Haha, that's how I felt about Collector 2! But 1 was still really tough as well, that damn collection...just looking at all my fancy cards sitting there doing nothing...😔
Rules Clarification - Patrol only prevents Thwart action so cards that allow you to remove threat directly without being a thwart action still works. Similar to direct damage vs Guard.
The second encounter with Collector is too good. Rushing that last stage down with all the tools the scenario gives you feels like a circus, in the best way.
I just beat the first scenario with Groot who seems to be capable of defending, thwarting and dealing tons of damage. It seems that collector scenarios can be challenging for solo play.
Last night we had 3 games vs Drang and lost them all. 4 player coop with stock decks. Star Lord, Gamora, Groot & Rocket. I suspect Star Lord might be screwing us by adding more schemes than we can handle.
Star Lord is often a big gambler. Gamora I find more of a jack of all trades but a master of none. For a four player game you may need someone a bit more specialized to handle Star Lord's shenanigans. - Braiden
Drang expert made me go do the campaign standard. The Campaign specific side schemes are no joke either- especially expert! Also, love your content! really insightful and thorough.
Great review! Our group of 3 has done up to, and including, the 3rd scenario (so I stopped the video at that point so as not to spoil what's coming up.) We found Drang to be very tough. It took us four attempts: the first two we tried Black Widow, Rocket and Groot and we got stomped. For the last two my friend switched out Black Widow for Captain Marvel and it was more successful, and we won on the 4th attempt quite handily. For both Collector scenarios, we actually won the first attempt! And it's funny because we misinterpreted the rules, making the game harder: When you defeat the first Collector fight, you're supposed to write down the player cards, by title, that were still in the collection. Then, on the second fight, you're supposed to remove those cards from the game. We thought that meant EACH copy of that card, since it doesn't say to record the number of copies in the collection, just the card by title. This meant that in our game, despite having only one of each in the collection, we ended up removing all three copies of Marvel's Photonic Blast, three copies of Groot's Root Stomp, and both copies of Rocket's Relentless Assault. Needless to say it made the scenario harder, but when we found out thwarting was how you win, we focused on that. I feel like there are a few instances of poor phrasing in the rules, but overall it's been a blast so far! Side note: Since it is quite evident that you are supposed to record each copy of card that the collection takes, I can think of one situation where you would also need to record the resource symbol on the card - that being for Black Panther's Wakanda Forever. Even though the card title is the same, each copy has a different resource icon (2 share a wild). So when you have to remove the card from the game in scenario 3, you should technically remove the specific Wakanda Forever with that icon. Just an oddly specific detail I noticed.
Thanks for the comment! And for the insight into how your campaign is going! Good luck with Nebula and Ronan, you'll definitely need it for Ronan, haha. Happy to hear that you did so well with The Collector scenarios, even on extra hard mode, lol.
My buddy played Agg Scarlett Witch, Just Ironman and I played Lead Groot been pretty cool been playing on Hangouts and have gotten thru to Nebula. Been a blast, Those Ghost Minions were my bane in the 1st Collector game but been alot of fun. Draw Deck Scarlett Witch does alot of damage and throws out a ton of status effects. We have done it on our 1st attempts so far but i did start a 3 player solo game with Rocket, Groot and SW and Rocket got shot up by the Badoon Ship.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing that. Leadership Groot is one that I'm interested to test out and try more of, I think it would be a fun pairing for Groot!
@@AllYouCanBoard I have really enjoyed it I have a few Morale Boosts to buff myself and also have been able to defend for my allies, have had a few turns where doing 10 threat removal and 10-15 damage in addition to basic THW/ATK and on those other turns an Avengers Assemble to buff everybody up or make my Defense 5-6 with a Morale Boost. Quite satisfying felt like Groot impaling a row of Chitauri Warriors!!
I feel like the challenge of this set is a necessary step in the progression of this game. Many people only pkay on standard mode and I, for one, sometimes get bored beating up the same villains on standard all the time. I welcome the challenge!
Agreed! I like having challenging content like this available and it's adding a lot to my replay value, for a game that already has super high replay value. -Dylann
I disagree. If you want a Challenge then play expert. I think its bad that some Heroes can’t beat this campaign on standard. This campaign is nearly impossible in one-player.
