Marvel Champions First Game Playthrough - How to Play - Rules and Strategy

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Welcome to Marvel Champions! One of the best games there is out there! What questions do you have about this awesome game?

[@robertaustin6302]

As a new player just now coming into MC this was immensely helpful. Just what I needed! Thanks man!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Glad it helped!!

[@brigbrizz]

Villain phase 5, drawing Peter's eviction notice, then Shadows of the Past immediately after. Couldn't have scripted a better teaching moment!

[@thomasbernhard5090]

srsly thank you for this - I played yesterday 1st time and I made so many mistakes I can berly believe it :D So good to have a tutorial like this one. Great job!

[@BayonetRecon]

Fantastic. Enjoyed how you talked through your thought process.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Thank you!

[@petsontherocks]

Very useful video. Thank you! Love this game.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

You’re welcome!!

[@Mathroy]

You played a lot of different cards for variety and did a lot of defending with Allies, which brings a lot of questions to new players like me. Honestly I watched the whole thing without skipping and I'm so glad I did! Thank you so much for making this video 3 years after the release of the game. Most videos are older and don't get all the rules right. I got a question too, can a Hero Defend on behalf of another?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

I am glad you enjoyed it! To answer your question, yes! A hero can defend for another player when declaring defenders!

[@Mathroy]

@@NelsonAllOverCards Thank you! I've recently subscribed and I binged a couple videos already. They're great!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

@@Mathroy well that makes me happy! Thank you!

[@Everafterparkwear]

Loved this! Would love to see you do more games

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Thank you!!

[@TheSupremoLoser]

Thanks for this, really good video, I have played marvel champions for a while but only solo and apparently I still messed up quite a few rules the few times i played multiplayer. If you have time to do a bigger game like this with different heroes and a big villain to see more quirks that'd be fantastic.

[@ponokimgraham661]

This has helped me tremendously thank you

[@kenlemottee7720]

Great video! Helped a lot thankyou!!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Glad it helped!

[@soptiktu]

Great video. Can you please do some explaining video, what exactly can (and can NOT) be used outside of my turn ? I am still little bit confused. Thx

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Sure thing! I’ll get something out! That can be pretty confusing!

[@hockeyfan7645]

Great video as I am late to the game, just started playing. Always learning something new. Love the hero interactions. I watch many of your videos and this one was a great one for me. One question, excelleration tokens,. When I play two handed, is it an extra threat for each player or just one extra token? I have been playing one for each player. Thanks again.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Welcome to the game! Hope you’re enjoying it! It is one extra threat total, so if you’re playing a two player game and there is one acceleration token the threat placed on the scheme each round will be 3!

[@hockeyfan7645]

@@NelsonAllOverCards This helps me greatly. I have been killing myself against Klaw.

[@LK3185.]

This was a great how to play video.. maybe done a little faster than some others I've seen but I could still understand and my intention with the game is to be more solo player.. don't really have anyone to play with and thought two handed would be too overwhelming.. and it is a bit, but your experience and explaining makes it seem alot smoother than I expected. I have two questions, one, The first player of the turn alternates per round so does that mean when a card says first player, that means for the round? I assume so... Secondly, why wasn't Black Cat allowed to attack Rhino at the end there? Thanks.. I'm 95% getting the game after Christmas... and I'm pretty excited Matt.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

So sorry I missed this! Hopefully you found your answers, but if not here you go: That is correct, the card refers to the first player that round Black cat could not attack because there was a guard minion engaged with the player who controlled her. Hopefully you got the game and are enjoying it!

[@derickkopff1314]

Thanks! This was helpful.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

So glad to hear that!

[@julienquety6443]

Just played my first 2 games with this video as a companion, this was super helpful. A couple of things I had to look up: When you are confused can you still thwart using other cards? When you encounter shadow of the past for a second time, do you surge or do you have to play the nemesis cards again? If a hero other than captain marvel gets Yon-roggs treason, does it apply to them or cpt Marvel?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Hey! Glad it was helpful! Just in case you didnt find the answers: You cannot thwart using events or upgrades, however allies and supports can still remove threat Shadows of the past surges if the nemesis does not enter play (do not go hunting for it again) It would apply to the hero who drew the card! Hope this helps!

