A board game based on the hit Metroidvania gameBlaphemousjust reached its funding goals on Gamefound.com, and it did it just over fifteen minutes after the campaign went live. The initial goal for the project was a reasonable €100,000, and the donation amount is already soaring past that threshold.
Currently,the Gamefound.com projecthas received over €340,000 in donations. Ludus Magnus Studios,Blasphemous: The Board Game‘s publisher, has not stated the donation amounts needed to reach the campaign’s four promised stretch goals, so we cannot determine when or even if they’ll be unlocked. However, with three weeks left in the campaign, I don’t think it will take long for donors to unlock them.
Blasphemousand its direct sequel,Blasphemous II, unfold in Cvstodia, a “dark, gothic world,” drowning in religious zealotry. Players step into the vestments of a “Penitent One,” a disgraced warrior on a quest to snuff out threats to Cvstodia’s dominant spiritual power, The Miracle. Along the way, the player can obey or defy The Miracle and those who enforce its masochistic edicts, allowing you to decide whether you’re an instrument of blind devotion or a champion of free thought.
As is tradition with Soulslike Metroidvanias, the Penitent One’s quest entails hunting and defeating powerful monsters. Cvstodia’s bloated cities and blighted countryside are writhing with mutated abominations corrupted by The Miracle’s wrath, and they all want the Penitent One dead. But death doesn’t mean much to an immortal, so their defiance only delays the inevitable.
Fans of Blasphemous’ blood-soaked, faith-chocked world and board game enthusiasts eager to add another video game-inspired installment to their collection can backBlasphemous: The Board Gameon Gamefound.com.
Blasphemous: the Board Gameis Ludus Magnus Studios’ first crack at a licensed board game, but it’s not the publisher’s first tabletop experience. The publisher is the mind behind many successful asymmetrical combat strategy board games, includingBlack Rose Waters: RebirthandRunar: The Last Chance!
According to Ludus Magnus Studios,Blasphemous: The Board Gamewill use an “innovative growth system” based onBlasphemousandBlasphemous II‘s in-game progression system. By fighting enemies, delving into undiscovered depths, and accumulating “Destiny,” players will amass a pool of Vestige cards and traits they can use to become stronger. Once powerful enough, they can take on their “Nemesis,” a powerful boss blocking the path to victory, with the goal being to slay your Nemesis before any of your fellow players do.
This true-to-the-game system will play out on a gorgeous map, one built to supportBlasphemous: The Board Game‘s mechanics while accurately recreating the gruesomely gorgeous world of Cvstodia. This board game is everything aBlasphemousfan would want in a tabletop adaption, and it’s a project I plan on following until it’s finished.
