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Warcraft Boardgame Planned

Posted by simoniker on from the orcs-thrilled-at-news dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out that Fantasy Flight Games have announced a boardgame version of the seminal Warcraft videogames. Fantasy Flight are particularly known for their Lord Of The Rings and Dragonball Z licensed boardgames, as well as the Game Of Thrones CCG and the Legends & Lairs and Dragonstar lines for the d20 System. Gameplay details and artwork aren't yet forthcoming, but the press release claims the boardgame of the classic RTS series, due in time for Xmas 2003, will feature "..innovative designs [that] will portray the real-time strategy element of the computer games and make time itself a resource."

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  1. Too much focus on time? by Shishio · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They may be "particularly known" for their other games (Dragon Ball Z, the board game?!), but WarCraft 3 seems like a pretty decent choice for a board game. I just hope they don't make it overly time dependant, being able to walk away from a board game for a little while is a great feature. I probably wouldn't have made it through some nights without being able to pause WarCraft to get some caffeine and a little food.

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  2. Blah... by sevensharpnine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So after a large story about Blizzard canning the Freecraft project, the editors follow-up with an advertisement for Blizzard's fucking board game? What next, stories about how evil the MPAA is followed up with "news" about the LoTR and Matrix releases?

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