Galaxy Trucker & Legendary: Marvel

Optional: Bring a beverage for yourself and a snack or dish to share. (Assorted beverages will also be provided.)

Watch how to play Galaxy Trucker: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+play+galaxy+trucker

Watch Rodney teach how to play Legendary Marvel: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+play+legendary+marvel

GALAXY TRUCKER:

In the fast and goofy family game Galaxy Trucker, players begin by simultaneously rummaging through the common warehouse, frantically trying to grab the most useful component tiles to build their spaceship — all in real-time.

Once the ships are launched, players encounter dangerous situations while vying for financial opportunities, each hoping to gain the most valuable cargo and finish with as much of their ship still intact as possible. Of course, that's easier said than done since many hazards will send pieces of your ship, your cargo, and your crew hurling into the depths of space.

The goal is to survive the trek — hopefully with at least some of your crew and ship intact — and have at least one credit by the end of the game. (Profit, yay!) Players earn credits by delivering goods, defeating pirates, having the best-looking ship, and reaching their destination before the others.

This version of Galaxy Trucker is a relaunch of the original 2007 release by Vlaada Chvátil that features new art, more ship tiles, tweaked card effects, and streamlined gameplay that consists of only a single flight through space. That said, should you want a longer, more challenging experience, you can play a three-flight game known as the "Transgalactic Trek".

LEGENDARY: MARVEL

Welcome to Legendary®: A Marvel Deck-Building Game! Evil Masterminds like Red Skull, Doctor Doom, and Loki lead a horde of powerful Villains to crush the Marvel Universe. Every time you play, the Mastermind will choose a different evil Scheme to pursue. Only you can stop them, leading awesome Marvel Heroes like Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Wolverine!

In this game, each player starts with their own deck of basic Hero cards. At the start of your turn, you play the top card of the Villain Deck, representing moments when Villains invade the city, capture Bystanders, and create special events. Then, you play Hero cards from your hand to generate Attack, Recruit, and special abilities. You use Attack to fight Villains. You use Recruit to gain stronger Heroes to improve your deck.

Whenever your deck runs out of cards and you need more, you shuffle your discard pile to make a new deck, including all the new Heroes you recruited. This way your deck gets stronger and stronger over time. Build up enough Attack and you can fight the evil Mastermind! But be careful: if the players don’t defeat them quickly enough, then the Mastermind will complete their dark Scheme, win the game for evil, and all players lose!