Reload (Kickstarter – Superstar 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!
→ Reload: Rumble Expansion (5-6 player expansion)
Introduces 1 new Game Mode and components needed to play Reload with up to 6 players.
| Ages | 12+ |
|---|---|
| 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 |
TheInsphere
I read about this game and got interested, so I contacted Kolossal Games and they gave me and my friends the opportunity to play the prototype on Tabletopia. It's definitely not meant for digital playing, but we still had such a blast! It's the first battle royale like game that really intrigued me, because it replaces player elimination with the fame track (basically scoring points), which makes it a tense race until the end with variants of ways to succeed. It has a lot of dice but much less dice rolling then you think. Your actions in your turn determine the value of most of your dice, which is such a neat way to balance the game and reduce the randomness. Using rock paper scissors to determine the result of a trap is a mechanic I haven't seen yet and that adds so much to the game. We weren't so happy with the current implementation of the achievements/special missions but it sounded like the still working on this one. Of course, a battle royale board game comes always short regarding the "actioness" compared to a shooter computer game. Also, typical for this game genre, you can't really build up a long-term strategy, instead you have to adapt your tactic to the current situation each term. For me personally (as I usually like very heavy games), I can imagine that the base game alone will feel too simple quite fast. But as Kolossal Games explained, there will be different play modes and the Kickstarter will offer some expansion that will bring more depth. So I definitely see myself bring this game to the table quite often. We will give the prototype a few more rounds and maybe I will adapt my rating based on it. But for now, I can’t wait to back this game. I really can’t see how you can get out more of a battle royale board game.
garfieldcut
Rules are complex for the first game but next games were really fun. Fights can be really punitive (and fun). Need to play more on differents maps. Lack of general strategy and tactical moves
evkefalas
Superstar. This is Reload All-In Pledge Content: → Reload Base Game → Reload: Capture the Flag Expansion (All unlocked stretch goals) → Reload: Rumble Expansion (5-6 player expansion) Plus Addon Reload Team Sponsorship Pack Season 1