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Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze, which is themed around the pulp adventures, tall tales, and local legends of the mid-20th century, gives you a whole new way to play Unmatched.
In the game, players work together to defeat one of two villains: Mothman or the Martian Invader. Each villain has a unique battlefield with unique objectives. If the villain completes their objective (or defeats the heroes), the players lose. The villains are aided by a number of possible minions: Jersey Devil, Ant Queen, Loveland Frog, The Blob, Tarantula, and Skunk Ape. The enemies use special action cards and a simple targeting scheme to control their movement and attacks.
The set comes with four new heroes: Nikola Tesla discharges his electrified coils to power up his effects; Annie Christmas gets stronger when she’s fighting from behind; The Golden Bat, the world’s first superhero, has a variety of powerful effects; and Dr. Jill Trent, Science Sleuth, calls on a collection of gizmos.
Keeping to the Unmatched brand, you may use heroes from other Unmatched sets in Unmatched Adventures, and you can use the included heroes and battlefields to play competitive Unmatched.
*Promo Item Disclaimer: the first print run of this product will contain foil cards in the game box and also an additional box filled with miniatures, note that this is a limited promotion and any additional prints will not contain these promo items.
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Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze, which is themed around the pulp adventures, tall tales, and local legends of the mid-20th century, gives you a whole new way to play Unmatched.
In the game, players work together to defeat one of two villains: Mothman or the Martian Invader. Each villain has a unique battlefield with unique objectives. If the villain completes their objective (or defeats the heroes), the players lose. The villains are aided by a number of possible minions: Jersey Devil, Ant Queen, Loveland Frog, The Blob, Tarantula, and Skunk Ape. The enemies use special action cards and a simple targeting scheme to control their movement and attacks.
The set comes with four new heroes: Nikola Tesla discharges his electrified coils to power up his effects; Annie Christmas gets stronger when she's fighting from behind; The Golden Bat, the world's first superhero, has a variety of powerful effects; and Dr. Jill Trent, Science Sleuth, calls on a collection of gizmos.
Keeping to the Unmatched brand, you may use heroes from other Unmatched sets in Unmatched Adventures, and you can use the included heroes and battlefields to play competitive Unmatched.
*Promo Item Disclaimer: the first print run of this product will contain foil cards in the game box and also an additional box filled with miniatures, note that this is a limited promotion and any additional prints will not contain these promo items.
About a month ago, Restoration Games released a bunch of videos with cryptic messages, featuring a radio broadcast and the sounds of monsters in the background. Over the course of the following weeks, they released more and more until we arrived at the name of Unmatched Adventures: Tales to Amaze, a new way to play Unmatched. Yesterday (23rd March as I write this), the Kickstarter went live and a whole host of details were released.
Now, there is something I should stress before I go too deep into this. This Kickstarter is not available to anyone other than those in the United States or Canada, which is really unfortunate for those who like to do Kickstarter and get all the goodies that come with it. However, Restoration Games did also include a list of international partners who will be distributing the game, such as IELLO in the UK, and it looks like they’ll be bringing along the promotional stuff with it. With that disclaimer out the way, let’s talk about the game.
Unmatched Adventures is a cooperative game based on the Unmatched system, where you and up to three companions team up to take on villains and minions. In this set, the heroes available to you are:
- Dr. Jill Trent, a science sleuth using gadgets for interesting effects, healing and solid defences;
- Annie Christmas, Louisianan strong woman who fights above her weight;
- Nikola Tesla, wielding the power of alternating current and;
- Golden Bat, a superhero with some powerful effects and who gets stronger when he stands his ground.
On the baddies side, Mothman and Martian Invaders are the two big masterminds here, both with their own particular schemes and abilities. And what’s a big baddie without a bunch of henchmen? The minions available are Skunk Ape, the Jersey Devil, Blob, Ant Queen, Tarantula and Loveland, each providing a unique challenge to the heroes.
The gameplay seems to be based on an ever-shifting initiative deck that will change up the turn order each round to keep you on your toes, and then largely plays similarly to regular Unmatched. Manoeuvre, Scheme and Fight your way to victory against the big bads.
One of the key points of Unmatched is the way you can mix and match the different sets, and Unmatched Adventures is no different. You can use other heroes in the cooperative mode, take these new heroes into your regular sets or play up to five players on the Adventures game board.
This looks like it is only the beginning for the Unmatched Adventures series, with countless more historical figures and cryptids to come in the future. I’m looking forward to giving it a try in the not-too-distant future, with an August 2023 delivery date in place for backers. However, I must stress only folks in America and Canada can back at this time, so watch out for your friendly local game store supplying it in the autumn.