It's akin to making two games, one after the other, and it certainly hasn't been a quick process. That iteration was only a means to an end, a way for the team to rigorously test its mechanics and balance before it transcended our material plane to become electronic entertainment. It's a digital incarnation of an entirely original board game, a fantasy game that League of Geeks first created in physical form. It's a validation for League of Geeks, the patchwork development team behind the project because, while Kickstarter is often a source of funding for many niche projects, it's fair to say that Armello is particularly niche, perhaps even quite singular.Īrmello's developers call it a "digital board game" but it's not simply an app conversion of an existing board game. As I finished it, it achieved that success, comfortably passing the $200,000 AUD mark with a couple of days still to run. The aim was to create a rich game full of backstabbing, close shaves, shattered alliances, ruses and empty promises – a perfect game to play with your friends.As I began writing this preview, Armello was on the cusp of Kickstarter success. The Kingdom of Armello is as dangerous as it is beautiful, perils, banes and bandits hide around every corner and a spreading corruption known as the rot is leaving no creature untouched.Īrmello is League of Geeks’ attempt to revolutionise digital board and card games, whilst providing players a rich world within which they can craft their own stories of epic adventure. Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.Īs a hero from one of the clans of Armello, you’ll quest, scheme, hire agents, explore, vanquish monsters, cast spells and face off against other players, with one ultimate end goal in mind - storming the palace and becoming King or Queen of Armello.
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