[@julienquety6443]

@@NelsonAllOverCards perfect, that matched what I found digging online and in the rule book

[@brokengregg8737]

This helped me so much and im just having such a good time as of late and starting to build decks now. Do you think you'll do a arkham horror one like this too? or do you have one already?

[@thomaswhaley9799]

The game brings a new meaning of the word “You”. LOL

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Oh don’t remind me of the nightmares 😂

[@ewoknroll2136]

Great video! Is the 'spend' energy resource for cpt marvel the same as when other cards tell you to discard or does spend mean you must use the card as part of paying for an event/ally/ upgrade etc?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

It means that you need to spend the resource to activate the ability, that could be from a card in your hand with the energy resource, or it could be from a resource generator (like a quincarrier) on the table - hope that helps!

[@ewoknroll2136]

@@NelsonAllOverCards thank you!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

@@ewoknroll2136 anytime!!

[@brokengregg8737]

Amazing! I was doing a few things so wrong lol

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Glad it helped!!

[@krzysztofs.8906]

Great video. Where to get that tokens?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Thank you! They are from "Buy The Same Token"! buythesametoken.com/

[@jeremybr2714]

VERY HELPFUL

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

😊😊

[@jeremybr2714]

@@NelsonAllOverCards question! Does a minion attack/scheme the same turn it is played/revealed when it engages with you. Pt2. Are all minions engaged with you as soon as they are revealed?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

@@jeremybr2714 1) it depends! If it is revealed as an encounter card, no. But if it’s before or during the minion activation part of the villain phase then yes. This is fairly rare, but Ultron’s forced response is a good example when you would get a minion that would then attack you 2) yep!

[@SamHoughton]

Great video! Where did you get the play mat?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

I had it custom made from yourplaymat.com! I got the image from BGG: boardgamegeek.com/filepage/190859/marvel-champions-lcg-play-mat-lee-subscribe

[@SamHoughton]

@@NelsonAllOverCards thanks for the reply, shame they don’t ship to the UK!

[@dynamicduke8119]

What kind of card sleeves are you using? Great video.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Thanks! That’s are the dragon shield clear matte sleeves, highly recommend!

[@Darcytube]

Major problem….@59:22 you over annunciate 😅 Great play-through, will be sharing with friends before they sit down to hear clumsily stumble through explaining the game.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Ahhhh noooo the video is ruined I’ll need to redo it 😂 thanks hope it helps!

[@tonywilliams6656]

Hello. @27 minutes you call on Captain Marvel to perform an action during Spiderman's turn. She plays the Helicarrier but you don't exhaust it, even though it says that you have to exhaust it to perform the action. Then on Captain Marvel's turn, she uses the Helicarrier and exhausts it this time. Would you be willing to clarify this rule? Do you not have to exhaust if you perform an action during another players' turn? Thanks.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Nope that would just be a mistake! You need to exhaust it even if called on!

[@wolfganglohfink9018]

@46:30 you play "make the call" to take Maria hill out. But is it correct to put the Peter Parker cards in the discard pile from Captein Marvel @46:40

[@g8kpr3000]

I just re-watched this portion and I'm not sure what you mean. He plays "Make the Call" and uses the Genius card to pay for Maria Hill (which is in the discards). This hand of cards is Captain Marvel's hand. He does a switch off Camera just before this, but doesn't mention it. That may be your confusion. If you look prior to this Spider-man's cards are Red (and yellow aspect cards), and Captain Marvel's cards are a blue/red (with a yellow stripe), (and blue aspect cards, such as Make the call). He pays for Maria Hill and places "Make the Call" and "Genius" back into the discards that he's holding, and places them back beside Captain Marvel. Then Draws a card for Spider-man (Jessica Jones).

