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Doom - The Board Game Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the board-game-modding-ahoy dept.

Thanks to Gaming Report for its coverage of Fantasy Flight Games' announcement of Doom: The Board Game at the GAMA Trade Show. According to the info sheet reprinted in the story: "Doom: The Board Game will include scores of sculpted plastic miniatures, specialized oversized dice, board piece for players to make their own custom maps, and enough weapons to drive back the legions of Hell." Fantasy Flight are also responsible for the previously discussed Warcraft board game, and this new Doom board game, which "incorporates graphics and themes from the upcoming Doom 3", is apparently "scheduled for an October release and is to retail for $39.95." GamingReport also has a number of other stories on new products being launched at GAMA.

75 comments

  1. WOW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on, I want my Mario Board Game Already!

    You encounter a strange mushroom, do you:

    1. eat it

    2. throw it

    3. jump on it

    Oh, no a Goomba appears from the dark! Do you:

    1. eat it

    2. throw it

    3. kump on it

    1. Re:WOW by trompete · · Score: 2, Funny

      I actually have the Mario Bros board game someplace at home. It was so bad that I didn't even like it when I was 6 years old. You couldn't even sell that thing at a garage sale. Maybe I'll just keep it until 2030 when some crazy fuck on EBay will buy it for $200 as a "classic".

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  2. Can't see it working... by Singletoned · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'd have thought that the people who like Doom, like it because it was, once upon a time, quite an exciting FPS. It's not as if it has a rich universe with plenty of backstory to make use of.

    1. Re:Can't see it working... by RealityMogul · · Score: 3, Interesting

      What does a storyline have to do with a board game? The rags to riches "storyline" of Monopoly didn't really make the game the hit that it is/was.

    2. Re:Can't see it working... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yeah, most of its story was in the booklet...

    3. Re:Can't see it working... by Singletoned · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It might be a good game, but in that case it would be a good game whether it were Doom or SuperKillKill...

      I'm saying there doesn't appear to be any point in making a Doom game. Why not create something new?

    4. Re:Can't see it working... by crackshoe · · Score: 4, Informative

      It had enough 'backstory' (i lied, it didn't) to make up at least 2 novels. really -- i have em.

      too lazy for html linkage
      http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/deta il/-/0671 52562X/qid=1079629050/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-677186 2-0979112?v=glance&s=books

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    5. Re:Can't see it working... by fredrikj · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I haven't read those novels myself, but from what I've heard, they're beyond bad.

    6. Re:Can't see it working... by ziggles · · Score: 2, Interesting

      They're not exactly great literature but they are a quick and enjoyable read. Apparently the 112 people who reviewed the book at amazon agree (4.5/5 rating average).

    7. Re:Can't see it working... by Sloppy · · Score: 4, Insightful
      I'd have thought that the people who like Doom, like it because it was, once upon a time, quite an exciting FPS.
      Well of course "Exciting FPS" is part of it, but there's more. Doom had a cool "feel". If you take the exact same game mechanics and change all the graphics and setting, the game would be less interesting.

      What's the magic feel of Doom? Fireball-throwing imps in computer rooms, that's what! Creeping through the dark nervously holding a shotgun while hearing the growl of demons all around you. Doom's imagery was exquisite.

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    8. Re:Can't see it working... by fredrikj · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Almost everything on Amazon has a rating between 4 and 5, though.

    9. Re:Can't see it working... by crackshoe · · Score: 1

      when i bought the books (i think i was in middle school at the time, and doom was hot shit (i was on a mac, so i was a while behind the world), i really enjoyed the books. they were junk food, quick, easy, and temporarily satisfying.

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  3. WTF? by bsharitt · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can understand RPG or even strategy games being made into board games, but and fast paced shooter? I think they'll end up with a completely unrelated game with Doom images.

    1. Re:WTF? by Scooter · · Score: 1

      I think you've just about summed it up :)

      This kind of "huh?" type game conversion is not new: pinball machines anyone? The pinball formula seemed to be to take any old pinball machine and affix pictures from the subject film/game etc. I mean come on - "Lord Of the Rings: the pinball machine" ?!?

      I'm sure Doom the board game is Ludo or something with backgrounds from "The Shores of Hell"

    2. Re:WTF? by Aelfy · · Score: 1

      Have you ever played Zombies!!!?

      That pretty much is a tabletop FPS. Fast turns, simple rules and hordes of flesh-eaters out for your brains. Its not exactly a hugely tactical game, but neither are most FPS games.

  4. Come on, it's your turn! by Rallion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Roll the damn dice already! Stop slowing down the fast-paced FPS action!

    Just seems like a stupid idea. No fun in it. Why not just...buy Doom 3 or play the original?

