Best Comic Book Board Games
Are you a fan of comic books? Have you read through all your comic books and watched all of the Marvel and DC movies? Fear not, you haven’t exhausted all your comic book options.
There’s an awesome genre of comic book board games that’ll have you playing your favorite characters and creating stories of your own.
Superpowers, heroes, and villains – comic books combine some of the best themes that make for an epic game. On our list, you can jump into the action-packed superhero universes you know and love.
Here’s our list of the top 10 best comic book board games!
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Marvel Champions: The Card Game
Players: 1- 4
Playing time: 45- 90mins
Team up to take down Marvel’s fiercest villains.
Marvel Champions: The Card Game is a cooperative game where players team up to defeat iconic villains. With each villain comes a unique set of challenges, attacks, and events. Just like true Marvel heroes, players have to come together and balance their character’s strengths and weaknesses with that of their friends.
In each scenario, the player’s heroes will face a powerful villain as well as their own personal enemies that could be turned over from the encounter deck. Players also choose when to fight and when it’s best to change into their alter-egos and take a rest.
Your favorite comic book hero’s fate is in your hands…
Sentinels of the Multiverse
Players: 2- 5
Playing time: 30- 60mins
Can you unravel the villain’s devious plot?
A mad scientist holds the world hostage with his terrifying inventions. A giant rampaging robot causes destruction across the coastline. An alien warlord from another galaxy brings his minions to conquer Earth. Only a few heroes can stop them.
Sentinels of the Multiverse is a cooperative game where each player controls a Hero. All the heroes must work together, combining their powers and abilities to save the world from the villain.
There are also optional events and critical events that switch up the gameplay, adding fun twists to the storyline.
What’s cool about Sentinels of the Multiverse is that the cards come together and create a comic strip of sorts. Get creative and save the world!
Legendary: A Marvel Deck-Building Game
Players: 1- 5
Playing time: 30- 60mins
Set in the Marvel (Comics) Universe, players choose a hero such as Wolverine, Spider-man, Hulk, and Cyclops. Players then choose a villain, like Loki, Magneto, or Dr. Doom. Players fight to defeat the villain by collecting cards and earning points.
The game is easy to learn and fast-paced, and it can be played both cooperatively and competitively, depending on what you’re feeling.
What’s interesting about Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game is that the game actually fights back against the players!
DC Comics Deck-Building Game
Players: 1- 4
Playing time: 45- 90mins
The Justice League is ready to fight — are you?
In the DC Comic Deck-Building Game, players take on the role of their favorite DC superheroes to fight the forces of super-villainy!
In the game, each superhero has a unique special ability that will open up different strategies for the player. At the beginning of the game, you are only armed with basic combat maneuvers. As you play, you’ll add new, more powerful cards to your deck.
DC Deck-Building Game has loads of expansions in the series so you can choose from over 50 iconic characters!
Arcane Academy
Players: 2- 4
Playing time: 30- 45mins
If you’re a fan of the comic series Finding Gossamyr, you’ll love Arcane Academy!
At Arcane Academy, the students are some of the most talented magicians in the world. But, before they can join the Academy of Magic, they must master their powers.
In Arcane Academy, players take on the roles of rival students looking to be the best in the class. In this tile-laying game, players work to collect cards that allow for various actions and earn prestige points. The player with the most prestige points at the end of the game wins.
If you have wizard-obsessed children, Arcane Academy is a great choice as it’s easy to learn and play!
The Batman Who Laughs Rising
Players: 1- 4
Playing time: 60- 90mins
There’s an evil hybrid of Batman and Joker, there’s no telling what he’ll do next…
If you’re familiar with DC Comics, you’ll know The Batman Who Laughs is one of the most sinister characters. His dark presence is felt throughout this cooperative game that’s set in the Dark Multiverse.
In The Batman Who Laughs Rising, players must work together to dominate the supervillains of Gotham, all with the hope of defeating The Batman Who Laughs. Players begin by rolling dice to recruit key heroes and allies. The game ends with a final showdown with The Batman Who Laughs.
If you’re a Batman fan or collector, the board game comes with a one-of-a-kind full-color collectible sculpture that in itself makes this a worthwhile purchase!
Darksiders: The Forbidden Land
Players: 1- 5
Playing time: 90- 180mins
Set in the Darksiders universe, Darksiders: The Forbidden Land is a cooperative game where players take on the role of their favorite Horseman. Battle alongside your fellow Riders and create a whole new storyline.
In the game, you can play as War, Death, Fury, or Strife. Each Rider has its own customizable deck of cards, so the game has high replayability, and you experience the game completely differently each time.
Players will move, attack enemies and work together to upgrade their riders’ abilities. They’ll fight hordes of monsters and seek to vanquish evil forever.
The game also comes with brilliantly detailed miniatures that’ll immerse you into the campaigns and make you feel like a daring Horseman.
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Marvel United
Players: 1- 4
Playing time: 40mins
Where powerful villains rise, so too do mighty heroes!
Supervillains are sowing discord, seizing power, and crushing ordinary people. A few iconic superheroes must travel the world, protecting the innocent, facing down threats, and confronting notorious villains, once and for all. Victory can only be achieved if the heroes stand together.
Marvel United is a strategy card game where players take control of superheroes, coming together to thwart the master plans of the Marvel universe’s most dangerous villains.
Marvel United is fast-paced and cooperative, keeping players engaged and entertained.
The Initiative
Players: 1- 4
Playing time: 30- 60mins
A cooperative game of story, strategy, and code-breaking.
In 1994, four teenagers find a mysterious game at a yard sale. As they play it, they discover it is strangely connected to their lives. What will they risk to unravel the secrets of The Initiative?
Before each game, you must read a page of the comic to set the stage. Using teamwork and wits, you’ll need to complete a series of increasingly challenging missions. After each game, you’ll discover secrets and work to crack codes to uncover the true purpose of the Initiative.
The Initiative is a unique blend of strategy, puzzle-solving, and code-breaking. The game is easy to learn, but the missions become increasingly challenging as the puzzles increase in complexity.
HeroClix
Players: 2
Playing time: 60mins
Collect your heroes, build your teams, and defeat your enemies.
HeroClix creates a world where you can be the hero you’ve dreamed of or the villain of your nightmares. HeroClix is a miniatures game where you can build a collection of your favorites and challenge your friends to epic battles.
You’ll find a massive collection of iconic superheroes to choose from. There are DC Comics classics like Batman, Harley Quinn, and Wonderwoman. They’ve also got Marvel favorites like Captain America, Deadpool, and Fantastic Four.
Each character has special abilities and powers which gives you the chance to live out your comic book daydreams!
Wrap-Up
We hope you enjoyed our list of the best comic book board games! Have you tried any of the games on this list? Did we miss any of your comic book or comic strip favorites? Drop a comment below and let us know what you think! We’d love to hear from you.
