Wow! We had 5 hours of fun on Father’s Day with my gift of Heroes Incorporated! The game is fantastic – it’s got a solid foundation – chase down crime in city streets and roll the dice to beat it – bent by lots of juicy exceptions. There are superhero special powers, various gadgets, and “bonus cards” that you’re not always sure are worth using. Should you go all out crime fighting or try to stop the competition by throwing a super villian in their path? Everything you do has a cost, and it’s not often an easy choice – the sign of a great game. And while that’s all going on, you get to watch your superhero achieve greatness, gaining fighting power and gathering powerful gadgets. Fun cubed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sam’s listed “Ages 12 and up” on the box, but my daughter Reiley, who just turned 8, picked right up on it all. But that’s Reiley, rules Queen of the Universe – she caught us making mistakes early on. On that subject, there are a few situations for which it might not be that easy to figure out what to do from the rules sheet – Sam did a nice job of explaining the rules in a minimalistic fashion – “make it as simple as possible, but no less”, to quote Einstein. He’s supplemented the rules sheet with One final note, I read some reviews that were a little cranky about the perceived “weakness” of the special powers and gadgets, leading to a conclusion that the game was “light”. I think this is testimony to how much Sam has balanced the play – there are a LARGE number of variances yet none that throw the game. THIS IS GOOD. :> Well done, Sammy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,7,2,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-my-rowdy-friends","category-board-games","category-daily-life","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-1O","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/fortune-and-glory\/","url_meta":{"origin":112,"position":0},"title":"Heroes Incorporated","author":"m","date":"January 2, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Sammy, a good friend of mine from way, way, way back in the salad days of high school, made his fortune, and nearly lost his sanity, producing The Two Towers video game for Electronic Arts (yes, \"that\" TTT). 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