@@madsdalager7499 standard difficulty was too easy. Expert is kinda what standard should be imho. On the one player complain, game is developed and playtested 99% for multiplayer, as designers said on stream.
@@sedlak87 well - you could just play heroic if expert is normal? But it makes sence - I will give you that. I am just sad they sacrificed 1-player. Maybe could have had some things to exclude like x-men insurrection were some threat-cards changeif your less players. Like just not doing some of the bad stuff in between villains if playing 1-player.
Interesting. The reaction I’ve seen to Hawkeye has been mostly positive. He dies more often than most but he can deal crazy amounts of damage and his quiver is 🤌 (especially before they nerfed the rule about letting it scry the top 5 cards of your deck).
@@AllYouCanBoard The only reason I don't like Hawkeye is that he proves that they nerfed Hulk way too much. All of his cards are way better, he is doing the same 3 damage attacks, and all without the limitation of a 4 card hero hand that he has to throw away every turn. I know Hulk has 3 defense and more HP, but if you are defending with him you typically aren't going to able to swing for 3 or use his best attack card either.
@@firestormpiccolo I'd have to dig it up, but it was in an interview somewhere one of the designers was defending the Hulk (or maybe it was Thor? I remember them also needing to defend Thor a bit) where they talked about having to tone him down during testing. They also alluded to the idea that some unreleased cards would work wonders with him, but I struggle to see how that could be possible since there isn't much he actually does that different from other heroes where they wouldn't benefit just as much if not more so.
@@bodybagbilly yeah and during the times when they were defending Thor and Hulk they said they’re not any less powerful than Doctor Strange which is just a mind boggling statement.
Expert Campaign is an extreme challenge - the expert side of the side schemes are ridiculous (particularly Collector, Nebula, and Ronan). Some people will enjoy the steep uphill challenge that it is, but I am not a fan. I am enjoying standard campaign with expert villains, for the most part, i just wish there was an official middle ground between standard campaign and expert campaign because the gap is huge. Drang is a really great scenario imo, challenging - you really need to bring the board control. Collector 1 - it is challenging and unique but I found his mechanic extremely unfun. Also is extremely hard in expert campaign. Collector 2 - The difficulty on this one is really going to vary, some groups will find it very easy and some very hard. Regardless, i found it to be fun, fresh, and thematic. Nebula - So I will say, that expert does ramp her up quite a bit from what I've seen from standard. I didn't think she would be that great, but I was pleasantly surprised as her ship makes for dynamic gameplay and her techniques are much more of a threat in expert. Ronan is a brutal challenge that I think the game needed. I have no idea how you are supposed to beat him in expert campaign tho.
Yeah it is definitely a huge challenge. I also don't know yet how Ronan is meant to be conquered on Expert mode. But perhaps there are cards coming in the next Guardians packs that will specifically make that a bit easier? Either way, it's nice to have a super tough challenge like that. Thanks for the comment!
I haven't played every villain outside the campaign yet, but I think some may be a tad easier. That being said, I personally think Ronan is still incredibly hard, haha.
Great to hear your thoughts Dylann. Always lots of interesting introspective on what's difficult or cool in the expansion. I have only played Drang with both new heroes on standard and expert and hes already a tough challenge on just expert. Only beat him a couple times after 5 or so tries. Looking forward to trying the rest of the villians. Did you deckbuild much or just stick with the default decks for both heroes? There seem to be a few cards in both decks that are highly situational in value (example rockets "Follow Through"). Definitely seems like the best content FFG has put out to date for MC. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment, Brian! I did do multiple changes and modifications to the decks, including some full aspect swaps in a couple instances (although I had the most success keeping them as Aggression and Protection). Definitely remove some of the situational cards and added different ones in for certain villains. Overall, it's a huge challenge upgrade compared to previous content but I enjoyed the challenge! -Dylann
Great channel guys and great review!. All our other favorite board games channels are turning to lame paid hype previews. It’s refreshing to watch reviews of games that are out now. cheers!!!🍻
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I found Collector 1 much harder than Collector 2. I got in control of 2 which was the only one I did (and I've not beaten Ronan yet). I think they are probably both very tough if things go against you but one felt oppressive and not fun. It's hard to tell with limited information just using Rocket Justice so far. Drang and Nebula were the easiest. Nebula is probably the weakest design as her stances are something you can't really play around with, they are just a clunky way of getting somewhat varied effects. I suspect my loathing of Collector 1 will beat that out though. I like the Stalwart mechanic tied to attachments so it does not remove stun lock etc just makes it harder and villainous is a great keyword. Funny isn't it that the 1 cost cards are weaker than the ones that cost 7 times as much? ;) Despite that I think the strongest ones are in the 5 costs bracket- low opportunity cost powerful effects for free and usually cantrips. I think the campaign is still weak and just half assedly links the scenarios. A good one would have interesting failure states. AH has this part beat. Rocket is tons of fun when you can get to do his stuff. Groot looks great too I hope to find out this week. It sounds like you play 2 handed exclusively while I only really solo - 2 hands is too much work and plague of course.
