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The Great War Strategy Boardgame Launches on Kickstarter!
The Plastic Soldier Company will launch the game with a crowdfunding campaign – commencing Friday, 6th February. The launch of the Great War Strategy Boardgame will begin on Kickstarter with a campaign to fund the pre-production and publication of the game, setting the foundation for future development of the line. The campaign has an initial funding goal of £25,000.00 GBP, and will end on 8th March.
The Great War Strategy Boardgame
The Great War is the latest adaptation of Richard Borg's tried-and-tested Command and Colours game system, bringing the epic battles of the First World War to the gaming table. Players can command armies of detailed, hard-plastic, 1:100th scale miniature figures representing British and German troops of the time.
The confusion of battle and challenges of command-and-control are provided through command cards, combat cards, and HQ tokens that limit what can be done each turn, and custom dice are used to resolve the effects of any combat that occurs.
The game includes scenarios to allow the re-enactment of battles such as Loos, The Somme, and Vimy Ridge, as well as many other actions. The board can be reconfigured using terrain tiles to reflect any battlefield of the period, and allows additional scenarios to be created.
This is the first game in a series that will in time cover all aspects of the war on land, with additional figures including cavalry, tanks and artillery and additional nationalities (France, U.S.A. and Russia) being added in subsequent modules.
Future expansions will add other new mechanics and game elements, and open up more opportunities for player-versus-player action.
Pledges and Rewards
In the Great War Strategy Boardgame project on Kickstarter, backers can choose to support the game at many different pledge levels. The project starts with five initial stretch-goals of between £25,000.00 GBP and £125,000.00 GBP, and will be reviewed throughout depending on the success of the campaign.
The Great War Strategy Boardgame is planned to ship to backers in June 2015.
For more information and to pledge, visit the Great War Strategy Boardgame Kickstarter page here.
To know more about the game and the expansion, check out pscgames.co.uk/thegreatwar.
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