SG Protocol

Welcome to a new monthly series where we look at the Longshanks stats of the past month. We'll always check the overall global stats first and then just the rated single event stats where we'll also look at the most taken characters and crisis cards let's get to it then (you can always click on the images to enlarge them):  All events affiliation stats : Asgard remain both: extremely popular and strong with Jane slowly but surely becoming the main leader.  Webs can somewhat rival Asgard in popularity and also success rate.  Black Order have had a surprisingly strong month.  Inhumans were strong as usual and with the new characters coming out soon there's nowhere to go but up for the faction.  Weapon X is in the top 5 and the best mutant faction. It seems Weapon X (the character) and Maverick had a strong influence on the affiliation after all.  The wizards are pretty unpopular at the moment but have had good results in the few games they were played in....

  Why should you play the affiliation? Do you like Wolverines backstory? Well this is the faction for you then.  On the board Weapon X offers the ability to play a wide attrition game which is rather uncommon but also strong.  How to start the affiliation  PSA: If you want to get into this game for a low money investment, this is the wrong place sadly. You have to start by swallowing the price tag of the Logan, the Wolverine and Sabretooth, Apex Predator rivals panel. It’s very expensive but here at least the terrain is fully usable, it comes with TTCs you absolutely need and both characters are really good and often splashed in many other places too. Next up I’d grab X-23 (leader option) and Honey Badger. The new Maverick and Weapon X (the character, who is also a leader option. Don’t worry, there’s a TTC with (almost) the same name too, so that surely won’t confuse anyone…) pack should also be high on your priority list. And then you’ll have to swallow another big ...

  Why should you play the affiliation  The first film is one of the best overall in the MCU, Black Panther is an awesome character and diversity is always great.  On the board Wakanda offers a whole bunch of affiliated TTCs and a small but strong crop of characters with no less than four different leaderships.  How to start the affiliation  You start with the excellent Wakanda affiliation pack, which comes with four of your nine available characters in Black Panther, Killmonger, Shuri and Okoye. It’s by far your best purchase for the affiliation because from now on it starts to get much more difficult. M’Baku and Klaw (unaffiliated) is probably next on your shopping list. If you want to run Storm (who isn’t bad here) you can either look for the X-Men affiliation pack or her old pack with just Cyclops. The affiliation packs are much better value so I’d look for that one myself. Black Panther, Chosen of Bast and Namor is also a good pick up. It gives you another d...