Review of Custom Heroes by John O'Clair - AEG Big in Japan
2Video: Taylor, TayCosplayy, and Tim, Eldritch Ashes, review Custom Heroes
"Dicejunkies game night hasn’t been back long but if there was an award at the end of the year for best game, Custom Heroes is the early leader in the clubhouse. This game is the most enjoyable game, to me, that has been reviewed so far.
Custom Heroes is a card-crafting and trick-taking game by John O'Clair and AEG, Alderac Entertainment Group, that retails for $29.99 and was released in 2017. It is a fast paced game that takes only 45 minutes to an hour to play, two to six players can play, and for ages 14+. The object is for players to try to be the first to rid themselves of all 10 cards in their hand. Play starts with the player who last wore a costume going first.
That player starts the round by playing a card or cards such as a three. The rest of the players must play a three or higher. Play continues until every other player passes and the last player to have played a card wins the round.
The interesting part of the game is a player can add advancements to the cards in their hand. These advancements can add or decrease the value of a card. Some advancements require the player to use power tokens to play the card.
Each round ends after players have played all the cards in their hand. Players are then given victory points, used to win the game, power tokens, and advancements based on how the finished the round with the player finishing first getting more victory points but the player finishing last getting more power tokens and advancements.
Once the round is over, the cards are reshuffled and each player is given 10 more cards. The catch is any advancements used during a round stays with that card for the rest of the game. Those cards go back into the deck and players can use those cards with advancements right away. Another interesting point, each card can multiple advancements and those stay with the card until the game is done.
A player wins when they achieve 10 victory tokens and wins any round after getting 10 victory points. That means several players could have 10 victory tokens and need to win a round."
- Bryan Flynn, Writer/Journalist
Read Bryan's full write up here: https://dicejunkies.com/index.php/04/18/2019/review-of-custom-heroes-by-john-oclair-aeg-big-in-japan/
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