In motion, expect Company of Heroes Board Game to involve building and upgrading units on the fly with the help of some rather dense-looking sideboards. I’ve written about the pitfalls of porting video games directly to the tabletop in the past, and tend to prefer games that go in a different direction. Instead, it’s being billed as a direct port of the original video game. It’s worth noting that this is not your usual tabletop strategy game. As such, there are a myriad of options and add-ons available, and not all of the stretch goals will arrive with every version of the game. The game is already designed, and backers are being asked to help with production. Like many modern board games on Kickstarter, this is more of a pre-order than anything else. Just scroll down past the video in the header, which is actually a lengthy paid advertisement. The campaign page includes a few actual-play videos, so you know what the game actually plays like before it shows up on your doorstep. For $65 you get the two-player core set, but for $99 you get all four factions plus a host of extra stretch goals. The game itself looks pretty slick, and the price points are fairly low considering what you get in the box. This time they’ve got the full support of Sega, the owner of the Company of Heroes license. Bad Crow Gamesįast forward to this year, and Bad Crow is back with another project. A mock-up of the core products and upgrades on offer in the Company of Heroes Board Game Kickstarter campaign. The final product has decent ratings online, but proper reviews are few and far between. The campaign was ultimately successful, but ended up costing backers more after production delays and shipping complications. Its Armored Core RTS tabletop game dropped its license mid-campaign, becoming Mech Command RTS instead. With less than 24 hours left in the campaign, the project is fully funded and has already unlocked tons of stretch goals.ĭeveloper and publisher Bad Crow Games is best remembered for its unusual Kickstarter campaign that made headlines in 2016. An ambitious new Kickstarter project, titled Company of Heroes Board Game, wants to bring that World War II-themed action to the tabletop. Sega’s original Company of Heroes is an exceptional real-time strategy game.
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