Kickstarter from the board game Resident Evil is your very own survival horror game

Steamforged Games is producing a third Resident Evil board game in cooperation with Capcom, this time based on the 2002 remake of the original video game. Resident Evil: The Board Game It will be funded via crowdfunding on Kickstarter starting October 26 and will include options for the base game, as well as a variety of accessories and expansions. Polygon has the first details on how the game will work and how the all-new 16-day crowdfunding campaign will change what’s included in the final product.

Steamforged is a British company co-founded by Mat Hart, a veteran of the video game industry. Thanks to that background, Hart was able to forge a partnership with Capcom. This is the fifth game from your company based on publisher licenses, which include Resident Evil 2: The Board Game, Resident Evil 3: The Board Game, Devil May Cry: The Bloody Palace, and Monster Hunter: World – The Board Game.

As in the video game, in Resident Evil: The Board Game Players will take on the role of members of the Rescue and Special Tactics Service (STARS) who end up stranded in a mysterious mansion filled with deadly monsters. Cooperative play will include both combat and exploration. the resident Evil The board game will use the same trigger type and combat mechanics as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3. But instead of prescribed scenarios, players will explore a randomized version of the video game’s iconic mansion, something like a more thematic and tactical version of the Avalon Hill classic. Betrayal at House on the Hill.

“On [the] resident Evil [board game]You have a very small starting area, and you have doors that lead into that, ”designer Sherwin Matthews told Polygon. “You don’t know what’s behind them. When you get there, you draw an exploration card and then fill in the next tiles that you may have found. So you never know exactly what awaits you around the corner, both in terms of enemies and exploring the map. “

Additionally, as players rescue multiple STARS members, those characters will not sit idly by in the main hallway as they do in the video game. Instead, Steamforged has fully automated its behaviors. They could go out on their own missions, search for supplies, or try to secure an alternate escape route for the larger team.

“There’s a constant idea that the camera is on you,” Williams said, “but that doesn’t mean things don’t happen elsewhere in the mansion.”

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The crowdfunding campaign will include an optional retro pack, which will replace the base game components with art and resources inspired by the original 1996 classic. Two game expansions will also be revealed when the campaign launches, each with much more boss miniatures. big ones to deal with, not unlike those seen in the expansions of Dark Souls: The Board Game and Horizon Zero Dawn – The Board Game. Additional bonus objectives will also be unlocked based on community feedback, through what Steamforged calls a “choice-driven” campaign.

“We are going to try to emulate with the sponsors and with us at Steamforged, exploring the mansion together as part of what we go,” Williams said. “We are going to have a continuous narrative throughout the process. [Expect] many, many significant decisions by sponsors to determine where we go, what we unlock, and how we explore and discover things. “

Ultimately, Williams said, the additional accessories and expansions that are unlocked will also depend on which members of the STARS team survive until the end of the campaign.

Like other Steamforged products before it, an option to make a late commit is likely available from a service like Backerkit. There will also likely be a full retail launch, as is the launch of Resident Evil 3: The Board Game, which hits the retail market on October 21.

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