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 |
Kelvets
I played it with 4 friends yesterday (I have the 5-6 player expansion) and it was a massive hit. Everyone really liked it, despite the difficulty in working out the myriad edge cases which are not explained in the manual. In other words, the game is a blast to play, but not to learn. I had to sink in several hours reading the manual multiple times AND reading the forums AND watching let's plays on Youtube before I felt even half-confident enough to bring it to the table, and despite this, my friends had many questions that I couldn't answer, so I wrote a massive list of 20+ of their questions to the developer... Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad I went through the trouble to learn it! The effort was very much worth it, and my friends agreed! But be prepared to invest hours into the endeavor and read all the available help threads in the Rules section of the game's forums here, if you want to play this game correctly and not house-rule it on the spot whenever questions arise. To the designer's credit, he's very active on the forums and has answered most of the questions. The assigned-dice system is really clever and makes it so the more actions you do in your turn, the more vulnerable and easy-to-kill you become, making this game a very engaging balance of risk and reward. The many items and equipment pieces available add huge variety, are very interesting and fun to use, and some have very creative and amusing effects. Definitely the best PvP experience I've ever had in a board game! Hard to imagine there can be a better port of a Battle Royale videogame to tabletop form, and I can foresee this becoming a staple of my board game group.
ThisIsDavin
Always keen to table(topia) this game while I wait for the physical copy. Inbox me if you want a joust ?
Dowbyhuz
All-in KS Edition. Wonderfully innovative and unique play. The use of the dice seems nigh on incomprehensible at the start, but ahh once you get it? Genius! Love this game.