Learned Dice Masters, Legendary, and Descent recently through your videos and recently purchased all three. You are the Mr. Robinson of Boardgaming! Seriously, love the show and your teaching style!
I played this for the first time tonight. I hadn't really given it consideration or even watched your videos on it because I'm not a huge fan of the comic book hero theme. However, I was blown away with how fun it was. This was the first deckbuilder I've played other than Dominion, and boy was it fun. Now I actually am going to buy it and here I am watching your videos
So I normally watch your videos on how to play a board game before I buy it to be sure it’s going to be a good fit with my game group. I played this game at a buddy’s last weekend and I ordered it from my local game store with dark city, new mutants and guardians of the galaxy. I’m just watching this bc I’m excited to play it again. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work.
Atlantic Canadian. I can't hear it of course, being that I'm the one saying it - but universally, it has been remarked that there is a noticeable difference in how I say cards :)
I bought this game for my son's birthday, but after watching how fun it is I'm not sure I can wait that long to bust it out! Great video. I appreciate the work you put into it.
Fantastic tutorial, I just got back from Gencon 2014 and purchased this game on sale ($45, yay). The wife and I read the rules and played the first game scenario and LOVED it...I watched this to make sure we played right lol and we actually did. I just want to say though that you covered everything very good and I sub'd. Haven't checked yet but I purchased Ascension (awesome) and Dead Panic (just read the rules at this time)!!!!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video! It really brought it home and helped convinced me to purchase the game. I've recently bought the game and have been really enjoying it with my girlfriend. We love the game so thanks for helping out!
I am a visual learner - without this I would have not figured out how to play. Thanks for making this. I was a little confused because the starting turn you showed was not a starting hand. I figured it out though just took me a couple of rewatches.
***** I have to say I agree with Leo McNeil . I think it had to do that we didn't see it played in a way. I had to watch the gameplay and revisit this video just to understand because there was so much to know about. This is my opinion, and you may have to experiment making a video for another game like this and see if this will work: 1) Go REALLY basic with the rules. I think you went too deep into talking about the cards that had "Ambush" "Fight" effects save that for gameplay. It was just way too much information for us newbies, it made sense to you after you played it and after I watched the gameplay video. 2) Maybe separate the video from setup from how to play would help. 3) This may make things a little harder for you but you should add video effects on your videos. For example, highlight areas on cards rather than pointing. when you pointed out the "attack points" on each card, I think it would be easier if it was highlighted with video effects at the same time and then show how it was added together. Especially the "super power ability" part (for gambit's stuff). I don't like comparing apples to oranges, but check out Geek & Sundry's video and see how "popups" appear to show users how it was calculated and what things do. We always have the pause button if we need to use it. Final thought about "popup" information. It would be nice to have you show the order of play as well so we can follow along. we heard you talk about it but I lost sight of it because there were so many other rules from it. so for this game, you would show a REALLY basic instruction : 1) Draw villian card 2) Lay out cards [a] attack. [b] recruit [c] etc. 3) discard etc. Keep up the good work and thank you for doing these things! I am sure it's a lot of hard work and we thank you!
Simon Song Some things have changed as our series has grown in how information is presented, which may address some of these ideas. It's an interesting challenge trying to satisfy the learning needs of each gamer. Thanks for the feedback.
Another superb description Rodney -- just what I needed to take the plunge into this great game. My daughter and I tackled it on Saturday morning and it was very enjoyable.
@@WatchItPlayed Update: Two years ago I introduced Legendary to my scout troop and now it makes a regular appearance at campouts. Very easy to include newcomers and they are attracted to the theme.
Hey Sean - I hope you guys have a great time with this. I broke this out with Luke and my old brother just this weekend and we got kicked all around by Loki. Time for you to step in and finish the job!
Holy Gorgonzola, that intro was AMAZING! I love the steady (and huge) leaps in the production quality of your videos. Can't wait for this one, this is the only game you've showcased that I already bought, but I'm stoked for the series regardless.
Thanks for another great rules explanation, Rodney. I am really looking forward to seeing you and Luke play this game. I just received my copy on Friday.
Thanks for this, very informative. It cleared up a lot of things that aren't that clear in the rule book. I'm playing this game solo but your video was still a great help. Keep it up...
Thank you!! Having played several deck builders, I was wondering why the official rules for this one seemed needlessly complicated. Watching this video really helps. They should pay you to write a new rule book for them. :)
I know a lot of work goes into writing rulebooks, so I don't know if I'd want to write them, but I certainly wouldn't mind being part of a group that proofreads them before the games hit the shelf.
thanks for this video. I was playing this at my local shop all day, and I noticed we were doing something wrong. thanks for bringing it up, and I'll definitely fix it for next time.
First time watching one of your reviews - very well done! I have been learning Legendary over the last couple of evenings, and you really locked it all into place for me. Keep up the great work (and editing!)
Thanks for this video series. I am about to get the game and thought I would educate myself beforehand. These are great, simple and easy to follow. Keep it up. I’d love to see you play some of the other expansions at some point.
thanx for the review! doesnt matter if it was wrong, u did a good job and helped me to understand how to play. looking forward to getting this game+expansions
Thank you so much for doing this as well as your playthrough, I was very skeptical about this game but now I am looking forward to getting it to play with my friends. Love your videos, keep it up, you and Luke make a great team
First time checking out your videos, and this one helped a lot. You did a great job explaining and now I can't wait to play. Thanks so much, keep up the good work!
