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MOVIE: http://level7film.com/

Read it here: http://privateerpress.com/level7/level-7-escape

You are a captive of Subterra Bravo, imprisoned in the facility’s deepest laboratory, the hall of nightmares known as LEVEL 7. Your singular goal is to escape, but to do that you will have to evade the human and inhuman denizens of this subterranean labyrinth before the entire base is locked down, sealing you in for the rest of your short, tormented life. Will you work together with your fellow prisoners to endure Subterra Bravo’s endless perils, or will you use them to secure your own escape? Ultimately, your chances of survival will depend on how well you manage your greatest weapon, which is also your greatest threat: fear itself.

LEVEL 7 [ESCAPE] is a semi-cooperative, story-driven survival-horror board game for 1–4 players with nerves of steel and a willingness to confront the impossible.



Contents:

47 Map Tiles
138 Cards
4 Character Sheets
133 Tokens and Markers
28 Stands
8 Special Dice
Rulebook
Scenario Guide
Box Dimensions: 12.75 (W) x 12.75 (H) x 3 (D) measurements in inches.

Gotta say I'm very disappointed.

When they first released their teaser I was very thrilled, but the lack of miniatures as playing figures is a real let down. They should look to the competition (both GW and FF) and put gorgeous minis in the game, like Mansion of Madness and Descent both did.

Cheers

Agreed, at $54.99 (which will no doubt be €54.99 around here) you'd expect minis.

I'm not really interested in a board game that doesn't even have any miniatures.

I think I'll give this one a pass...

Considering what other companies (FFG, Sedition Wars, Wyrd, CMoN) have to offer in board games, yeah, this is pretty basic looking by current standards.

PhantomViper wrote:I'm not really interested in a board game that doesn't even have any miniatures.

I think I'll give this one a pass...

I couldnt possibly agree more. I can live with cardboard floors, walls, doors, etc....but the main playing pieces need to be minis to get my interest...and my cash.

Looks fine to me. I'd rather a good, well written game without minis than an average one with them.

Looks like they have the time and resources to goof around with this stuff, but not to finish the Monsterpocalypse line.

Monsterpocalypse is DEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!

BrookM wrote:Monsterpocalypse is DEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!

No it's not. It's being made into a movie! Why you think Matt Wilson and his wife moved back to Los Angeles. He is pursing movie options for it.

As for the game, disappointed in the presentation. The bar has been raised so high for game material that this has nothing that makes it stand out. It is especially disappointing given PP's bread and butter are miniature games. This could have been a cool teaser for a sci-fi themed miniature game, which is what a lot of people were expecting.

The game will sink or swim solely on it's game play now. There is nothing else going for this game.

No minis?


/not approved.

silent25 wrote: This could have been a cool teaser for a sci-fi themed miniature game, which is what a lot of people were expecting.

I don't know why, since they said pretty early on it wouldn't be one.

And it's been confirmed for months that Level 7 is a setting for a variety of non-miniature game types(board, card, etc.).

BrookM wrote:Monsterpocalypse is DEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!

I'll never forget that when it first came out my local game store had 20 of the boxes proudly displyaed on the shelf.

And then, after about 3,5 months witout even a single sale I walked in one day and there were only 19 left and I said "you sold one!!".

And the owner said "neh, we opened one ourselves".



They ended up sending the whole shabang back to PP and got their money returned (apparently part of the deal).

As probably the only tile-o-phile at Dakka, someone who has bought games for no other reason than to get the tiles that they come with, even this holds no interest for me.

Boring square single-room tiles that are bland and don’t even interlock. Not every tile-set can be the pure genius of, say, the DOOM board game tiles... but some creativity would be nice. Even the Gears of War tiles are more interesting than these.

And with Zombicide and Sedition Wars I think I’ve got my fix of tile-sets for this year... well... until all the Underdark D&D stuff comes out.

Y'know, it seems that they are trying to emulate the success of Grindhouse Games' "Incursion" to me.

Kanluwen wrote:Y'know, it seems that they are trying to emulate the success of Grindhouse Games' "Incursion" to me.

Which I only bought when Grindhouse put the game (and the separately sold minis) on sale.

Same thoughs on Level 7. I'll pass for now and see if minis come out in the future.

Reading about the mechanics made me excited, as it sounds like a lot of fun to play, but I am also disappointed that they didn't put their sculptors to use making some awesome pieces for this game. That said, board games don't need miniatures to be great, so I will keep my eye on this.

