Anyone start with marvel smash up and recommend it?

**NOTES** I Will Survive is almost automatically better, because it can be played out of turn, or after the base scoring phase. More actions per round is better than an extra minion. We Are Family seems like the ability of the king card, so that's a no brainer. That being said, looking at other players cards seems like a good deal, since you can anticipate what's coming, and use the card against him, without sacrificing your own minion. I think that you're bring too hard.

I'm not an expert, but the reason that I'd use this action on a Tricksters base action is to allow opponents access to a base, so that they can help the base score.

**NOTES** 07:36 CYBORG - WEREWOLVES: 08:27 ROCKSTARS - GHOSTS: Rockstars draw lots of cards, which Ghosts can discard; 09:45 DISCO DANCERS - ITTY CRITTERS: Try to use #5 Disco King to copy Itty Critter cards to **place** opponent cards at the bottom of the deck;

Thanks, Jim! I think that ghosts might be able to speed through the draw deck, which make the Time Travelers action cards much more worth while. The talent of the 3 3-power minion allows a total of 3 cards to be brought out of the discards.

**FEEDBACK/CORRECTION** 1:07 CASTE: Counter; Advance; Situational; Terminal; Expand You mentioned CASTE. I can't find the video about it. What is it called? If you have time, then would you mention it in the description, and provide a link, please? 6:26 Time Travelers Would you insert the Time Travelers time stamp into the chapter list in your description, please?

**NOTES** 4:15 It's unfortunate, that the 2 Ninja Acolyte doesn't have a talent, but it would be nice, if he could be used to trigger a bad single use action card, if such a thing existed. His death or whatever could then allow another minion to jump in, I think. [edit: I think that it must be a talent to be used before playing a minion]

**NOTES** 2:11 2 JUMPER: When this minion goes to the discard pile [from play], you may place it back in your hand. 2:33 3 TIME RAIDER: Place a card from your discard pile on the bottom of your deck. 1:06 4 REPEATER PERFECT: Place an action from your discard pile on top of your deck. 7:17 5 DR. WHEN: You may return another of your minions in play to your hand. You may play it again as an extra minion. 1:52 IT'S ASTOUNDING: Play an action from your discard pile as an extra action.

This is wonderful. THANK YOU!

Warning to new players: this info seems to be advanced. I encourage beginners and intermediates to watch it once, and then focus on the other videos, like deck management.

Thanks for this! 12:00 Can anybody explain again the tip on the primates? I don't understand what he means by triple score and how to get it. It's only 1 or 2 bases.

THANKS!!

This should be video #1.

How much do you reckon this combination changed with the introduction of Category 5? Personally, I played this duo both before and after Category 5, and while they were pretty strong before, Category 5 can really edge this out, mostly due to its Ongoing reacting to both moving from and off, and that most of the movement is Talent based or one minion at a time, so they can really enjoy this to its fullest, and also kind of cover for the lack of extra plays.

I know you’re busy but do you know if Half the Battle is still coming out?

Who would be a good counter to Big Hero 6 and Robots?

Finally got a chance to play teens and I must say first impression they are really fun! If this ends up being the final faction at 100 factions, I will be happy with it. Very fun to play with and cant wait to pair them with other factions. Played it with Nightmare Before Christmas and it worked great. If you have prep down, play jock as extra minion, followed by rebel and another 3 minion is pretty strong. Very cool. I am excited to play it with other Disney factions (my favorite expansion). Smash up has definitely ended with a bang with Disney, 80s set and teens. Not sure if anymore is coming but really wished a Star Wars expansion came out...oh well I can dream :)

Is "I cant tell them apart" from a single base or multiple? The lack of "choose a base" makes me wonder if I can do it across multiple bases.

To think there are 100 factions now is crazy

Do you know if AEG is gonna print more Oops you did it again expansions? That’s the only set I’m missing and people are selling them for $300-500 😢

Looks like half the battle might have been canceled

Would you mind a video on Polynesian hero’s? (Poly/action hero’s)

Grannies top/bottom manipulation could work well with this

Does anyone know when the 3 cost Charmer from mermaids changed, cause mine doesn't mention anything about madness?

2:18 I feel like this should have been lower as it could be very problematic if you don’t draw into your leader

Ancient Egyptian Truckers is an awesome combo! Played the combo most recently and it was a blast! Such a great combo. 😊

I agree about most of them, but disagree about Prepare For Battle. Yea it is a bad card. Yes the faction would be better with it just gone. Yes revealing is stupid in this card. BUT, it does always do something and it does something good. It gives you a little bit of card selection. You look 2 deep and put 1 in your hand. The fact that you can play it on a turn when your other actions arent going to be meaningful makes it better than the ones that so nothing 95% of the time. As for something to add to your list, Grannies Purse. An action that draws you a card and gives you an extra action does nothing and in mose cases moght as well not be in your deck. Grannies purse is worse because it A) only sometimes draws a card, and B) reveals the card. I know you don't cou t it because Grannies get two of them, but for me having two bad cards is worse than having 1 bad card.

Burring, storing, and suspending all seem distinct enough to exist. Burring is telegraphed where but not what or when, and is limited to 1 uncover per tern normally. Suspend is limited in when instead, you don't know where it is going to come out, but you do know the turn it will hit, and it requires the player to try and set up multiple cards if they want optimal use of it. Storing seems to have the most play and inter play. The cards have to be triggered, but they can also be hit early. Yiu can hit multiple at ince, but it requires more set up woth the cards in your hand, and other people can more easily mess with it.

