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How Would We Reset Marvel Characters?

Peder — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 20:02:24 +0000

Marvel gave us a lot of great origins and characters in the MCU. But as we come up on Secret Wars, it’s a chance to redo some things, bring back characters or even just start anew. On this weeks 10 Minute Marvel podcast, we’re going through a number of characters who maybe would be well served with coming back or a new take on them, and how we would want to see Marvel do that. Plus the news and rumors as always.

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Comments or Questions: Who needs to be Reintroduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

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Who Has Marvel Studios Underutilized – 10MinMarvel S4E6

Peder — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:33:52 +0000

Destination D23 was a dud. So we’re pivoting, almost on the fly, for characters who have been in Marvel films who were under utilized. Some might have bene killed off, others maybe will get more of a chance to shine, but who is lacking in how they were utilized? Plus a little bit of news and rumors and emphasis on a little bit. Though we do talk about the little bit there was shown at Destination D23.

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Comments or Questions: Who Has Marvel Underutilized?

What characters in the MCU or Marvel Films have been underutilized? Is there one that stands out to you that we missed?

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Recasting the Avengers – Marvel Reboot – 10MinMarvel S3E121

Peder — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:44:49 +0000

There was a rumor a couple of weeks ago that Marvel might use Secret Wars to relaunch the MCU. By that, now with X-Men in there, Fantastic Four, and the Avengers characters. But with that they would recast the Avengers. So we took a stab at recasting the OG six Avengers, plus Nick Fury, Ant-Man, Doctor Strange, and War Machine. Who do we think could play them if Marvel decided to shake it all up?

Plus we have news and rumors. Including talk at the end of the episode about the Ironheart trailer. So join us for all of those conversations on this weeks 10 Minute Marvel.

Catch Up On Videos

X-Men 10 Year Plan

Ironheart Initial Trailer Impressions

Marvel Unlimited Goody Box

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Comments or Questions: Who Would You Fancast of a Marvel Soft Reboot?

Who would you fancast to take on those roles if Marvel does a soft reboot on actors in the MCU? Do you agree with any of them that we have on our lists?

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Spider-Man and Two Marvel Trailers – 10MinMarvel S3E107

Peder — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 15:16:34 +0000

Marvel gave us a very busy week this past week. Not only did we get three episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which we’re talking about, we got two new trailers. There is a new Thunderbolts* trailer out which dropped during the Super Bowl. And then the first trailer for Fantastic Four: First Steps. We’re going to talk about both of those trailers, but more news and rumors around who might be on Marvel’s radar to play an X-Men character, and when that movie might be.

Catch Up on Videos from Last Week

Fantastic Four Trailer Impressions

Thunderbolts* Trailer Impressions

Marvel Anime Vol 1 Booster Box Opening

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Episodes 3-5 Thoughts

Fantastic Four Movie Plot Theory

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Comments or Questions: Which Was The Better Marvel Movie Trailer?

Which trailer did you like better, Thunderbolts* or Fantastic Four? Let us know that down in the comment section, YouTube, or Facebook.

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Episode 1 & 2 – 10MinMarvel S3E106

Peder — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:42:47 +0000

There’s a lot of news coming up soon. But our main topic for this weeks 10 Minute Marvel is Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. And we’re talking about what works well in this show, what maybe is a bit lacking, and who we think could be getting powers. Plus, we weren’t 100% for sure at the time, but we talk a bit about the Fantastic Four Trailer that is now out, mainly if it’s coming out, and potential actors for some X-Men characters and Nova in the rumors.

Catch Up on the Videos from Last Week

Fantastic Four First Steps Trailer Thoughts and Reaction

Comic Round-up

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Episode 1 & 2 Thoughts and Impressions

Black Panther Wakanda Forever Trading Card Opening

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Comments or Questions: Thoughts on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?

Let us know your thoughts, respectfully, on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man? And who is going to get powers from all the characters who potentially could?

