X-Men Suit Up This Winter For WizKids’ Marvel Age Of Heroes

August 9, 2022 by fcostin

It seems as if some massive IPs were given as core announcements over at Gen Con. Now that the event is over, the news is piling in. As we hear about freshly announced titles, teases and sneak peeks at what we can expect in the upcoming year.

Marvel - Age of Heroes XMEN // Wizkids

WizKids has announced that they will be releasing a new Marvel-centric board game title, named Marvel: Age of Heroes X-Men. As 2-5 players are challenged to recruitment, bringing the likes of Jubilee, Wolverine and Lockheed into a series of missions for justice, and villainous takedowns!

Players will be coming up against some of Marvel's greatest and classic X-Men villains, including Magneto, with each character weft into three different scenarios. Hoping for a good old-fashioned mutated team-up, players will be flexing the abilities of each X-Men to deal damage to villains as each hero has a place in the game, serving a particular purpose in the development of the scenario.

There's no need to fight alone, players will be recruiting allies with special abilities to ensure the takedown of villainous deeds. Requiring players to manage resources to thwart and stop any action on the wrong side of the law in its track. Showcasing the likes of Jean Grey, Wolverine, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Cyclops, Jubilee, Forge, and Lockheed as 2D in-game standees.

The game is set to be released in the final stages of this year, in Q4. Played in roughly 90 minutes, without out much game information released just yet, other than the fact it has been described as a "strategy board game". We can expect to see some X-Men that do not often leave the X-Mansion, with Jubilee and Forge taking the front cover!

What do you think of the initial announcement of Marvel: Age of Heroes X-Men? Looking forward to hearing more?

"Players will be coming up against some of Marvel's greatest and classic X-Men villains, including Magneto, with each character weft into three different scenarios..."

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