Awesome thoughts, thanks for sharing and compiling all that! I will agree that in terms of narrative and connected story in the campaigns, it's weak and it likely always will feel a bit like that. Arkham is FFG's much more story-oriented and campaign focused game. However, I've also gotten to a place where I'm comfortable with that fact and still have more fun playing MC overall. And who knows, maybe they try something a little different for future campaigns or one day try to have heroes each come with a scenario and then try and connect a cohesive story across a whole year or cycle. Thanks again for the comment and support!
@@AllYouCanBoard Yeah I like MC more just not in campaign format. When LOTR came out I was disappointed it was COOP then when the Star Wars one came out I was disappointed it was NOT COOP. Arkham did not have interesting deckbuilding to start with now this one has meh campaigns :) Maybe they'll do a revised Star Wars coop with strong deckbuilding and deep narrative campaigns and I can stop complaining :)
I found it too hard on standard. I am playing one-player mostly and Ronan is too insane. I played Ant-man justice because of the extra threat on each villain but I find that all of the extra effects mentioned between villains is the problem. The ronan I am facing on normal starts with 3 encounter-cards dealt first round, plus an extra because I had the powerstone completing nebula (I get an extra attack or scheme + 1) threat is two on main 9 on Challenge-sidescheme, 7 on pincer because I only had one counter on nebulas ship. The only way to win as I see it is getting lucky and hitting High-damage cards to turns in a row (giant stomp). But just surviving two turns doing damage is nearly impossible. Making standard just a bit easy’er would make it work. Want the tough challange - then play expert
Yeah it's definitely very hard on standard. I wonder if the intention is that if you get to Ronan and find all the additional encounter cards and nasty thing that's happen to be too much, that you're supposed to try the campaign again, now having the knowledge of how to prevent Ronan from being extra powerful in advance. Or to be able to buy market cards that will specifically help you with him. Either way, not saying that's a good solution, just thinking out loud. I do personally enjoy the challenge, but agree that it's definitely borderline TOO hard for a campaign, haha.
Can you tell us about solo play experience with this box? Does Rocket with his aggression play well solo? Groot with his protection? Thank you for the great video!!!
I haven't gone through the entire GMW campaign with true solo yet, so I can't comment just yet! But I've played both Rocket and Groot with true solo in independent scenarios and enjoyed them both a lot! Thanks for the comment and the kind words! - Dylann
Maybe I was playing it wrong but I thought the Milano made the first scenario way too easy. I was playing on standard mode without the campaign inclusions just to try it.
I'd have to disagree with you on two points:. A) I wouldn't recommend this to anyone because most of the scenarios make this campaign no damn fun. It's a miserable experience where you're constantly getting beat down - especially with Ronin and Nebula. B) I would whole-heartedly recommend Rise of Red Skull as a first campaign buy because Rise of the Red Skull is fun and a pure joy to play.
Awesome to hear you got through Nebula! I definitely think I had a lucky game when I beat her on my first try. Good luck with Ronan, he's a BEAST! - Dylann
@@AllYouCanBoard lol OMG I'm playing against Ronan right now and this must be a joke. There is no way in hell I can defeat him. There is just way too much on the table going on 🥴
@@AllYouCanBoard we done it. After 5 Rounds with Zero chance (he killed us in one round), we switched from defence groot to justice groot. Than we could controll him. We are so happy.
"Drang isn't too difficult!" *Cries in 4 losses, no wins thus far* I'm actually wondering if single player is easier than 3 person on Drang cause the sheer amount of ship firing gets nuts...
