'Mass Effect' Getting A Table Top Cooperative Board Game

Tabletop Games

Mar 6

Something exciting is coming to the board gaming world! Mass Effect is being developed into a board game format, bringing the RPG to a new audience. Modiphius Entertainment is bringing Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz - The Board Game to life. The release window for the game is late 2024, with the planned distributor being Asmodee. Pricing information will come as a more concrete release date approaches.

Taking something as detailed as Mass Effect and turning it into a functional board game may sound difficult practicality-wise. In a news release, some of the basic elements of how this game will work were explained (via Polygon):

“A branching, narrative campaign allows for multiple playthroughs with a different experience every time. Card-driven AI and evolving stories respond to your actions – your early choices influence later missions. Gather Shepard’s squad from a selection of teammates from the Mass Effect trilogy… Customise and upgrade your squad’s abilities, equipment, and powers as they gain experience. Enhance them further by unlocking unique powers with optional loyalty missions.”

Mass Effect is a sci-fi RPG franchise developed by BioWare. The first game was released in 2007 for Xbox and later ported to PC and the PlayStation 3. As a special officer in a squad charged with protecting the galaxy, the player must race to defeat an ancient danger before it can wipe life from existence. The most recent franchise installment, Mass Effect: Andromeda, came out in 2017. It is available on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. The game focuses on largely open-world exploration, directing the player to many side missions as they explore the galaxy looking for a habitable planet in the Andromeda Galaxy.

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