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Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com—and let us know what you think.

Determining the best “MOBA”-style video game in the genre is a tough call—and, weirdly, so is deciding which one pumps out the craziest merchandise. These games each contain dozens of characters—which teammates must pick and choose from before engaging in five-on-five online combat—and they offer all kinds of merchandise options. It’s not just figurines, dolls, and T-shirts, which typically focus on a single, favorite hero; characters also team up in, for example, comic books or virtual reality showcases.

In the case of League of Legends, one of the most popular video games in the world, the characters go one bigger by teaming up for a freaking board game.