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Cocktail didn't have a public stand at Spiel 2014, but a funny thing happened on the way to Essen. Coup designer Rikki Tahta of La Mame Games contacted me prior to Spiel to ask whether he could buy a copy (as I had posted on the Spiel 2014 Preview that I'd have a few copies on me for purchase) and in short order he volunteered space at his booth for Body Party. "Really?" said I. "Sure," said Rikki, "and I don't care about making anything. Just let me know how many you can get me, and I'll take things from there."
In the end, Cocktail Games delivered 96 copies to Rikki, he played the game with his family at some point during the convention, he sold them all shortly thereafter, then he donated the profit from the sale of Body Party to a charity group that he works with. Man, what great people you run into sometimes! Riches, riches, everywhere!
In any case, here's an overview of the game, shot on the final day of Spiel 2014 when my voice was absolutely destroyed:
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The world of Midgaard is inhabited by a race very similar to humans, filled with magic and for a reason stuck at the cultural and technological level of medieval Viking world. The arrival of scientists from Earth disturbs its fragile balance. The power gained by controlling magic changes the scientists – they become possessed by the lust for making this world better. They become gods, who are willing to sacrifice any life, except for their own, of course, to accomplish their – great, according to them – ideas.
Players impersonate the scientists struggling for the domination over The Coast of Sails and also for staying on Midgaard, because soon after them another person arrives to this world: Vuko Drakkainen, highly trained agent, whose task is to find the members of scientific expedition and send them back to Earth — or as a last resort make them vanish. Will the players, as powerful gods, allow him to do it?
From the first turn, the players are tossed in the middle of war. They will feel the adrenaline, fear, pain and the heat of a battle. They will smell blood and sweat, hear the clash of arms and the moaning of wounded and dying.
Man, lots going on there, and the video also covers a lot of ground in nearly twelve minutes...Players impersonate the scientists struggling for the domination over The Coast of Sails and also for staying on Midgaard, because soon after them another person arrives to this world: Vuko Drakkainen, highly trained agent, whose task is to find the members of scientific expedition and send them back to Earth — or as a last resort make them vanish. Will the players, as powerful gods, allow him to do it?
From the first turn, the players are tossed in the middle of war. They will feel the adrenaline, fear, pain and the heat of a battle. They will smell blood and sweat, hear the clash of arms and the moaning of wounded and dying.
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