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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. 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 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?

    3. 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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    4. 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.

    5. 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).

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

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

  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.

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

    Who needs this? We have Frag. :-)

  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 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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    2. 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.

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

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

  10. 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!

  11. 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.

  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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. 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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  16. Penny Arcade Reference by Adrian+De+Leon · · Score: 2, Funny

    You knew someone would post one.


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

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

  18. 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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