The good news? On Twitter, Justin clarified that “vaulting” these sets was more like the old Disney film/VHS system, where something could come back out of the vault. By putting these titles in the vault, we can give more focus to our active and upcoming sets.” “This, in turn, presents challenges for our retailer partners in deciding what to order and for our customers in deciding what to buy. “With the success of the line and its continual growth, we find ourselves with an ever more crowded roster,” said Restoration Games owner, Justin D. Both of these sets will not be reprinted when the current stock runs out. Let’s start with the bad news… Restoration Games announced on Monday (February 13th) that they are putting two Unmatched sets “into the vault” – Cobble & Fog and Robin Hood vs. Houdini’s escape power is impressive – but I didn’t do as well with it. Personally, I really enjoyed playing The Genie – the challenge of maintaining my hand and “lunging” at the right time with his extra action power is a tremendously interesting puzzle. Reminder: with the exception of Deadpool & Bruce Lee, every Unmatched box is playable by itself. If you’re trying out the game to see whether you’ll enjoy it, I’d probably suggest the Volume 1 or Volume 2 box first… but this would be an excellent second purchase to add more characters and a new map. If you’re a fan of the Unmatched system, this is a must-buy. (For reference, other characters we put at that level are Beowulf, Ghost Rider, and the T-Rex.) The biggest issue for both Houdini & The Genie is deck management… many of their abilities are powered by boosts, which can leave you depleting your deck too quickly and taking damage in order to chase down your opponent.Īs usual, the production of the game is top-notch (one of the hallmarks of Restoration Games products) and the rulebook does the always excellent job of laying out the basic game rules as well as the special rules relating to the characters (particularly Houdini’s “Boost Tricks”). On the difficulty scale, I’d place both of these characters at medium difficulty. The box also includes a new map (King Solomon’s Mine) that uses the same “secret passage” element from the Baskerville Manor map in Cobble & Fog – but this time sized for 1 v 1. Let’s start with the newest Unmatched box… which brings us two new interesting characters with really great card art and impressive figures. In 2022, I not only praised the release of Unmatched Digital but also did a review recap of the four boxes that had been released since 2021 that also included a Jackson family overview of how we ranked the difficulty of the various characters.In 2021, I followed that up with a love letter to the Buffy & Beowulf/Little Red Unmatched boxes.Important fact that may summarize that portion of the review: I am still more than willing to sell my lovingly used copy of Epic Duels to finance further Unmatched purchases.In 2020, I published a pretty massive review of the Unmatched game system here on the OG… including a substantial bit of writing about how it compares to Star Wars: Epic Duels, the out-of-print mass market game on which it is based.This post is two things: a review of the newest Unmatched box AND commentary on the latest Unmatched news… from someone who’s played and playtested a good bit of Unmatched over the last few years.įor those following along at home, a brief reminder of the Unmatched content here on the Opinionated Gamers site:
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