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X-Men 97 – 10 Minute Marvel S3E61

Peder — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 11:28:21 +0000

We found a way to watch X-Men 97 as it comes out. Screen Crush did a great recap of every episode of the X-Men animated series. That allowed us to catch up on what had happened and be ready for the new series start with X-Men 97. This week we dive into the first two episodes. And then there is news as well. Rumors around Franklin Richards and Wong. Plus then news for the new Marvel Zombies show and Eyes of Wakanda.

And the Screen Crush video so you can catch up on what has happened before.

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Comments or Questions: Are You Watching X-Men 97?

But let’s start out, were you a fan of the X-Men animated series? Have you gone back and watched it on Disney+ and are you watching X-Men 97? And what do you think of the first two episodes of the new series?

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Marvel Dice Throne X-Men

Peder — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:26:00 +0000

This isn’t going to be like a normal Back or Brick article. There is zero suspense if I am going to be backing Marvel Dice Throne X-Men. The answer is, I am backing it. But let’s talk about this campaign because I think there are a number of things to break down with it and why I picked the level I did, for right now. And why I might be changing my pledge level.

What’s on the Kickstarter?

So let’s start out by talking about what is on the page, which you can see here. There is more on this crowdfunding page than their other Kickstarter campaigns, which I think is worth calling out a few things. Mainly that, before, add-ons, there are three products that you can back. Some of them are just expansions and there is a core box.

Core Box

The Core Box is almost a must buy if you’re going to back the Kickstarter. Though, you can always mix and match any of the Dice Throne content together. But the core box is where you will get most of the new characters. And what they were announcing new characters for mainly.

If you want to play as the X-Men, you now can. You’ll have a choice of Rogue, Gambit, Storm, Iceman, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Psylocke, or Wolverine. And they have a nice range of difficulty on characters that you can play which they nicely call out now. So if you want more of the Dice Throne game, or you want to start playing it because you love the X-Men, this is a great spot to start.

Missions

Now, Dice Throne is traditionally a competitive game. It’s called Battle Yahtzee by some, though there is much more control over the dice than in Yahtzee. But Dice Throne is not only a competitive game. There are two ways that you can play it cooperatively. The first was Dice Throne Adventures which came out a few years ago. And now Missions is going to offer some of that cooperative game play, but I believe in a shorter game than the Dice Throne Adventures Campaign.

This is the big area of the game that I want to look into. What I like while looking at it is that the villains vary a lot. And the Missions don’t seem to just be X-Men focused. Yes, you have Mister Sinister. But you also battle Thanos. Thanos is going to be more of a Marvel Dice Throne versus Marvel Dice Throne X-Men villain. Though, if you go by the comics, some of the X-Men play a big role in the Infinity Gauntlet storyline.

Deadpool

Finally, there is Deadpool. He isn’t really the last thing, there are add-ons as well. But Deadpool as a playable character coming in his own premium box. I say premium because he comes with the miniature and acrylic tokens that you can upgrade for the other characters. Downside is, if you want it all matching, he doesn’t come with a cardboard standee and he doesn’t come with cardboard tokens.

Deadpool is mainly just going to be another character you can mix in to fight with or against. Now he isn’t a Missions villain, though that’d be great, but for the base competitive game, he’ll be able to be played. What always worries me with Deadpool in games is that he often is taken too meta and it’s either too strong or too annoying to play with.

What Level to Back

So, I want to talk about this because I am still waffling on it. The question I’m asking myself isn’t about the core box, I want more characters always. It isn’t about Deadpool, against more characters. And I do have concerns with Deadpool. Is he going to be broken because he’s too meta or too annoying? I don’t know, but I want to give him a try.

Missions is the part that I don’t know about. Why? Because do I want to play it as a cooperative game. I thought that I did with Dice Throne Adventures. But when I got it, I realized, I didn’t want a big campaign. I like Dice Throne as that head to head battling game, or multiplayer battling game. And Dice Throne Adventures, it might have been great, but it was a much longer mode of the game. So I never felt like playing it.