[@MrGaiakid]

I have a question, do you have to declare if you are blocking with an ally/hero before the boost card is revealed or can you wait to see how much the attack will be boosted by first?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Yep! You need to declare who is defending the attack before the boost card, that could be an ally or hero!

[@julienquety6443]

Another scenario I ran into, I drew Stampede from Rhino as my encounter card. Do I get to defend if my hero is ready or do I just take the damage resulting from the attack?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

You are able to defend!

[@HamiltonWard]

Where did you get your sleeves and tokens? Awesome video!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

The sleeves are Dragon Shield which I typically get at convention, buy you can get online or at a local game store. The tokens are from buythesametoken: buythesametoken.com/

[@darrenengstrom3323]

The villain hit points is doubled per opponet

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Yep! The Villain gets its printed hit points multiplied by the number of players!

[@Danipenn]

Wouldn't the excess damage from charge, go to the hero the ally is defending, instead of the hero the ally originates from? It would make more sense.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

I do think thematically that would make more sense, but the excess damage does go to the ally's owner

[@milesbarnett5087]

Please can you do this for LOTOR

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Sure thing!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

It may be a few weeks, but I’ll get one made!

[@Ryan_Loa]

ohh so @ 24:40 when a minion is revealed as a dealt card it doesn't automatically attack?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Marvel Champions Rules Questions! When do minions activate? #boardgames #marvelchampions

[@g8kpr3000]

When you flip an encounter card at the end of the villain phase, the Minion will only attack if it has the "QuickStrike" keyword on it. However, if during the villain attack portion of the the villain turn, a minion comes into play somehow, that minion will attack, because it's the part of the phase where Minions attack the players. If that minion has "quickstrike" it attacks twice, one for Quickstrike, and one because it's the villain/minion attack portion of the game. But if it's just during the "Reveal encounter card", then no, they don't attack unless they have that keyword.

[@garmit420]

When Rhino is stunned and initiates an attack on Spiderman does he get to draw a card?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Unfortunately no, the stun replaces the attack

[@garmit420]

@@NelsonAllOverCards Ah thank you

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

@@garmit420 anytime! Hopefully next time it’s a more favorable clarification!

[@digitalfirefly]

Where did you get that playmat?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

It was custom printed! Here is a video that goes into it in more detail: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6WloJ6oaNZ3oK8 Also the direct link! Marvel Champions Gamemat BGG Link: boardgamegeek.com/filepage/190859/marvel-champions-lcg-play-mat-lee-subscribe Marvel Champions Custom Printer: www.yourplaymat.com/

[@mrmeow2297]

What are these holographic sleeves?

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

They are really cool! Let me see if I can find a link for you!

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

You can reach out to Steve (Play D Game) here for them: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072008808239

[@mrmeow2297]

I can't for the life of me beat Claw.

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

He can be really tough! Are you usually dying or loosing to threat? Also what heroes have you tried?

[@mrmeow2297]

@@NelsonAllOverCards Protection She-Hulk and protection Black panther. She usually kills me. Or his Master of Evil friends

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

@@mrmeow2297 those master of evil minions are brutal! Protection with just the core set is very difficult to make work well. It was considered very underpowered at the start of the game. Some suggestions if you wanted to still try green would be to try and build a ton with black Panther, put as many upgrades on the table and don’t worry about hurting Klaw for the first couple turns, use your activations to make sure threat is okay and kill minions as fast as you can. Don’t flip Klaw unless you have an answer to the immortal klaw and then either Gamma Slam/Wakanda Forever to try and only spend 1 or 2 turns on the second phase. Protection vs Klaw is a tough matchup but good luck and let me know how it goes!

[@robertcarlyle4946]

if you play LOTR LCG..marvel is not complex to play lol

[@NelsonAllOverCards]

Totally agree LOTR is harder, but if you don’t play LOTR and it’s your first LCG, like it was mine, it can be pretty tricky!