Any fan of tabletop gaming knows the struggle of getting new people to sit down around a table and listen while you tell them about the complex, arcane rules that take almost as long to explain as it takes to play the actual game. It’s tons of fun once you’re all caught up and playing, deep into the weeds of a game like Gloomhaven, but the barrier for entry is high.Developed by Secret Door (a Dreamhaven studio), Sunderfolk aims to bring more people to the (virtual) tabletop, using a unique control interface, easy-to-pick-up gameplay that gradually grows in difficulty, and weapon-wielding animals. These well-armed critters are the players, Sunderfolk seeing two to four setting out on their fantasy adventure at a time. While plenty of the hexagonal, grid-based action takes place on the big screen – be that TV or monitor – players use their phones to direct their characters, animal versions of classic fantasy archetypes like a rogue, bard, or wizard, in turn-based …
In December, Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is getting a long-awaited re-release as part of the Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics compilation, which includes a whole spate of classic games. But few of those games have captured the hearts – and eyes – of fans like MvC2, thanks in large part to the game’s iconic art by Capcom concept artist Bengus, which includes renditions of many Marvel characters that are still the definitive images of those heroes and villains for a generation of fighting game fans.Now, to coincide with the release of Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, Marvel is publishing a series of variant covers featuring that same iconic art by Bengus, with each character matched up to the title they’re appearing in. Here’s a gallery of the variant covers, followed by a list of the titles organized by release date:Image 1 of 11 December 4ALL-NEW VENOM #1AVENGERS #21INFINITY WATCH #1WOLVERINE #4X-MEN #8December 11UNCANNY X-…