    1. Re:Come on, it's your turn! by irokitt · · Score: 3, Funny

      I believe they're trying to reach those with outdated computers. After all, not everyone has a 1 GHz processor and a GeForce 3.
      /sarcasm

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    2. Re:Come on, it's your turn! by CVaneg · · Score: 1
      Why not just...buy Doom 3 or play the original?

      Well, when you're playing the board game, anyone can kick (or punch) other players for inducing too much lag into the game, without having to wait for an admin to do it for them.

    3. Re:Come on, it's your turn! by LGagnon · · Score: 1

      With the amount of power Doom 3 might require, some of us won't have the game going any faster on our computers.

    4. Re:Come on, it's your turn! by Rallion · · Score: 1

      Bah, with an MX card I probably won't have it going at all.

      Hey, it was cheap. I'm poor. Leave me alone.

    5. Re:Come on, it's your turn! by !3ren · · Score: 1

      Deathmatch can be more than you expect in a boardgame

  5. Frag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Who needs this? We have Frag. :-)

    1. Re:Frag by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Redundant? For being the first mention? Right below the parent post is another link to Frag, yet that gets an Interesting.

  6. Try this for something similar... by oldManSquad · · Score: 2, Informative
    If you like the idea of this try Frag.

    Though sadly looks out of print...

    1. Re:Try this for something similar... by mwheeler01 · · Score: 1

      Frag was slanted more towards simulation the death match aspect, this seems to be slanted more towards the single player if it includes "scores" of miniature, Frag was fun but could get old quickly, I'm wondering what kind of replay value this will have.

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    2. Re:Try this for something similar... by thebosz · · Score: 4, Informative
      FRAG was a great game! With a couple of friends (4 was pretty good, but it had rules for up to 12 at once) it was awesome. I feel it perfectly distilled the feeling of a deathmatch down to board game form.

      The turns went fast and so the action never slowed down. The best part was rolling the dice. It used D6's and you rolled the number equal to the damage on the weapon you were using. The person who you were shooting rolled the amount equal to his/her armor. Divide the armor into the damage and that's how many hitpoints the guy just lost.

      Nothing's better than having the nuke (12D6) with the quad-damage (x4) for a total of 48 dice worth of damage! The guy didn't even bother to roll for defense.

      There are a lot of variations that include height, terrain and other stuff like that. If you see this game at your store, pick it up, along with the two expansions. It's definitely worth it!

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    3. Re:Try this for something similar... by Ondo · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you see this game at your store, pick it up, along with the two expansions.

      In addition to the two expansions, there's Frag PvP, an expansion based on the comic, and Frag Deadlands, a stand-alone game that can be combined with the original.

      The homepage at www.sjgames.com/Frag, and has the rules in PDF form, and some fan-created variants.

    4. Re:Try this for something similar... by thebosz · · Score: 1
      Have you tried those two? I've never heard too much about Deadlands, so it didn't look to exciting to me. What about PvP Frag? Does it add anything good?

      I only said the two expansions because Pvp and Deadlands weren't expansions so much as supplements.

      For anyone interested, there are a couple of people selling Frag on eBay. (In fact, ones going for $30+! Wow! Maybe I should sell mine. ;) )

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  7. BFG by trompete · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You pull out your BFG and instantly vaporize everybody else on the board. Game over.

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    1. Re:BFG by Torgo's+Pizza · · Score: 1

      Hmmm... according to the rules, using the BFG involves flipping the board over, sending the pieces flying and then running home crying to mommy.

  8. sound like space hulk by truffle · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sounds a lot like Space Hulk, one of the many enjoyable miniature games from Games Workshop.

    I wonder if they'll have a CTF mode? :)

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  9. ohhhhh boy. by prala · · Score: 1

    Civilization I totally understand, but....yeah. This sounds like not at all fun.

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  10. The Doom Comic by fredrikj · · Score: 5, Informative

    This better not be anything like the Doom comic in quality.

  11. Kill hellish creatures with guns and chainsaws? by Tofino · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Kill hellish creatures with guns and chainsaws? It's already been done in a great board game ("Zombies!!!"). This Doom board game is just going to try to ride the Doom name to a 30% premium over what it's likely worth. Fantasy Flight is really disappointing in the last while.

    The full list of new games is quite interesting. Twilight Creations is coming out with "All Wound Up", a board game featuring WIND UP TOYS. A new edition of Kobolds Ate My Baby! The fun never stops!

  12. ill give it a go i guess by tokaok · · Score: 1

    i own the warcraft board game, its actually pretty good, so i might try this one out at my local game shop.

  13. Here's how it works by NickFusion · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Doom is a well established brand.