@@AllYouCanBoard we tried a two player with Rocket and Groot out of the box, and I believe we tried a couple times with Thor, Groot, and Scarlet Witch; the weird thing is, not once was it from us blazing through acceleration counters- just having folks picked off by that indirect damage. Now, I'm not gonna lie, we all are still learning and cultivating but... Phew. It feels insurmountable right now. We also had some bad pulls, like Groot coming face to face with Furnax just about every time.
@@user-fr1ys2wn4t oh, sure; but that's part of the fun in getting new heroes is seeing what they do at their worst. XD though, I have to give props for Galaxy's Most Wanted; Rocket and Groot's precon ain't HORRIBLE. Just not at all optimal.
@@olivercrouley It can also be misleading. A lot of people think that Thor and Hulk are bad Heroes because of this. Their box decks are like the biggest meme decks ever 😅
I don't have the expansion yet, but I'm looking forward to playing it as soon as possible. Do you recommend playing it true solo with only one of this characters? Or do you think it is better to play with the two heroes? Very nice review. Also, what do you think the next big expansion is going to be? Regards! P.D. I also come from Arkham Horror and I really like when they adapt mechanics from there.
I haven't personally done true solo with GMW yet, but that's the next thing I'm planning to do! So I'm not completely sure yet what the balance is like for on hero compared to two. Two did feel really good though, it was just very difficult! There are a couple scenarios that I feel might be really hard at true solo. In terms of next expansion, everything seems to be building to Thanos. He's mentioned in the comic storyline of this box, and he's mentioned in several of the reveal articles on FFG's website for upcoming Guardian heroes. I'd be surprised if that's not where it's leading. Thanks for watching and for the comment!
@@AllYouCanBoard ok thanks, I'll give it a think. I also think Thanos is the next step, but I think there will be 1 or 2 expansions more in between this one and the Thanos one, since they still have to present 2 or 3 infinity stones more. Regards!
I imagine it's pretty difficult, although I would probably try going through with other heroes besides Groot and Rocket now and that might change the difficulty. Let me know if you pull it off and who you played with!
Hey can anyone tell me, can you play with any heroes in the scenario? Can campaigns be mixed and matched or no? How do you play a regular game outside of the campaigns? Thank you.
Hello! You can play any heroes you'd like through the campaign, you're not limited to the ones that come in the box or anything. You can play all the scenarios in the box as a full campaign, or you can play any of them individually as just a single game/session. Hope that helps!
@@AllYouCanBoard okay awesome. Thank you for clarifying and responding so quickly. Much appreciated!! Thanks for the great reviews. You should do a video kind of ranking the campaigns if you haven’t already. Idk which to get first haha.
Ah yes! Of course, I completely forgot it made an appearance before. I've only fought Kang a limited number of times so it slipped my mind. And yeah, them tagging it as "new" in the rulebook didn't help haha. -Dylann
There's a couple that would be weird to include in other scenarios, like Galactic Artifacts or really anything that has a victory keyword on it, but I think for the most part, most could be used with other villains, even if it doesn't thematically make sense, lol.
Which one is your favourite villain in Galaxy's Most Wanted?!
F*CK THE COLLECTOR 1. (he's very tough. Still trying to beat him)
Clea is MVP against first collector
Haha, that's how I felt about Collector 2! But 1 was still really tough as well, that damn collection...just looking at all my fancy cards sitting there doing nothing...😔
Nice content.
I like the collectors game mechanic so far. However, i dont have the expansion yet.
The collector scenarios were the standouts for me in this expansion. I loved them both but VERY difficult!
Rules Clarification - Patrol only prevents Thwart action so cards that allow you to remove threat directly without being a thwart action still works. Similar to direct damage vs Guard.
The second encounter with Collector is too good. Rushing that last stage down with all the tools the scenario gives you feels like a circus, in the best way.
I know! I found it so tough, but man was it fun and interesting. Great design.
I just beat the first scenario with Groot who seems to be capable of defending, thwarting and dealing tons of damage. It seems that collector scenarios can be challenging for solo play.
Yes, I'm trying the campaign with true solo next and I already have anxiety about the collector scenarios haha.
Last night we had 3 games vs Drang and lost them all. 4 player coop with stock decks. Star Lord, Gamora, Groot & Rocket. I suspect Star Lord might be screwing us by adding more schemes than we can handle.
