Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (Superfight)

Godzilla, Batman, Optimus Prime, and Abraham Lincoln.  These names were sung in the annuls of history, as part of the first fight to end all fights, the one true battle for the ages.  Now, it is time for the next generation of fighters.  Captain Picard, Nickelback, and Princess Zelda are merely a few in the next battle for the crown.  
It.
Is.
Superfight.



BACKGROUND: Superfight is a card game for 3-10+ players, and published by Skybound Games.  Create the most ultimate warrior and pit it against the reigning champion to see who is the best character in the multiverse

GAMEPLAY:  There are two ways to play: 1v1 or Last Man Standing.  In both versions, each player will have a hand of 3 white character cards, and 5 black modifier cards.

LAST MAN STANDING:  1 player is designated as a Referee.  They draw 1 white and two black cards, and play them.  Everyone else plays 1 white card and 1 black card face-down, and plays a third black card on the player to the right's face-down card, also face-down.  Flip all cards face-up, and argue which one would win against the Ref's card.  Whomever the Ref chooses as the winner takes the Ref's white card as a Trophy



1v1:  In this mode, 2 players choose 1 white and 1 black card as their fighters, and draw 1 black card from the deck to add to their fighter.  Then both players make their arguments about who would win, and the players vote on the winner.  That character claims the opponents white card as a Trophy, and the next player chooses a black and white card to fight against the winner, and draws a black card from the deck.

WINNING:  Both games ends when all players are either sick of the game, a player reaches a preset number of Trophies, or when there is a clear winner with no form of victory for the other players.

CONCLUSION:  Superfight is the Apples to Apples or Joking Hazard for nerds.  Now while it is true that there is a specific box for that group, the people that really enjoy the hypothetical battles between two fictional or non-fictional characters are those with way too much time and think way too hard about stuff, yours included.  After all, I run a board game blog.  Still, this is the kind of game where you can laugh and have a good time if you don't take it too seriously.  This is going to appeal to a very specific type of people, and that's fine.  I recommend it wholeheartdly, but I'm a massive nerd who likes to wonder about Godzilla with a chainsaw vs Naruto with a natural 20.

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