CD Projekt Red, one of the largest developers of video games in Europe, is working with board game makers Go On Board to produce a cover game based on The Witcher. This is called The Witcher: Old World, and it’s going to use the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to do that.
According to on BoardGameGeek News, the game takes place before Geralt van Rivia’s story, and will revolve around five different schools of witches, with players struggling with monsters and each another, use decks in a race to see who can build up the notoriety of their magic first. Here is a little explanation from the description of the game:
The game lets players set up their own unique map cards by choosing from a wide range of abilities: attacks, evasions and magic tricks known as ‘characters’. Through short synergy, players aim to achieve powerful combinations as they harness the distinctive abilities of their witch school to their full potential. Missions, battles and even dice can earn each player money, acquire new items and train their skills.
During their journey, players will earn more cards, unlock combinations and sometimes duel with each other between completing contracts for killing monsters. Sounds neat!
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Furthermore, the project is apparently being launched via a Kickstarter campaign that will be launched sometime in May. This is the platform that Go On Board used to launch its previous table games, the dice card game Valhalla and the miniature game Titans, and this is the beginning for many other board players. However, much of it is not a partnership with large companies. As recently like a year ago, CD Project Red is valued at more than $ 6 billion.
That number has definitely tumbled since Cyberpunk 2077‘s messy launch last December, and again to large parts of internal and own data allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack. Somehow I think the company can still afford to pay the manufacturing cost for a new board game.