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• U.S. publisher Cryptozoic Entertainment is sticking to its strengths, with most of the new titles revealed to date fitting into pre-existing game lines or featuring familiar characters, as with Rick and Morty: The Look Who’s Purging Now Card Game, a 2-4 player real-time card game that bears this description:
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Get ready to unleash your purging instincts with Rick and Morty as you fight to survive the annual purge festival on an alien planet. Play your cards right and you'll make it out alive!
Based on the popular episode of the TV show, Rick and Morty: The Look Who's Purging Now Card Game uses Cryptozoic's "Gryphon" card game engine to deliver real-time, easy-to-learn gameplay. Each player has a ten-card deck, and everyone plays at the same time to rack up kills during the festival, using either found items or Rick's inventions as weapon cards with all sorts of game-changing effects.
The "Gryphon" card game engine is not explained in any more detail, and aside from the four ten-card decks, this game includes 32 festival cards and ten weakness cards.Based on the popular episode of the TV show, Rick and Morty: The Look Who's Purging Now Card Game uses Cryptozoic's "Gryphon" card game engine to deliver real-time, easy-to-learn gameplay. Each player has a ten-card deck, and everyone plays at the same time to rack up kills during the festival, using either found items or Rick's inventions as weapon cards with all sorts of game-changing effects.
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• The various standalone titles in the DC Deck-Building Game franchise get a new mini-expansion thanks to Crossover Pack 8: Batman Ninja, which is based on the Batman Ninja animated feature (set in feudal Japan), with players becoming Batman, Catwoman, Robin, Red Robin, Red Hood, or Nightwing. More details about this pack, which is due out in Q1 2019, the same release period as the two items listed above:
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The Super-Villains — The Joker, The Penguin, Poison Ivy, Deathstroke, and Two-Face — are the daimyos who battle from within giant castles that come to life. When the fifth one has been defeated, the five castles merge to become one final titanic challenge. The card backs of the Super-Villains each form a portion of the giant merged castle, with The Joker's head at the top.
Each Super-Villain has colors on its four sides matching the main card types: Hero, Villain, Super Power, and Equipment. During your turn, if there is a card matching one of those types in the Line-Up, you must take the card and place it next to the corresponding side of the Super-Villain. When you defeat a Super-Villain, instead of placing it in your deck, you earn each card attached to it.
The new keyword "Ninjutsu" provides the heroes some much-needed help as they take on the fearful might of the combined Super-Villains' super castle!
Each Super-Villain has colors on its four sides matching the main card types: Hero, Villain, Super Power, and Equipment. During your turn, if there is a card matching one of those types in the Line-Up, you must take the card and place it next to the corresponding side of the Super-Villain. When you defeat a Super-Villain, instead of placing it in your deck, you earn each card attached to it.
The new keyword "Ninjutsu" provides the heroes some much-needed help as they take on the fearful might of the combined Super-Villains' super castle!
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• Aside from these licensed titles, Cryptozoic has a word-based party game of sorts from Jeff Lai titled [thing=266613]Wizard Words[/thing] that is for 2-6 players with a playing time of only six minutes! Here's an overview of what's going on:
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The wizarding exam has begun. Time is ticking and you must cooperate with your classmates to guess all the secret magic words!
Wizard Words is a real-time co-operative word game that requires strategic teamwork and razor-sharp focus. Give and remember your one-word clues and cope with the hex cards that will trip you up. Work together and pass the test to move up the wizard ranks.
Update, Jan. 22, 2019: Cryptozoic has told me that this game is on hold for now, so I've pulled the game from the database until further word arrives from the publisher.Wizard Words is a real-time co-operative word game that requires strategic teamwork and razor-sharp focus. Give and remember your one-word clues and cope with the hex cards that will trip you up. Work together and pass the test to move up the wizard ranks.
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