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Now Level 99 Games has announced the December 2019 release of two standalone Exceed games based on the Shovel Knight game series: Exceed: Shovel Knight – Hope Box and Exceed: Shovel Knight – Shadow Box, with each box containing decks for four fighters. Two "single fighter" expansion decks will also be released at the same time.
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Now a possible resolution to this situation has arisen thanks to a new Kickstarter campaign (KS link) from Jasco Games and Lynnvander Studios for Evil Dead 2: The Boardgame. Note that no one from the earlier campaign is involved with this new game design; the only thing they have in common is the source material.
That said, Jasco Games has promised that if this new campaign funds, it will deliver copies of the game to backers of the original KS campaign for only the cost of shipping. As they note in this KS project: "We cannot deliver exactly what previous backers pledged for, as that was not our project, however, we hope that you will all love this game and appreciate what we are trying to do for our beloved gaming community. Our Evil Dead 2 board game is an entirely NEW game designed by Lynnvander Studios and directed and tested heavily by Jasco Games and our play testers."
Thomas Gofton and Dylan Birtolofrom Lynnvander Studios visited the BGG booth at Origins Game Fair 2019 to talk about their attempt to right this situation and to present the game itself:
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Admittedly my knowledge of Zorro begins and ends with him being a swordsman of some type. I have no nostalgic connection to the character, which is also true for Robin Hood and King Arthur, two other characters that feel of the same type as Zorro, with all of them being public domain at this point and with enough of a history that at least someone cares to keep them in the public eye. (Video essayist Patrick (H) Willems covers the history of Robin Hood and King Arthur in film since the early 1900s and has an interesting take on why modern versions haven't succeeded.) As for this 2-6 player game that's being Kickstarted in late 2019, here's an overview:
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An aging and battle-weary Zorro can no longer adequately defend the people from oppression so he must now find a worthy successor. Prove yourself to him by showing your heroism and proficiency in battle by defeating the scoundrels and villains that are persecuting your fellow citizens. After the final battle, it will be clear who deserves to wear the mantle and become the next Zorro! Will it be you?
Gather equipment in The Zorro Dice Game by defeating heroic feats in Yahtzee/King of Tokyo-style dice rolling, either alone or with another player helping. Collect sets of heroic feats to earn more dice that only you can use, but that will also trigger a scoundrel or a villain. Once the villain emerges, whoever defeats them will win the game and become the next Zorro!
Gather equipment in The Zorro Dice Game by defeating heroic feats in Yahtzee/King of Tokyo-style dice rolling, either alone or with another player helping. Collect sets of heroic feats to earn more dice that only you can use, but that will also trigger a scoundrel or a villain. Once the villain emerges, whoever defeats them will win the game and become the next Zorro!
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