Awesome new minis are here for Marvel Crisis Protocol, as AMG has just revealed the Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool Character Pack!
Atomic Mass Games (AMG) has been doing a great job of keeping things interesting as of late. So far, we like the updates and new releases for Marvel Crisis Protocol, plus, all the new miniatures have looked fantastic!
If you read this after May 12th, 2023, this expansion set should be fully released and available from your favorite store! To order one for yourself, click here or the header below.
Marvel Crisis Protocol Squirrel Girl & Gwenpool Character Pack: $39.99
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This is such a cool character pack, and from the sounds of it, AMG will give them some wild rules. They mention you can bend reality and the fourth wall with them in the game, so should be super fun.
Here’s what they have to say about the models:
Players will turn the laws of reality into an open negotiation with the Squirrel Girl and Gwenpool Character Pack. This duo of fourth-wall-breakers will suspend disbelief as they bend the usual flow of gameplay to suit their own unique playstyles.
Equipped with Team Tactic Cards that make them perfect tank-busters, this duo comes ready to warp the battlefield into a far stranger place to play.
If you’ve been playing against a bunch of big characters, then these might be a perfect pickup. Even if you don’t, the models are just really fun!
New Gwenpool & Squirrel Girl Marvel Crisis Protocol Team Tactic Cards Revealed!
First up, it’s pretty funny to see Gwenpool holding team tactics cards at the very top of the picture; just very flavorful for the pair! Inexplicable Demise is quite interesting as if you get really lucky with your roll; you can just straight-up KO a character! Maybe that is how she beat Thanos in the comics!
No, Try This One is a cool card as you can sort of use it to take your opponent by surprise or adjust to the game midway through! Last but not least, you can just take away all the defense dice from the enemies and then keep them close as well.
Wild…
Gwenpool Marvel Crisis Protocol Character Card Rules
Stab! Stab! Stabitty Stab! Her first attack is her Stabby Swords! She may have to get in close and personal with these things since they are limited to Range 2, but when she does she’s going to smack someone with 5 dice and might even get to change one of the Defender’s dice to a blank since this attack has the Pierce special rule. Oh yeah! This attack also helps her build Power to fuel her stupendous superpowers.
She’s also got her own Bag of Tricks. This attack may only gain her one Power, and maybe its only 4 dice, but it does allow her to lob it at a target from Range 4 and, if she rolls a Wild and Hit, she’ll dish out a spicy little thing known as a Gwenpool Special where she can add on a special condition, including Bleed, Shock, Incinerate or Poison after the attack resolves.
At threat Four, she is pretty annoying to get rid of! She has Stamina six on both sides of the card and great defenses. Then, when you talk about her attacks, she has two different ways to gain power, which is always nice!
Last but not least in her arsenal of weapons is a giant rocket launcher! Helpfully labeled “This end Toward Target”, this Strength 8 wallop only costs a measly 4 power and can come in from Range 4 away from the target. Not only is it going to blast Gwenpool’s opponents away, it’s going to ensure the target suffers the Incinerate and Stun special conditions. An even nicer treat is that when you roll a wild during this attack, it’s going to blast all other characters within range 2 of the target with 1 damage and the Incinerate special condition!
And those are just Gwenpool’s attacks. First among a full suite of superpowers is her ability to Travel Through Gutter Space. Usually, she uses this to pop between comic panels, but in Marvel: Crisis Protocol, a mere 2 power is going to let you Place Gwenpool anywhere within Range 3 of her current position. She’s too awesome to run away from a fight with the MacGuffin in her hands though, so you do have to ensure she’s not holding any objective tokens to move her with this superpower.
She even has plot armor to take less damage consistently, can modify dice, and travel through space. So overall, she just looks like a really fun character!
Squirrel Girl Marvel Crisis Protocol Character Card Rules
We see one of the most formidable gifts from her transformation evident in the first attack this character has. The Knuckle Spike Strike is one of her most dangerous hand-to-hand weapons available and comes in at a respectable Range 3 and Strength 5. Not only will this attack allow her to gain Power equal to the Damage she deals, it also helps represent her extreme mobility and acrobatic gifts. When she rolls a Wild during the, she launches herself forward and Places within Range 1 of the target character, getting right up in their business. When she is really in trouble though, she opts to literally bury her opponent in an Army of Squirrels. This Range 4 attack only costs a mere 2 Power and hits with a Strength of 6. Do I hear you scoffing at the idea of being attacked by squirrels? Don’t let their small size fool you; when they sink their teeth into you, they are sure to leave behind the Bleed and Stun special conditions. You may even find that when she manages to summon a true horde of them (by rolling a wild!), this avalanche of squirrels can Push up to size 3 characters Short.
They really went flavorful for her rules, and her basic attack that takes no power is pretty awesome, as she can move with it. Then, she can bury her enemies in an army of squirrels which is just excellent and it gives them bleed (from all the claws and teeth) so for two power, this is pretty solid.
Let’s talk about her ever-present companion: Tippy-Toe the squirrel! Squirrel Girl’s first superpower represents her connection to her companion squirrels, the irreplaceable sidekicks in her life. Tippy-Toe Takedown! allows Squirrel Girl to spend Power equal to an enemy character’s Threat Value in order to place the Tippy-Toe token on that character. The distracting presence of her faithful companion is going to complicate the enemy’s life in innumerable ways, ensuring that they don’t get to add Critical results to their successes in attack, defense, or dodge rolls AND they don’t get to add additional dice to those rolls as a result of those Criticals. Take that, evil-doers!
All the powers are super useful and thematic, but maybe the most fun is Guardian Squirrel. She cannot get KO’d when she has the Tippy-Toe Token as her squirrel friend takes the blow for her! Then, Squirrelese is great as it can let you re-roll a bunch of stuff.
She is just a super flavorful character with a lot going for her!
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