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Tag Archives: x-men
Legendary: Noir Expansion
Among the infinite number of alternate universes contained in the stories of Marvel Comics, there lies a world set in the dark and forbidding streets of the gangster-dominated 1920s and ’30s, where the heroes, mostly devoid of superpowers, must rely … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, Gaming, Reviews, Superhero
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Legendary – Secret Wars: Volume 2 Expansion
The dimension-spanning Secret Wars story, introduced into Legendary with a big box expansion in the summer of 2015, continues in Legendary’s sixth expansion, released in December of the same year. However, while Secret Wars, Volume 2 may be a sequel … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, Gaming, Reviews, Superhero
Tagged '92, agent, alligator, ambition, ambush, Arkon, Attack, Avengers, Beast, Black Swan, bystander, Cabal, Captain America, Captain Britain, charge, circle, City, Colossus, Common, copycat, Corvus, Cyclops, Deadpool, Deck, Devil Dinosaur, dimension, Dr. Strange, Elsa Bloodstone, escape, fight, Glaive, Guardian, henchmen, Hero, Hyperion, Illuminati, infected, Jean Grey, k'un-lun, keyword, Khonshu, kung-fu, Legendary, magma, Marvel, Mastermind, metropolis, monster, patrol, phoenix, Punisher, rampage, Rare, Recruit, resurrection, Ruby Summers, S.H.I.E.L.D., Scheme, secret wars, Shang-Chi, Shiklah, silk, sinister, soulsword, spectrum, Spider Friends, spider-gwen, Spider-Queen, Spiderman, Strike, superpower, Teleport, trapper, Uncommon, undercover, Upper Deck, utopolis, venom, victory, Villain, Wall-Crawl, x-men, Zheng Zhu
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Legendary – Secret Wars: Volume 1 Expansion
In the latter half of 2015, Marvel Comics ran a major series of stories affecting their entire superhero universe. It involved the various parallel dimensions and alternate universes colliding: two universes go in, only one comes out! Two teams – … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, Gaming, Reviews, Superhero
Tagged ambition, ambush, annihilation, Attack, Avengers, banker, Black Bolt, Black Panther, Bribe, bystander, Cabal, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Card, class, covert, Dark City, deadlands, dimension, Doctor Strange, escape, fight, Game, goblin, henchmen, Hero, Hulk, Illuminati, instincts, Iron Man, Kitty Pryde, limbo, Logan, M.O.D.O.K., Madelyne Pryor, Magik, Manhattan, Marvel, Master Strike, Mastermind, Maximus, multiclass, Namor, Nimrod, Proxima Midnight, queen, rampage, range, Recruit, S.H.I.E.L.D., Scheme, secret wars, sentinel, sidekick, Spider Friends, Spiderman, strength, superior, tech, Teleport, Thanos, Thor, ultimate, Upper Deck, Villain, Wasp, Wasteland, x-men, zombie
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The Catholic Geek Review of Deadpool
I did not plan on seeing Deadpool this weekend. I did not plan on seeing Deadpool next weekend, or the weekend after that, or basically any time. I’ve rarely enjoyed a moment of one of his appearances in print or cartoon. I … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Fiction, Reviews, Superhero, The Church
Tagged Deadpool, Fox Entertainment, Marvel Comics, Morality, Nudity, Violence, x-men
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Legendary: Dark City Expansion
As fun as the base game of Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game is, from the start there was always room for additions and improvements. Those upgrades have come in six expansions since Legendary’s creation in 2012, the most recent … Continue reading
Posted in Board Games, Gaming, Reviews, Superhero
Tagged Angel, Apocalypse, Bishop, Blade, Board Game, Bribe, Cable, Colussus, Daredevil, Dark City, Domino, Elektra, Forge, Gaming, Ghost Rider, Hero, Iceman, Iron Fist, Jean Grey, Kingpin, Legendary, Marvel, Marvel Knight, Mastermind, Mephisto, Mr. Sinister, Nightcrawler, Professor X, Punisher, S.H.I.E.L.D., Scheme, Stryfe, Superhero, Teleport, Upper Deck, Versatile, Villain, Wolverine, X-Force, x-men
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Heroes Reborn: the Series Returns
I really didn’t know what to think when I heard that Heroes was going to be returning to TV. I definitely have a complex sort of relationship with the show, thanks to its ups and downs, and so I didn’t … Continue reading
Karina Fabian returns to The Catholic Geek
http://player.cinchcast.com/?platformId=1&assetType=single&assetId=7819391 Check Out Books Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with We Built That Network on BlogTalkRadio Tonight was the long threatened episode where Karina Fabian return to The Catholic Geek to talk about the conclusion to her space opera trilogy, … Continue reading →