Cryptozoic Entertainment Opens Preorders for DC Deck-Building Game: Crisis Collection 2
Cryptozoic Entertainment has announced the opening of preorders for “DC Deck-Building Game: Crisis Collection 2.” This expansion combines the third and fourth Crisis expansion packs, enhancing the DC Deck-Building Game with cooperative gameplay elements and introducing a range of new cards.
The expansion is priced at $39.99 and is scheduled for release in August 2024. It requires an existing DC Deck-Building Game base set to play.
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“Crisis Collection 2” focuses on cooperative play, integrating new game mechanics such as Unity Ongoing cards, Personal Crises, and Hidden Objective modes. These additions aim to increase the cooperative gameplay experience, requiring players to collaborate to overcome new challenges.
The expansion includes 28 Crisis cards, 28 FOIL oversized Character cards, and 28 Impossible Mode Super-Villains, enhancing the game’s complexity and challenge. It also adds 59 new Hero, Villain, Equipment, Super Power, Location, and Hidden Objective cards.
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Included with each purchase of “Crisis Collection 2” are two promotional cards: the Red X and the first-printing Project Thaumaton card. These promotional cards are also available for preorder separately.
The third Crisis expansion integrates elements from the “Forever Evil” base game, introducing Crisis versions of its Super-Villains and new gameplay features that use Victory Point tokens for additional benefits. It also includes more playable characters from the Suicide Squad and introduces a new Contribute mechanism, which allows players to progress toward resolving Crises over multiple turns.
The fourth expansion features characters from the Teen Titans base game, adding new playable Titans and Unity cards that enhance the cooperative gameplay. This expansion introduces Personal Crisis cards, which present individual challenges to players in addition to the collective goal of defeating the Super-Villains.
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