Reload (Kickstarter – Fan Favorite Pledge)
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In the near future, the mega-corporations of the military-industrial complex have invested trillions developing cybernetically enhanced clone soldiers for off-world exploration. Seeking to build robust teams for future missions — and more importantly, to land lucrative government contracts — they have created special training islands. On these islands, they are able to simulate all of the deadly conditions their soldiers may face on remote planets.
To fund these expensive programs and the military-grade innovations built into their test subjects, the arms manufacturers have teamed up with media moguls to create and promote broadcast competitions live from the island’s training grounds. Thus was born “RELOAD”, the biggest TV show on the planet, with the most charismatic and capable subjects competing in front of millions of avid viewers to win fame for themselves and fortunes for their creators.
In Reload, you get to engage in this battle-royale experience thanks to an innovative action dice system that offers fast-paced play and the freedom to explore the island while fighting for fame.
Content:
→ Reload Base Game
→ Reload: Capture the Flag Expansion (All unlocked stretch goals) – Kickstarter Exclusive
Ladies & gentlemen, genetically enhanced & cybernetically modified friends & fanatics: TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT.
And now, after what feels like ages of waiting, we bring you this season of Reload! The world will be watching as a new cast of contestants take to the battlefield alongside some familiar fan favorites.
Forget everything you think you knew about Reload. This season we bring you a brand new way to play: Capture the Flag!
In this new game mode, teams of players compete on specially designed maps to win the love of the crowd not only through the usual crowd-pleasing ways but also through capturing the other team’s flag and returning it to their HQ! HQ fame tokens replace the Event deck as the timer that forces the action and pushes players into the fray to Capture the Flag rather than playing non-stop defense! Capture the Flag will capture the heart of Reload fans everywhere!
Ages | 12+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
Play Time | |
Designer | François Rouzé, Jean-Marc Tribet |
Mechanics | Action/Event, Die Icon Resolution, Map Reduction, Team-Based Game, Rock-Paper-Scissors |
Theme | Fighting, Science Fiction, Adventure, Movies / TV / Radio theme |
Publisher | Kolossal Games |
dusteppe
This game hits a weak spot for me. Smaller production, niche theme, duo of new designers from a publisher that has been hit and miss for me. But it does what it sets out to do so well, you can really replicate a battle royale in board game form with quick turns, easy rules -except combat-, really joyful production (yes the minis could be better but overall look cool and interesting). One of the few cases in which a KS does not deliver a unfocussed, sprawling, multiple boxes mess but gives you a game -slightly unpolished in terms of rulebook- that feels bigger than the sum of its parts and that packs a huge punch in a small foot print. I'll play this when I don't have the time or the group to play Black Rose Wars, Guards of Atlantis or other Battle Royal/MOBA style of games.
HattoriHanzo1980
Battle game in which soldiers compete with each other in a TV show to entertain their audience and win the most fame. Dice are placed on action slots at the beginning of the game without rolling them. In melee combat the players' unallocated dice are rolled and the player who has the most skulls deals injuries equal to the difference. Injuries disable dice so they cannot be placed in action slots. Then dice are compared from highest to lowest and the higher injures the lower in each case. Any unopposed dice will weaken the dice that remain. Victory points are not tracked numerically, but by adding scoring tiles on a fame track, which earn points at the end of the game. The game ends immediately when a player reaches the end of his fame bar.
Kjazekal
Had a blast playing this on Tabletopia (battle royale mode, 4 players). Cool dice mechanics and a lot of fun! I will probably like team royale even more. Will try that soon. Also have to try with 2 players. Update: Played Team Royale yestrday. It took us almost 3 hours (including explanation of half an hour). I hope this is a lot faster on a real table... Reduced rating 8 --> 7. Still fun.