Skyrim board game reserved for pre-order, check out an exclusive preview


Skyrim it is porting itself to a new format: board games. Modiphius Entertainment, creator of The Elder Scrolls miniature game and Fallout board games, will release The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim – The Adventure Game in 2022, and Polygon has an exclusive preview.

The game’s multiple narrative campaigns, say its creators, will offer new insights into Skyrimstory, including a prequel to the events of the video game. Skyrim – The Adventure Game It will be uploaded for preorder Tuesday on the new Gamefound platform. The final product, which is also destined for a retail launch, could arrive with sponsors next spring.

Skyrim – The Adventure Game It is a tabletop experience for 1-5 players, working together cooperatively in sessions lasting between 60 and 90 minutes each. Players take on the role of one of six characters, each based on an iconic fantasy run from The Elder Scrolls series: Altmer, Dunmer, Imperial, Khajiit, Nord, and Orsimer. Each comes with its own unique set of powers and affinities, which in turn provide the game with its gameplay diversity.

A representation of the main game, which includes two sideboards representing the player's characters, their equipment, and abilities.

Image: Modiphius Entertainment

“Imagine you’re climbing the face of a six-sided pyramid,” Modiphius founder Chris Birch said in an interview, “and we’re all climbing to the top; a grand finale. But in my pyramid, I can go up on the right, I can go up on the left, I can go up through the center. So I have multiple options to get to the top of my version of the story with my style of play. But there are six other sides. “

Skyrim – The Adventure Game It can be played as a unique experience, focusing on a selection of thematic scenarios, but the big draws are its two extensive campaigns, each with three chapters. Driving the narrative is a deck of about 600 cards, which can grow to about 700 cards depending on the expansions you add. They include all the missions and plot elements available in the game. The deck itself is semi-permanent, requiring players to consistently add, remove, and rearrange cards from game to game.

Ultimately, Birch said, the deck becomes a record of your personal history with the game. The decisions you make early will have consequences throughout the campaign. Kill the Jarl of Whiterun, for example, and he’ll be dead the next time you play. But Birch emphasized that this is not a legacy style game and does not require the destruction of any original components. The full experience can be easily restored by adding cards that were removed again in the game.

Box renderings for Skyrim - The Adventure Game, From the Ashes and Dawnguard Expansions, and Deluxe Miniatures Set.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim – The Adventure Game will offer two expansions and a deluxe miniature set during its Gamefound campaign.
Image: Modiphius Entertainment

Like many mechanics in board games, this is not a novel system. Fantasy Flight Games used the concept to great effect in Fall, published in 2017. Also The seventh continent, The award-winning cosmic horror and exploration game from Serious Poulp. But Modiphius says it will have multiple decks that operate on the same principle, including a stack of Blades agents. These powerful characters enter the world semi-randomly, and if players allow themselves to be killed, they will leave until the box is reset.

The world of Tamriel, where all of The Elder Scrolls video games are set, has a rich history spanning thousands of years. Skyrim – The Adventure Game similarly it has its place in that timeline.

“The first campaign is 25 years earlier [the events of the video game]”Said game designer Juan Echenique,” so you meet some of the [non-player characters] from Skyrim, but 25 years earlier, when they were a young adventurer and then they got an arrow to the knee, and it happens! The second campaign begins before the arrival of Dragonborn and then ends after the arrival of Dragonborn. Then you can see all the events that Dragonborn causes. You’ll come across the Dragonborn, he’s just a different character, and it’s really fun to see that from afar. “

The base game will cost £ 82 ($ 112) at Gamefound, while Modiphius is targeting around £ 100 ($ 137) for the final retail version, Birch said. Fans with access to a gaming PC will be able to take Skyrim – The Adventure Game for a test drive thanks to a demo version coming soon Table simulator.

Birch noted that Skyrim – The Adventure Game It was originally expected to cost a lot less to produce, with a starting price of around £ 68 for the Gamefound edition. However, the current global logistics crisis, which is creating difficulties in the tabletop industry, has pushed up the price. However, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Skyrim, the first 2,011 backers will be able to get their copy for the originally expected Price € 68.

“Once they’re gone,” Birch said, “they’re gone.”

Birch said there will also be a luxury level for £ 220 ($ 300), which includes all the expansions, as well as a full complement of plastic miniatures, a deluxe neoprene playmat and a set of metal Septim coins to replace the cardboard counters that come in the box. Standard Edition.

Skyrim It remains one of the most ported games of all time, with versions available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, as well as the Nintendo Switch and virtual reality headsets. An anniversary edition is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X on November 11. We asked Birch if Bethesda Softworks creator Todd Howard in particular was excited about the franchise making the jump to board games.

“I know he loved our miniature game because he wanted to find someone to paint it,” Birch said, referring to others. Skyrim-themed board game, The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms. “So I think they seem very happy about it.”


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