    What can one do with a well established brand? Use it to sell new products by expanding the product line.

    How does it usually go down?

    1) The Quick Buck. Slap the brand name on any old piece of dreck, and shove it out the door. Short term profit, but long term damage to the brand.

    2) The Smart Move. Create a new and interesting product that shares enough of the characteristics of the original product to legitimately claim the relationship, and leverage the power of the brand name to build a market for the new and interesting product. Short term profit, long term profit, and a boost to the brand image.

    Yeah, you get a lot of #1. But #2 is a much better strategy.

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    1. Re:Here's how it works by crazyaxemaniac · · Score: 3, Informative

      For instance Nintendo bought Doki Doki Panic years ago and rebranded it as Super Mario Brothers 2.

      That's a pretty good example of #2.

    2. Re:Here's how it works by Ayaress · · Score: 1

      Actually, it's a blatant example of #1. They took an unheard-of (in th US anyway) brand, replaced it with a world-famous brand, and whored it out to the masses. The same goes for most of the non-platformer Mario games - Dr. Mario was just rebranding a Tetris variant with the Mario name, for example. Mario Golf, maybe Super Smash Brothers, and the Mario RPG games would fall into #2, though.

  14. Is this as laughable... by irokitt · · Score: 1

    As the rumors of a Doom movie?

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    1. Re:Is this as laughable... by fredrikj · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Though a Doom movie hasn't reached production stages, the rumors aren't entirely groundless.

  15. Can't they just make a crappy movie instead? by GeorgeH · · Score: 4, Funny

    This seems about as smart an idea as Monopoly: The First Person Shooter.

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    1. Re: Can't they just make a crappy movie instead? by superultra · · Score: 1

      This seems about as smart an idea as Monopoly: The First Person Shooter.

      Sshh! Don't give the Electronic Arts lead designer lurkers any ideas!

    2. Re: Can't they just make a crappy movie instead? by misuba · · Score: 1
      This seems about as smart an idea as Monopoly: The First Person Shooter.

      I think I might play that one. "Some damnable New Jersey residents' association is trying to block you from building a hotel in their neighborhood. They're like terrorists! Grab your M16 and get busy!"

      Seriously, it just underscores the fact that games in different media should be different. The irony is that if Doom: the Board Game comes out and doesn't play much like a(n) FPS, everybody here is going to rag on it for that.

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    3. Re: Can't they just make a crappy movie instead? by LordLucless · · Score: 1

      Hah! Let's see, I own three munitions dumps, so that's...$200! Pay up!

      *** Community Chest ****

      Your hotels have just been the victims of a drive-by shooting. Pay $400 to dispose of the bodies hygenically.

      Needless to say, I'd be the battleship. That boot's had it coming for a long time.

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  16. Please, anything but Zombies!!! by Mr.Mustard · · Score: 3, Informative
    Zombies!!! has all of the bits you need to play a decent game, assuming you decide to throw out the rules that came with it.

    The quicker play rules that can be found on board game geek tries to reform Zombies!!! into something fun.

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  17. Cool by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't wait until they make a PC version of this. I already have Star Wars Chess and Star Wars Monopoly for my PC, and now I'm looking forward to Star Wars Doom!

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    1. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Um....Star Wars: Dark Forces was an FPS powered by the Doom engine. So yeah, it actually exists.

    2. Re:Cool by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 1

      Actually no, just for the record, it wasn't the Doom engine.

  18. Your turn to roll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I bet that by dice they mean coin, and it has either "run" or "shoot."

  19. Penny Arcade Reference by Adrian+De+Leon · · Score: 2, Funny

    You knew someone would post one.


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  20. BFG figure by superpulpsicle · · Score: 1

    I can imagine the plastic figure with the BFG.

    Move 4 spaces to forward.

    Move 3 spaces to forward.

    Move 4 spaces and fire BFG.

    Rip board to pieces. You win.

  21. Hey by Q-Mont · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hear that they are taking pre-orders for Duke Nukem Forever- the board game.

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  22. How about the VIDEO GAME? by NIN1385 · · Score: 1

    Who gives a damn about a stupid board game, there is only one board game that matters, and it will always be chess. When are we going to see the actual game...WITH the NIN soundtrack!?!?!?

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    1. Re:How about the VIDEO GAME? by sYn+pHrEAk · · Score: 1

      Trent stopped working on the project the middle of last year. There will be no NIN soundtrack.

    2. Re:How about the VIDEO GAME? by sYn+pHrEAk · · Score: 1

      Oh, and I'm pretty sure Chris Vrenna has taken over.

      That could be wrong, though.