Star Lord is often a big gambler. Gamora I find more of a jack of all trades but a master of none. For a four player game you may need someone a bit more specialized to handle Star Lord's shenanigans.
- Braiden
Drang expert made me go do the campaign standard. The Campaign specific side schemes are no joke either- especially expert!
Also, love your content! really insightful and thorough.
Thanks a lot, Matthew! Appreciate the support and the comment. Yes, I'm about to embark on Expert and I'm already nervous lol.
I lost 12 times against Nebula and after 21 tries I've not been able to make more than 4 wounds to Ronan 🤦🏼
Oof! That's rough. Well, I have faith that attempt #22 will be where you do FIVE wounds to Ronan! :P
It’s fun to watch this now that time passed. Ronan is still the worst, but I agree with the fun you had with the scenarios. This box is underrated.
Great review! Our group of 3 has done up to, and including, the 3rd scenario (so I stopped the video at that point so as not to spoil what's coming up.)
We found Drang to be very tough. It took us four attempts: the first two we tried Black Widow, Rocket and Groot and we got stomped. For the last two my friend switched out Black Widow for Captain Marvel and it was more successful, and we won on the 4th attempt quite handily.
For both Collector scenarios, we actually won the first attempt! And it's funny because we misinterpreted the rules, making the game harder: When you defeat the first Collector fight, you're supposed to write down the player cards, by title, that were still in the collection. Then, on the second fight, you're supposed to remove those cards from the game. We thought that meant EACH copy of that card, since it doesn't say to record the number of copies in the collection, just the card by title. This meant that in our game, despite having only one of each in the collection, we ended up removing all three copies of Marvel's Photonic Blast, three copies of Groot's Root Stomp, and both copies of Rocket's Relentless Assault. Needless to say it made the scenario harder, but when we found out thwarting was how you win, we focused on that. I feel like there are a few instances of poor phrasing in the rules, but overall it's been a blast so far!
Side note: Since it is quite evident that you are supposed to record each copy of card that the collection takes, I can think of one situation where you would also need to record the resource symbol on the card - that being for Black Panther's Wakanda Forever. Even though the card title is the same, each copy has a different resource icon (2 share a wild). So when you have to remove the card from the game in scenario 3, you should technically remove the specific Wakanda Forever with that icon. Just an oddly specific detail I noticed.
Thanks for the comment! And for the insight into how your campaign is going! Good luck with Nebula and Ronan, you'll definitely need it for Ronan, haha. Happy to hear that you did so well with The Collector scenarios, even on extra hard mode, lol.
My buddy played Agg Scarlett Witch, Just Ironman and I played Lead Groot been pretty cool been playing on Hangouts and have gotten thru to Nebula. Been a blast, Those Ghost Minions were my bane in the 1st Collector game but been alot of fun. Draw Deck Scarlett Witch does alot of damage and throws out a ton of status effects. We have done it on our 1st attempts so far but i did start a 3 player solo game with Rocket, Groot and SW and Rocket got shot up by the Badoon Ship.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing that. Leadership Groot is one that I'm interested to test out and try more of, I think it would be a fun pairing for Groot!
@@AllYouCanBoard I have really enjoyed it I have a few Morale Boosts to buff myself and also have been able to defend for my allies, have had a few turns where doing 10 threat removal and 10-15 damage in addition to basic THW/ATK and on those other turns an Avengers Assemble to buff everybody up or make my Defense 5-6 with a Morale Boost. Quite satisfying felt like Groot impaling a row of Chitauri Warriors!!
I feel like the challenge of this set is a necessary step in the progression of this game. Many people only pkay on standard mode and I, for one, sometimes get bored beating up the same villains on standard all the time. I welcome the challenge!
Agreed! I like having challenging content like this available and it's adding a lot to my replay value, for a game that already has super high replay value. -Dylann
I disagree. If you want a Challenge then play expert. I think its bad that some Heroes can’t beat this campaign on standard. This campaign is nearly impossible in one-player.
@@madsdalager7499 standard difficulty was too easy. Expert is kinda what standard should be imho. On the one player complain, game is developed and playtested 99% for multiplayer, as designers said on stream.
@@sedlak87 well - you could just play heroic if expert is normal?
But it makes sence - I will give you that. I am just sad they sacrificed 1-player. Maybe could have had some things to exclude like x-men insurrection were some threat-cards changeif your less players. Like just not doing some of the bad stuff in between villains if playing 1-player.
