Any board gamers here?

Fantasy Flight Games has announced X-Men: Mutant Insurrection, a "fast-paced, cooperative, dice-driven card game for one to six players!"



There are different scenarios based on villains and events from the comics, such as Magneto and the Brotherhood, Dark Phoenix, and the Hellfire Club. You choose from one of sixteen X-Men and go off to adventure! I love the fact that it's up to 6 players, as I usually have a 5-person gaming group and often games cut off at 4 players. But it looks like there is a large emphasis on cooperation and player interaction.

The list of 16 playable X-Men are:

  • Angel
  • Armor
  • Beast
  • Colossus
  • Cyclops
  • Forge
  • Gambit
  • Iceman
  • Jubilee
  • Magik
  • Phoenix
  • Rogue
  • Shadowcat
  • Storm
  • X-23
  • Wolverine


A little surprised by some, like Forge and Armor. Where's Psylocke and Bishop? Maybe they are planning for expansions down the way.

There are also recruitable mutants like Rictor and Cypher.

What does everyone else think of this new board game? It's been a while since we've seen an X-Men game, so it's refreshing that we'll likely be seeing more coming out in the future.