Missions, on the other hand, I need to look into more. If it offers some of that cooperative play with out too much extra work to play the bad guys, then I’m more intrigued. If I can sit down and play a game in an hour, that is reasonable, even an hour and a half. I just don’t want a lot of sessions.

But, I like the acrylic tokens as well. So if I were to drop backing with Missions, it’d be easier to pick those up. Right now, I don’t have acrylic tokens added as an add-on. If I were to get rid of Missions, I’d likely add those on instead, so it isn’t a money saving move.

Marvel Dice Throne X-Men

Like I said, this isn’t a back of brick. If you want to know if you should back it, you likely already know. Either you back it because you know you love Dice Throne, you back it because you love X-Men, or you know you don’t like either enough to back it and won’t. It’s a bit simpler than some because this is a game that has been out for a long time.

Man vs Meeple has coverage on it if you want to see how the characters play. Maybe you like Dice Throne but you don’t know if you need more characters. Then checking out a video or two is going to help let you know. But for me, it’s always fun to have more. And with everything, I think I figured it out, there are 35 different combinations. So I’ll be trying out new ones for a long time.

Which character do you look forward to playing most? For me, it’s Gambit and Rogue.

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10 Minute Marvel Episode 72: Back Again

Peder — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:04:36 +0000

After a week off due to my recording/streaming/gaming computer dying on me, we’re back again. There’s some news, including potential for some big Marvel news coming up this week as Disney has it’s investor call/meeting and some casting news for the Disney+ Hawkeye show. Then I get back to talking about Charles Xavier.

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10 Minute Marvel Episode 56: Marvel Board Games and The Inhumans

Peder — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:24:03 +0000

Gen Con happened again, though this year online, and we had a new Marvel Board Game announced. Plus, a fan favorite character returning in Thor 4? And then I talk some about the history of the Inhumans and a little bit about Black Bolt.

Thank you all for listening to the podcast. I hope that you are enjoying the brief bits of Marvel news and topics each week. If you are, please consider subscribing and leaving a rating and review. Those help more people find the podcast and join into the 10 Minute Marvel community. You can find the podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, and Stitcher.

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But with that, I’ll see you next time.

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Gencon 2020 – Fantasy Flight In-Flight Report

Peder — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:29:26 +0000

So, I’m going to do what I did with Frosthaven when that was announced and talked about on videos, I’m doing a video breakdown. This Fantasy Flight In-Flight report is normally a big deal, kind of a kick-off for Gencon to find out what Fantasy Flight has coming up. This time they had to do it digitally and while that didn’t work properly, we do have the video up on Youtube.

We start off with basically a video package of all the games that Fantasy Flight has and has had and is working on fairly actively.

Then we get an introduction to the video by Chris Gerber, the head of FFG Studio.

We’re getting deep dive live streams starting today for the new games, expansions, etc. now through Sunday.

Image Source: Fantasy Flight

John Shaffer was up next talking about miniatures games.

Updated Points for building team for X-Wing
Working on solo rules for X-Wing
New ships coming out in September
New Tie-Fighter and Rise of Skywalker ships in October
Four new ships from the Clone Wars, including Jango Fetts ship, available in November
X-Wing product stream today at 3 PM Central

Two force wielding characters, Anakin Skywalker and Darth Maul for Legion
Release for the characters in November
More options for Clone Wars teams as well
Four new droids for core units
Republic gets more clones to add to their side
These have a January 2021 release date
Legion Live stream Saturday at 4 PM Central – GenCon Twitch Channel

Announcing Clone Wars coming to Armada!
Cool little teaser video for what is coming
Obviously we are getting Galactic Republic and Separatists
Faction specific pack for Galactic Republic, kind of an introductory box for new players if you want.
Republic Fighters expansion pack
Separatists fleet starter as well
Separatists Fighters as well
Dials pack basically is the additional stuff you might need for a bigger set
Upgrade card pack to standardize their upgrade cards
All to be released in December
Live Friday at 9 AM Central

Image Source: Fantasy Flight

That’s it for miniature announcements, that’s a lot of them. And now I’m very tempted by the Armada Clone Wars Starters.

