Ever wanted a board game that ships with a foul-mouthed, blood-drunk talking axe? Vault Comics has you covered. On 10 June the publisher and developer Vala Foundry announced Barbaric: The Board Game, turning Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden's cult fantasy comic into a co-operative horde battler for up to four players.
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See how it worksYou and your friends take on a band of cursed heroes against four enemy factions, each throwing a never-ending tide of minions at you before an overwhelmingly powerful Overlord shows up. There are six playable heroes, and each one is defined by their Curse. One wields a sentient, blood-drunken axe, another turns vampiric, and one channels the power of death itself. A "Frenzy" system lets you chain attacks together while you juggle those curse abilities, with the fighting playing out on a hex map using dice and action points.
If you have read the comic, you will know the tone. Barbaric follows a ruthless barbarian cursed to use his violence only for good, sent off with his talking axe and a young witch on a road of revenge and redemption. It has become one of the best-selling fantasy comics of the past decade, now five volumes deep, and Netflix recently greenlit a live-action series with Academy Award nominee Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) co-showrunning. The board game lands right as the property is heating up.
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Set up your group for freeBarbaric is heading to Gamefound rather than retail first. There is no firm price or date yet, but following the campaign now bags you exclusive alternate poses for all six hero miniatures. If your group likes its co-op dungeon-crawlers nasty and fast, this one is worth a look. Time to round up the horde, find a game night near you and get stuck in.
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