The latest Marvel card game was designed specifically to blow up on Kickstarter
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Board games that hit Kickstarter are often small-scale passion projects, but the latest is something much bigger — and much less in need of crowdfunding. It’s a tabletop game called Marvel United, featuring dozens of classic Marvel heroes. While its developers may not need the funds to get Marvel United off the ground, the platform they’re launching it on is still an important part of the game. In fact, it was designed from the start to go big on Kickstarter.
Marvel United is a cooperative card game that has players controlling heroes while battling classic Marvel villains, and it marks the first time any officially licensed Marvel product has shown up on Kickstarter. The game starts at $60 and is supposed to ship this fall. Backers will...