Marvel United Kickstarter All In - Unboxing & Rambling

BoardGameCo Patreon - / boardgameco
Marvel United launched on Kickstarter a little over a year ago, and with an estimated delivery date of March 2021....we're only a month late. Which really is pretty good....but let's ignore the whole core box in retail discussion for right now. Join me as I ramble on about Marvel, the upcoming X-Men, Game of Thrones, serious trauma in the MCU and who knows what else.
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Pre-video Discussion
0:00:30 - Core Box
0:03:30 - Guardians of the Galaxy
0:07:15 - Rise of the Black Panther
0:11:20 - Return of the Sinister Six
0:16:20 - The Infinity Gauntlet
0:21:00 - Enter The Spider Verse
0:24:10 - Tales of Asgard
0:28:00 - Extras and Locations
0:32:40 - Stretch Goal Box
0:39:10 - Closing Up
For great prices on new and used board games, check us out at: boardgameco.com/ If you have an active BoardGameGeek collection set up, trade with us here: boardgametrade...
The Weekly Quack Podcast - theweeklyquack....
For media inquiries, please email [e-mail]

[@Atlasfilms08]

37:15. That’s actually Iron Fist. 38:30. That’s Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes version)

[@stevefratus1546]

Me too

[@AlwayzFresh]

"not a good look, not a good look" One of the funniest laugh out loud moments I've had watching this channel. Cheers!

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol thanks :)

[@elgenialbap]

Spider-man did not sold his soul to the devil to make people forget his identity; Doctor Strange made some spell to make people forgot who he was. Spider-man sold his marriage to the devil to save his aunt.

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks for the clarification :)

[@isaacraze4301]

The designer said that if you play using all the modules and take out a wild and double wild you’ll make the game near impossible to beat, he also said if Thanos gets five of the six infinity stones he doubts you’d win (they haven’t) Good luck to those who try.

[@BoardGameCo]

Nice 🙂 challenge accepted :)

[@F4R207]

Kraven's Last Hunt was a great Spiderman story. Haven't played Blood Rage that many times but only managed to win, twice, with Loki strategies (them double points).

[@TableTopWolf1984]

I blooming love this game, take out the wilds and the heroes suddenly feel unique, and some of the expansion bosses are really hard to beat, im all in on x-men before knowing what's even coming.

[@richarddeangelis6193]

This video was hilarious! I hope you do more rambling unboxings. Of course, I particularly enjoyed this one because I have a fairly comprehensive knowledge of the Marvel Universes (both comic a cinematic), so it was fun yelling out names of characters and actors you couldn’t think of (as if you could hear me). 🙂

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol thanks :) I enjoy my unboxings more, the more I go off the rails :)

[@SasquatchDroppings]

Adam Warlock is one of Marvel’s greatest characters. You should read up on him.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Apparently he will show up in Guardians vol 3

[@Deadpool_collector247]

What?! but Deadpool is the greatest

[@jackwykes7523]

@@Deadpool_collector247 I bet you’ve never read a comic book in your life shut up

[@Deadpool_collector247]

@@jackwykes7523 Wind you neck in, You wouldnt dare talk to my face like that so dont try it here. I own ALL Deadpool comics. If I wanted to speak to an arsehole II would have farted

[@cjpeach11]

.... So you haven't played this much? When you play adult mode (without wilds), all characters feel wildly different in the game.

[@lystic9392]

Ah that is very good to hear. Now that you mention it I don't believe I have heard any reviewer specifically focus on a mode like that.

[@deancoun6460]

:) Thank you ! Many Congrats !

[@Teremei]

I went all in for X-men . After seeing this I went SUPER all in for everything. Deluxe goodies included. I must say this is nicely shot Alex. And makes everything look beautiful (Let's face it, teaming up Spidey with the X-men, or playing the extended Guardians of the Galaxy like Yondu and Mantis is hard to pass up!)

[@windbane69]

If you play on heroic, getting rid of 2 wild cards, then the characters feel more unique. But I'm glad Yandu solved your issue!

[@windbane69]

Also, some characters (Dr. Strange) have more than 3 special cards.

[@piotrjasik2835]

The variety of heroes is what sold Marvel Legendary for me, which to this day pumps out expansions and I'm still amazed how well they can capture feeling of different heroes/villains, like destructive Hulk, nimble Spider-Man, size-changing Ant Man or even slapstick Deadpool.

