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In a future without energy scarcity, an ancient yet advanced Gateway has been discovered in independent space. Rock Manor Games  is thrilled to announce that the solo, co-op, and competitive 1-4 player board game StarDriven Gateway, will be launching on Gamefound on   October 1st .  We’re commemorating the launch with an animated Saturday Morning cartoon style video to give everyone a taste of the world. The StarDriven universe was originally conceived on a long drive to the Origins Expo over 5 years ago by Todd Walsh ( Set a Watch  series) and Mike Gnade ( Maximum Apocalypse ,  Lawyer Up ). StarDriven: Gateway is the first of 3 planned games in the universe and features incredibly unique and innovative gameplay that thrusts players into the role of commanding the Crew of a Starship. Unlike most games in the genre, each Crew card is unique and your ship is controlled by assigning them to the individual stations. With the discovery of ancient advanced technology, time is ticking for

X-Treme X-Men #6 - You Can't Go Home Again, Part 1 Review

X-Treme X-Men #6 Review

Cover - 5/5

- Would I pick-up the comic based on the cover alone? Are the alternate covers appealing? Does the cover portray what happens in the issue?

Art - 4/5

- Do I personally like this artist's style? Does the artist stay true to the characters appearance?

Colors/Ink/Lettering - 4/5

- Does the work blend well with the artist? Is the coloring/inking enjoyable and easy to distinguish what's happening? Can I easily read the lettering?

Layout/Flow - 5/5

- Does the layout of the issue make it easy to read? Does the issue have a good flow of the plot and keep me engaged?

Story - 5/5

- Weighted Triple. How well did the issue further develop the current story? How well did the issue further develop the characters? Did I enjoy reading the issue?



Verdict - 4.7

- I enjoy a good alternate reality book, and X-Treme X-Men so far hasn't disappointed. Similar to Exiles before it we find the team going from universe to universe trying to prevent it's destruction, only this time the mission is to simply kill each Xavier. Nightcrawler has always been one of my favorite characters and anytime I see him on the cover I'm thrilled. I'm not sure what was wrong with the art this time, but it appeared they were going for an Æon Flux feel. While I like the cartoon, I don't think it fits this comic. Overall this was a good issue. We see from X-Treme X-Men #5 that Nightcrawler has ported himself back to his home universe. We also get some insight of what happened and what caused him to port himself out of his universe in the first place. It seems that Danger and the rest of the robots of his world have taken control and humans are now almost extinct. We also see Head Xavier's ultimate motivation is to stop his alternate selves no matter the cost, when the rest of the team wants to go rescue Kurt, he refuses and stays behind. We will have to wait and see how that plays out, and if Kurt and the others make it out alive.

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