Marvel Universe Miniatures Game - Affiliations and Alignments

The Knight Models 'Marvel Universe Miniatures Game' currently has three factions from which to choose from and these factions and the models from these factions are divided up into 'Heroes', 'Villains' and 'Neutral'. Each of the factions has it's own symbol so you can tell them apart though any-one with even a vague knowledge of the genre should be able to make an educated guess about a models affiliation...you also probably bought it for a reason, lol.

Note - The three original affiliations were Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men which are now called Superhuman, Cosmic and Mutant respectively. I've used both lots of terms below so as to avoid confusion for those working from different rules versions...


All the models you choose for your particular force must share an affiliation (Avengers/Superhuman, Guardians of the Galaxy/Cosmic or X-Men/Mutant) and be either of the same alignment or Neutral (Neutral models can join Heroes or Villains as they see fit). So below we have the symbols for the Avengers/Superhuman, Guardians of the Galaxy/Cosmic and X-Men/Mutant respectively. No doubt new affiliations will appear as time goes by.

To complicate matters very slightly there are a few models that are affiliated with more than one faction but this is clearly labelled on the affiliate section of their card.

So using the X-men/Mutants as an example we could have a force of either Heroes or Villains despite them all technically being the same faction with Neutral models joining either force. This is indicated by the colour behind the appropriate faction symbol (Heroes are Blue, Neutral is Grey and Villains are Red).

Each of the starter sets contains thirty points of models (this is called 'Level' on the stat card). So a well trained but still relatively human model like Black Widow is Level Four whereas a near unstoppable creature like The Incredible Hulk is Level Seventeen (These incidentally are currently the lowest and highest Level models respectivelly). Recommended points level for games is fifty though that's easier to achieve with some affiliations than others. You are also not allowed to take multiples of the same model or models with the same name so no taking six Wolverines or Iron Man and Iron Man Hulkbuster

Lets have a look at what models are currently available for each faction then, Well go with alphabetical order so my Mutants bias doesn't show too much. Some of these models were also available separately from before the Marvel Universe Miniatures Game was created simply as collectors pieces but for the purposes of this feature I'm only including those models and sets currently packaged for the game itself.

The Avengers/Superhuman
At the time of writing this all the Avengers affiliated models are Heroes so you can choose from any of them when creating your force. You also have access to some dual faction models as well.
Heroes
The Avengers Starter Set contains Black Widow (Level 4), Captain America (Level 7), Iron Man (Level 7) and Thor (Level 12). Available individually are Black Panther (Level 6), Hawkeye (Level 6), The Incredible Hulk (Level 17), Iron Man Hulkbuster Mk 44 (Level 15) and Vision (Level 8).

Dual Affiliation Heroes
Deadpool (Level 6) and Wolverine (Level 8)
Note - Wolverine comes in the X-Men Starter Set...

Guardians of the Galaxy/Cosmic
At the time of writing this all the Guardians of the Galaxy affiliated models are Heroes so you can choose from any of them when creating your force.
Heroes
The Guardians of the Galaxy Starter Set contains Drax the Destroyer (Level 8), Gamora (Level 9), Starlord (Level 6) and Rocket Racoon (Level 7). Available individually are Groot (Level 9) and Nova (Level 8).

X-Men/Mutants
With the release of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants set we now have X-Men affiliated models with the Hero, Neutral and Evil alignments.
Heroes
The X-Men Starter Set contains Cyclops (Level 7), Colossus (Level 7), Rogue (Level 8) and Wolverine (Level 8). Available individually are Jean Grey (Level 9) and Nightcrawler (Level 5).

Dual Affiliation Heroes
Deadpool (Level 6)

Neutral
Emma Frost (Level 10), Gambit (Level 7) and Magneto (Level 12)
Note - Magneto comes in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Set...

Villain
The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Set contains Magneto (who is Neutral), Lady Mastermind (Level 8), Pyro (Level 5) and Toad (Level 5). Available individually is Sabretooth (Level 7).

Hope that helps...

Thoughts and comments are (as usual) most welcome.

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