[@MrScrawnjuan]

I also love Legendary. And I think it might even have more characters. Not sure on that.

[@piotrjasik2835]

@@MrScrawnjuan easily :D

[@justmike75]

LOL... in our house we say, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit." And you totally need a spoiler disclaimer for anyone who is not fully up to date with the current MCU. Loved your 'stream of consciousness' it kept me watching the video.

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :) I enjoy rambling more than staring at minis forever :)

[@namewithheld8115]

Seeing you opening the boxes, I was suddenly struck that we need to get you a proper knife. One of those massive ones where people will say "That's not a knife, it's a short sword!" The sort of thing you could sit in a helicopter sharpening, and all of the 90's action heroes would stay silent in appreciation.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol I do need to get a better one :)

[@TheWillz02]

I'm actually surprised on how much I liked this game, it definitely most be cause of the theme, but sooooo many freaking boxes, I seriously hope they make a storage box with the xmen game

[@lukakrizanec4405]

Watched just for the rambling, Marvel is a plus :)

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol 😊

[@lukejw11]

This is a great game. I was not convinced at the time of the KS but the gameplay is simple yet satisfying. Equally great for younger and older players, and it has so much easy to access variety with the expansions. We find the heroes vary quite a bit especially once you start combining them against different villains.

[@jonathana6298]

I had an all-in pledge for this all the way up until the last couple hours of the campaign. And... I think I dodged a bullet? I basically agree with all of your points. The minis are amazing, the the base game is too simple, the expansions add some additional mechanics, but the character decks are different enough. Most of the cards in each deck are generic cards.

[@jacobrayko1781]

My biggest complaint with this game is that they added Korg over Heimdall or Sif

[@BoardGameCo]

Well I want all....I so love korg though.

[@devonnorris6755]

I love it when you were blanking on Gamora and her name was on the box facing the camera...

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol so I've heard :)

[@zachkahler1001]

I was THOROUGHLY impressed by that speed reading around 12:50. And then I realized the video was on 1.5x still, since it carried over from the previous video. Hoofta. I didn't even notice the whole time haha.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol nice :)

[@vindachio1]

I almost cried when you said bag up all the mins.

[@BoardGameCo]

That's fair.... Still gonna do it :)

[@sandovalon88]

Nice to see the unboxing, de KS opinion was the first BG co video that I watched

[@BoardGameCo]

It was one of my first big videos :)

[@lukejw11]

Plan B does make things harder as the missions are harder to complete so completing 2 to start hurting the villain is more difficult than before.

[@BoardGameCo]

Nice :)

[@foodini666]

Just got all my stuff a few days ago. Haven’t opened mine yet I think I’ll just watch this.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol thanks :)

[@Davord]

Let's have future spicy PG-13 episodes where you sling the sass and spoilers. BG Co after bedtime

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol I don't know if that fits :)

[@Hazivix]

@@BoardGameCo I'd watch it!

[@millr8222]

30 seconds in.. Only thing missing "hey vsauce, Michael here" - hmm Michael got a weird amount of hair on his head this time around.

[@g8kpr3000]

And no one here is going to bring up him calling Quicksilver “QuickFury”???

[@BoardGameCo]

Dear lord did I do that? No way...

[@g8kpr3000]

@@BoardGameCo 35:50 (approximately). You must have had Nick Fury in your brain.

[@rudigerkipferl4479]

Played it nine times within the first week (just core box and stretch goals were only have one expansion), children like it, I like it, X-Men Kickstarter is safe for me 😁 to us, the characters do feel different even with the wild cards. Hulk is smashing, Falcon is flying, Dr. Strange knows a lot and can do magic... But yes, the characters in the core box are not the most exciting 🤷

[@justacynic]

What??? You don’t know the glory of Peter Porker the Amazing Spider-Ham???

[@BoardGameCo]

I know it...I just don't like it :)

[@TheErnieforss]

Man I got this really late on my feed. Kraven is a wild game hunter. He wants to hunt the hardest game which is.... spiderMAN. It would be cool to see how hollywood brings him to the theater in this day of age. Will he be like Donald jr character. Or will they just make him be a super evil guy with no depth. Or would they give him depth have morals and be a hero for the public, but that turns out to be a true villain, sort of like what they did to mystero.

