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However the R'horse site is 503ing , for me anyway, currently.
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2016/05/11 00:32:27
Subject: Re:Labyrinth the board game by Riverhorse
It wouldn't surprise me that the site has effectively been DDOSed by its own customers.
I've seen a lot of articles and things cropping up about this internationally and from wider sources outside the typical market - EG Geek and Sundry and Nerdist, as opposed to just Beasts of War.
Yep, you read that right. Coming this summer, River Horse will be releasing a board game based on Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Created in partnership with The Jim Henson Company, the game is said to include:
5 highly collectible figurine renditions of the main characters
2′ x 2′ game board lavishly illustrated with inspiring new artwork featuring all the legendary places from the movie, including the Oubliette, the Bog of Eternal Stench, the Goblin City and Jareth’s Castle.
32 Labyrinth cards
Over 30 game tokens
6 polyhedral dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20)
6 reference cards
4 character sheets, 4 Ability cards & 4 Weakness cards
4 card stand-ups: Humongous, Goblin Infantry, Goblin Cavalry & Goblin Artillery
Goblin Clock & Clock hand
Rules Booklet
This is the maze that players must navigate every time they wish to save Sarah’s baby brother. Each game is different with the blank card spaces being filled with the magical encounters and monsters that are depicted on the deck of cards that comes with the game, this ensures a great deal of replayability and unpredictability in the game, giving the Labyrinth its signature feel.
The game consists of two distinct stages, one where the group must adventure through the labyrinth trying to find the goblin city whilst keeping their willpower as high as possible (nobody wants to fall into the oubliette!), and a second action-packed stage where the players must fight their way into Jareth’s castle where Sarah must say the magical words that will release her brother.
Ángel Giraldez (official painter for the Infinity range) is painting up the models and sharing his pics on his Instagram (and probably Facebook etc). Judging by his work on Ludo so far they're going to look amazing.
As to the actual game, the lack of information is making me really suspicious :/ why is there no info about how it plays when it's up for preorder? Also, the removal of the Goblin cavalry makes me a sad panda, I was hoping for a few different Goblin models.
Edit:nevermind, found out Beasts of War did an hour long let's play with Alessio so I'll go watch that. My phone is being a dick and won't let me paste a link for some reason, I'll try add one later when I get on my computer.
Looks like a pretty simple roll-to-move game, as Alessio says in the video he wanted to be able to play it with his 6 year old daughter. It looks perfect for kids and people who aren't into complicated games and plays up the theme really nicely, incluiding challenges to remember some of the iconic lines.
