by LoneJericho
Dude, really, just play a game or watch a video.-I thought you only attacked the villain on the top of the super villain stack. Do you also have the option to just buy the villain out? Is the number in the grey circle on a super villain its power number (as well) or its purchase number?
To attack a villain or to buy a card is the same mechanic, it's just called differently. If you use your power to gain a card like "Kick" or "Utility Belt" from the lineup it's called Buying , if you use your power to gain a villain or super-villain card it's called attacking/defeating the villain, but it's the same machanic.
The number on the bottom right is the amount of power a player needs to buy/defeat/gain the card into your discard pile.
-Does this mean that players can simply choose not to attack the up-most super villain during their turns, or not?
Correct. You dont have to deal with a super-villain if you don't want to.
-Is the initial super villain attack to both players at that reveal the only time ever that the villain attacks? Or is the play of that card from hand for the villain's second text ability seen as an attack?
The First-Appearance-Attack only goes off when the card is flipped over. Just one time in any game. And it hits every player.
If a SV is played by a player from hand it is only treated as an Attack when his special effect written on the card starts with the keyword Attack:.
-When not on top of the super villain pile, and played from hand, the possibility of that super villain being defeated by the other player ceases? Correct?
The core rules say, that a SV can only be defeated once, when he's on top of the SV-stack.
Assuming this, what general notion does a player, who inhabits a super hero large card, adhere to by playing a villain card after it's defeat from the villain pile, yet again from hand (Does the villain become their own, and just engaged later by them at will)?
For example, what does it mean for a "Batman" player to play the Joker's non first-appearance printed ability from hand? Does this represent the Joker successfully working out of jail? Or Batman being forced to double deal with the Joker under blackmail/desperate circumstances?
For example, what does it mean for a "Batman" player to play the Joker's non first-appearance printed ability from hand? Does this represent the Joker successfully working out of jail? Or Batman being forced to double deal with the Joker under blackmail/desperate circumstances?
That's a point that's often critized about this game. This is not a co-op game, every player and therefore evey hero goes on for himself and even attacks his fellow heroes just to gain an advantage.