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

Paul Giamatti did indeed play Rhino, but a version of Rhino who just had this huge mecha-rhino he was piloting.

[@BoardGameCo]

Yes, that's the one :)

[@andrewwagner2165]

Played this for the first time last night, 3 games at 4 players. Beat Baron Demo and lost to Kang and Kingpin. We enjoyed it. Hope you do too!

[@lukejw11]

MU XMen adds more varied heroes (4 special cards and innate powers), antiheroes, and villain as player mode.

[@BoardGameCo]

Nice :)

[@ShelfClutter]

Regarding spider-ham. Gag characters have always been a big trop in comic books. On it's own I would have disliked the character, but because of the history of gag character, I love the tribute. I would have liked to see a couple more gag characters included as well.

[@BoardGameCo]

I'm fine with it being there for those who like it....just doesn't work for me personally :)

[@kalega311]

The opening scene, before you even said anything, made me chuckle. What is necessary, is right... haha

[@claudiomendes1227]

Can you tell me the weight of the Cardboards? I'm thinking about getting the Late Pledge, but I can't get the weight information from anyone in the community and not even CMON.

[@boardgametime3727]

You were really funny and witty in this one Alex xD! Loved it as always!!! Thank you! Definitely going to check out the new kickstarter

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :)

[@amansparekh]

Thor’s nemesis in MC is Loki. He literally never goes away

[@BoardGameCo]

Yep :)

[@codym6376]

I was thinking about buying all the chibis to substitute parental love. Are you saying that’s a no-go? Hmm....plan B.....a nanny 😜

[@BoardGameCo]

Parental love can never be fully substituted. But we can still try.

[@TheWillz02]

I kinda have to disagree on that they don't feel different, i get what you say but might be my playing group but we had hulk, venom and daredevil and all 3 were different decks for example hulk can clear everything with some cards(hulk smash?) Venom is kinda aggressive too but had NO heroic action cards and daredevil was the opposite.

[@CODChim]

I really like this style of unboxing, watched most of it even though I don't have much interest in the game

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks!

[@ilqrd.6608]

Alex, do you usually play the core box and sell it all before long? I can’t imagine you’d spend a lot of time with this one?

[@BoardGameCo]

This one is actually pretty fun, sticking around for now :)

[@FedouBC]

If you don't like timetravel, you should watch Dark on Netflix then. Also, I love dark conversation during boardgames unboxing

[@BoardGameCo]

Oh sounds fun, adding to my list.

[@nerdshire6310]

Play the Heroic Mode and all Heroes feel different.

[@aorakis5795]

Hi there, do you know if the expansions are bringing a bit of challenge to the base game ?

[@nerdshire6310]

@@aorakis5795 Some Expansions have new challenge cards. With them you can modify the difficulty. And some of the villains (if you go all-in of the Kickstarter) are stronger than the others.

[@witchedwiz]

Eh.. As a diehard marvel fan I was sort of interested, but watched some playthrough, red some stuff and it fell quite flat.. Characters felt too similar :/

[@dallasuphold1745]

Felt the same way. Still, bought the base game on Amazon for $15 and thats enough for me.

[@BoardGameCo]

The expansions actually make it a fairly solid game but agreed in the characters.

[@witchedwiz]

@@BoardGameCo I can understand, but it would hardly be enough for me :/ In a world chocked full of 8 and 9 , a 7 is just a 7 ;)

[@lotterwinner6474]

I have little interest in playing this but I must say they did a really good job with the chibi art. I am not even a fan of that style but I would not be ashamed to see my shelves filled with Marvel united.

[@BoardGameCo]

It's a solid game btw, worth trying :)

[@SteveOw0]

I'm not interested in this game, but I love your random ramblings!

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks Steve :)

[@siriactuallysara]

Try bullseye as a villain he wrecked me. I also tried out MODOK but Vision and scarlet witch defeated him.

[@BoardGameCo]

Nice, I need to get these to the table :) Been base game only until now.

