My Marvel Heroes story...and I have not even played it

Monday I was wondering around the stores that surround the Sandford Mall and I came across a game that I had quickly dismissed when it first was released, Fantasy Flight’s Marvel Heroes. It simply looked to similar to Wizkid’s Heroclix and there were other board games that I would rather spend $60 on. Now, almost two years latter I find myself rediscovering Marvel Heroes on the Books-A-Million discount shelf for a mere twenty dollars. I picked up the relatively heavy box and flipped it over to examine the back of the box. Was this game worth $20? Well, it is a Fantasy Flight game and in my experience they make high quality games, which play great and contain superior components. It comes with 20 pre-painted superhero miniatures…I could always give those to my son if this game just stinks. Despite these thoughts I place the game back on the shelf and continue browsing the book store. Soon I returned to the discount shelf and reexamined the game. No I really don’t want this game. Once more I put the game down and walked away. After repeating this process three or four times I finally decided, “What the Hell, 20 bucks isn’t even a half a tank of gas”.

After buying the game and making my way to John’s apartment we opened my new treasure. The components were the highest quality (as expected). My only complaint is the hero’s are designed all wearing costumes strait out of 1983 or so. Then I began to scan the rules as we began our Risk game. My first thought was “Great! A Fantasy Flight rule book that is under 50 pages” (It is only 16) but hen I began to read it. Worst written rulebook ever! Apparently this game was originally designed in Europe (French?) and I’m sure that it is a great game however; I think the rulebook was translated by drunken monkeys. I believe that John wants to play this game relatively soon but, It is extremely unlikely that we will play this game anytime soon simply because I cannot get past page 4 of the rules (this with the first two pages being credits and a list of components). At least I have a great looking box to add to my game shelf (read as pack rat happy). It can really make your week to get a great deal on a new game.