Lunostophiles

I picked this game up on a whim, after hearing so many different critics laud it. I had been wanting a good cooperative game for a while, because there are only so many times you can stop infectious diseases and escape sinking islands. It came down to purchasing Sentinels or Legendary–and not to knock Legendary, as I haven’t played it yet, but I am SO glad I bought Sentinels of the Multiverse.

Mechanically, ths game is sublime. I wasn’t sure how all the characters were going to interact with one another, but in just the first game my friends and I had as much fun beating up on the villain as we did figuring out how all of our heroes worked. It is a giant gold star on this game that each character, both villain and hero, have different mechanics and play styles. It not only makes it a challenge to play your character optimally, but brings about unique situations of certain characters finding that perfect kink in the villain’s armor, all becuse of a few powers you have that fit so well against the oppressing forces.

Give it up to Greater Than Games, too, for paying attention to details. From the stylized art, to the flavour text (with issue numbers!), to the sheer fact they’ve created an entire world, not just a vague set of characters with paint on them. Tachyon not only plays differetly than Haka, they FEEL different. They feel vibrant and intense, and that theming is beyond beyond.

If I had one gripe, one little grievance, it would be this: I’m glad I picked it up when the Enhanced Edition was available, because the deck dividers are gorgeous and perfect. But the box inlay itself can be a little unfortunate at times. Thankfully I have tiny ziploc bags to put the different HP chips and status effect bars in, because otherwise it’d be chaos in that box. The foam blocks don’t keep things in line as much as I’d like to, and while I don’t have to move the box at weird angles a lot, when I’m transporting it to friends’ houses for game nights, some of the cards tend to become…entropic, to say the least. I know there’s only so much you can do with a box inlay with an ever-increasing set of cards, but it can get a little bothersome.

But seriously, that’s my only issue with the entire game, and that’s such a negligible thing to me. I have seen far worse box inlays, and it doesn’t affect the way I play the game.

In short? Buy this game. Whether you like superheroes or not, BUY THIS GAME. It has a great, variable skill level, so anyone from your best gaming friend to your parents can understand this game without more than a few rounds of teaching. We taught ourselves in one round, and were playing fluidly by the end.