Actually, I got in my first play right after watching this video. I lost on the very last turn. I had the Dark Portal scheme facing Loki. 6 of the 7 schemes were out and there was ONE villan card left. I needed 11 damage to beat Loki because of the Dark Portal, but could only muster 10. Next turn of course, the final villan card had to be flipped and it was the final scheme twist. It was a very tense game.
After a while you don't notice the characters have the same or different artwork. There are benefits to both ways. The Different styles is more visually appealing and makes each power more distinctive. Where the similar art on a single hero helps with the sorting after the game.
I played a few games of this solo today and had fun.1 win, 1 loss and a draw. I really like the diffferent combo's you can creat with the different heroe's. This game will only get better with expansions and more of our favorite heroe's joining the fray!!!!!
@@WatchItPlayed 8 years to reply LOL!! I enjoyed it... We have moved on to other games (well, mainly I have moved on, kids are to cool to play games with dad anymore)
Some questions: If you have enough attack points, can you attack two villains? Can you play cards, attack, buy and then play more cards? (in any situation it makes sense) Or asking in a different way, can you only buy/attack/play once per turn? If I understood correctly, every player turn you draw from the villain deck, right? Or is it as a team and you only draw once and then all players get to play? Let's say you buy 3 cards and run out of cards in the hero deck. Do you keep the cards you had, shuffle the discard pile and continue?
1) You can attack multiple villains on your turn. You must apply damage 1 villain at a time though, finishing off the first before moving onto the second. 2) You may buy/attack/play in any order. If you end up with more cards in your hand, you can continue to play them after buying. Remember though, cards that you buy will normally end up in your discard pile. 3) You flip a villain card during each player turn. So in a 3 player game, a villain would come out at the start of each of those player's turns. 4) If the Hero Deck runs out, do not reshuffle it. Unless the game has been won or lost by the end of the turn in which the deck runs out, the game will end. It will be considered a draw between good and evil, and the player with the most VP will win.
Hi just got this game and had one questtin at 14:16 with the gambit explaination if you play a 3th instinct needed does that trigger on the second card then ?
+Sebastiaan Kuijs Remember, each effect on a card, can only trigger once, and the card being played to provide a symbol for another card, must be played first. Hope that makes sense.
Great tutorial vid! Managed to grasp most of the basics. Gonna play this for the first time this Saturday with my friend. Aside from the ones you mentioned in the video, do you have any tips for a total newbie?
I like how if you put the game title before the components, it makes stuff sound so much cooler: LEGENDARY villain deck, LEGENDARY game board, LEGENDARY player.
I have one question. To trigger a skill let say Convert, do I need to play a Convert and then the card with the Convert effect, but can I use another card with the Convert effect right after triggering one?
Hey, I'd like to help with this question, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by Convert. Do you mean Covert? In order for a Covert effect to trigger, a card must have been previously played that shows the covert symbol in its upper left hand corner.
Could you clarify more on building the villain's deck? Specifically when it says "groups"? I do I add all "hydra cards" for example? Can you give me a specific example for building a deck for 2 players? I tried a game and I may have been extremely unlucky with twists, enemies and schemes. The villain's deck ran out super quick so that makes me think I did something wrong.
It's a little tough. I shot this in 2012 and haven't played for a good while. Perhaps it would help to watch this section again th-cam.com/video/lRs_ShVTM5Y/w-d-xo.html and let me know specifically which part you aren't sure about? To try to answer your question more directly, if you picked Hydra as one of your groups, then yes, you would take all the cards that are called Hydra. If you were setting up for your first 2 player game as explained in the rule book (page 3), it says you use HYDRA, Spider-Foes and Sentinels as your 3 groups.
@@WatchItPlayed Yeah, I re-watched that section a fair number of times trying to figure it out. You say "Dr doom always leads the henchmen group with the doombots" at 4:50 of your video. I see the Red Skull card says "Always lead Hydra". Does that mean I use the 3x Hydra kidnappers? Or the 3x Endless armies of Hydra? or both? Do these count for your 2 "villain groups" needed to start a 2 player game? Or do you still add both of them and still add 2 more "villain groups" on top of this? Do I also Include the card "Viper, (Villain-Hydra)" and "Supreme Hydra, (Villain-Hydra)"? Sorry this is a lot of questions to throw at you, but I am just trying to give specific examples.
@@gimili1000 No worries, but above when I said "To try to answer your question more directly, if you picked Hydra as one of your groups, then yes, you would take all the cards that are called Hydra.", does that clear it up? The hydra group is ALL hydra cards. The Sentinels group is ALL Sentinels, etc. This specific section tells you how to identify the groups: th-cam.com/video/lRs_ShVTM5Y/w-d-xo.html (it explains that they might have different names, but their GROUP is in the subtitle).
Drawing goes to your hand. Make sure it says "drawing" and not "gaining" or something else. I'm not near my copy of the game right now but there are some key words that are different than "draw a card" where you would gain something to your discard, if I remember correctly.
If the scenario says evil wins when there are 7 schemes revealed, and you already have 6, and then Mystique escapes (and becomes a Scheme), then yes, because you have 7 schemes revealed, you lose.
I had a question: Should the shield deck consist of just shield officers or also the shield agents and troopers? Otherwise I don't know how you could end up with more of those in your hand
Only Shield Officers should be in there. You do not gain more of the agents or troopers (and you don't really want to, they are weak cards that you'll quickly want to start KOing out of your deck once you start getting the better ones).