Now board and card game announcements –

Talking about Mass Mutations which was just released and talking about the features in that
Keyforge Dark Tidings is announced, a new Keyforge Set
250 brand new cards in it
Introducing a new house, The Unfathomable, sounds
Replacing House Dis
High and Low Tide Mechanic to add a new mechanic
Will be a push pull to keep the High tide on your side
Evil Twin Decks, dark reflections of an existing deck
Altered evil twin versions of the normal cards from the existing deck
Dark Tidings is coming February 2021

Arkham Horror Time
The Arkham line is going to Innsmouth
Underdark Waves and Innsmouth Conspiracy for Arkham Horror and Arkham Horror LCG already announced
Announcing Arkham Horror LCG mythos packs announced
Bless and Curse tokens in Arkham LCG
Vehicles added
Begins in November
War of the Outer Gods scenario pack
December release date
Aconyte Books releasing more stories, mentioned in this section

Image Source: Fantasy Flight

Journeys in Middle Earth time
Talking about Shadowed Paths Expansion that’s already been released
Two new products
Haunting of Dale digital campaign is going to be available in the app
Dwellers in Darkness figure pack
Both are set for release in October
Hinting that in 2021 Middle Earth is Going to War

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Legend of the Five Rings
Temptations Cycle Announced
Resolves around each clan having something that they’ll go after no matter the cost
Adding in a Dire keyword
Starting in November for the release cycle
Two new Role Playing Products
Fields of Victory and Blood of the Lioness
Rules for mass battle for military themed campaigns in Fields of Victory
Blood of the Lioness is an adventure book
March 2021 for the RPG release
These will be the last two released by FFG
More on that on Noon Central on Friday stream

Marvel Champions, what I have been waiting for
Reminders that Hulk is releasing in August, plus Rise of Red Skull in September, and October Kang
New Heroes, following Kang release
Ant-Man, Wasp, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch
Ant-Man and Wasp – Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch synergize
Next campaign expansion, Galaxy Most Wanted
5 new scenarios and Rocket Raccoon and Groot
The Collector and Ronan the Accuser n Galaxies Most Wanted

Expansion for Twilight Imperium 4th Edition
Prophecy of Kings
This is new mechanics and things
7 New Factions
Forty new system and hyperlane tiles
Player count can expand up to 8 players
3 new leaders for every faction
And new mech units adding fire power to planetary battles
And many new extra cards
November release date
More information Unboxing Friday at 3 PM Central

New Marvel game announced
Dice game to complete missions, showdown against villains, etc
Mutants in the game as the characters you’ll be playing
Marvel X-Men: Mutant Insurrection is the name of the game
Cooperative game for 1-6 players
It has Gambit in it, that’s all you really need to know, or at least I do
Rogue, Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine and More
8 different plots, each featuring an iconic X-Men threat
Release in Q1 for 2021
Demo Sunday at 9 AM Central live stream

The End?
Massive massive massive massive Descent Box! Descent 3rd Edition Teased!

So, clearly there is a lot that’s been announced, including two new games, though the one was just teased with Descent at the very end, in a fun way. But I’m excited mainly for more Marvel Champions and Marvel X-Men: Mutant Insurrection as well, because I want to play Gambit.

What announcement has you the most excited? I’m really tempted now by some of the new Armada stuff announced, and all of this makes me want to get Arkham Horror LCG and regular Arkham Horror back to the table to catch-up to where they are now. And if you don’t have time to watch the video, at least look at the last few seconds to see how massive that Descent box is!

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