Cryptozoic Launches the DC Deck-Building Game 10th Anniversary Kickstarter
Cryptozoic Entertainment has launched the Kickstarter campaign for the DC Deck-Building Game 10th Anniversary.
Backers can preorder Kickstarter editions of two upcoming games in the DC Deck-Building Game series: Injustice, based on the popular comics and video games, and Rivals – The Flash vs. Reverse-Flash. Fans can also pledge for two new editions of the DC Deck-Building Game: Multiverse Box for storing their collections, two exclusive playmats, and Multiverse Editions of six DC Deck-Building Game base games that include all components except the packaging and rulebooks for a lower price.
DC Deck-Building Game: Injustice puts players in the world of the hit Injustice: Gods Among Us video games and comic books as Batman and his insurgents battle against a tyrannical Superman. Using the Brawl version of the Cerberus Engine, players land devastating blows and block their opponents’ strikes. The Kickstarter Exclusive cover is by renowned artist Well-Bee and the game cards feature both original art by six talented artists from Altercomics Studio and art directly from the Injustice comics.
DC Deck-Building Game: Rivals – Flash vs. Reverse-Flash lets two players become part of the high-speed battle between the iconic rivals. Each player has three unique Character cards, each with more formidable abilities and a higher cost than the previous one. Players use the cards in their hands and special abilities like “Speedster” to buy cards and confront each other until either The Flash or Reverse-Flash stands victorious.
The new DC Deck-Building Game: Multiverse Box is available in both a Super-Villains Edition featuring a Kickstarter Exclusive cover and a Super Heroes Edition. With original cover art by artist Omar Francia (Legends of the Dark Knight, Doom Patrol), these storage boxes for players’ collections are designed to fit over 1,600 sleeved standard cards and over 500 sleeved oversized cards.
The DC Deck-Building Game 10th Anniversary Kickstarter runs until May 12, with pledge tiers starting at $70. Stretch goals, if unlocked, will add numerous additional cards and other surprises to the products. Preorder items are expected to be delivered to backers in December. Retail releases of DC Deck-Building Game: Injustice, Rivals – Flash vs. Reverse-Flash, and Multiverse Box – Super Heroes Edition will follow later.
Cryptozoic Entertainment and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, have announced the limited release of DC Deck-Building Game: Crisis Expansion Pack 4 at Gen Con, 
Cryptozoic Entertainment and WG Labs today announced the September 6 release of Master of Orion: The Board Game. Based on the classic Master of Orion video game series and utilizing art from 2016’s Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars, the competitive tableau-building game requires 2-4 players to choose from several races (Humans and various alien races), build Systems using their cards, and manage their resources in order to win. Designed by Ekaterina Gorn and Igor Sklyuev, the tabletop game captures the essence of a 4X empire-building video game like Master of Orion in which players “eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate,” but streamlines it into an experience that takes an hour or less. Cryptozoic recently sold out of the limited pre-release quantities of the game that were made available at this year’s Gen Con.
The game’s end is triggered in one of three ways: when a player has 0 Morale, a player has five Structure cards in each of their Systems, or eight rounds of play have been completed. There are different paths to victory as players can focus on military means—training spies and attacking alien planets—or the path of creation—controlling the weather and advancing their civilizations. The winner is the player with the most Victory Points, who is deemed the leader of the most developed civilization and therefore appointed as the Emperor at the Galactic Council.