Hey Watch It Played! Great videos and Kudos to you for being smart enough to do something like this. 10 years ago I was at a Gencon and I took my video camera and recorded myself playing the Anachronism card game and put it on TH-cam. I was thinking back then...why oh why dont game makers put their games on youtube or the internet for exposure and people to learn? Hope this channel works out well for you as it is something I should have done! On the topic of Marvel Legendary..We liked the game a first, but as we got the expansions then the game seems to get out of hand with card combos and effects and layered game effects. Like when a person plays multiple @ (super power) symbols. We had to remember each @ only triggers once but playing another could trigger the last card but not the card before that. But now having the Dark City expansion, we argued over Iceman whose card says "for each other @ played this turn." Okay so is Iceman special and no mater how you lay your cards down and the @ triggers multiple times? And that just makes the game confusing having the straight up rule in the book but now this card supersedes the rules? And when a card says Rescue a Bystander (Xavier, Jean Grey) can these be Bystanders in play? Or do they come off the extra Bystander stack? Or can the player chose which? When the game flows we like it but when people get card combos that keep them drawing and drawing and their turns take several minutes the impatient people at the table develop a lot of angst unfortunately. And also we get to debating the gray areas of card text or rules so now we dont play it as much or chose a different game to play unfortunately.
Thanks for the kind words about the videos :) As for your experience with the game, perhaps for your group, avoiding the expansions is a good idea? Or the game may just not be a good fit overall for your set of gamers.
***** My gaming group would be correct. I am the only Super Hero Geek among them. I would have to find similar genre of players to play games like Super Munchkin, Legendary, or any game Super Hero themed. They are more Agricula, Settlers, and Pirate cove types. We might just need a rules guru for more complex level of plays (a judge) as we kabitz too much or mechanics over games with layers. Thanks for responding so quickly and keep up the good videos!
Even though this is an older one, I'll start by saying awesome video.... I watched a few different reviews and tutorials, but I found yours the most helpful - not too long but still covers everything rather well... 2nd thing I'm gonna say is I've never played a deck building game, but I do love Marvel... I'm thinking of ordering this base game within the next week or 2 - if I like it, I'll probably order an expansion or 2 (or more) down the road.. heard "Dark City" is the first expansion I'll want to get ;) My only real question is do you consider this game to be a good deck building game for beginners to the deck building world?
Hey John, thanks for the kind words! I don't actually review on this channel, so I can't help with that question (the answer will be different for different people)
@@WatchItPlayed Watching a few vids which also included some gameplay... I think it suits me very well - I'm just not sure on some of the others I'd be trying to introduce it to ;) None of us have ever played any deck building games before - and it's all adults with the youngest two being an 18 year old mom and a 22 year old college student, where as the oldest is well over 50 and a couple 40 somethings like me mixed in... sometimes it's tough to teach an old dog new tricks, lol... but I know I'd enjoy it as long as the other do too... I feel like I want to give it a try but I'm not sure if it's the best beginner deck building game or not - looks like it's got the most expansions so it appears to be the best for adding more down the road if it does go good - although it might get pricey adding too many, it would constantly keep adding to the replayability... I'm probably around 90% towards buying it - but the 10% still has questions, lol thanx anyway bro - I knew you didn't give full out reviews, but thought you'd have enough experience with deck builders to give your opinion on if it's a good deck builder for beginners that have never tried deck builders before - I wouldn't hold it against you if someone disliked it ;)
@@johnspearing147 It's really tough to assess what is good for beginners, because even beginners have different levels of interest, skills, capacity, etc. I've seen beginners dive right into very complex games, and novices struggle with the most basic of concepts. I just stay out of trying to make those assessments, and leave it to the viewers to assess the best they can for their own groups (as they will be the experts in that regard). That said, the nice thing about a co-operative game like this, is that you can play it solo yourself and make sure you have a full grasp of the rules, and then map out a strategy for how to introduce it to your group. All the best!
I have a question, can you attack villains if you don't have enough attack points and ultimately make them easier to defeat for someone else? Or do you need exact/excess damage to attack a villain?
To attack a villain you must be able to defeat it. There is no way to track damage being accumulated, so that it carries over to the next player's turn - the villain either dies on your turn, or it's alive on the next turn at full health. Hope that helps!
If you beat a mastermind tactic that has say a forcefield. Does the mastermind lose the extra power after you defeat him or does it stay with him all the way through until you beat final mastermind?
Hey Chris, while I do my best to answer all general rules questions related to the games I feature, I avoid getting into specific card or scenario rules (it's just a bit too much for me to handle as one person and all the games we've shared). You may find it best to post that kind of question in the game's forums on BoardGameGeek.
A Captain America card question regarding colours. Typically you need an additional card for an effect to apply but when you play "Avengers Assemble" for example, does the card you played also count as its own colour or do you need an additional yellow card for it to count? (It says "for each color of Hero you have" so I'm leaning toward he would count but I just want to be sure). Thank you in advance for any insight you might have.
Hi, fantastic teacher u are :) , anyhow I am still confused about the player starting deck if I understand it correctly the first 2 turns u only can only draw shield troopers and agents , right ?
That's right, you will draw from your deck each turn, once it's gone, you create a new deck again by shuffling your discard pile (which may now have new cards that you bought in the previous turns). Hope that helps. If you watch a couple episodes of the play through, it may help clear this up.
