Review Details

Sentinels of the Multiverse: Rook City & Infernal Relics Expansion

Product Review (submitted on November 6, 2015):

This is a fantastic purchase to expand the original Sentinels of the Multiverse with 8 new villains, 4 environments, and 4 heroes to shake things up. The heroes are an interesting mix with two fairly straighforward damage dealers/debuffers in Expatriette and the Fixer and two pretty complicated characters in Nightmist and Argent Adept. Argent in particular is a strange character as a strong support player that has numerous different rules and interactions between powers and gear.

The environments add some interesting effects and the Realm of Discord and Rook City (basically Sin City) in particular deserve attention for how challenging and unpredictable they can be.

The villains are likewise a good mix and considering you get 200% more villains than the base set, its worth getting for that alone. Two villains in particular are worth mentioning. Spite is a Bane-inspired villain who stacks on the buffs from various drugs while he hunts down civilians (the other main cards in his deck). His buffs make him extremely difficult as he resists a lot of damage and deals a lot to your heroes while crippling their abilities. I'd say he's probably the toughest villain in the expansion and base game and makes for a great challenge, although the whole "drug-using serial killer" thing might be off-putting to some (even if it isn't completely spelled out). The Ennead on the other hand add a straight up villain team to the mix with an equal number of villains facing off against the heroes.

In closing, this is a fantastic expansion pack that greatly adds to the Sentinels of the Multiverse game.