Legendary Encounters - An ALIEN Deck-Building Game

[elemental-of-all]

Yea, me and some friends have recently been playing it every Tuesday, so I decided to invest in sleeves. Dropped about 40 bucks into 12 or so packs. Got barracks, role card, sargents, hatchery and grunts/specialists in dark blue. Strikes in red. Hive deck in green. Alien deck in black. Location in purple. Objectives in orange and avatars in white. Everything looks and feels perfect. Only issue is that sometimes you get a hive card like newt or jonsy into your deck and its a different color, but its a small price to pay when I save 10 minutes on setting up and taking apart the game.

[Corporal Hicks]

I was playing this last night with a few buddies. I decided to try out the Alien deck. I've only played a game with it in once before and it was Shevvie who was playing as the Alien - I got chestbursted last night so I decided to give it a go. Jesus Christ, it is brutal!!! Only my first turn I took out one of the players and made it pretty impossible for my other buddy to do anything. xD So powerful.

[RakaiThwei]

Can anyone refresh my memory on how compatable this is with the Marvel Legendary game? Like.. 80% or something?

Would that make game-play impossible if someone wanted to crossover with the Marvel deck?

[Corporal Hicks]

Few adjustments needed and its fine. They give guidance in the back of the rulebook. Mostly just keyword changes.

[PRJ_since1990]

Yea, me and some friends have recently been playing it every Tuesday, so I decided to invest in sleeves. Dropped about 40 bucks into 12 or so packs. Got barracks, role card, sargents, hatchery and grunts/specialists in dark blue. Strikes in red. Hive deck in green. Alien deck in black. Location in purple. Objectives in orange and avatars in white. Everything looks and feels perfect. Only issue is that sometimes you get a hive card like newt or jonsy into your deck and its a different color, but its a small price to pay when I save 10 minutes on setting up and taking apart the game.

I have done the same thing, with only slight color changes on the minor cards. Ultra Pro is totally worth it.

And not for nothing but MTG is totally worth learning. It has influenced so many games including this one, it makes future games so much easier to learn. Plus it's a ton of fun and super customizable.

[Corporal Hicks]

And not for nothing but MTG is totally worth learning. It has influenced so many games including this one, it makes future games so much easier to learn. Plus it's a ton of fun and super customizable.

Definitely agree. Even if you don't get into it, it's worth learning the mechanics of it.

Played Alien3 last night with Shevvie and a friend. Took us 2 goes to get through but we managed the second playthrough much better than we did the first. I still love this game. It's way too much fun.

I hope we get expansions for the Alien side of things.

[Machiko Naguchi]

I think Alien 3 is the easiest of the scenarios to beat in my experience. I think I have beaten that both times I have played it but only beaten one of the others in about five or so attempts. And by easy I mean still barely winning at the last second before dying the next turn 

[Corporal Hicks]

I actually find A3 and Resurrection to be the hardest. With Aliens in just after.

[Machiko Naguchi]

I would have to play each one a few more to make an official difficulty ranking. I guess I was just going off of my undefeated record of 2-0 for Alien 3 against a record of 1-4 for all other scenarios.

[Corporal Hicks]

I love that we're all having different experiences with it. 

[RakaiThwei]

I found the Marvel Legendary Heroes card game at a Walmart.. Any chance these could be found in either a Walmart or a Target? Especially with a Target since my folks get a discount and I could probably get it at said Target.

[Corporal Hicks]

I don't know to be frank. They sell like hotcakes either way.

[Machiko Naguchi]

I guess it is possible, though I have only seen it at comic/gaming type stores. My guess is the larger stores like that would only have the Marvel one because it has a much more widespread appeal with all of the Marvel movies, toys, apparel etc.

[Corporal Hicks]

Indeed. I wouldn't argue with that.

I'd try and find your LFGS. But they are quite expensive.

[Mr. Domino]

To expand on the good corporal's statements: Find your FLGS, get the game from them, then find out what nights they do open gaming or board game nights, and become a part of their community. Yes, buying from a FLGS is more exoensive then buying online, but there's a lot that a store can offer you that an online seller or a mass market chain can't.