Marvel Champions vs Ticket to Ride

I play Marvel Champions single handed so the game is more of a case of figuring out the puzzle of solving the shortfall in your hero against the villain.

If you're gonna choose train cards, you can either pick two from the cards that are revealed or two random ones. It's not all luck of the draw because...

This game is terrific. Fantasy Flight certainly knows how to do an LCG right. First of all, this game is so incredibly thematic. So many times in games the theme is just pasted on a set of mechanics, but not here

Theme Well, several off-shoots from Ticket to Ride have come. Not to mention an expansions for the original game that adds several smaller routes. So there is evidence that the theme can be slanted, but in Ticket To Ride Europe, game play is the same with some twists, like you can use someone else’s route for your destination’s sake without getting points for the route, and you route requiring tunneling through mountains are more pricey. These off-shoot stand alone games are a good way for Days of Wonder to charge full price for what could have been a less expensive expansion to the existing game

Starting scheme is resolved by reading the back of it’s card before advancing it to its active side. The encounter deck should be shuffled (villain deck, standard encounter cards, and one modular set of cards chosen) with the obligations set aside that belong to heroes playing the game. Players should now draw their starting hand based on their alter-ego card. They may take a mulligan to discard cards in their hand to their discard pile to draw a new set of cards

We have to clean each one individually with Windex and wipe each of them individually, then let each one sit out individually to dry. This sort of takes care of the dirt and stickiness, but the lamination should be better, especially how everything else keeps clean. We haven't needed to clean them again since the one time. It would be nice if the cards were larger, too

Neither one of us like the new design of the board, the trail is so faint that it's hard to follow (I initially thought this was blown out of proportion ... it's not)

i thought I was disproportionately bummed about it but then we babysat and our friends daughters also commented that their favorite part about the game was the cards and that the smaller size and simpler design was an outrage. So I felt validated. I would happily pay more for those magnificent cards or collectors editions with special art. I did order the extension set which had better cards but still feel that the game should have come with the original, magnificent cards

Well, this is a non-buy for me. I already have *everything*, lost interest by the time the final kickstarter shipped, and Marvel Champions has basically obsoleted SotM for me.

There's something about the texture and weight of plastic pieces that makes them vastly inferior to their wooden counterparts. If Ticket to Ride came with wooden trains, I think my enjoyment of it would increase tenfold.

I'm back at it now and had much more fun treating it as strictly a series of deck construction puzzles. Picking up a couple of heroes outside of the core box helped with that a lot. Ms. Marvel and Black Widow are both much more interesting and enabled play styles that felt more directed than just pick a color and take all the good cards of that color

I am of the opinion that some of these modern classics, (**Small World, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Dominion, Catan,** etc...**)** are still worth playing today

I bought this entirely as a splurge purchase with the hopes that I would enjoy a playthrough or two by myself or with my girlfriend. After explaining the premise to a couple of friends at work before the package even arrived, they said they were down to play this as well. Everyone got done at 7pm, came over to my place, and we cracked open the box. After about 15 minutes of assembly and organization, we built the suggested hero decks at the back of the Learn to Play guide, and thus began our hour long presentation of reading the rules

Fun game to play. Easy game to teach the kids to play with the adults. Gets kids knowing where major cities are and how to pronounce them.

I am currently living out of my vehicle so the small size is kind of a must. I got Marvel Champions a couple weeks ago (love it) but that’s probably then only box of it’s size I can fit. Bonus points if it’s on Amazon and I can have it shipped to a prime locker

If I were to nitpick, I would definitely say the cards are oddly small and thus can be hard to shuffle and handle- especially at the start of each game, when you'll end up spending 15 minutes just trying to mix them up as much as possible. But it's a small price to pay for such a fun game. Overall, Ticket to Ride has quickly become a family favorite, and it is definitely one I'd highly recommend! A 5 out of 5!

The next scenario, which is against the Klaw, then upgrades the difficulty beyond belief. Every, and I mean EVERY aspect of the villain and the challenges you are facing are increased by quite a bit. You are then fighting what seems to be an insurmountable task every turn.Every turn is mitigating the damage or scheme placed on the scenario while plucking away slowly on the villains HP

The setup and play are very hard to understand. Outside of a neat box and concept, this is probably one to stay away from..

* Got in my 60th play of **Marvel Champions**, this time was Groot Justice and Rocket Aggression vs chapter 1 / Drang in the GMW campaign, and I got annihilated. I must have thwarted 50 threat off schemes and never managed to get the villain to phase 2, AND I saw as I was packing up that I had missed 2-3 encounter cards I should have dealt due to an effect. So .

It is not a quick game, so plan to spend at least an hour to play, depending on how many players you have (and how quickly they make decisions). If you play often, consider purchasing the expansion pack! Highly recommended.

Quite honestly, I want just another pack or two, because as an adult I don't want to play this game THAT many times. But a little more variety would be nice.

Technically my Dads, but he bought Ticket to Ride 10th anniversary edition as our first proper board game. This meant we were children when we started to play this which, coupled with the fact that we didn't sleeve it means the cards are pretty dirty and worn. Which is slightly disappointing as that game is not cheap, we could have made a decent chunk of change if only we'd have thought to sleeve it. Edit: 10th not 15th