When the “+X per colour” card comes up or the “can’t defeat Blob unless you have an X hero” comes up- do these cards mean specifically in your hand? Or in your entire deck including discard and pick up pile? Some cards say specifically “in your hand” but these ones don’t.
Hey Victoria, would you mind providing the exact card name and text? It's been awhile since I shot this, so my memory is fuzzy on specific card effects, but if I know, I can look it up.
In Legendary, when you see “Your Heroes” & “Heroes You Have”, these phrases include both the cards in your hand and the cards you have played this turn." (p. 16)
Hey! Just got the game. Was left with a couple questions. Ymir has an effect where a player chooses to KO someone wounds. Can the person who defeats ymir choose themselves? Also, the captain america with the effect where he gains recruit or attack from different colors. Does this effect include himself and shield cards? Thanks for any feedback.
I love how even though the video is long I haven’t lost focus. You’re very articulate and informative which makes it easy to keep focus! Thank you!
Very kind of you to say Brandon - glad to hear it!
just got it today! lol. thank you for posting this and helping me 7.5 years into the future :)
A pleasure to assist! Have a great time playing :)
I got it yesterday ::
I got it today 😀
Tick-tock, Runny. Two and a half years to go.
Learned Dice Masters, Legendary, and Descent recently through your videos and recently purchased all three. You are the Mr. Robinson of Boardgaming! Seriously, love the show and your teaching style!
HA! Thanks Clay, glad you've found this helpful :)
Is this one or dice master any fun , i havnt played either , dice masters seems a bit more organized
This helped me so much thanks man!
My pleasure :)
ACG plays tabletop game? Nice 👌
Love coming here to learn to play a game before I buy.
You were so young!
It's been quite a journey!
It's great to see your evolution over the years in presentation and technology.
It has changed a bit :)
Just played this with the family yesterday and I missed x2 small rules, and wouldn't have caught it without watching this. Much appreciated!
So glad the video helped - good luck on your next adventures!
Finally got a chance to play with my family last night and your video really helped in explaining the Superhero abilities work. Very good video!!
+Reginald Matthews Glad you enjoyed the video Reginald!
I played this for the first time tonight. I hadn't really given it consideration or even watched your videos on it because I'm not a huge fan of the comic book hero theme. However, I was blown away with how fun it was. This was the first deckbuilder I've played other than Dominion, and boy was it fun. Now I actually am going to buy it and here I am watching your videos
So glad you ended up enjoying this one!
Very nice video. I never really gave this game a second look until I watched your run through. This game has now moved to my want list. Thank you.
You're very welcome, thanks for checking it out Ray!
So I normally watch your videos on how to play a board game before I buy it to be sure it’s going to be a good fit with my game group. I played this game at a buddy’s last weekend and I ordered it from my local game store with dark city, new mutants and guardians of the galaxy. I’m just watching this bc I’m excited to play it again. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work.
I hope you have a fantastic time playing with your own copy!
I bought this game after watching this video way back in the day and finally got around to playing it. I won :D Thanks for the tips Rodney.
That's been on the shelf for awhile - glad the video helped :)
I like that you say "kurds"
Aaron Wilson Ha! Yes, some people do hear it that way :)
Atlantic Canadian. I can't hear it of course, being that I'm the one saying it - but universally, it has been remarked that there is a noticeable difference in how I say cards :)
Thanks for the kind words Chris, very nice to have you here!
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I bought this game for my son's birthday, but after watching how fun it is I'm not sure I can wait that long to bust it out! Great video. I appreciate the work you put into it.
Hey Kevin, I hope you guys have a great time with it (before or after the birthday :) )
Fantastic tutorial, I just got back from Gencon 2014 and purchased this game on sale ($45, yay). The wife and I read the rules and played the first game scenario and LOVED it...I watched this to make sure we played right lol and we actually did. I just want to say though that you covered everything very good and I sub'd. Haven't checked yet but I purchased Ascension (awesome) and Dead Panic (just read the rules at this time)!!!!
So glad you enjoyed the game AND the video :) If you check out playlists you'll see all the other games we've covered.
Thanks for taking the time to make this video! It really brought it home and helped convinced me to purchase the game. I've recently bought the game and have been really enjoying it with my girlfriend. We love the game so thanks for helping out!
So pleased to hear this was helpful and that you've been having fun playing!
You have the best instruction videos. Real clear and concise.
Very kind of you to say Victor!
I am a visual learner - without this I would have not figured out how to play. Thanks for making this. I was a little confused because the starting turn you showed was not a starting hand. I figured it out though just took me a couple of rewatches.
Sorry for any confusion, but glad the videos helped overall!
