The "shufflebuilding" game Smash Up begins with a simple premise: take the 20-card decks of two factions, shuffle them into a deck of forty cards, then compete to crush more bases than your opponents! Each faction involves a different gaming mechanism, and each combination of factions brings a different gaming experience.

In Smash Up: Marvel, players smash up two groups of Marvel characters, such as the vigilant members of The Ultimates or the criminal masterminds HYDRA, to take over bases and score the most victory points. Mix and match the different decks of heroes and villains to see which combinations can best defeat the others! This game allows for fans to create stories that have never existed in the Marvel universe. What combo will you choose?

One of DC?s most sinister characters is bringing his darkness from the comics to the tabletop, but don?t let the familiar silhouette fool you?the sight of this twisted villain from the Dark Nights: Metal series will make you do a double take. The latest to join the ranks of board games? greatest foes is coming soon in The Batman Who Laughs Rising!

From the Dark Night Metal comic series, the evil hybrid of Batman and Joker ? The Batman Who Laughs ? is determined to unleash the Dark Knights and Barbatos on Prime. Next in the cooperative Rising series, The Batman Who Laughs Rising, players must work together and roll dice to recruit key heroes and allies to fight back against a host of villains, concluding with a showdown against the Batman Who Laughs. Featuring a one-of-a-kind full color collectible sculpt, it?s the ultimate new Batman board game experience.

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