Upper Deck Legendary Big Trouble in Little China Card Game

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1. Jesse Bosa Verified Buyer – 11 July 2024

   It’s cool, but our box did NOT come with the advertised instruction book. We have no idea how to play it which is extremely frustrating especially given the excessive purchase price.
   

2. Victoria Terry Verified Buyer – 13 September 2024

   Got it for a Christmas gift for my brother-in-law and he just loved the gift.
   

3. Ricky Verified Buyer – 20 January 2025

   What a fantastic board game! We own the Marvel version and switch between the two. The design of the board, cards, etc are fantastic. Ease of learning of the game is basically as easy as it gets if you already own a Legendary game. For those new to the genre of deck builders, it’s an easy one to learn if you read the rules and digest the information by reading it aloud to those you’re playing with or to yourself, whatever floats your boat. The replay value of this board game is easily a 10/10, given there are several masterminds (main baddie) to conquer and several ways to play (scenarios and characters). So hop on the truck heading to Chinatown and kill yourself some mystical baddies, you won’t regret it!
   

4. pierre Verified Buyer – 22 January 2025

   I cant believe Upper Deck designed a box too short for the playmat and then just fold it inside. The result is a creased playmat. So disappointing.
   

5. Neal R Sheehan Verified Buyer – 28 January 2025

   This is packaged nicely but all the cards are confusing to a novice. Once I get a few games under the belt I will re review. The options it game me to review are thickness and sheerness. Not sure what that would apply to, it is a game not silk stalkings.
   

6. Cody Carlson Verified Buyer – 19 February 2025

   I’m a big fan of Upper Deck’s cooperative Legendary games- deck building card games that play like traditional board games. In a nutshell, players each get a deck of starter cards that provide either recruit points or attack points (this set also has players begin with two “mediocre hero” cards as well that provide unique powers). Players mix various decks on villain cards, henchmen cards, bystanders, master strikes, and more into a villain deck, then select several heroes to mix together into a hero deck. They select a mastermind, the big villain for the game, as well as his scheme, (the game comes with four different masterminds and several different schemes, which change the way the game is played. Between the various hero, villain, & henchmen decks, and the different masterminds and schemes, these games have a ton of replayability.) From their starter decks, players draw a hand of six cards, and five heroes are drawn from the hero deck and placed in the HQ. On a player’s turn, the first thing he does is draw a villain card, which moves to the city, and can slide over when new villain cards are drawn on other players’ turns. The active player can then spend his attack cards to attack villains in the city, and/or he can spend recruit points to add heroes to his deck. All cards bought and used in a turn go into the player’s discard pile to be used in the future. In a future turn if you have to draw a card but there are no cards left in your deck, shuffle the discard pile- which gives you access to all the cards you have previously recruited. The games ends if the master’s conditions on the scheme card are achieved, or if the players succeed in defeated the mastermind four times. There is a LOT more going on in this game, but that’s the basic idea. Legendary: Big Trouble in Little China plays a lot like other Legendary games, in fact it probably feels the most like the original Marvel version of the game- villain cards come out face up, for instance. There are a few differences, however. Two spaces on the city- the Streets and the Rooftops- are known as Chinatown, and many cards in play will reference that. Also, starting with the mediocre heroes adds a little more variety early on in the game, which is fun. At the end of the game, after the last mastermind tactic card has been defeated, players then engage in a final battle with the mastermind, in which each player simply plays the hand they’ve got to see who has the most attack + recruit in order to gain the mastermind card for additional points (if individual victory really matters to you). One other thing that is of note, other Legendary games have contained a solo variant for players who want to play solitaire. This game contains no such variant, and the rulebook states you can try it with the rules from other Legendary games- but Big Trouble in Little China was not designed with those mechanics in mind (i.e. it will be clunky). All told, this is another find addition to the Legendary family of games. If you’re a fan of the 1986 John Carpenter movie (and I am), you’ll have a field day with this set. The cards really highlight the fun and adventure of the movie, and the artwork itself is stunning, as is the beautiful and functional play mat. Legendary: Big Trouble in Little China is another winner from Upper Deck, and I’m excited to see where Legendary goes next. Review copy provided.

   

7. Xan Dar Verified Buyer – 16 March 2025

   This game doesn’t really reinvent the system or add any thing particularly wild mechanically to the Legendary system and it doesn’t need to. This game is fun. Pick it up before it goes out of print!

   

8. UnityFan Verified Buyer – 16 March 2025

   My brother loved it, thank you!
   

9. Jason Donovan Verified Buyer – 6 April 2025

   Fans of the cult hit movie will enjoy this whether they play it of just read the materials and reminisce about Jack Burton’s wild adventure in Chinatown. It is beautifully packaged and is a charming addition to my collection.