***** I have to say I agree with Leo McNeil . I think it had to do that we didn't see it played in a way. I had to watch the gameplay and revisit this video just to understand because there was so much to know about. This is my opinion, and you may have to experiment making a video for another game like this and see if this will work: 1) Go REALLY basic with the rules. I think you went too deep into talking about the cards that had "Ambush" "Fight" effects save that for gameplay. It was just way too much information for us newbies, it made sense to you after you played it and after I watched the gameplay video. 2) Maybe separate the video from setup from how to play would help. 3) This may make things a little harder for you but you should add video effects on your videos. For example, highlight areas on cards rather than pointing. when you pointed out the "attack points" on each card, I think it would be easier if it was highlighted with video effects at the same time and then show how it was added together. Especially the "super power ability" part (for gambit's stuff). I don't like comparing apples to oranges, but check out Geek & Sundry's video and see how "popups" appear to show users how it was calculated and what things do. We always have the pause button if we need to use it. Final thought about "popup" information. It would be nice to have you show the order of play as well so we can follow along. we heard you talk about it but I lost sight of it because there were so many other rules from it. so for this game, you would show a REALLY basic instruction : 1) Draw villian card 2) Lay out cards [a] attack. [b] recruit [c] etc. 3) discard etc. Keep up the good work and thank you for doing these things! I am sure it's a lot of hard work and we thank you!
Simon Song Some things have changed as our series has grown in how information is presented, which may address some of these ideas. It's an interesting challenge trying to satisfy the learning needs of each gamer. Thanks for the feedback.
This is a very well done instructional video. Much better than reading the manual that came with the game. Thank you!
You're very welcome Joe, sometimes getting the visuals of a video to go along with the rules can really help clarify things!
Thank you for this! I just got the game and watched this bit by bit as I started my first game, it helped me get into things very quickly.
So nice to hear!
Another superb description Rodney -- just what I needed to take the plunge into this great game. My daughter and I tackled it on Saturday morning and it was very enjoyable.
So glad you both enjoyed it!
@@WatchItPlayed Update: Two years ago I introduced Legendary to my scout troop and now it makes a regular appearance at campouts. Very easy to include newcomers and they are attracted to the theme.
@@SouthfieldRunner Isn't it great seeing a game catch fire with other gamers - nice job finding a title that would work for them Barrett!
Your tutorial is awesome, thanks for all the hard work you put into this, just ordered it and can't wait to play with my son.
Hey Sean - I hope you guys have a great time with this. I broke this out with Luke and my old brother just this weekend and we got kicked all around by Loki. Time for you to step in and finish the job!
Holy Gorgonzola, that intro was AMAZING!
I love the steady (and huge) leaps in the production quality of your videos. Can't wait for this one, this is the only game you've showcased that I already bought, but I'm stoked for the series regardless.
It was fun doing that intro :)
Love your tutorial! Actually, I never understand how to play this game until I watch this video lol. Keep up the good work!
Glad you found this helpful!
I just bought this. I love knowing I have a tutorial waiting for me. Always make my life so much easier. Thanks Rodney.
Always happy to hear we've helped out. Have fun with the game!
Thanks for another great rules explanation, Rodney. I am really looking forward to seeing you and Luke play this game. I just received my copy on Friday.
Thanks for this, very informative. It cleared up a lot of things that aren't that clear in the rule book. I'm playing this game solo but your video was still a great help. Keep it up...
Thanks Russell! I appreciate that!
Thank you!! Having played several deck builders, I was wondering why the official rules for this one seemed needlessly complicated. Watching this video really helps. They should pay you to write a new rule book for them. :)
I know a lot of work goes into writing rulebooks, so I don't know if I'd want to write them, but I certainly wouldn't mind being part of a group that proofreads them before the games hit the shelf.
This video was awesome! I didn´t know this game a few days ago and now I must have it! Love the show! Keep it up!
Hey Prime, thanks for checking this video out.
thanks for this video. I was playing this at my local shop all day, and I noticed we were doing something wrong. thanks for bringing it up, and I'll definitely fix it for next time.
Glad the video helped!
Thank you for this video, my brother and I were quite confused until we watched this.
Very pleased to hear we could help out. Have fun playing!
First time watching one of your reviews - very well done! I have been learning Legendary over the last couple of evenings, and you really locked it all into place for me. Keep up the great work (and editing!)
Very nice to know the video was helpful Chad!
You guys are awesome and explain games better than anyone
Very kind of you to say!
Heading to the boardgame cafe to play this, hopefully will be quick setup and getting into it thanks to this video. Thanks
You're very welcome - have a great time!
Thanks for this video series. I am about to get the game and thought I would educate myself beforehand. These are great, simple and easy to follow. Keep it up. I’d love to see you play some of the other expansions at some point.
Thanks Dallas - very nice to know it was helpful!
Thank you for showing the game, I was going to buy dominion but I love marvel and had to go with it. Thank You!
***** Hope you have a great time playing Kenneth!
Awesome job again, Rodney. Your rules explanations are second to none. Can't wait for the palythrough. 'Nuff said!
Thank you kindly!
thanx for the review! doesnt matter if it was wrong, u did a good job and helped me to understand how to play. looking forward to getting this game+expansions
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much for doing this as well as your playthrough, I was very skeptical about this game but now I am looking forward to getting it to play with my friends. Love your videos, keep it up, you and Luke make a great team
Patrick Fong Thanks so much Patrick - it was a pleasure to share the game with you!
You answered?? :O can i double 'like' you guys??
Patrick Fong As soon as TH-cam allows for that, be sure to come back and try :)
Thank you, I just bought this and this helped make me feel more confident with what I was understanding
I'm very glad that the video was helpful to you!
Great video, the game is more in depth than I originally anticipated, and now is on my radar!
Awesome video! I recently picked this up and thanks to your video I'm easily having a blast. You've gained a new subscriber! Thanks for the info!
That's super Randy! Hope you continue to have fun beating up those bad guys, thanks for subscribing!
thanks so much for this video! Just bought the game and it's great to have a handle on how it plays before it's even unwrapped :)
Very glad the video was helpful Luke!
