Marvel Heroes is a strategy fantasy board game for two to four players. Designed by Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello, with Roberto Di Meglio, Simone Peruzzi e Salvatore Pierucci, was created by Nexus Editrice. The English version was released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2006.
Overview Each player chooses to play one of four 4-character Marvel Comics superhero teams. Each player also controls the archenemy of one of the opponents' team to the left of them. These 20 characters, listed below, are represented in the game by fully colored miniatures; other heroes, villains, and characters in the Marvel Universe are represented by cards which influence gameplay. Each turn, a player manipulates one or more of their four main heroes and plays cards to solve mysteries, stop crimes, and defeat villains.
Teams The four superhero teams are available for play and the characters represented by miniatures in the game include:
Marvel Knights Spider-Man Daredevil Elektra Doctor Strange
Archenemy: Kingpin
X-Men Wolverine Cyclops Storm Phoenix
Archenemy: Magneto
Fantastic Four Mr. Fantastic Invisible Woman Thing Human Torch
Archenemy: Doctor Doom
Avengers Captain America Thor Iron Man Hulk
Archenemy: Red Skull
Board The game board is of New York City. It is split into 6 Areas, each a different colour. These areas are Upper Manhattan, Central Manhattan, The Village, Lower Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.
The Areas are then split into 4 Districts.
Upper Manhattan Central Harlem Morningside Heights East Harlem Carnegie Hall
Central Manhattan Central Park Upper West Side Upper East Side Midtown
The Village Hell's Kitchen Chelsea Greenwich Village East Side
Lower Manhattan East Village Lower East Side Tribeca Financial District
Queens Astoria Steinway Long Island City Sunnyside
Brooklyn Greenpoint Williamsburg Bedford–Stuyvesant Brooklyn Heights
Reviews Pyramid #5
References
External links Marvel Heroes, Items Base Review of Marvel Heroes by Tom Vasel