Overpower
(1995)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Hand Management und Variable Player Powers...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 30 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Fleer/Skybox |
| Designers: | Michael Stern, Theodore Stern |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Hand Management, Variable Player Powers |
This defunct CCG is primarily based on characters from Marvel comics, with DC and Image comics represented in later expansions.
Each player has a team of 4 characters, each rated in 3 or 4 skill types. At the beginning of each hand, each player makes a wager of some of their 7 mission cards based on how confident they are that they can "win" the hand by causing the most damage. Players then take turns playing a card from their hand or cards set aside from previous hands. Cards include Power cards (basic attack or defense in a skill type), Universe cards (e.g., a city bus, which adds value to a Strength attack), Special cards (usually character specific with varying effects), and more in later expansions. At the end of each hand, the damage from that hand is totaled; the player who caused the most "completes" their wagered missions, while the other player is "defeated" with those missions. Players may concede a hand instead of playing a card, losing their missions but avoiding further damage
A player wins when they have knocked out all 4 opposing characters, "completed" all of their missions, or their opponent is "defeated" in all missions. (There is also a basic game option without the use of missions or conceding, in which the sole victory condition is knocking out the opposing team.)
Alternative names:
Overpower
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