XCOM: The Board Game (New)

Name: XCOM: The Board Game (New)
Brand: Fantasy Flight Games
SKU: 9781616619688
Price: 690 ZAR
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Product Dimensions and Weight

Product Length: 260.0000MM

Product Width: 260.0000MM

Product Height: 80.0000MM

Product Weight: 2500.0000G

R690

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Board Game
Ages: 14+
Play Time: 60-120 minutes
Players: 1-4

Description

Introduction:

You are humanity's last hope!

Placed in command of the elite military organization known as XCOM, you and your friends must find some means to turn back an escalating alien invasion. As UFOs appear in orbit and worldwide panic threatens to undermine national governments, the game’s free companion app and its push-your-luck dice rolling mechanics immerse you deep in the tension and uncertainty of a desperate war against an unknown foe.

XCOM: the board game is a co-operative game of global defense for one to four players that challenges you and your friends to turn back a full-scale alien invasion coordinated in real-time by an innovative and free digital companion app. As the department heads of the elite paramilitary organization known as XCOM, you command the best equipment and soldiers that the earth can muster. Together, you must balance your efforts to destroy UFOs, research alien technology, defend your base, and uncover the alien invasion plan. Should you fail, humanity is doomed.

Paris has fallen. New York is a pile of rubble spilling into the Atlantic. Alien attacks against Nanjing and Changzhou prompt widespread panic throughout the streets of Shanghai. Defense satellites detect UFOs in orbit over Mexico, Russia, and Brazil. Military responses have proven ineffectual. Fear and anxiety lead to widespread riots. Human civilization stands upon the brink of collapse...

In XCOM: The Board Game, you and up to three friends assume the roles of the leaders of the elite, international organization known as XCOM. It is your job to defend humanity, quell the rising panic, and turn back the escalating alien invasion coordinated by the game’s innovative, free digital companion app.

Where the world’s militaries have failed to stand against the alien invaders, you must succeed. To do so, you must make strategic use of the resources available to you. You must launch Interceptors to shoot down alien UFOs, assign soldiers to key missions, research alien technology, and use that technology to defend your base, all while you try to keep the world from collapsing just long enough that you can coordinate one final mission to repel the invaders for good.

Destroy UFOs. Research alien technology. Defend your base. Uncover the alien invasion plan. Should you fail, humanity is doomed.

Note: Requires the use of a free digital companion app which is available for download or access as an online tool.

Features:

The Desperate Defense:

Destroy UFOs. Research alien technology. Defend your base. Uncover the alien invasion plan. Should you fail at any of these tasks, humanity is doomed.

Utilize New Technology:

The most notable aspect of XCOM: The Board Game is the free and innovative digital app it requires. Incorporated into the game's very core, this app promotes a unique play experience unlike anything you and your friends have previously encountered in a board game.

The app’s primary function is to coordinate the escalating alien invasion, randomly selecting from one of five different invasion plans. It coordinates the arrival of new UFOs, plans strikes against your base, and responds to your successes or failures as the aliens seek to conquer Earth. The app manages all of these tasks and heighten’s the game’s tension as it forces you to adapt to a dynamic turn structure and respond in real-time.

Fight on Multiple Fronts:

You must launch Interceptors to shoot down alien UFOs, assign soldiers to key missions, research alien technology, and use that technology to defend your base.

Pushing Deeper into Danger:

XCOM: The Board Game utilizes a push-your-luck dice rolling system that allows you to take heroic risks, even as the aliens intensify their assaults. Whenever you undertake a task and push your luck in search of success, the task’s threat level rises. If you fail to meet the threat, you suffer the consequences. You may lose soldiers. Your satellites may go offline. Your scientists may succumb to disease. You will suffer losses, but with the world at stake, you can’t afford to play it safe.

XCOM: The Board Game Includes:

1 Game board
12 XCOM soldiers
8 Interceptors
24 UFOs
5 Custom dice
More than 200 cards and tokens

Note: Requires the use of a free digital companion app which is available for download or access as an online tool.

Specifications:

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
Release Date: 2015
Genre: Board Game
Ages: 14+
Play Time: 60-120 minutes
Players: 1-4