[@carpetsnake83]

I just want the minis I’ll do a 3d print up of bases that can click on the bottom that say things like king queen castle And bang marvel chess set Also use them for hero quest adventures

[@amansparekh]

Dr strange is my favourite hero too

[@BoardGameCo]

He's awesome :)

[@UKDagnar]

Poor Infinity Gauntlet rule book :( Looking forward to using the minis with Marvel Champions, just got the MC Guardians expansion today but didn't get the Guardians MU packs (only went Infinity Pledge) :(

[@avcwisesa]

Lol, loving the Yondu bit 😂

[@Brownsfan77]

Can you only get these from the Kickstarter? Bc I can't find any of these. I was only able to find the 1st one at Walmart.

[@BoardGameCo]

Yep, except for the core it's KS only.

[@ThymeKeeper]

I assume there are already 30 other comments telling you that was Iron Fist, not Shang Chi, so I won't pile on ;)

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol yes :)

[@xtraplayer7281]

So there's Quick Fury, and Nick Fury ?

[@BoardGameCo]

Quick Fury is faster.

[@JohnnyMcNabb63]

Got all of it... I love X-men but don’t know if I want to pay another $250+ for the same light game play and tons of boxes. I almost wish it was just the core with stretch goals and NO expansions. Too much FOMO.

[@kumanight]

Can't get into a pig spider but a talking racoon with a best friend who is essentially a pokemon is fine? :P. I'm just being snarky haha. Didn't know this game had so much content for it! If I was into the chibi style i'd check it out for sure.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol absolutely! Multiverse madness doesn't do it for me....lab experiment does. But it's a fair call out :)

[@stevefratus1546]

I have the Spectacular Spider-Ham comics from back in the day. I love them! Spider-Ham is awesome!

[@amansparekh]

No one was complaining with Wanda after infinity war (even AoU she took the entire avengers out)

[@BoardGameCo]

Yep :)

[@aorakis5795]

hi there ! that's for sure an ALL IN ^^ I like the minis in this game. I read a lot that the base game itself was quite easy (good for introducing) do you have that feeling aswell ? Is that "problem" get solved and the game get harder with epxansions ? Cheers ! And enjoy ;) PS : Surely, you should , Speak juuuuust a bit... Slightly slower... imho :D

[@82ndmi]

Does everyone put the gauntlet on when they open that box?

[@BoardGameCo]

Absolutely!

[@justacynic]

OMG a Beta Ray Bill figure??? Wow...I might want this now...

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol and ironically that's one that I never cared for as well :)

[@TorIverWilhelmsen]

"Whatever his name is" next to Blade is Moon Knight.

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks!

[@stevefratus1546]

The funny thing is that I just watched another reviewer say the exact opposite of what you said regarding the heroes playing differently. Especially Hulk who has mostly attack cards.

[@lystic9392]

(If you mean dice tower if I recall correctly they said the heroes feel somewhat differently. Not in a big way. But I think Tom defended it by saying that there were superhero games in which there were literally no mechanical differences aside from the miniature.)

[@nguinguingui]

Haha the spoilers. I laughed every time.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol sorry.

[@1AngelAlita]

Althouthg I'm a big fan of Marvel and I haven't ever played Bloodborne the video game, I'm glad I got Bloodborne All-In instead of this.. ;-)

[@BoardGameCo]

Plastic is plastic, we all have our preferred genres :)

[@wicaksonoadi1035]

30:33 That's Marvel Champions for you.

[@kenttsui6024]

Nooo, Alex its Iron Fist not Shang Chi :p

[@BoardGameCo]

Whoops....

[@patriziopastore9895]

I'm questioning when you will have the time to play all that stuff...

[@82ndmi]

Game is about 30 minutes, got through everything but the stretch goals in about two days.

[@patriziopastore9895]

@@82ndmi 30 min to play including the setup and, most probably, remove the game once you finish? I don't think so even marvel champions require at least 10 minutes to have it on the table and is a super easy game to setup

[@timbe7979]

How much was this all in pledge?

[@BoardGameCo]

Around 250

[@soyunbonus]

Too many minis and too little gameplay for me. The minis look cool though!

[@BoardGameCo]

Hey! Don't you diss my chibi minis! ;)

[@Vadimaster]

I passed on this Kickstarter due to financial restrictions at the time of the campaign and the fear that the gameplay was not interesting enough for such an expensive product (as a Marvel fan, if I would get it, I would want it all). Watching this unboxing only confirms my conflicting views: Yes cool minis, yes a lot of choice from favorite villains and heroes, but enough variation in the gameplay?

[@kenrickcarlsonkeh191]

SpiderHam is a spider though... that was bitten by an andromorphic pig.

