Phase (2016)

About this game

In Phase, players take actions to bring powerful champions into the struggle to control the Nexus. These cards have a duality: good and evil, light and dark, etc. Cards "phase" from side to side as the game is played, creating wild swings of power that allow players to quickly shift from attack to defense and create all sorts of fun combos. Phase was announced as a collectible card game in 2010, but will be released as a boxed set of more than three hundred cards. This was the only game that came in AEG Black Box 2016.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 5.
• Rules load. At 1.7/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 14 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.