Crowdfund This: ‘The Walking Dead: The Prison’ Board Game!
I’m a big board game player, so this is definitely a campaign that I can get behind.
The team behind The Walking Dead: The Board Game (not the Cryptozoic title based on the AMC series, but the Z-Man Games game based on the comic) has developed an intriguing sequel called The Walking Dead: The Prison.
The game will feature tons of Charlie Adlard’s excellent The Walking Dead art, and will showcase issues 13-24 of the comic, the “discovery of, fight to clean out, and struggle to control the prison.”
Here’s a brief overview of the game, straight from the title’s campaign page:
The Walking Dead The Prison – Board Game is a new, stand-alone board game in which you and up to five of your friends take on the role of one of the six leaders of the group from Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead: Rick, Tyreese, Glenn, Dale, Andrea, and Michonne.
The goal of the game? To earn enough Leadership Points to take control of the entire group of survivors.
To earn Leadership Points, they must fight their way through the zombie swarm in the prison yard, bash their way through the prison itself, reach their destination and secure the area. Along the way, players will have to collect additional resources, rescue Followers, and as expected…fight zombies.
Anyone who has played the first game will be familiar with many of the features and mechanics in this sequel.
The Walking Dead The Prison – Board Game is both a stand-alone game and an expansion module to the first game, easily converting the first game into one half of an epic.
Now, the game’s development is almost complete, but rather than taking a traditional publishing route, the team has taken to Kickstarter to finish things up. By doing this, it gives fans an opportunity to get their hands on the game before it hits store shelves, and also offers levels of customization that wouldn’t be possible using traditional publishing methods.
As always, there are a ton of awesome rewards up for grabs, including copies of the game, tickets to Stan Lee’s Comikaze and the game’s launch party, custom cards, and a lot more. Here’s a breakdown of all of the available rewards:
I can’t wait for this to release. The project is currently sitting at $12,021 of its $81,100 goal, and has 27 days left to reach its target. Take a look at the Kickstarter video for The Walking Dead: The Prison below, and let us know if you’ll be backing!
