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There is a chance the upcoming Terraria board game could be goodUK Expo-goers dug it
UK Expo-goers dug it
Dig deep, for both mental fortitude and coin, because yet another videogame is getting the cardboard treatment. Paper Fort Games are transmuting beloved mine and craft ‘em upTerrariainto a 4 player co-op board game, albeit one that’s on the distant horizon. A crowdfunder is coming and the devs “don’t expect” the game will ship this year, but a lucky few did get to try an early alpha prototype at the UK board games expo last weekend. Somewhat surprisingly, they seemed to like it.
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The official announcementspeaks of “faithfully combining the digital game’s biome exploration, character progression, base building and epic combat with tabletop mechanisms - alongside a fresh new art style”. The unofficial details from UK expo-goers speak of NPCs that show up when you meet certain requirements, like in the vid gam, along with randomly-placed map tiles and victory conditions that players decide on at the start.
I don’t believe it’s from the same developers, but Paper Fort Games previously published a well received and well-named gamecalled Cosmoctopus. So that’s something.
Elsewhere in the video to paper pipeline, excellent roll and read’ em upCitizen Sleeper(star ofthis month’s RPS game club) is currently being turnedinto a tabletop RPG.
