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2014 Ranked #1,388

Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men

The X-Men become a bag-building battle team: every die can fund the next recruit or enter the field as the hero you need now.

Customizable Games Collectible Components Comic Book / Strip Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Dice Rolling

Players

2

Play time

60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.37/5

Rating

7.14

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.6/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 2.0/5

Player-count sensitive

Strategic depth 4.0/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.2/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 20 min
Recommended edition Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men – WizKids English starter set (2014)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Build a team of X-Men and villains from custom dice, recruit them with rolled energy, and battle head-to-head until the opposing player loses all life.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men is a two-player collectible dice-building game in which Wolverine, Magneto, Cyclops, Psylocke, Sentinels, and other mutants become custom dice in a constructed team. Each player brings character cards, matching dice, and two basic actions. On a turn, dice move from the bag to the prep area and then roll as either energy or character faces. Energy buys new dice and pays fielding costs; character faces enter the field with attack, defense, and level values. Fielded characters can attack, block, trigger card abilities, or fuel global effects available to both players. Unblocked attackers reduce the opponent’s life, while knocked-out characters cycle back through the prep area. The starter set includes fixed cards, forty-four dice, two bags, and the core rules for a complete match, while foil packs expand the available team-building pool. Because purchased dice continually cycle through the bag, every decision shapes both the immediate fight and the probability of future rolls.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men – WizKids English starter set (2014) 2014 English WizKids (I) / US

Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2
Play time
60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.4/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 20 min Source
Teardown time
About 10 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No formal save system; a match is short enough to finish in one sitting. Record teams and remaining life if a pause is necessary. Source
Consumable components
The starter is complete, but the collectible system expands through separately purchased randomized foil packs. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Designed for exactly two players; constructed teams can mix compatible Dice Masters releases subject to the chosen format. Source
Recommended edition
Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men – WizKids English starter set (2014) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Observed
Current edition
No Source
Box weight
300 g Source
Box dimensions
8.9 × 17.8 × 5.1 cm Source
Consumable components
No Consumable Play Components; Collectible Expansion Packs Are Optional. Source
Compatibility
Wizkids English Uncanny X Men Starter Set, Product Wzk71658. Compatible With Contemporary Dice Masters Sets Under The Shared Rules Framework. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Mike Elliott Eric M. Lang

Publishers

1
WizKids (I)