First time checking out your videos, and this one helped a lot. You did a great job explaining and now I can't wait to play. Thanks so much, keep up the good work!
Thank you Matt!
Have this game on the way. Thanks for giving me a heads up on how its played.
You bet - so glad you enjoyed it. Hope you enjoy the game!
Thank you so much! The rulebook was definitely helpful, but this cleared everything up.
+meesh11p Very nice to hear it was a help!
very good intro to the game! much easier than reading the instructions.
Hey - glad you found it helpful :)
As always, you're a pro at games simply and clearly. Very interested in how this plays, high on my wish list.
Thanks Bryce, I do my best!
Thanks mate, this video series made me purchase the game.
+Pdogs I hope you have a great time playing!
Actually, I got in my first play right after watching this video. I lost on the very last turn. I had the Dark Portal scheme facing Loki. 6 of the 7 schemes were out and there was ONE villan card left. I needed 11 damage to beat Loki because of the Dark Portal, but could only muster 10. Next turn of course, the final villan card had to be flipped and it was the final scheme twist. It was a very tense game.
Man, another game I need to buy now. Thanks for the video!
My pleasure Sean!
Thank you for those great instructions, we're going to play it right now! :)
So glad you found them helpful - hope you have a great time!
After a while you don't notice the characters have the same or different artwork. There are benefits to both ways. The Different styles is more visually appealing and makes each power more distinctive. Where the similar art on a single hero helps with the sorting after the game.
It certainly did help with sorting!
This video helped me out so much on understanding how to play the game, thank you so much!
You're very welcome, glad it helped!
I played a few games of this solo today and had fun.1 win, 1 loss and a draw. I really like the diffferent combo's you can creat with the different heroe's. This game will only get better with expansions and more of our favorite heroe's joining the fray!!!!!
(like Punisher)
This has been extremely helpful for me, thank you
You're very welcome - happy gaming!
my favorite part of this game play is going to be hearing all the times Rodney says "cards."
And I said it A LOT!
@@WatchItPlayed hey is this game still accessible in 2022?
@@Flowerz__ Are you asking if it's still for sale? If so, it is as far as I know!
I just ordered this game! I cant wait for it to show up... Though it will be a bit before I can play... It is a Christmas present for my son...
You and your son enjoy playing?
@@WatchItPlayed 8 years to reply LOL!! I enjoyed it... We have moved on to other games (well, mainly I have moved on, kids are to cool to play games with dad anymore)
@@houtex1973 It happens - but they sometimes come around again :)
Thanks Rodney! Love your vids I actually just bought this game, and am very excited to play it!
Hope you had a fun time!
I really enjoy watching your vids
Thanks!
Some questions:
If you have enough attack points, can you attack two villains?
Can you play cards, attack, buy and then play more cards? (in any situation it makes sense) Or asking in a different way, can you only buy/attack/play once per turn?
If I understood correctly, every player turn you draw from the villain deck, right? Or is it as a team and you only draw once and then all players get to play?
Let's say you buy 3 cards and run out of cards in the hero deck. Do you keep the cards you had, shuffle the discard pile and continue?
1) You can attack multiple villains on your turn. You must apply damage 1 villain at a time though, finishing off the first before moving onto the second.
2) You may buy/attack/play in any order. If you end up with more cards in your hand, you can continue to play them after buying. Remember though, cards that you buy will normally end up in your discard pile.
3) You flip a villain card during each player turn. So in a 3 player game, a villain would come out at the start of each of those player's turns.
4) If the Hero Deck runs out, do not reshuffle it. Unless the game has been won or lost by the end of the turn in which the deck runs out, the game will end. It will be considered a draw between good and evil, and the player with the most VP will win.
Well here we go, my long awaited Legendary box arrived this week so its just being set up with your videos nearby :)
I hope you had fun playing this one Mark!
You're so helpful! I can't wait to play this game with my friends. :)
I hope you have a great time :)
Hi just got this game and had one questtin at 14:16 with the gambit explaination if you play a 3th instinct needed does that trigger on the second card then ?
+Sebastiaan Kuijs Remember, each effect on a card, can only trigger once, and the card being played to provide a symbol for another card, must be played first. Hope that makes sense.
Great video - I’ve finally got hold of a copy!
Have a great time playing!
YES!!!! So excited! Been waiting for this!
Great tutorial vid! Managed to grasp most of the basics. Gonna play this for the first time this Saturday with my friend. Aside from the ones you mentioned in the video, do you have any tips for a total newbie?
No tips specifically, the main thing, is don't give up and have fun :)
I like how if you put the game title before the components, it makes stuff sound so much cooler: LEGENDARY villain deck, LEGENDARY game board, LEGENDARY player.
lol, an unintended bit of epic titling :)
Great video. Can you ignore the semi co op part and just make it full co op?
I think that would have to be a house rule.
Thank you so much for making it easy to understand
You're very welcome Shanae, very glad you found it helpful!
Legendary job of explaining the game Rodney!
:P
Happy Birthday Rodney!
Great intro video Rodney!
I have one question. To trigger a skill let say Convert, do I need to play a Convert and then the card with the Convert effect, but can I use another card with the Convert effect right after triggering one?
Hey, I'd like to help with this question, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by Convert. Do you mean Covert?
