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hey everyone.

I would like to get on pair with the current X-men continuity and runs but, as it always happens, there are countless titles and i feel a bit lost.

last X-Men thing i've red was X of Swords and then i dropped the title cos it was starting to feel too messy and i was passing trough some personal issues that kept me away from reading for a bit.

Now, I don't care about getting back to the Hickman's era, i'd just like to know where to start to put myself more or less on pair with the current continuity.

I've got Marvel Unlimited, so i can basically read everything except from last 3 months publications.

thank you!

premise: i own the base set and a Warlord, but for now i am only focusing on the modelling side of it.

I love scenic bases and for the Knights Banner i was thinking of putting like 3 of them on a single 90mm or 100mm round base, to have room for some modeling around.

would this make sense, game wise? I still didn't approach the game itself and i plan to play mostly with my friends (so, no competitive environment) so basically i can 'do whataver i want', but i still wanted to know if it wouls work or would eventually create more problems than it would be worth to.

ps: not my models in the pic.

disclaimer: i know this topic has been discussed a lot and i know in more modern sceneries there are villains or modular packs that disincentive the use of chump-blocking, but i am trying to.find a way to house rule it so that it becomes balanced and less automatic also in other sceneries. If you think the game is perfect as it is, it's totally fine. I am here to listen from those who think it's not and how/if they tried to house rule it.

hello fellow players!

kind of new player here. I had my first 20-30 games in true solo and 2-hands solo and i have to say i fell in love with it!

First time i got a game that flows so well in true solo (much better that Arkham Horror, another favourite lcg of mine).

on the other side I have also have to admit that in my learning curve i bumped trough what seemed like a little design problem of the game: the chump blocking. I started doing it without even knowing cos, game after game, it seemed the most reliable strategy at harder enemies.till i got to the point the game started to feel really flat. The worse feeling was that in the first games i was actively switching between the identities and using lot of different signature carda and it really felt like the hero was at the center of the fight, fighting in different ways than another hero.

before you say it: i know this is my own game and no one is forcing me to use allies if i don't like them. The point is that the game design seems to rely on chump blocking for harder scenery and it's basically impossible to survive some high-power attacks without relying on it.

so i was looking for ways to mitigate it so that it's not a dynamic that completely disappears, pushing you to rely also on other cards and/or switching among identities more often, but also not something that that completely removes the use of it.

I surfed among many threads in different forums and these are the solutions i feel could work the best:

a) limiting the number of allies to 3 (+signature) per deck. Aspects like Leadership have ways to take them from graveyard, so they will have more possibilities to use them, but it won't be a continous wall of meat that makes fhe game flat. The cons is that this also limits who would want to play allies not for blocking, but for attacking/thwarting.

b) all the villains have overkill. The damage in excess to the remaining wound goes to the hero. This is a very strong nerf to blocking but maybe too much? If you get it for 10 damage maybe the only way to save yourself is blocking with an ally and maybe some villains would be unbearable in this way..?

c) a 'soft overkill'. The damage dealt in excess is the one that suspass the printed healt value of the ally. In this way you have a slightly higher defense when you block, but still not a total defense against the most powerful villains.

d) a flat damage even if you block. When you block with an ally, you still receive an amount of damages equal to the boost value printed on the card that boosted the attack. The ally only takes the printed value attack of the villain and you take the boost (generally from 1 to 3 damage). In this way you can still save yourself from bigger swings from villains, but it becomes a much less reliable strategy on the long term as you will still take some damage.

what you think?

long time Marvel reader and Magic player, i was thinking to finally hopping on Marvel Champions.

plan would be me playing it some games with my partner and maybe a couple times with some friends, but realistically i know i will have more solo games than not.

does the game play well solo? And, of yes, is there some box i should maybe aim for aside of the starter..?

edit: thanks everyone! I think this seals the purchase! Was nice to see the community is entusiastic and supportive. Really excited to jump aboard!