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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. 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.

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

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