Orcs Must Die! Board Game Announced
Orcs Must Die! brought us a fresh take on tower defense games back in 2011. Now it’s sequel is coming to a tabletop near you!
Orcs Must Die! brought us a fresh take on tower defense games back in 2011. Instead of being a top-down strategy game like most tower defenses, OMD was a third-person action game where you constructed various traps and barricades to help fend off the green tide attempting to destroy your magical Rift.
The franchise’s next installment is a team-based competitive MOBA called Orcs Must Die! Unchained, and this particular entry into the series is branching out into the realm of board games as well. Orcs Must Die! The Boardgame! was announced over the weekend at PAX East and will be a collaboration with the OMD developers Robot Entertainment and Petersen Games.
Actually, Orcs Must Die! The Boardgame! is three different board games. The game will come in two sets: Order and Unchained. On their own, Order and Unchained are cooperative tower defense board games for up to four players. However, the really cool part is that the two sets can be combined to form a 4v4 competitive game, much like the upcoming Unchained MOBA video game.
The game will be coming to Kickstarter in the near future, but no specific date has been announced yet. Expected board game contents are as follows, but are subject to change based on the Kickstarter campaign:
The core game of Orcs Must Die: Order – the boardgame, includes:
- Player sheets (4)
- The War Camp
- Map Tiles: 16 large die-cut tiles
- Custom Dice: 10 black Battle dice , 2 red Fire dice, 2 blue Lightning dice, 2 purple Arcane dice, 2 white Frost dice, 1 green Healing die
- Cards: Weapon Cards (12), Item Cards (54), Trap Cards (36), Monster Cards (64)
- Skulls (60)
- An assortment of die-cut tokens
- At least 43 figures, including 4 heroes (War Mage, Ivy, Master, Sorceress), 10 Orcs, 8 Crossbow Orcs, 7 Kobolds, 2 Hobgoblin Shamans, 7 Hunters, 3 Trolls, and 2 Ogres.
The core game of Orcs Must Die: Unchained – the boardgame, includes:
- Player sheets (4)
- The War Camp
- Map Tiles: 16 large die-cut tiles (not the same as in the Order game)
- Custom Dice: 10 black Battle dice , 2 red Fire dice, 2 blue Lightning dice, 2 purple Arcane dice, 2 white Frost dice, 1 green Healing die
- Cards: Weapon Cards (12), Item Cards (54), Trap Cards (36), Monster Cards (64) (again, these cards are different from the ones in the Order game)
- Skulls (60)
- An assortment of die-cut tokens
- At least 43 figures, including 4 heroes (Kobold King, Blackpaw, Ball & Chain, Midnight), 10 Soldiers, 8 Crossbowmen, 7 Satyrs, 2 Elf Wizardresses, 7 Lions, 3 Armored Grizzlies, and 2 Giants.
Any Orcs Must Die! fans around here?