In order for a Covert effect to trigger, a card must have been previously played that shows the covert symbol in its upper left hand corner.
Could you clarify more on building the villain's deck? Specifically when it says "groups"? I do I add all "hydra cards" for example? Can you give me a specific example for building a deck for 2 players? I tried a game and I may have been extremely unlucky with twists, enemies and schemes. The villain's deck ran out super quick so that makes me think I did something wrong.
It's a little tough. I shot this in 2012 and haven't played for a good while. Perhaps it would help to watch this section again th-cam.com/video/lRs_ShVTM5Y/w-d-xo.html and let me know specifically which part you aren't sure about? To try to answer your question more directly, if you picked Hydra as one of your groups, then yes, you would take all the cards that are called Hydra. If you were setting up for your first 2 player game as explained in the rule book (page 3), it says you use HYDRA, Spider-Foes and Sentinels as your 3 groups.
@@WatchItPlayed Yeah, I re-watched that section a fair number of times trying to figure it out. You say "Dr doom always leads the henchmen group with the doombots" at 4:50 of your video. I see the Red Skull card says "Always lead Hydra". Does that mean I use the 3x Hydra kidnappers? Or the 3x Endless armies of Hydra? or both? Do these count for your 2 "villain groups" needed to start a 2 player game? Or do you still add both of them and still add 2 more "villain groups" on top of this? Do I also Include the card "Viper, (Villain-Hydra)" and "Supreme Hydra, (Villain-Hydra)"? Sorry this is a lot of questions to throw at you, but I am just trying to give specific examples.
@@gimili1000 No worries, but above when I said "To try to answer your question more directly, if you picked Hydra as one of your groups, then yes, you would take all the cards that are called Hydra.", does that clear it up? The hydra group is ALL hydra cards. The Sentinels group is ALL Sentinels, etc. This specific section tells you how to identify the groups: th-cam.com/video/lRs_ShVTM5Y/w-d-xo.html (it explains that they might have different names, but their GROUP is in the subtitle).
@@WatchItPlayed Yeah that helps a lot. thank you!
@@gimili1000 Have fun playing!
when you are instructed to draw a card, does it GI in your HAND or discard pile?
Drawing goes to your hand. Make sure it says "drawing" and not "gaining" or something else. I'm not near my copy of the game right now but there are some key words that are different than "draw a card" where you would gain something to your discard, if I remember correctly.
+Watch It Played thanks
Another thing I was wondering , if mystique escapes she becomes a scheme twist , does that counts towards the 7 schemes so evil wins ?
If the scenario says evil wins when there are 7 schemes revealed, and you already have 6, and then Mystique escapes (and becomes a Scheme), then yes, because you have 7 schemes revealed, you lose.
I had a question: Should the shield deck consist of just shield officers or also the shield agents and troopers? Otherwise I don't know how you could end up with more of those in your hand
Only Shield Officers should be in there. You do not gain more of the agents or troopers (and you don't really want to, they are weak cards that you'll quickly want to start KOing out of your deck once you start getting the better ones).
Hey Watch It Played! Great videos and Kudos to you for being smart enough to do something like this. 10 years ago I was at a Gencon and I took my video camera and recorded myself playing the Anachronism card game and put it on TH-cam. I was thinking back then...why oh why dont game makers put their games on youtube or the internet for exposure and people to learn? Hope this channel works out well for you as it is something I should have done! On the topic of Marvel Legendary..We liked the game a first, but as we got the expansions then the game seems to get out of hand with card combos and effects and layered game effects. Like when a person plays multiple @ (super power) symbols. We had to remember each @ only triggers once but playing another could trigger the last card but not the card before that. But now having the Dark City expansion, we argued over Iceman whose card says "for each other @ played this turn." Okay so is Iceman special and no mater how you lay your cards down and the @ triggers multiple times? And that just makes the game confusing having the straight up rule in the book but now this card supersedes the rules? And when a card says Rescue a Bystander (Xavier, Jean Grey) can these be Bystanders in play? Or do they come off the extra Bystander stack? Or can the player chose which? When the game flows we like it but when people get card combos that keep them drawing and drawing and their turns take several minutes the impatient people at the table develop a lot of angst unfortunately. And also we get to debating the gray areas of card text or rules so now we dont play it as much or chose a different game to play unfortunately.
Thanks for the kind words about the videos :)
As for your experience with the game, perhaps for your group, avoiding the expansions is a good idea? Or the game may just not be a good fit overall for your set of gamers.
***** My gaming group would be correct. I am the only Super Hero Geek among them. I would have to find similar genre of players to play games like Super Munchkin, Legendary, or any game Super Hero themed. They are more Agricula, Settlers, and Pirate cove types. We might just need a rules guru for more complex level of plays (a judge) as we kabitz too much or mechanics over games with layers. Thanks for responding so quickly and keep up the good videos!
Robert Stoffel My pleasure! Have fun gaming :)
Even though this is an older one, I'll start by saying awesome video.... I watched a few different reviews and tutorials, but I found yours the most helpful - not too long but still covers everything rather well...
2nd thing I'm gonna say is I've never played a deck building game, but I do love Marvel... I'm thinking of ordering this base game within the next week or 2 - if I like it, I'll probably order an expansion or 2 (or more) down the road.. heard "Dark City" is the first expansion I'll want to get ;)
My only real question is do you consider this game to be a good deck building game for beginners to the deck building world?
