These Marvel Chess Sets are the perfect way to geek out about your favorite superheroes while playing one of the oldest strategy games. The DC Comics Chess Collection is finally here and this time, it’s not just about the heroes or villains. The first set in the Marvel Chess Collection consists of the greatest heroes and villains from across the Marvel Universe. Will Spider-Man survive against Venom? Can Captain America overcome the villainous Red Skull? Or will the forces of evil defeat the assembled heroes?

Trust us, with so many different sets available; it can be tough to decide which one is right for you! Marvel Chess Collection from Eaglemoss Publications. The series is released every 2 weeks and features a superbly detailed Marvel chess piece and magazine. Hero Habit. All rights reserved. Hero Habit and "Collect Your Heroes" are trademarked (2016) and cannot be used without permission. These sets feature all your favorite superheroes and villains as characters on a traditional chessboard.The Marvel Chess Collection is a fantastic series offering comic fans and chess lovers alike the chance to collect unique sets featuring some of their favorite characters! The perfect gift for any chess lover, this set includes 32 hand-painted pieces and one high gloss finish board. Each figure stands atop a circular base just over an inch tall, the figures themselves are about 4 inches tall, depending on the pose they’re pulling (Captain America and Red Skull both hold their weapons of choice over their heads), and they’re painted pretty well. The bases are all almost identical, save for some slight differences. They all have their respective player emblems (knight, rook etc) on the bases, and the heroes’ ones are all a metallic steel colour. The only difference the villains’ bases have is that they have a slight bronze tinge to them. So a new fortnightly magazine allowing you to collect a complete chess set, with each piece being a character from the Marvel universe has come out… and I’m all over it like a fanboy rash.

So… is your favourite hero or villain included in the set? Well here’s an idea of some of the characters included for each side; On the Hydra side, you have Thanos as King, Hella as Queen, Kingpin and Red Skull as Bishops, Killmonger and Venom as Knights, Loki and Ultron as Rooks, and Hydra logos as Pawns.This Marvel Collector’s Chess Set is officially licensed and features major characters from SHIELD and Hydra as the movers. Each piece is custom-sculpted and hand-painted with amazing detail. In addition to all of the new tournaments, championship matches, and chess clubs popping up all over the place, some fantastic new chess sets are being released. It’s actually really cool I have collected both marvel and DC chess sets. There are a variety of characters to play with and yes the pieces maybe be fragile if you are careful with them it can be a lot of fun! There are currently 3 different chess sets for the DC and special characters and 3 different chess sets for marvel with extra special characters! And for someone to know which piece is which on the stand it’s on it’s shows you the sign of a Bishop, rook, king etc. I am Well, have we got the perfect thing for you! Marvel Chess sets are all the rage right now, and for a good reason.

Marvel Chess Collection series which saw every issue contain a magazine and a chess piece themed around a different character. The magazine was a handbook style profile of the revelant character. Three total sets were released, Heroes vs. Villains, X-Men and Spider-Man. The Marvel Chess Collection is a fantastic series offering the comic fan and chess lover alike the chance to collect a unique chess set, featuring some of the greatest and most loved Marvel characters! Eaglemoss Marvel chess pieces are a great way to collect functional figurines of your favorite Marvel heroes and villains. With dozens of figurines to chose from, collectors can assemble the perfect chess set for their game room and have a piece of craftsmanship worthy of display. Each piece is made of a high-quality lead-free metallic resin, and they’re fairly weightly and robust. The first piece will look familiar if you also got the Fact Files issues from Eaglemoss, as Spidey’s pose is identical to the statue from that set. This is a little disappointing, and I instantly thought that each one will be a carbon copy of the statues you got with MFF. Thankfully this isn’t the case. All the other figures I’ve seen so far have different poses and styles. All-in-all, as an introduction to the game of chess The Marvel Chess Collection is pretty good. You get an easy to understand and informative guide to the game that offers some solid advice, with a good visual display of what it’s explaining. From a comicbook geek perspective, this isn’t a bad set in terms of collections, but it’s missing characters that I would deem a must-have where it comes to the Marvel universe as a whole.