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Tango0120 Jun 2015 12:00 p.m. PST

"Terror. Corruption. Redemption.
Those are the themes of The Others, the new game from Guillotine Games and Studio McVey. We've been seeing some pretty sweet-looking models (one of which we did an unboxing for last year), but now it's time to get some real information about the game. We had such a chance here at the CMON Expo during The Others panel that just wrapped up.

Eric Lang, the designer of the game, described it at the biggest game he's worked on. In it, one person plays as the Sin, and the others are hero players who are part of F.A.I.T.H. (the Federal Authority for the Interdiction of Transdimensional Horrors). It's a sort of pre-apocalypse genre. The end of the world hasn't happened… yet, and it's the hero players' job to make sure it doesn't happen.

The game will always have 7 hero characters in it, no matter how many players there actually are. They are encouraged to work together to overcome tasks. In fact, if they don't work together, it's almost a guarantee that they will fail. The game ends in defeat for them if all 7 heroes die or become fully corrupted. All of the hero's information is open, anyone can look at it. It's only the Sin player who knows things that the heroes won't…"

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Armand

Muncehead20 Jun 2015 12:32 p.m. PST

That looks like a great set of figures. Good to see the kickstarter is likely to be September. Give my wallet a rest…

tberry740320 Jun 2015 6:53 p.m. PST

The Feds fighting the forces of evil. Sounds like an internecine conflict to me!

Tango0121 Jun 2015 11:25 a.m. PST

Glad you like them my friend.

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Armand

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