I Am Groot! The Guardians Pop Up In Marvel: Crisis Protocol
November 19, 2019 by brennon
Atomic Mass Games has shown off some previews of the next wave coming for Marvel: Crisis Protocol. The Guardians Of The Galaxy look to be the focus of the wave which is coming in a few months and they are ace!
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Taking the first spot for this selection of previews we have Rocket & Groot who are a perfect pairing of course. I love that both of the models are twined together in their sculpts, Rocket using the crushing slam from Groot as a way to ride towards his enemies, gun at the ready. I hope that they have some rules which allow for some synergy between them.
Next up we have Star-Lord or Peter Quill who is the leader of the Guardians Of The Galaxy, well, as long as Thor doesn't get his own way.
Once again, we're getting a neat sculpt for Star-Lord where he is leaping up into the air with the aid of his rocket boots, twin blasters at the ready. This is another cool and dynamic sculpt for the game which fits into the action-packed nature of the game.
Finally, for the Guardians Of The Galaxy, we also have Gamora & Nebula. Gamora has been sculpted to match up more with her comic book version and Nebula has a little bit of both about her appearance.
I think folks would agree that the Guardians Of The Galaxy were pretty unknown until they popped up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and now they are some of the most beloved Marvel characters out there. With that in mind, it really did make sense to include them in the early round of releases for Crisis Protocol.
One thing that this does start to bring to the tabletop is the idea of different terrain. We've seen a lot of Earth-based stuff so far but with the Guardians Of The Galaxy, you can start to explore spaceships, alien planets and much more.
The Black Order
With our previews of Thanos popping up at Essen SPIEL this year, it seems apt that we're also seeing The Black Order coming to the tabletop to support the Mad Titan.
Corvus Glaive & Proxima Midnight look bloomin' awesome! I love the stances once again and they have the power and sense of villainous intent that you'd expect from this pair. They seem like a good pair of characters to throw into the mix against The Avengers as Thanos searches for the Infinity Stones.
There are some really fun models coming for Marvel: Crisis Protocol!
"...with the Guardians Of The Galaxy, you can start to explore spaceships, alien planets and much more"
Oh damn, these are cool. Im so excited for this.
The temptation of getting this game is fading, but it just leaves me with a solidified feeling in my brain that I am getting it and its just inevitable.
I tried to resist, as each player needs a squad of 10 in an ideal world and as I end up being the only one buying games… it can get expensive. But the gameplay looks so much fun and the minis are cool. I’m avoiding the big ones (Hulk and Modok) when they release as each expansion costs the same whether there’s one, or two minis inside and at around £25-30 they’re not cheap. Surprised Starlord is on his own as he’s not a big dude… and where’s Drax? He’s the master of literal comedy. I’m hoping that BGG has… Read more »
I don’t remember him being previewed in any of the GenCon stuff from this year but pretty much everything else has been now ‘boxed up’ as far as I can tell. I would imagine Drax will either get a solo release or be paired with someone like Moondragon?
During one of the live stream demos of the game held at Gen Con, one of the Wills mentioned Drax and Hawkeye. I’d assume we’ll see them in the next round since I believe these officially box up the last of the models shown off at Gen Con. Well, with the exception of the Ghost-Spider and Miles Morales’ Spider-Man pack (CP-10) that was previewed then disappeared without a trace.
Ooh wow they look brilliant love groot an rocket.
They look nice 🙂
More buys for me!
No offense to any Marvel fans out there, but I am SICK TO DEATH OF MARVEL. It’s like Star Wars, where it was nice when we got the movies once in a while with little teasers as to the next one in the series, but with movies coming out every year and this constant tying into different characters and other movies, it’s just annoying and no fun to watch anymore. Not to mention how all the comics the films were based on have devolved into a bunch of SJW-pandering garbage. But on a positive note, the minis at least look… Read more »
Then don’t buy it. That’s the beautiful thing about there being so many other games out there – you get to have a choice. It takes more effort to click on the articles about the things you are sick of than it does to just keep on scrolling by.
Fun note: Atomic Mass Games updated the character gallery for these figures and the Corvus Glaive & Proxima Midnight set includes a Black Order affiliation card and a card for the Time Gem, Starlord includes an affiliation card for the Guardians of the Galaxy and a card for the Power Gem, and the previously revealed Loki & Hela pack have the card for the Mind Gem. That leaves just the Soul Gem and Reality Gem left unaccounted for. I’m hoping for news of an Ebony Maw, Supergiant, and Black Dwarf/Cull Obsidian joining the party. Ebony Maw and Supergiant could be… Read more »