Superfight (Product Review)

Can the three stories tall United Nations who can shoot lasers from their eyes beat in a fight the Secret Agent who has sticky bombs and can run 200mph but only in a straight line? Will Chuck Norris in a tank with the ability to shoot blinding light from his hands beat Canada, the top half whom are Spartans and can steal abilities with a touch? All of this and more (including a fainting goat that really needs to pee) can be debated, argued and more in Superfight, an epic card game about pitting impossible characters in impossible scenarios.

Cue epic showdown.

Pick the player who goes first then the person to their left is the first opponent. The first player draws three white cards which are characters and three black cards which are abilities. They pick one of each and put them face down, the rest get discarded and the second player does the same. Then both players draw another black card which they must use. The players reveal and then the fight begins. Each player must argue why their character would win and then after much deliberation, the table votes. The winner continues the fight while the loser discards their character and the next person in line becomes the new opponent. The winning player gets a point, and if their character wins three fights in a row, the character becomes ‘retired’. In the event of a tie of votes, both players draw a single white card and those two characters must fight each other with no abilities, this continues until there is a winner.

It’s a lot of fun and the combinations can be hilarious and broken at the same time. Some characters can be so overpowered (hence the retiring rule) but even then, something might come along to knock them off their pedestal. Some are downright dumb and useless, while others are legitimately debatable. We got into a fifteen minute debate about wether fifty giant squid that could spit neurotoxin could beat a hundred dragons that could create holograms of themselves. Although the opponents are supposed to argue for their characters, we found that the whole table got involved, which made the experience so much more enjoyable.

Superfight is what I wanted Cards Against Humanity to be. I found CAH just too much of a competition on who could be the worst person in the room. Superfight is inspiring and creates amazing discussions between friends all the while giving everyone a laugh.

You can order the colossal 500 card starter deck from their website for $35USD. You might also like to look for it on other sites, i.e. Thinkgeek.