    3. Re:How about the VIDEO GAME? by NIN1385 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, I had heard something about him stopping it. But I still want the video game.

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  23. Duke Nukem Forever by mopslik · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hear they've just completed the DNF board game too. It's an empty box.

  24. Well not much of a difference by Foo2rama · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since the original Doom was basically 2d anyway.

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  25. doom bored game by kaens · · Score: 1

    doom the computer game was fun.

    doom the board game would suck, mainly because you wont be seeing all the demon's guts fly out as you shoot them.....and you're not sitting in front of a monitor.

    PC/Console games being converted to board and vice versa almost never work out well. anyone remember the AD&D games for the NES?

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    1. Re:doom bored game by Quill_28 · · Score: 1

      umm... but I think alot of people would argue that many of the D&D games on the PC were quite good.

      I am thinking Neverwinter Nights, Bladgur's Gate, Pool of Radiance(the 1st one).

      And the DragonLance series.

      I'm sure there are others I am missing.

    2. Re:doom bored game by kaens · · Score: 1

      hmm ive never played any of those. to be honest, i havent done much PC gaming at all.

      but you must admit that the NES ones sucked.

      and also that doom the board game will suck the hunkey chunkey wangy tangy moose cock.

      ive heard many good things about Neverwinter Nights, but i was not aware that it is a D&D game.....

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    3. Re:doom bored game by kaens · · Score: 1

      oh yes and the Dragon Lance books were quite good, quite good indeed.

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    4. Re:doom bored game by Quill_28 · · Score: 1

      > but you must admit that the NES ones sucked

      Actually I never played the NES version, but I will take your word for it.

  26. Still waiting for the movie by Rysc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'd seriously like to see a Doom movie. It would feature:

    * No girl, no romance
    * lots of guns, lots of gore
    * only one human alive after the first 10 minutes

    The plot would be Doomish: Silent-type hero, in high-tech/secret/hidden facility (scientific? military? Maybe some of both!) when Something Goes Horribly Wrong. Men become zombies, forces of hell are unleashed. WHATEVER. Insert B-plot device here! Hero grabs some guns and ammo (and you KNOW they're just lying around... it's that sort of facility). He then proceeds to try and get out, mostly by shooting everything that moves. There would be lots of sweating, lots of dark rooms and flickery lights. There would also be no small amount of freaky monsters/mutations/etc.

    I can picture the setting, the direction... all of it. The only part I can't decide on is the plot, but that would not need to be much more than the actual Doom plot.

    With all of the games that are becoming films these days, it might even get backing. if it were taken seriously and done as a straight action flick, it might even be good.

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    1. Re:Still waiting for the movie by AnotherFreakboy · · Score: 1

      What do you mean can't figure out the plot??? You just wrote it in the previous paragraph.

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    2. Re:Still waiting for the movie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I saw that movie.

      It sucked.

    3. Re:Still waiting for the movie by Rysc · · Score: 1

      I know the general outline, but specifics are harder. /Who/ is the hero? /Why/ does what goes wrong go wrong? /Where/ is this facility and what are they doing? /What/ kind of monsters are there? /How/ is it that only Our Hero survives whatever got the rest of the people?

      I don't imagine these things matter much to the concept, but it's essential that one makes up something good and believable, otehrwise the movie is just crap.

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    4. Re:Still waiting for the movie by Rysc · · Score: 1

      Event Horizon only has two things in common with a potential Doom movie of the sort I was imagining: It's dark and people die. That's not very close at all.

      Where are the loads of freakish monsters the audience feels no remorse seing destroyed? Where are the massive number of guns which one intrepid and monumentally lucky action hero uses to blast his way to safety?

      And then there's the ship: It's dark, but not dank, the lights don't flicker enough, there are not enough twisty passageways and (oh yeah!) monsters don't jump out from around every corner and attack you.

      What's more, there are way too many people in Event Horizon. By the time any Doom movie is 10 minutes in, there should be basically one guy alive, and the entire movie from then on would be him shooting stuff.

      No, it's really nothing alike.

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  27. Doom3 beta2 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is in alt.binaries.cd.image.games right now.

  28. I hope im not the only one who remembes the Novels by cyrax777 · · Score: 1

    Doom Novels by Dafydd ab Hugh http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0671 52562X/qid=1079678758/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/103-152740 5-4734269?v=glance&s=books

  29. Sounds like... by Lithium_Golem · · Score: 1

    Looking at the info page, it sounds to me like an old game called Hero Quest (Milton Bradley made it, Hasbro bought MB, game is out of print, hard to find an offical link). Hero Quest had a series of dungeon rooms that players wandered through collecting weapons/treasure and killing monsters. I can see the DOOM game being similar, except without any kind of game master.