@@madsdalager7499 heroic is lazy design. I hope they come with some heroic set of cards or modular.
Interesting. The reaction I’ve seen to Hawkeye has been mostly positive. He dies more often than most but he can deal crazy amounts of damage and his quiver is 🤌 (especially before they nerfed the rule about letting it scry the top 5 cards of your deck).
I personally really enjoy Hawkeye, just remember seeing a few instances of people being underwhelmed by him. I think he's pretty fun though.
@@AllYouCanBoard The only reason I don't like Hawkeye is that he proves that they nerfed Hulk way too much. All of his cards are way better, he is doing the same 3 damage attacks, and all without the limitation of a 4 card hero hand that he has to throw away every turn. I know Hulk has 3 defense and more HP, but if you are defending with him you typically aren't going to able to swing for 3 or use his best attack card either.
What nerf, happened? Sorry I dont play this game frequently enough.
@@firestormpiccolo I'd have to dig it up, but it was in an interview somewhere one of the designers was defending the Hulk (or maybe it was Thor? I remember them also needing to defend Thor a bit) where they talked about having to tone him down during testing. They also alluded to the idea that some unreleased cards would work wonders with him, but I struggle to see how that could be possible since there isn't much he actually does that different from other heroes where they wouldn't benefit just as much if not more so.
@@bodybagbilly yeah and during the times when they were defending Thor and Hulk they said they’re not any less powerful than Doctor Strange which is just a mind boggling statement.
Expert Campaign is an extreme challenge - the expert side of the side schemes are ridiculous (particularly Collector, Nebula, and Ronan). Some people will enjoy the steep uphill challenge that it is, but I am not a fan.
I am enjoying standard campaign with expert villains, for the most part, i just wish there was an official middle ground between standard campaign and expert campaign because the gap is huge.
Drang is a really great scenario imo, challenging - you really need to bring the board control.
Collector 1 - it is challenging and unique but I found his mechanic extremely unfun. Also is extremely hard in expert campaign.
Collector 2 - The difficulty on this one is really going to vary, some groups will find it very easy and some very hard. Regardless, i found it to be fun, fresh, and thematic.
Nebula - So I will say, that expert does ramp her up quite a bit from what I've seen from standard. I didn't think she would be that great, but I was pleasantly surprised as her ship makes for dynamic gameplay and her techniques are much more of a threat in expert.
Ronan is a brutal challenge that I think the game needed. I have no idea how you are supposed to beat him in expert campaign tho.
Yeah it is definitely a huge challenge. I also don't know yet how Ronan is meant to be conquered on Expert mode. But perhaps there are cards coming in the next Guardians packs that will specifically make that a bit easier? Either way, it's nice to have a super tough challenge like that.
Thanks for the comment!
Great Review! The villains from this box its more forgiven If I play outside the campaign?
I haven't played every villain outside the campaign yet, but I think some may be a tad easier. That being said, I personally think Ronan is still incredibly hard, haha.
Great to hear your thoughts Dylann. Always lots of interesting introspective on what's difficult or cool in the expansion. I have only played Drang with both new heroes on standard and expert and hes already a tough challenge on just expert. Only beat him a couple times after 5 or so tries. Looking forward to trying the rest of the villians. Did you deckbuild much or just stick with the default decks for both heroes? There seem to be a few cards in both decks that are highly situational in value (example rockets "Follow Through"). Definitely seems like the best content FFG has put out to date for MC. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment, Brian! I did do multiple changes and modifications to the decks, including some full aspect swaps in a couple instances (although I had the most success keeping them as Aggression and Protection). Definitely remove some of the situational cards and added different ones in for certain villains. Overall, it's a huge challenge upgrade compared to previous content but I enjoyed the challenge! -Dylann
Great channel guys and great review!. All our other favorite board games channels are turning to lame paid hype previews. It’s refreshing to watch reviews of games that are out now. cheers!!!🍻
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I found Collector 1 much harder than Collector 2. I got in control of 2 which was the only one I did (and I've not beaten Ronan yet). I think they are probably both very tough if things go against you but one felt oppressive and not fun. It's hard to tell with limited information just using Rocket Justice so far. Drang and Nebula were the easiest. Nebula is probably the weakest design as her stances are something you can't really play around with, they are just a clunky way of getting somewhat varied effects. I suspect my loathing of Collector 1 will beat that out though.