I might be a bit biased because i like the setup for later style of play, but i like them. Stasis seems like a downgraded version of extra plays. If instead of putting something in stasis, you can just play it as an extra card it would allow for faster reactions and have even less counterplay from the other factions. Instead stasis gives you an extra play that the other person knows is coming several turns in the future. Hiwever I can see how people would find it frustrating. Unlike cards in the hand youbcan see it and know its coming, but cant do anything to stop it. It feels worse to see someone with 2 cards in stasis and 5 cards in hand than to see an opponent with 7 cards in hand with a faction that has multiple extra plays, even theough the later is more dangerous. As for if suspend is worth it, I can understand how smash up is having trouble creating new and interesting factions, and while i don't love solving it with new mechanics, this seems like one i will enjoy.

Why doesn't Spider-Man work with "Comes with Great Responsibility", like it works with "Tiny Princess" and "Gorgonzola"?

I really like the planning pay off that comes with burying and wish we saw more of that. A custom faction I made once had a similar theme, focusing on abilities that triggered at the start of your turn.

I'd add Zombies and Skeletons but most of all, Beauty and the Beast.

3:09 I feel like 4 reduce by 2 would be stronger in most cases but in the context it would be worse which is interesting

What's the music in the first 10 mins?

Dude if smash up was more popular these videos would be popping off, theres so much information thats soooo helpful for newer players and even somewhat experienced players. Thanks for all you've done!

I don't see the card "Indestructible form"

Just tried spiderverse with sumos and got absolutely stomped by aliens. Aliens seem to be a hard counter to so many factions is crazy.

Hey bandit, I'm curious since it's been a long time since we heard any news, and you always had insider knowledge being a playtester and all. Is teens going the be the last expanion? They reached a solid 100 factions finally so I can definitely see development ending here, but I wandered if you knew anything that you were allowed to disclose about whether or not were going to see anymore new smashup products

This video reminds me of something that happened recently. I was thinking about ninjas, and how often I end up with a hand full of cards I don’t want to use. I sat down and separated the deck between cards that I want in my hand and ones I almost never want, and it came out to half. Half of the faction I don’t ever want to draw, so every four cards with the ninja faction is a let down. I haven’t noticed this with any other faction. Other factions have some bad cards in them, but none of them feel like they have the sheer amount of them that the ninja have. I feel like the ninja was trying out a lot of concepts that were very unrefined in the base set and were much better in later expansions. For example, smoke bomb is outclassed by basically all defensive actions later on. Infiltrate is a double feature for absolutely no reason and needs very specific bases for it to matter at all, and they made a better version in Raze in the Dragons. Both Disguise and Ninja Acolyte have felt pointless to me every time I have them. Theoretically they could work very well, but unless you have a faction that gets you lots of minions in hand, ninjas really doesn’t have anything to let these work. So Disguise ends up sitting around in my hand, while Ninja Acolyte will be played but its ability is never worth using. I would rather literally any other minion over Ninja Acolyte. It stands out to me just how bad the Ninjas are. I don’t think many of their cards are so bad they’d be worth putting on this list, but all of them combined just makes the faction feel pointless.

One of the most balanced parts of the geeks is there are fewer minions (usually tossing the fan) and there is no 5 power minion. It is very control based on its own, but can't win on its own.

I looked up the painter: Jimmy Okolica United States flag Designer @Butterfly0038 Sep 25, 2019Full Date If a house is multiple colors, does it qualify for the painter. I'm assuming no, but would like confirmation. Wei-Min Ling Taiwan flag Designer @zeldaaa Sep 26, 2019Full Date The answer is "No". A house must be the same color.

That is a good question about the painter. I’ll have to look into that now.

If you like filler type games and tile type games, check out Kohaku, Penny Lane, and Rocky Road Ala’ Mode.

Ty for playing! Video taping and playing games is difficult and learning a new game is hard as well. I watched a bunch of videos & looked at the forums on BGG. I take notes of stuff I do not see in book and print them out as a FAQ addendum for my rulebook. I know that seems like going overboard, but I don’t get to play much and my memory is not that great. I even forget which games I printed out extra FAQ’s for and am pleased with myself for doing so.

33:17 Yes, you could build a pink second floor, on top of the green 1st floor and pay one of those 3point permit tokens and 1 coin. Then you could pay 2 coins to build the pink roof on top. You can do this without paying a second permit token because… 1. Your house is considered both pink AND green. 2. Neither house to the left or right has a pink roof.

30:50 This game plays 1-4. I just finished my first solo game and got 74 points. I just squeaked thru, finishing my buildings, and claiming the last character before having to discard her. In solo you can’t slowly build your buildings. You need to claim 5 of the 15 characters, so you only have like 10 rounds to play.

People should not be afraid to use their tokens to break the rule. It is worth giving up 3 points to finish your building and gain 6 or more points. I watch a lot of these play thru videos and people are so uptight about doing this.

The gardener looks around, but chooses 1 floor and adds plants together from 3 adjacent rooms

21:58 she takes 2 cards and forgets taking a coin, but then plays 3 cards and is only paying a dollar each, instead of the 1,2, and 2. So considering the forgotten dollar, she paid 4 instead of 5

You can build more than one floor per turn. Cost is one coin for first build, 2 coins for second build, and 2 coins for 3rd build. She had lots of opportunities to do so and winds up throwing out money thru out the game