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Help creating a "Battle Box"
Hey there,
I bought my six starter decks two years ago and haven’t had a chance to play them (the birth of my son). Now that the game is being discontinued, I want to preserve a kitchen-table “Battle Box,” so I need your help. The product is in English, but I’m based in Germany.
Battle Box:
- Magnetic cardboard box with space for 6–8 deck boxes, some tokens, and playmats
- The feel should be board game–esque, with some nice accessories
Decks:
- Fun to play (starter decks from other games can feel slow and boring)
- Balanced against each other, not necessarily the highest-impact decks
Plan (so far — 4-player kitchen-table tournaments are the goal):
- Build upon the six starters and upgrade them with cards from booster displays, or (if possible) buy playsets to improve the decks
- 2 XXL playmats
- 2 premium adventure trackers
- 2 token sets
- Sleeves specific to each deck
- Foil hero cards (found some cheap ones on German eBay)
Questions:
- Do later sets drastically change or improve the gameplay, and should I include them?
- How would you upgrade the starter decks within the limits of the first set?
- Given the distribution model, is it realistic to get most cards/playsets out of two booster displays, or will duplicates be an issue?
- Hero tokens look nice, but I’d only use one of each set — any alternatives?
- Are there more than 18 heroes? Maybe I should build three Battle Boxes :)
Thank you for your help :)
u/OutrageousCar3356 — 10 days ago