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Benedick Lewis (3001 KP) rated Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War in Tabletop Games

Jul 24, 2020 (Updated Jul 24, 2020)  
Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War
Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War
2018 | Action, Card Game, Dice Game
10
8.2 (5 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
Great co-op game (2 more)
Dice build game
Feel powerful against Thanos
Can be a bit repetitive (2 more)
Doesn’t feature everyone in the MCU
No expansion packs
Feels like Endgame finale when you win
Thanos Rising is unexpectedly a very likeable game. It appears complicated initially but once you learnt the core basics, there’s not that much more to it to really get into the game. Multiple sessions have provided various outcomes from near to death to colossal victory and there’s no short cut to win strategy. It’s essentially down to the roll of the dice. And then you have to make a decision: build your team and get power ups or stop the Thanos henchmen from killing off potential team members. Sometimes it is clear cut, others not so much. Which is why it is important it is co operative.
It’s not without its flaws: it can get repetitive after a while and eventually playing it on difficult is the only way to play to make things interesting but it does provide a great night entertainment.
  
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Stephen Morris recommended Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Brian Eno in Music (curated)

 
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Brian Eno
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Brian Eno
1974 | Rock
9.5 (2 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Why this one over Here Comes The Warm Jets? Well, the obvious thing would be to go with stuff like that. Everything Eno does is great, but I like this one because it's a poppy record. It's a bit of a progression from Here Come The Warm Jets, which is a bit tied to glam - it's a bit of a hangover from Roxy Music. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) moves away from that a little bit, and it's just completely bonkers. I think his singing and his lyrics are brilliant. It's also where A Certain Ratio got their name from - and that made me think, 'Ah, A Certain Ratio, they must be alright'. It's just lovely. It's sinister glam rock; there's nothing terribly glamorous about it. It's more like glam rock in Korea or China - I just like the idea of him using little Communist party references in there. Glam rock was basically seedy anyway, there's no getting away from that, but this was putting it in an interesting context."

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