up and it nails it. Players bring a collection of any ten models of their choosing. They also bring six Mission cards, of two different types (“Secure” and “Extraction”). You dice off for priority, winner picks one of his mission cards of one type, second player picks one of his mission cards of the opposite type... These mission cards all have a “Threat Value” on them and you assemble your team by picking from the ten miniatures you brought based on their point value. Pretty cool. It means you won’t have to buy a huge stockpile of miniatures if you really only like a handful of specific characters. It also means you won’t necessarily be stuck with characters that are lousy at a specific mission type. There’s also no restrictions on your team consisting solely of Heroes or Villains, so you can totally recreate that one issue where Captain America had to team up with Red Skull because of Reasons. On the other hand, they do have “Squad Affiliation” rules to incentivize taking certain combinations of heroes. Minor stuff like Captain America giving a morale boost to a team made up solely of his fellow Avengers. The model range is still kinda small, just the ones in the starter box, Venom, Hulk, the Black Panther, MODOK, and a couple of others. The biggest “missing” part of the line seems to be a complete dearth of any X-Men or their villains... I’d also like to see the Fantastic Four, Doctor Doom, and more of Spidey’s rogues. We’ll probably see them in the near future. I’m officially upgrading myself from “dubiously skeptical” to “curiosity peaked.” Anyone own a copy yet? I’d love to play a demo scuffle or two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Well, I succumbed to the lure of shiny new plastic. Amazon should be delivering my copy of the core box tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 It's finally arrived! Time to assemble some Avengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damunky Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 So allie and I went and got the game and 6 extra characters and terrain and a battle mat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damunky Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 think we can get more than 2 or 3 of us into this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Damunky said: think we can get more than 2 or 3 of us into this one? In my experience, the best way to grow an audience for a game is to play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damunky Posted March 16, 2020 Report Share Posted March 16, 2020 Yeah too bad i cant make it this tuesday 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted May 16, 2020 Report Share Posted May 16, 2020 According to the folks on Reddit’s r/MarvelCrisisProtocol/ there’s a Deal of the Day sale at Game Nerdz: the Marvel Crisis Protocol Core Set for $59.98. Heck of a deal on an excellent game. Perfect for introducing any non-miniatures gamers that you happen to be quarantined with to the hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted July 11, 2020 Report Share Posted July 11, 2020 Atomic Mass Games just posted a really cryptic message across their various social media accounts. I wonder what it could mean...? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 I have also taken the plunge into MCP, I've got a mat, the core box and the NYC expansion. anyone looking for games, let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 I skipped on getting the official mat, because I opted to get one as an add-on to my Monster Scenery: Metropolis bundle... Unfortunately, Covid-19 hit hard and production delays have pushed the shipping date all the way back to September... But, I’ve got the core box, all the other figures from Waves 1-3, and a good selection of cardstock buildings, and other terrain. Two extra dice sets too! MCP is a really fun game, I really want to make a regular thing out of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesselowe Posted May 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 Given the way my daughter has dived into Marvel lately, I might have to pick up the starter as well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 @Ish @jesselowe let's get some games going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 @jesselowe I'm the guy who you played that learning game of warmachine with at geeks and games btw. I can return the favor with a learning game of MCP if you're interested. im in the middle of painting everything but im pretty much available any weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 @Ish I know you aren't mobile but I live in Portland as well so I can come to you some time if available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted May 15, 2021 Report Share Posted May 15, 2021 43 minutes ago, zcaust83 said: @Ish I know you aren't mobile but I live in Portland as well so I can come to you some time if available I’m as mobile as TriMet and/or Uber can make me, so pretty much anywhere in Portland is do-able. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 Now time to paint my super heroes and villains! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 NGL I definitely thought the terrain for this game was prepainted MDF board lol it's quite a bit of work to get everything suitable for the table. but it's really nice quality stuff, this is a fun project for sure and the game play is nice and smooth imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 @Ish looks like it's just you and I for MCP so lets start planning some games! are you free this evening? weekend? let me know here or in the messenger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 I'm planning on heading to WOW tonight; I'd be happy to bring my MCP stuff along... Been several months since I got a game of it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ish said: I'm planning on heading to WOW tonight; I'd be happy to bring my MCP stuff along... Been several months since I got a game of it in. what time? I won't be free until around 730. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Well; Things are usually wrapping up there around 8:00... We can try another week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zcaust83 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 ok cool, if you are free this weekend you can come over here. i can set up a table out back lol 4 minutes ago, Ish said: Well; Things are usually wrapping up there around 8:00... We can try another week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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