From time to time I enjoy a good fight in fighting fights, and Tekken Bandai Namco was my favorite three -dimensional fighter. It is convenient enough, I am also a fan of board games, therefore, when these two of my passions mix with each other, for example, with The guilty program is striving or Street Fighter v board games, I definitely check them. Now, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign GameFoundThe time has come for the king of iron fists to enter the cardboard ring with Tekken: a board game.
The game is made on board, publisher Witcher: The Old World And Cyberpunk 2077- Board game Among others. I had the opportunity to get several rounds with the Tekken prototype: a board game, kindly sent to me by the developer, and I must say that this may have nailed the feeling of “reading your enemy” in a combat video game better than any other board game I played.
In Tekken, Two players (The final release will include Solo mode And an optional expansion of the tournament in the amount of up to eight) Choose your favorite fighters and do not interrupt it until the life of one player disappears. The characters that I have to try, and this will be included in the basic game, is Gene, Kazuya, Paul, King, Nina, Aska, Yoshimitz and Jack-8, each of which is combined with detailed mini with a character and a rather elegant colorful accent.
To play the match Tekken seems a little like playing a rock paper scissors, and pick up and study quite quickly. There are matches shortAlso, occupying from 10 to 15 minutes. The attacks are dictated by cards that you play in front of you, which show not only the area that they are aimed at, either high, medium or low, but also the effects and damage that will cause the attack indicated by the icons.
At any moment in time, only one person enters the attack, lays cards and tries to inflict damage. The idea of this system was born out of the need to maintain a feeling of quick and dynamic Tekken, IGN said. “In order to truly capture the dynamic sensation of video games, we needed a mechanic that retains the fight against fast and complete tension. In Tekken, read the intentions of your opponent and react at the perfect moment-it is important, the blocking of the key attacks can break the combo and turn the surge of the battle. Understanding your opponent and predicting their movements.
For a defending player, your only goal is to read the enemy and try to guess which area the attacker’s card will be aimed at the card indicated by the card played by the face down in front of them. Correctly guesses the attack on his traces, and the defender will become an attacker, and the first attack will not be a lock. However, not only guessing that he will not only allow the attack to go through and connect, but also the player who played on the map continues to attack them and can play another card, expanding their combo and potentially causing additional bonuses based on specific combinations of their character or how lanes on cards can be the following.
Only three attacks can occur before the roles turned, with the exception of the thermal action that each player can accept, who allows you to play one additional attack, or allows the player to continue to attack after the correct assumption of the defensive player.
This element of an attempt to read your enemy to guess what they are going to do next is the inside Combat video gamesThe field has its presence in this way to one three chances to guess correctly, it works shocking well. The actions that can cause the attack are also quite simple: you can cause damage, move your character, push the enemy or sweep the enemy, causing them to fall, allowing you to apply additional damage. A special attack of the rage of your character is a little more complicated, but my friends and I never felt stunned.
Tekken also uses mechanics that makes her feel that you are playing, well, Tekken. The enemy pushing into the wall causes a rebound of the wall, causing damage. You can break through the walls or floors into other areas and write out this additional pain on the ground. Even the small arenas on which you are fighting feel very similar to Tekken, giving you enough space to move, but not so much that he turns into an enemy into a routine work.
Tekken never played in playing the “transition” and “throw fire balls into each other”; Instead, we are talking about getting closer and giving free destructive combinations of impact and blow, and I think that this spirit perfectly captured on board. “Every fighter in Tekken: a board game seems to be really unique thanks to a combination of design elements. Each character has a distinct composition of the deck, the combined structure and the ability to rage, which reflects their cult style of the game from the video game. Some characters also have unique components or mechanics that distinguish them even more. ”
When the game comes out, the fighters will have many ways to check Tekken and prove themselves. The main box contains eight fighters (Jin, Kazya, King, Paul, Jack-8, Yoshimitz, Asuka and Nina) and four stages (sanctuary, city square, decrease in subconscious and stratosphere). Or, if you just want a taste, the starting set with gin and casua and the descent into the subconscious will also be available.
But any Tekken fan knows that one of the determining aspects of the series is its characters, and Go on Board leads many of them through various expansion sets that you can buy separately. These include the following.
Expansion 1
- Fighters: June, Leroy, Xiao, Panda
- Stage: Yakushima
Expansion 2
- Fighters: Haykhachi, Reina, Lee, Kuma
- Stage: secluded training site
Expansion 3
- Fighters: Azuken, Leo, Lily, Shahin
- Stage: Ortis Farm
Expansion 4
- Fighters: Lydia, Eddie, Victor, Raven
- Stage: Primorsky resort
Expansion 5
- Fighters: Lars, Alice, Claudio, Zafina
- Scene: rebel hanger
Expansion 6
- Fighters: Hwoarang, Law, Steve Fox, Feng
- Stage: Arena
Expansion 7
- Fighters: Dragunov, Brian
- Stage: midnight siege
“Legendary” expansion
- Fighters: True OGR, Mokudzin
- Stage: Tekken 3rd step “Carnival”
When he was asked what came to the decision on a pair of characters, the designer team not only wanted to make the sets that played well together, but also those that made sense from a narrative point of view. “When creating characters' packages, we took into account several key aspects. We wanted each box to include characters who work well together mechanically, but also share significant narrative ties. Panda is a close friend of Xiao, and Leroy served her mentor. ”
With such a large number of characters, including my personal favorites of Leo, Steve and needles, everyone appears, I have blood, and I can’t wait to see how they play. Even in the main box, I could already say that care puts in emphasizing the quality of the characters so that they feel differently from each other, such as the ability of King to throw opponents or a special Yosimitsa wheel, which allows you to offer your life in order to rotate for a potential big return. I can’t wait to see what all other characters feel.
From different stage dangers, fast systems and highly detailed miniatures, Tekken: The Poard Game quickly made my list as one of my most anticipated board games next year. I am most worried about the fact that with how many characters they promise, some risk feeling the same. Time will tell how successfully the team can avoid this potential trap, but, given that, using the approach to expanding with characters, and not differ from anything like that UnmatchedIt means that fans can choose from those packages that they want, and are not required to buy them all. Even the box offers a good variety on its own. You can have a great time with this alone.
While the initial Tekken campaign ended, the later promises will soon begin with the expected delivery date in April 2026, but if you want to try it yourself, go to Board game Right now, or check WIP rulesField
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