Posted on October 23, 2018 by Greg
This summer, seven years after Greater Than Games released the cooperative superhero card game Sentinels of the Multiverse, the game’s 7th and final Oblivaeon expansion shipped. Now that I own every last bit of the game and have well over 100 plays behind me, I’d like to give you a comprehensive review of one of my all-time favorite tabletop games.
What Is Sentinels of the Multiverse?
Sentinels of the Multiverse is a cooperative game. Between three and five players will each be running a hero, and facing one of many super-villains. Each hero has different roles and abilities, and each villain plays very differently. This is one of the game’s strengths, and one of the things that’s kept me going back to the game again and again, even after having played it for over five years. In addition to the huge variety of heroes and villains, each game takes place in one of a variety of environments. Each hero, each villain, and each environment is represented by a deck of cards. After the villain has taken a turn, and each hero has taken a turn, the environment deck also plays a card. Depending on the environment, and on luck, this can be either good or very bad.
The basic mechanics are very straightforward. On each turn, a player plays a card, then uses a power, then draws a card. Each hero’s character card (similar to a D&D character sheet) grants one power which is always available, but your hero may gain new powers as more cards come into play.
The game’s real beauty and depth comes not from the rules in the book, but rather from the rules on the cards.
Sentinels of the Multiverse Components
- Ten hero decks
- Four villain decks
- Four environment decks
- Beautifully illustrated card dividers — one per deck (you use these to separate the decks in the box such that you can easily locate the one you want)
- Hit point tokens in different…
