SUPERFIGHT is a new card game that is all about losing your friends over hilarious arguments over ridiculous fights. Check out the publisher overview video in the videos tab above that explains the concept.
The core deck has 500 cards. 160 characters (white cards), and 340 powers and weaknesses (black cards). These cards are used to create situations like this:
As you can imagine, the resulting discussions are amazing. The core game is pretty neutral in terms of content, meaning most people will recognize most cards.
A look at the game and how it's played
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Since Superfight! arrived, it has found its way to my table once in my friendly local game store, and several times on late nights. We’ve had some repeat players and some once-offs. What we have not had is anybody who has specifically requested it beyond their first play.
How does it look?: First off, I must note that I was a Kickstarter backer, so my components were from the initial print run. Having not seen further printings, my opinion on the quality of components may not be representative of consumer copies. This was most evident in the box the game came in – almost entirely unmarked, with no mention of what the game inside was. The boxes the expansions came in were flimsy and similarly Spartan in their decoration.
Superfight! has a very minimalist design a la Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity. Each card has the game’s logo and a bit of text. I found that some of my cards were a shade away from the others of their color. This was honestly a non-issue given the casual nature of the game, but it did not look great.
How does it play?: Anyone familiar with games in the Apples to Apples and Cards Against Humanity families will have no trouble picking up this one. There are a number of small variant play styles listed in the rules, but it generally comes down to the Judge player setting up a semi-or-fully random Bad Guy, then the other players creating semi-random Heroes. The players pitch how they think their screwball heroes could beat the Bad Guy, and the Judge picks a winner.
Depending on the group of players, turns can fly by or take a few minutes as friends describe epic showdowns between a cat-like radioactive Bill Nye and a flying shark handcuffed to a golf cart.
Overall Impression: While Superfight! is quick and easy, it really doesn’t bring anything new to the table. We have found that it starts off with a few laughs, but eventually drags on. This might be remedied by setting a victory point goal, but that won’t make repeat plays feel any more fresh.
While it feels good to have helped an independent publisher create his dream game, I would strongly steer party gamers towards Say Anything! and other games that allow players to create their own answers. The card-based party games following in Cards Against Humanity’s wake just feel tired.
48 of 55 gamers found this helpful Aug 11th, 2015 “Supplies you with ammunition for epic arguments”Best played with groups, this game is all about choosing a hero and an attribute and then throwing an extra random attribute on there for good measure. From there you need to explain why your character would win in a battle over another character, and if you make it around the table you get a point. Hilarity almost always ensues, as the situations and reasoning for why a particular character would win tends to get very in depth and ridiculous. As an example, let’s say the character someone plays is Barney with acid blood…*flips new card* …and he has a hostage. Barney did pretty well until someone drew Darth Vader with the power to control his opponents right arm. Controlling his right arm Barney was forced to release the hostage and then Darth Vader merely force choked Barney rendering his acid blood harmless. The other players not participating make the deciding vote, so players can say whatever they like during the argument. But they want to make it compelling and realistic, so that the voters will side with them once the dust settles. Reminiscent of Cards Against Humanity, but a great deal more fun with more replayability imo.
