For example, did Baron Zemo’s elbow pads really need to be separate tiny pieces you have to glue onto his elbows? And couldn’t Crossbones’ faceplate have been sculpted directly onto his head? Part numbers on sprue.

Ultron has 21 different pieces to put together for his figure alone! And some of the smaller pieces on the models could easily have been sculpted onto larger model parts. And I love that all the bases are textured like different city street surfaces! But it’s not all roses… I did have a couple of issues with the minis.įirst, there are a lot of pieces on each of the character sprues, especially considering the miniatures are designed to fit together in static poses. The sculpts of the miniatures are all dynamic and wonderfully detailed, taking full advantage of their 40mm scale (most tabletop skirmish-style games are in a smaller 28mm scale). Image by Paul Benson.Īnd here’s a gallery of most of those sprues so you can see them up close: Here’s what you’re looking at once you get everything out of the baggies: Sprues. And unlike a miniatures game such as CMON’s A Song of Ice and Fire, these miniatures do not come pre-assembled. This being a miniatures game, Crisis Protocol comes with a lot of plastic. Crisis, affiliation, team tactics, and map cards. If you’re a fan of comic book art, you’ll be admiring each and every one of those cards. They are also clearly laid out, and the “Team Tactics” cards all feature great illustrations from various Marvel Comics artists. There are several standard playing card-sized cards in the game as well. The drawing of the character also shows damage, which is a nice touch.

The cards are double-sided the side with the blue background represents a “healthy” character, while the one with the red background represents an “injured” character. There’s a fair amount of icons in the game, but I found I was picking them up very quickly. Some of the iconography on the cards can be a little small and difficult to read under the descriptions of the attacks and superpowers for the character, but otherwise, everything is very clearly laid out. The character stat cards are oversized and brightly illustrated. Marvel: Crisis Protocol Core Set ComponentsĬharacter stat cards.

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