In the 1970s, Stan Lee started a full-scale Marvel promotional campaign, and the comic superhero quickly became an icon for many young people and formed a pop culture. More and more comic book series were adapted into movies, such as the Hulk in the 70s, or later Spider-Man, until 2008’s Iron Man, Marvel movies began to dominate the US box office.
Now, I’m going to introduce 9 Marvel-themed board games and see if this list has your favorite superheroes.
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1. Marvel Champions
Marvel Champions is a strategy board game for ages 14+ and is approximately 45 minutes long for 1 to 4 players.
Marvel Champions is a collaborative board game with hand management as the primary game mechanic. To win, players need to work together as Marvel heroes and defeat famous villains one by one.
If you’re a teenage fan of Spider-Man, Iron Man, or the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this game is made for you!
2. Splendor Marvel
Splendor Marvel is also a strategy board game for ages 10+ and is about 30 minutes long for 2 to 4 players. It’s the Marvel version of the well-known Splendor game, and this new release for 2020 has been particularly successful. It perfectly inherits the success factors of its predecessors, while adding Marvel-themed elements, allowing you to perfectly immerse yourself in the Marvel Universe.
Splendor Marvel is a competitive board game with resource combination and management as the main game mechanics. In order to win, players must find ways to buy the most useful heroes for their game, by optimizing their resources and being the first to get the Infinity Gauntlet.
3. Marvel United
Marvel United launched on Kickstarter in early 2020. A few months later, at the end of 2020, the game was released in time despite the pandemic.
It’s a cooperative game: fight villains together until one side wins. All well-known heroes and villains are “in the game”, including Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hulk, Iron Man, Red Skull, Ultron, and more.
It’s more of a tactical game. You have to decide where to go and what to do. Knowing that supervillains also act and thwart our superheroes’ plans.
4. Love Letter: The Infinity Gauntlet
This game is suitable for people over 10 years old to play, and it is suitable for 2 to 6 players to play for about 15 minutes. It uses reasoning, hand management and bluffing as the main game mechanics.
To win, you need to complete the character’s objective. This game is a showdown in the Marvel Universe: either you will play as the evil Thanos who wants to dominate the universe, or you will play as 5 heroes trying to defeat him.
5. Marvel Villainous
Marvel Villainous is a strategy board game for 2 to 4 players 12+ years old and runs for approximately 60 minutes.
It is a competitive board game with hand management as the main game mechanism. To win, you must be the first villain to achieve his dark goals. You’ll have to incarnate an iconic comic book villain: working for evil while hindering your opponents. Depending on your character’s story, you will have unique abilities and different ways of playing.
6. 5 Minute Marvel
5 Minute Marvel is a family board game for ages 8+ that can be played for around 5 minutes for 2 to 5 players.
5 Minute Marvel is a cooperative board game with exploration as the primary game mechanic. To win, you must defeat all 5 dungeon bosses as a team. Each of you will play a hero with specific abilities and dedicated decks.
7. Avengers: Thanos Rising
This is a strategy board game for players aged 10+ and is approximately 60 minutes long for 2 to 4 players.
This is a cooperative board game that uses hand management and dice rolling as the main game mechanics. To win, you need to stop Thanos from completing his goal. You’ll have to recruit superheroes to stop Thanos from collecting 6 Infinity Stones!
8. X-Men: Mutant Insurrection
X-Men: Mutant Insurrection is a fully cooperative, story-driven, and dice-based strategy board game for ages 14+ and approximately 60 minutes of gameplay for 1 to 6 players.
To win, you must protect humanity from the superhuman threat. You will have to defend our world by playing superhero characters, each with 4 dice. Choose from 8 different storylines, complete co-op missions, and fight super villains!
9. Dobble: Marvel Emoji
Dobble: Marvel Emoji is an atmospheric game for ages 6+, with a game duration of approximately 15 minutes for 2 to 8 players.
This is a competitive board game with observation and speed as the main game mechanics. To win, you must be the first to spot two identical symbols between two cards. Be the fastest to identify duplicates in the emoji of your favorite Marvel heroes and win the game!
Final Words
We admire the adventurous spirit of the Marvel superheroes, their tribulations, challenges, and bravery. Their adventures often resonate with what we know or what we’ve been through. So we are willing to identify with them and become our role models. That’s why so many people love to play Marvel-Themed board games.