[@BoardGameCo]

Really? Wow

[@g8kpr3000]

No he’s not. Unless he was retconned. I collected the original Star comics series in the 80s.

[@kenrickcarlsonkeh191]

@@g8kpr3000 i just read it in Wikipedia. Is it wrong?

[@kaos1109]

I was totally out of budget when this was on KS. Seeing this video gave me tremendous FOMO. Marvel's universe is humongous and the amount of Mutants on the X-Men series (with Heroes, villains and others) is at least as large as the big box you showed,.. but it is of course larger. I am wondering if I managed to afford an All-In for EVERYTHING (or at least all X-Men content), ... would I be able to play it at all?, how long would it take to go through all possible ideas my group comes up with? How fast would we just go: "Screw it, Fantasy team, time!, let's play whoever and sort out whatever rules we like!", it is clear that the system is prepared for most types of scenarios like that, so it does feel like it will make it interesting to play. ... I would also run out of shelf space! XD!!! Fun video, thank you!!

[@michaelramos6214]

Thanks for this Video. I almost made a Expensive decision and bought everything in the X-man Kickstarter (over $300 worth of stuff) but seeing this made me rethink. Cmon Didn't put a lot of love into this game.

[@82ndmi]

Me: 2/10 Me with the playmat: ooooooooo 10/10 Me when I realize the small playmat doesn’t fit a full game of marvel United: rage! Still hate that the beautiful marvel game is essentially a villainous tier Walmart coop game. Marvel xmen is a must though, 1vall is a big addon (and magneto feels really different being played as a human lead villain), even if you just get one box for it. Good call though on check the mechanics, the game is much better with thanos, sinister 6, and Loki. But has no noticeable difference in quality with spider,black panther, or guardians that have weak mechanics addons.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol yep... I'm sadly going to be pulled in by the next ks :)

[@g1jung]

Regret I didn’t back All in .. I didn’t buy Spider/galaxy/Thor 😟🥲

[@BoardGameCo]

Lots of stuff will be available this upcoming ks :)

[@amansparekh]

I wish the hero’s were more unique

[@BoardGameCo]

100% agreed.

[@lystic9392]

Your mind seems very busy ^_^

[@BoardGameCo]

:)

[@Swiftspell]

Shang-Chi? Bruh you said Iron Fist wrong.

[@BoardGameCo]

Gosh darn it Alex!

[@cymraegddraig]

Wish I had bought the game.mat :(

[@BoardGameCo]

It's nice for sure

[@venomgold]

OMG THE AMOUNT OF SPOILER IN THAT VIDEO WAS UNBEARABLE i get when he spoiled it for old stuff like spiderman which aint thatold but people really should have seen it by now... I get that, but the new stuff like wondervision I just thank god you hadn't since Falcon and winter solider yet Jesus. Every time you said anything to do with wondervision i was forced to start skipping section of this video please less spoilers or give us a heads up

[@kelseyjohnston1071]

I don’t like Marvel and still felt inclined to watch the whole thing to the end.. Please don’t do a video like this on a Teletubbies game, I’ll hate myself for it, but I will watch it.

[@BoardGameCo]

Challenge accepted :)

[@rogerklee459]

Fun little game for younger kids. It has potential if harder expansions are added. The playmat is great and highly recommended. The regular solo mode is not good but multi hand is very easy to do. I will play through the unofficial campaign on bgg at least once in full. I did enjoy it for the lighter game that it is but for true solo a game like cloudspire is much better.

[@TableTopWolf1984]

You need to play without wilds mate, some of those expansions bosses make it feel like dark souls

[@rogerklee459]

@@TableTopWolf1984 I play on heroic now. The win rate is very high but I am hoping for gauntlet enemies to be harder.

[@successfulgeek]

Spoilers!

[@BoardGameCo]

I know 😏

[@bobby6204]

"the characters don't feel different" Every single cmon game imho.. So unless you just want diff scults with hardly any game mechanic changes. Don't go all in. Cmon minis are top notch and their games are good, but I find the add ons and SGs just a waste.

[@joelbergvonlinde1389]

That’s because you are playing on easy mode. Play on the hardest mode without the generic wildcard cards and they play a lot less similar.

[@brunodubois8245]

Too much plastic...

[@BoardGameCo]

But pretty :)