I like the Stalwart mechanic tied to attachments so it does not remove stun lock etc just makes it harder and villainous is a great keyword.
Funny isn't it that the 1 cost cards are weaker than the ones that cost 7 times as much? ;) Despite that I think the strongest ones are in the 5 costs bracket- low opportunity cost powerful effects for free and usually cantrips.
I think the campaign is still weak and just half assedly links the scenarios. A good one would have interesting failure states. AH has this part beat.
Rocket is tons of fun when you can get to do his stuff. Groot looks great too I hope to find out this week. It sounds like you play 2 handed exclusively while I only really solo - 2 hands is too much work and plague of course.
Awesome thoughts, thanks for sharing and compiling all that! I will agree that in terms of narrative and connected story in the campaigns, it's weak and it likely always will feel a bit like that. Arkham is FFG's much more story-oriented and campaign focused game. However, I've also gotten to a place where I'm comfortable with that fact and still have more fun playing MC overall. And who knows, maybe they try something a little different for future campaigns or one day try to have heroes each come with a scenario and then try and connect a cohesive story across a whole year or cycle.
Thanks again for the comment and support!
@@AllYouCanBoard Yeah I like MC more just not in campaign format. When LOTR came out I was disappointed it was COOP then when the Star Wars one came out I was disappointed it was NOT COOP. Arkham did not have interesting deckbuilding to start with now this one has meh campaigns :)
Maybe they'll do a revised Star Wars coop with strong deckbuilding and deep narrative campaigns and I can stop complaining :)
I found it too hard on standard. I am playing one-player mostly and Ronan is too insane. I played Ant-man justice because of the extra threat on each villain but I find that all of the extra effects mentioned between villains is the problem. The ronan I am facing on normal starts with 3 encounter-cards dealt first round, plus an extra because I had the powerstone completing nebula (I get an extra attack or scheme + 1) threat is two on main 9 on Challenge-sidescheme, 7 on pincer because I only had one counter on nebulas ship.
The only way to win as I see it is getting lucky and hitting High-damage cards to turns in a row (giant stomp). But just surviving two turns doing damage is nearly impossible. Making standard just a bit easy’er would make it work. Want the tough challange - then play expert
Yeah it's definitely very hard on standard. I wonder if the intention is that if you get to Ronan and find all the additional encounter cards and nasty thing that's happen to be too much, that you're supposed to try the campaign again, now having the knowledge of how to prevent Ronan from being extra powerful in advance. Or to be able to buy market cards that will specifically help you with him. Either way, not saying that's a good solution, just thinking out loud.
I do personally enjoy the challenge, but agree that it's definitely borderline TOO hard for a campaign, haha.
Can you tell us about solo play experience with this box? Does Rocket with his aggression play well solo? Groot with his protection? Thank you for the great video!!!
I haven't gone through the entire GMW campaign with true solo yet, so I can't comment just yet! But I've played both Rocket and Groot with true solo in independent scenarios and enjoyed them both a lot! Thanks for the comment and the kind words! - Dylann
Maybe I was playing it wrong but I thought the Milano made the first scenario way too easy. I was playing on standard mode without the campaign inclusions just to try it.
I'd have to disagree with you on two points:.
A) I wouldn't recommend this to anyone because most of the scenarios make this campaign no damn fun. It's a miserable experience where you're constantly getting beat down - especially with Ronin and Nebula.
B) I would whole-heartedly recommend Rise of Red Skull as a first campaign buy because Rise of the Red Skull is fun and a pure joy to play.
Nebula took me 6 tries but I finally beat her with Protection Groot and Aggression Rocket. On to Ronan....
Awesome to hear you got through Nebula! I definitely think I had a lucky game when I beat her on my first try. Good luck with Ronan, he's a BEAST! - Dylann
@@AllYouCanBoard lol OMG I'm playing against Ronan right now and this must be a joke. There is no way in hell I can defeat him. There is just way too much on the table going on 🥴
Omg i just saw why i cant beat nebula.. i was paying 2 ressources every time to only take 1 token
Nice review, i want to test my luck to best Ronan.
Did you use the prebuild decks for groot and rocket?
Only for the very first attempt against Drang to try out all the cards. After that, I adjusted as necessary each scenario! Good luck with Ronan!
