Coming This Fall - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King–A Pandemic Board Game

[Adamas102]

While I've been saying for several years that I wished they'd make WoW miniatures, this isn't exactly what I had in mind.

Yeah, I don't want the game but I wouldn't mind having some of the hero miniatures.

[Devilyaki]

What don’t you own a table!?

[GMZohar1]

Soooo.... I can't play this on my PC... So.. Why does this exist?

[Bakis]

Late april joke?
Or just the reality of non-gamers being in charge of development whos only talent is finance?

[rhorle]

Late april joke? Or just the reality of non-gamers being in charge of development whos only talent is finance?

Wait? Do you honestly think the creation of this board game took development time away from WoW? Like Seriously? This isn't even the first time Blizzard has licensed their IP to board games. There was even one released prior to WoW being released.

[Dastreus]

I think we've had enough pandemics for another century but thanks.

Yeah.... I was thinking "whyyyy would you name it that while our current pandemic is still kind of ongoing...?"

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What? The Pandemic game has been around since 2009. It has a few expansions and spin offs. There is nothing to be offended over unless you are trying to manufacture hate and outrage because of the word Pandemic with no understanding of the context. The Blizzard version is not a game about a pandemic but using the Pandemic board game system of play with WotLK layered over top.

Even gathering to play with others is a non issue. You could still play virtual though it would take a dedicated "Game Master" to move control the stuff for everyone else playing.

Dude literally most people didn't know that was a board game like, ever. I didn't and neither did others in this thread. So to us, yeah, it seems like pretty bad taste before we learn that factoid.

[rhorle]

Dude literally most people didn't know that was a board game like, ever. I didn't and neither did others in this thread. So to us, yeah, it seems like pretty bad taste before we learn that factoid.

That is why you inform yourself before having a knee jerk reaction.

[Drynix]

60 dollar is a pretty decent price. That equates to ~51 euro. Not to bad. Then I check the EU gearstore and guess what. 75 euro. Thats a little over 88 dollars. An almost 30 dollar price hike for no real reason.

Gotta love living in Europe. I was actually looking forward to this boardgame back when it was revealed a month or so ago. I love pandemic, its a great game but boy is 75 euro to much for a pandemic version.

[Foxhoundn]

75 fucking euros, damn are they serious?

[Kolvarg]

is this kind of game like Risk or monopoly?

Can i newbie play this game and understand?

The only similarity is that they are also board games.

Modern board games have evolved a lot since Monopoly and Risk came out - they tend to play faster and with less downtime, have more interesting choices, be less luck-based, better balanced, and overall just more interesting and fun.

There's an entire community around them and plenty of content creators that create great "how to play" videos on the most varied board games, which will most likely happen for this game. I definitely recommend exploring the world of modern board games, lots of fun stuff out there.

Does anyone at Blizzard have any concept of marketing? This is just horribly insensitive considering people are still dying by the hundreds from COVID. What in gods name are they thinking?

Just like it is insensitive to have "War" in your game title when millions of people have died because of war, right?

[Kumorii]

Dude literally most people didn't know that was a board game like, ever. I didn't and neither did others in this thread. So to us, yeah, it seems like pretty bad taste before we learn that factoid.

Shoot first, ask questions later. Pew pew.

[Mendzia]

It is pretty funny to see people saying it is expensive... meanwhile they are willing to buy in-game mount for half of that price, LOL.
Anything between 50-100$ is pretty standard in board games world... expecially if it has got official licence.

[JSoup]

Yeah, I don't want the game but I wouldn't mind having some of the hero miniatures.

What really bugs me about this is they are actually quality prints. The ability to make cheap, quality prints has always been there and this is the only way to get them.

[Dastreus]

That is why you inform yourself before having a knee jerk reaction.

I mean I ultimately wasn't gonna go on a campaign or something. It was just a "wtf" moment that I probably would've forgot about in a f ew minutes because it's just a board game.

[Xilurm]

Seeing old Jaina art is nice. Her old character was so much nicer.

[Arrashi]

voljin was not really active during wrath of the lich king...

Excuse me? He was super active. He did outstanding job guarding that demolisher in front of UC.

[Ivarr]

Blizzard's marketing department needs to read the room.