After a week of nights (fuelled by cake, jelly babies, and copious amounts of cold brew) it was really nice to end the week, and start a new month with playing some games.

Unusually for me I was slightly late to the evenings gaming. Which didn’t go uncommented on by one or two when I arrived.

A phone call about work had gone on longer than planned. Plus I had to pop into ASDA on my way to pick up mum’s prescription. There was no way I wanted the pressure of the “will they or won’t they be open when I finish” for the Pharmacy hanging over my head during the evening.

But it was nice to see everything setup and people already there for once.

I had previously arranged with Gavin that we’d be playing Marvel Champions. Earlier in the week Gavin had shared this on the clubs discord server and Charlene had decided to join us.

So guess what we played whilst the others split into two tables?

Our first game saw Captain America (me), Iron Man (Gavin), and Spider-Man (Charlene) take on the machinations of Rhino.

We came to within a single health point of defeating Rhino who had taken out Iron Man, before his schemes came to fruition.

We played another game, this time Doctor Strange (me), Black Widow (Gavin) and The Hulk (Charlene) fancied their chances against the surprising cunning plans and ploys of that brute force of nature Rhino.

The Sorcerer Supreme had just got things into place to start throwing lots of spells at Rhino before being crushed by the explosive physical power of Rhino.

It was then just a case of watching Rhino toss The Hulk and Black Widow around like rag dolls. It was brutal.

First the elephant in the room. This was not sleeved! OMG the inhumanity. The monster. Plus this does need a playmat. Which I believe does have an official one available.

This was the first time I’d ever played Marvel Champions, and I liked it.

I was pretty sure I would.

In a way the game reminded me of Champions of the Multiverse, but better. Which will be heresy to some. I remember (vaguely) that game of Champions of the Multiverse not being very pleasurable.

I liked how the decks felt unique and thematic to the character.

Although Marvel Champions plays one to four players, if I owned it I’d never play it solo. I like the idea of games that can be played solo. But in reality (especially if there is an app version) I can’t be bothered to set them up and play them solo.

If Gavin decides he wants to part with the game I’d definitely be interested in negotiating a deal of some sort.

We finished the evening playing Libertalia. Which was fun as always. Especially since I won (by a narrower margin than I expected).

Our game of Libertalia meant we were the last people there still playing, and unusually for me on a club night putting the tables etc away.

It was a great night gaming. Great to see everyone.

Games currently in my gaming bag (for those remotely interested in what I took) :

• Roll for the Galaxy
• Libertalia Winds of Galecrest
• Tsuro
• Spirits of the Forest
• Sushi Go Party
• Survive Escape from Atlantis
• Dungeons, Dice & Danger

Plus I also had my game case that also has Regicide in it to.