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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.

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  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. 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      I believe they're trying to reach those with outdated computers.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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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."

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

    You knew someone would post one.


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

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