BrookM wrote:Read it here: http://privateerpress.com/level7/level-7-escape

You are a captive of Subterra Bravo, imprisoned in the facility’s deepest laboratory, the hall of nightmares known as LEVEL 7. Your singular goal is to escape, but to do that you will have to evade the human and inhuman denizens of this subterranean labyrinth before the entire base is locked down, sealing you in for the rest of your short, tormented life. Will you work together with your fellow prisoners to endure Subterra Bravo’s endless perils, or will you use them to secure your own escape? Ultimately, your chances of survival will depend on how well you manage your greatest weapon, which is also your greatest threat: fear itself.

LEVEL 7 [ESCAPE] is a semi-cooperative, story-driven survival-horror board game for 1–4 players with nerves of steel and a willingness to confront the impossible.



Contents:

47 Map Tiles
138 Cards
4 Character Sheets
133 Tokens and Markers
28 Stands
8 Special Dice
Rulebook
Scenario Guide
Box Dimensions: 12.75 (W) x 12.75 (H) x 3 (D) measurements in inches.

This product doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, seeing the other impressive things coming out of PP, these days.

Its as though someone shot fireworks out of thier arse, then farted Yankee Doodle Dandy.

Whole lot of wizz bang, with nothing but vaporware for your trouble.

PP, look at the kickstarters, the stuff FF is doing, and the other expansive minis games out there, and come back with a straight face and say that this was a good idea...

DO NOT sell this box of hot air, please.

Guys, there's a MonPoc revolution at my store, better now that it's not collectible. Don't hate

ya know having product diversity is a good thing yeah?

will see how this turns out

Bakerofish wrote:ya know having product diversity is a good thing yeah?

will see how this turns out

Diversity is one thing.

This game is lazy, lets jump on the space hulk/ tiled board game bandwagon... With nothing of any originality to it.

From PP, this is inexcusable on any level of thought.

Grot 6 wrote:

This game is lazy, lets jump on the space hulk/ tiled board game bandwagon... With nothing of any originality to it.

I'll let Ed know you think so next time I talk to him, I'm sure he'll appreciate it after all that overtime he put in designing the art for it.

Was releasing the Bodger games back when card games were popular "lazy" too?

Edit: Ed's official response: "Oh no... We also have dice and cards. Doom! And we printed it with ink! And wrote the rules using words!!"

I love Ed so much, I'd have his man babies if we weren't both married.

This game looks completely unprofessional and unappealing.

Definitely seems like a pass unless the game mechanics are mind blowing.

edit: Also I clicked on this thread super excited to finally see this game and it was a major disappointment. ;_;

It looks interesting, but I'd rather spend the $100 to get Sedition Wars. Then I get a boardgame vibe but with awesome minis.

With all of the other games slated for release this year, I'm not sure this game has what it takes to succedd...

Whoa, what's with all the bile? You'd think this was a GW thread.

Nah, PP has grown up now, they're one of the big boys, meaning they can take it just like GW.

All those disliking the lack of minis, keep in mind that this is a $55 game. Good price for a foray into boardgames.
All those that have minis end up at $80+. Descent and Super Dungeon Explore all are at $100.
I'm betting that they were thinking about the price point during design of this.

If they put the rules up on the site, I will definitely give them a look.
I am also going to see what is being said on Boardgamegeek, where they do not expect a game to come with miniatures.
I get more of a Resident Evil vibe from the description than Space Hulk.

Looking forward to hearing more about this.

The problem is, with all the hype this game's been getting for the past year (not necessarily from the developers), people expected something creative, ground-breaking even, you know, and what they got is apparently nothing more than Arkham Horror IN SPAAACE! And considering that PP is the second largest manufacturer of fantasy minis, lack of them here is baffling. I'm not saying PP can never release a board game without them, but this is their first proper venture into SF territory, I think people expected a serious competitor to 40K, not... this. This being X-Files IN SPAAACE complete with grays... Come on, this isn't the 90's anymore! It has "Matt Wilson's pet project" written all over it and I don't consider this a good sign...

The price point isn't low either, compare it to the D&D Adventure games and how much more you get at a barely higher price. Oh, and on a side note, the event card design sucks big time, IMO. I'm not doomsaying, God forbid, but just because a game has a PP sticker doesn't automatically mean it will be good and/or successful. Still, it's supposedly going to be a whole series of intermedia works, including a short movie even, so let's hope the other games are a little more on the fresh side.

The D&D adventure games are reusing minis from the prepainted collectible line that Wizards cancelled, so there is little production cost there.

And where in the Level 7 description does it mention space? I read it as an Area 51 type setting.