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Taco's Take on... Legendary: Captain America 75th Anniversary

4/20/2016

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2016 English First Edition (*Review Copy)
Published by: Upper Deck Entertainment
# of Players: 1 to 5
Legendary: Marvel Deck-Building Game required to play this expansion

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    Captain America is an icon to comic book history. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1941, Captain America was a patriotic superhero to take on the Nazis and Axis armies of World War 2. Since 1941, Captain America has grown from World War 2 hero to Avengers Leader and being the hero behind freedom. A big message is that Captain America stood up for what he believed was right and that anyone with heart can make a difference. The moniker of Captain America has been held by others besides Steve Rogers. When Steve was supposedly dead, long lost sidekick Bucky took the shield as Winter Solider. When Steve Rogers aged, he passed the shield down to his friend and teammate Falcon. Marvel has celebrated the 75th Anniversary of Captain America in a lot of ways, and Upper Deck Entertainment released the 75th Anniversary Captain America expansion in tribute to this legend. This expansion contains Winter Solider, Falcon as Captain America, 1941 Captain America, Agent X-13, and Steve Rogers as director of SHIELD. I invite you to read along as I give you my take on Legendary: Captain America 75th Anniversary Expansion.

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What is new to Legendary?
    The Captain America expansion brings a lot of additions in a small box expansion. In addition to the 5 hero decks, this expansion adds 2 new masterminds, 2 new villain groups, and 4 very different schemes. There are 3 new keywords that are added with this set. The Savior keyword allows the listed action to be performed if you have 3 or more bystanders in your victory pile. The Woman/Man Out of Time keyword phrase allows that card to be used that turn and then put to the side to be used immediately on your next turn once evil has progressed. This allows you to benefit from the icons and number values for 2 turns. The last keyword is for the mastermind and villain groups. Some villains will have the Abomination keyword meaning that they add the attack value of the card below them to their attack value. The mastermind Armin Zola has the keyword Ultimate Abomination. Zola adds the attack value of all cards in the HQ to his own attack value. 


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    The schemes in this expansion are very thematic and different than previous schemes. Change the Outcome of World War 2 scheme has players protecting different size countries (represented by number of city spaces) each scheme twist. If a villain escapes, that country is under Axis control. If 3 countries become under Axis control, you lose. Another scheme has players unlocking a code before they can attack the mastermind. The code changes with each twist as you add a new hero card to the code. You have to guess the color of each enigma card to fight the mastermind as normal, otherwise if you get it wrong, you flip over the enigma cards, shuffle them and end your turn. These along with the other 2 schemes add to the theme of Legendary and provide some very hard challenges.

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Final Thoughts
    I have grown to enjoy Marvel Legendary the more I play it. The variety of villains and heroes provides so much variety and fun. I enjoyed the addition of Winter Solider and Falcon (Captain America). I understand this is a Captain America expansion and therefore there was going to be more Captain America added, but I hoped for more variety. I wish the characters felt different than other expansions, but feel this expansion will get lost among some of the other great expansions that have come out. I love the new schemes and how thematic they are. Abomination villains were annoying but beatable. I am glad to have this addition to Legendary, but nothing stood out for me. Cards were very easy to understand. The enigma scheme is confusing at first but if you read it carefully along with the rules, it is understandable. I should point out that I am not the biggest Captain America fan, so this expansion would not be one of my first off the shelf to pick up. If you are a fan of Captain America then this is your expansion. I still recommend getting this expansion if you own Legendary Marvel because it does add more variety and the schemes are great. This expansion is staying with the rest of my Legendary cards and I look forward to trying out more interesting combinations with other sets.


Taco gives Legendary: Captain America 75th Anniversary expansion a rating of...
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7.5 out of 10

Pros:
+ Thematic schemes
+ Winter Solider hero
+ Out of Time and Savior keywords were nice additions
+ If you love Captain America, this provided you the history of the stories
+ Adds more variety to an already impressive Marvel Legendary experience

Cons:
- If your not a Captain America fan, this expansion may not interest you
- Villains were bland and forgettable


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