![]() ![]() His sleek, dark hair, widow’s peak and pointy ears offer visual cues that he is a “nonwhite character,” Tlapoyawa adds. Kurly Tlapoyawa, an archaeologist, author and ethnohistorian who studies Mesoamerican civilizations, says Namor has always been depicted differently from the rest of Marvel’s largely Eurocentric character lineup. He bears great resentment toward terrestrial civilizations that contaminate his ocean realm (among them the Nazis, whom the antihero fights in several World War II-era comics). Endowed with superior strength and swimming skills, he can also fly, making him a worthy adversary. In the comics, Namor is the mutant son of a human explorer and an Atlantean princess. “Maybe the most important twist in the character is that he’s not a selfish person,” Huerta tells Entertainment Weekly. But while T’Challa opened Wakanda to the rest of the world at the end of Black Panther, Namor remains steadfast in his desire to keep Talokan hidden from outsiders. ![]() Much like T’Challa’s home of Wakanda, Talokan is a small, secretive, yet powerful kingdom. If you already own just Legendary, grab Dark City because it adds more Heroes (which, the artwork is actually different within each hero which is just a bonus) and the new Masterminds will add a challenge to your game.Portrayed by Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, the silver-screen version of Namor has a reimagined backstory, reigning over Talokan, a Mesoamerican-inspired underwater civilization, instead of the legendary Atlantis. Other then that, nothing else has changed but now that you have at least 400 more cards added to Legendary, there’s just more to have fun with the game. Nightcrawler uses the Teleport ability to use cards at another turn, something that could be useful in future turns. This allows you to use both Attack and Recruit points to take them down. When it comes to Kingpin, you now have the option to bribe him and his villains that follow him. New schemes are added to make the challenge that much more interesting. Sinister, Mephisto and Apocalypse are now wrecking havoc. Our Heroes included are Daredevil, Blade, Iceman, Ghost Rider and others as they now have to take on new, tougher Masterminds. Legendary is quickly becoming one of the best deckbuilding games yet and of course, we got to have some expansions and Dark City is a bog box expansion which adds more heroes, more masterminds and more schemes, as well as other little goodies. Overall, this is a MUST HAVE for any fan or potential fan of Marvel Legendary! A few of the Schemes are really tough (maybe too much so) but others are a welcome addition. ![]() The best aspect of the expansion to me, though is simply the widening of the number and kind of heroes available and the increase in Schemes to confront. The base game had plenty of times in which a player would have to waste an unused point of Resource because the heroes in the base game all cost at least 2 points! As another benefit, many of the heroes are cheaper allowing players who only have one measly point of Resource left someone they can still recruit. This makes rescuing them a little more uncertain but often times worth it. Game play in the Legendary game has been improved by including hidden Bystanders with good or bad effects. ![]() Just in case you want even more for the base heroes to do, the Emissaries of Evil bring a lot of staple Marvel Villains to the game, like Electro. The set also has more X-Men such as Ice Man and Jean Grey as well as X Force heroes like Cable and Domino and their enemies Mister Sinister, Apocalypse and Stryfe. In Dark City, the Legendary set is expanded to include many fan favorites, including Marvel Knights heroes like Daredevil, Elektra and the Punisher as well as their enemies such as Kingpin. Missing, however were many of the Near-Street level heroes and villains from Marvel New York. This gave a good number of the hottest heroes from the Marvel movies. The assortment of Heroes in the base set ranged from Avengers to X-Men to Spider-Man. In Legendary, the players each draft a deck of Shield Agents and Marvel’s Heroes to combat an assortment of Villains before a Mastermind has the chance to achieve a fiendish Scheme. On the other hand, if you still haven’t tried out Marvel’s Deck Builder or maybe tried only the base set, then this review may appeal to you? This is a review of a product that has been out since last year so if Legendary has been a favorite game of yours, you probably don’t need to know my opinion. ![]()
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