If you love superheroes as much as I do, you should check out the DC deckbuilding game by Cryptozoic Entertainment.
This game is like the opposite of Magic the Gathering. Instead of making a deck and playing a game to win; the deck creation is actually the game. DC deckbuilding utilizes the Cerberus engine (whatever that means).
First you choose a DC superhero champion or avatar; Your options are Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, Cyborg, Green Lantern, or Flash. Each hero gives the player some static ability to assist with the deck building.
There are 5 basic types of cards: heroes, villains, super powers, equipment, and locations.
So how do you build your deck? Some cards "produce" POWER when you play them. POWER is the currency a player uses to buy other cards. Different cards give the player different options for building his/her deck. As you play and purchase cards, you put those into your discard pile. Once you have no more cards to draw, you shuffle your discard pile and use it to draw from. So you are constantly recycling your cards.
Game play continues with players purchasing cards until players can produce enough POWER to purchase a SUPER Villain card.
The game ends when the last SUPER villain card is purchased. Every card in the game is worth a number of victory points. The winner of the game is the player whose deck "produces" the most victory points.
PROSE AND KONS
PROSE
Game play and rules are pretty simple.
Card art are visually pleasing.
A decent game could be played under 2 hours.
Rules are flexible enough that allow variations.
KONS
After a while game can get monotonous.
Need to have at least 3 players for a decent game.
$40 price tag
THE VERDICT
Being a superhero fanatic, I love DC deckbuilding. While I listed monotony as a con, it's only because that's what some of my friends said to me; as I could play this game forever without boredom (ok, maybe not forever...). The reason for this review is that a new expansion for DC deckbuilding called HEROES UNITE is coming out. This expansion is said to have new hero champions/avatar including Batgirl, Hawkman, and others... Stay tuned for more info