Hey John, thanks for the kind words! I don't actually review on this channel, so I can't help with that question (the answer will be different for different people)
@@WatchItPlayed Watching a few vids which also included some gameplay... I think it suits me very well - I'm just not sure on some of the others I'd be trying to introduce it to ;)
None of us have ever played any deck building games before - and it's all adults with the youngest two being an 18 year old mom and a 22 year old college student, where as the oldest is well over 50 and a couple 40 somethings like me mixed in... sometimes it's tough to teach an old dog new tricks, lol... but I know I'd enjoy it as long as the other do too...
I feel like I want to give it a try but I'm not sure if it's the best beginner deck building game or not - looks like it's got the most expansions so it appears to be the best for adding more down the road if it does go good - although it might get pricey adding too many, it would constantly keep adding to the replayability...
I'm probably around 90% towards buying it - but the 10% still has questions, lol
thanx anyway bro - I knew you didn't give full out reviews, but thought you'd have enough experience with deck builders to give your opinion on if it's a good deck builder for beginners that have never tried deck builders before - I wouldn't hold it against you if someone disliked it ;)
@@johnspearing147 It's really tough to assess what is good for beginners, because even beginners have different levels of interest, skills, capacity, etc. I've seen beginners dive right into very complex games, and novices struggle with the most basic of concepts. I just stay out of trying to make those assessments, and leave it to the viewers to assess the best they can for their own groups (as they will be the experts in that regard). That said, the nice thing about a co-operative game like this, is that you can play it solo yourself and make sure you have a full grasp of the rules, and then map out a strategy for how to introduce it to your group. All the best!
I have a question, can you attack villains if you don't have enough attack points and ultimately make them easier to defeat for someone else? Or do you need exact/excess damage to attack a villain?
To attack a villain you must be able to defeat it. There is no way to track damage being accumulated, so that it carries over to the next player's turn - the villain either dies on your turn, or it's alive on the next turn at full health. Hope that helps!
I am here because of the Buffy one. Seems fun.
Thanks for checking it out!
If you beat a mastermind tactic that has say a forcefield. Does the mastermind lose the extra power after you defeat him or does it stay with him all the way through until you beat final mastermind?
Hey Chris, while I do my best to answer all general rules questions related to the games I feature, I avoid getting into specific card or scenario rules (it's just a bit too much for me to handle as one person and all the games we've shared). You may find it best to post that kind of question in the game's forums on BoardGameGeek.
@@WatchItPlayed ok thank you! Will try that but have had luck in past with other players on here answering!!!
looking forward to seeing the play through of this game!
This was really helpful! Nice video.
You're certainly welcome. Glad you found it useful!
if you hit the mastermind but nog for as much as he has is that a option and does his hp stays ?
Unless you can defeat him with your hit, your hit does nothing.
Great tutorial.
Regards from Costa Rica
Greetings back to you, from Canada - thanks for checking out the video!
A Captain America card question regarding colours. Typically you need an additional card for an effect to apply but when you play "Avengers Assemble" for example, does the card you played also count as its own colour or do you need an additional yellow card for it to count? (It says "for each color of Hero you have" so I'm leaning toward he would count but I just want to be sure). Thank you in advance for any insight you might have.
This effect does not have a special symbol in front of it, so it is triggered when played and would count the Captain American card itself.
Super helpful, def earned the sub thanks!
Thank you!
Hi, fantastic teacher u are :) , anyhow I am still confused about the player starting deck if I understand it correctly the first 2 turns u only can only draw shield troopers and agents , right ?
That's right, you will draw from your deck each turn, once it's gone, you create a new deck again by shuffling your discard pile (which may now have new cards that you bought in the previous turns). Hope that helps. If you watch a couple episodes of the play through, it may help clear this up.
When the “+X per colour” card comes up or the “can’t defeat Blob unless you have an X hero” comes up- do these cards mean specifically in your hand? Or in your entire deck including discard and pick up pile? Some cards say specifically “in your hand” but these ones don’t.
Hey Victoria, would you mind providing the exact card name and text? It's been awhile since I shot this, so my memory is fuzzy on specific card effects, but if I know, I can look it up.
“Blob-Villain Brotherhood- Fight: You can’t defeat Blob unless you have an X hero”
In Legendary, when you see “Your Heroes” & “Heroes You Have”, these phrases include both the cards in your hand and the cards you have played this turn." (p. 16)
how does the shild deck work ... the one with maria hill
You always have the option to buy her for 3, and she provides 2 buying power when you draw her.
That guide was legendary!
Thanks :)
Nice job, keep those videos coming
quick question is it possible to combine this game with the DC comics deck building card game? would be cool to see both in action 😊
I don't think that would work - those are two different systems.
Excellent video! Another game to go onto my buy list, my wife will not be impressed!
Uh-oh! Be on your best behavior then :)
This video helped so much thank you
You're very welcome!
Psyched for this. I'm ready!
Hey! Just got the game. Was left with a couple questions. Ymir has an effect where a player chooses to KO someone wounds. Can the person who defeats ymir choose themselves? Also, the captain america with the effect where he gains recruit or attack from different colors. Does this effect include himself and shield cards? Thanks for any feedback.
+Guiomar Camano Yes and yes.
can you run out of cards in your own deck ? if so what happens? (as in they all get K'Oed
+Gerardo Juarez I really don't know. I've never seen that happen :) I suppose, you'd be eliminated, and I'd say that means the players lost.