{"id":203403,"date":"2021-02-26T22:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/new-bloodstone-board-games-mechanics-influences-explained\/"},"modified":"2021-02-26T22:25:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T22:25:42","slug":"new-bloodstone-board-games-mechanics-influences-and-more-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/26\/new-bloodstone-board-games-mechanics-influences-and-more-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bloodstone Board Game’s Mechanics, Influences, and More Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Druid City Games’ James Hudson has high hopes\u00a0for\u00a0Bloodstone<\/strong><\/em>, a new arena combat board game that hit Kickstarter on Tuesday. Kickstarter has revolutionized the way board games are developed and pitched, but the landscape is competitive\u00a0to say the least. Hudson’s plans for Bloodstone\u00a0<\/em>are perhaps doubly ambitious, as\u00a0Skybound Entertainment is\u00a0not only pitching a new board game<\/a>, but an entire fictional universe. “We’re launching a franchise. The plan is three board games, three novels,” Hudson said in a press\u00a0meet with Game Rant. Things are off to a promising start, as Bloodstone<\/em> hit its funding goal in just four hours, but time will tell if the Bloodstone\u00a0<\/em>universe has the staying power to become a new tabletop sensation.<\/p>\n

At its core,\u00a0Bloodstone <\/em>is an\u00a0arena combat board game that mixes elements of role-playing, tactical card play, and a whole lot of dice rolling. The game can be played solo, competitively, or cooperatively, and is set in a dark fantasy universe where heroic champions have been imprisoned and forced to engage in gladiatorial combat for the amusement of onlookers. Vanira, an evil sorceress, forces them to fight in a coliseum in a live-die-repeat scenario by commanding the power of the titular Bloodstone, an artifact that allows her to raise\u00a0the recently slain from the dead. It’s a premise that draws heavily from the video games that inspired it, and one that also stands to compete with board games based on\u00a0video\u00a0game franchises<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The game is currently, and exclusively, available on Kickstarter at a $125 price point, though the companion novel and expansion can be purchased as well for $160, as well as a $200 All-In pledge including limited edition dice, and a special neoprene playmat for the game. When asked about the possibility of a retail release, Hudson explained,<\/p>\n

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“Most game stores do not carry $100-plus MSRP games…This will be the definitive release. We don’t want to nickel-and-dime players with a ton of expansions.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n