Rise of the Kage: announcement

So last Sunday GCT Studios officialy announced a new product set in the Bushido universe: Rise of the Kage. So what is this game? Well simply put a boardgame for 2-4 players where you divide the roll of ninja's or guards between each other, where the ninja's need to kill the daimyo and guards protect.

While I haven't heard anything about this besides the product i'm not excited for this, why? Because this type of product already exists. The miniature game Ronin, a historical samurai game by Osprey publishing has a scenario that works about the same, that was published in the Wargames Illustrated. AEG more know for their card games also used to publish a game that works on the same basis. Not to say that they shouldn't make this product, it has enough possibility to be an exciting and fun game, but in my opinion it's not original.

What i'm more excited for is the expansion of the lore of the bushido-verse and the miniatures.

While miniatures provided with boardgames are almost always plastic and quite simply designed, it is a promising concept art, maybe for an upcoming miniature? One can only hope.

Also in terms of artwork GCT has made great improvement. Just compare this with some of the artwork found in the rulebook, it's amazing!

I'll be looking forward these coming weeks about news from Rise of the Kage. you can follow them on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/riseofthekage