Marvel Crisis Protocol Brings in New Players with a New Core Set

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Marvel Crisis Protocol is years into development, with tons of expansions being released after the original core set was launched. In October, Atomic Mass Games re-released the original core set with new sculpts for minis, new command cards, new leadership abilities, and more. This is great for bringing new players into the game, but by changing what was included in the box (although it mimics the original) allows longtime players to get new content as well.

I think right away, that is the point we need to make here. As Atomic Mass Games has said many times, while this is a brand new core set, and while it does mimic the contents of the original core set so many years ago, this is not a replacement for that set. Those old minis, cards, and more are still valid characters and still useful in a game of Marvel Crisis Protocol. A lot of folks were initially pretty upset about this, but I’m glad to not only see Atomic Mass Games clear up that confusion, but also for them to have the foresight to make this decision early on.

What this core set does allow, however, is for necessary updates to be made to make these characters more align with what has been released over the past few years. Primarily, this is providing certain characters with more affiliations for making powerful and complimentary teams. Doc Ock for example now has the Sinister 6 affiliation, and Iron Man now has Shield affiliation. That allows Iron Man to work well into a Shield team. This just allows for new and varied ways to use these characters from the original core box in new ways. I think this is huge.

Atomic Mass Games is also providing different (and more) terrain in the box, including a gas station, crashed car, and a gas pump that were not