Funkoverse Strategy Game: Harry Potter Base Set

I think they may have shot themselves in the foot a bit by not having 6 figures in the first sets that they released. I don’t think the game really shines until you are playing 3 characters, and have 6 tokens to spend.

For those of you who haven’t played, each character has 3 special powers, but to activate those powers you need to spend a token of a certain color. That token is then exhausted, and depending upon the power, it will unexhaust in 1-3 rounds (there is a cool down track that makes it easy to track this). There are three different colored tokens. Each character gives you two tokens which all go into your pool and can be used to pay for any of your characters’ powers. Having those two extra tokens gives you more flexibility and opportunity for clever play.

I think that which color tokens a character gives you may also come into play if you had a few different sets and were drafting characters. Characters X and Y and Z might have awesome powers, but if they don’t contribute the right color tokens to your pool, you won’t have much chance to activate their powers. Therefore, you might choose characters X and Y for their powers, but choose character B for their tokens which will allow you to activate X and Y powers more often.

You also need to think through how many rounds it will take to fire off a power again. For example, using my one yellow token on X’s yellow power means I won’t be able to use Y’s yellow power this round. And then I might not get my yellow token back for another couple of rounds. This may be easy for an adult gamer to sequence, but may be more difficult for a less experienced gamer or young child.

It is also very much a game that you play against another player, not against the game. The skill level of your opponent is going to impact how challenging the game is.

These are some of the reasons why I feel Funkoverse plays on different levels depending upon your age and experience as a gamer. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye, especially if the only thing someone has seen is the tutorial game, which is really lame and boring.

@Michael

I agree that fast, simple and direct is an excellent way to describe Funkoverse. That is a lot of why I love it.

But it also has all this clever under the covers stuff going on which is exciting to discover. It provides those ah ha moments which I love. Like, “Oh dang, I can use Voldemort’s power to get Draco into position to push Ron out of the score zone.”