@@AllYouCanBoard we done it. After 5 Rounds with Zero chance (he killed us in one round), we switched from defence groot to justice groot. Than we could controll him. We are so happy.
"Drang isn't too difficult!" *Cries in 4 losses, no wins thus far* I'm actually wondering if single player is easier than 3 person on Drang cause the sheer amount of ship firing gets nuts...
Yikes, sorry to hear! Who are you playing with? It's very possible that I just had some good luck on my attempt.
@@AllYouCanBoard we tried a two player with Rocket and Groot out of the box, and I believe we tried a couple times with Thor, Groot, and Scarlet Witch; the weird thing is, not once was it from us blazing through acceleration counters- just having folks picked off by that indirect damage. Now, I'm not gonna lie, we all are still learning and cultivating but... Phew. It feels insurmountable right now. We also had some bad pulls, like Groot coming face to face with Furnax just about every time.
Playing heroes out of the box is a surefire way to lose a game 😄
@@user-fr1ys2wn4t oh, sure; but that's part of the fun in getting new heroes is seeing what they do at their worst. XD though, I have to give props for Galaxy's Most Wanted; Rocket and Groot's precon ain't HORRIBLE. Just not at all optimal.
@@olivercrouley It can also be misleading. A lot of people think that Thor and Hulk are bad Heroes because of this. Their box decks are like the biggest meme decks ever 😅
I don't have the expansion yet, but I'm looking forward to playing it as soon as possible.
Do you recommend playing it true solo with only one of this characters? Or do you think it is better to play with the two heroes?
Very nice review.
Also, what do you think the next big expansion is going to be?
Regards!
P.D. I also come from Arkham Horror and I really like when they adapt mechanics from there.
I haven't personally done true solo with GMW yet, but that's the next thing I'm planning to do! So I'm not completely sure yet what the balance is like for on hero compared to two. Two did feel really good though, it was just very difficult! There are a couple scenarios that I feel might be really hard at true solo.
In terms of next expansion, everything seems to be building to Thanos. He's mentioned in the comic storyline of this box, and he's mentioned in several of the reveal articles on FFG's website for upcoming Guardian heroes. I'd be surprised if that's not where it's leading.
Thanks for watching and for the comment!
@@AllYouCanBoard ok thanks, I'll give it a think.
I also think Thanos is the next step, but I think there will be 1 or 2 expansions more in between this one and the Thanos one, since they still have to present 2 or 3 infinity stones more.
Regards!
I have the core set, rise of red skull and a handful of character packs. Is the guardians expansion pack worth getting?
I havn't managed to beat the campaign on expert yet
I imagine it's pretty difficult, although I would probably try going through with other heroes besides Groot and Rocket now and that might change the difficulty. Let me know if you pull it off and who you played with!
Have you read the king in black event from marvel. If not it is an important event for the sentry.
I haven't, but thanks for the heads up! I'll make a point of checking it out.
Hey can anyone tell me, can you play with any heroes in the scenario? Can campaigns be mixed and matched or no? How do you play a regular game outside of the campaigns? Thank you.
Hello! You can play any heroes you'd like through the campaign, you're not limited to the ones that come in the box or anything. You can play all the scenarios in the box as a full campaign, or you can play any of them individually as just a single game/session. Hope that helps!
@@AllYouCanBoard okay awesome. Thank you for clarifying and responding so quickly. Much appreciated!! Thanks for the great reviews. You should do a video kind of ranking the campaigns if you haven’t already. Idk which to get first haha.
Ronan is most difficult villain in game.
are the Market cards considered "out of game" cards or just "out of play" cards?
Villainous is not new it’s in anachronauts
Yes, but it is tagged as "new" in the GMW rulebook. Presumably because some may skip the side villain packs?
Ah yes! Of course, I completely forgot it made an appearance before. I've only fought Kang a limited number of times so it slipped my mind. And yeah, them tagging it as "new" in the rulebook didn't help haha. -Dylann
Technically most modular sets can’t be played with other scenarios, but could make it work. First time in a long time I’m playing standard
There's a couple that would be weird to include in other scenarios, like Galactic Artifacts or really anything that has a victory keyword on it, but I think for the most part, most could be used with other villains, even if it doesn't thematically make sense, lol.
That's the truth. And losing on standard a lot too :)