Biohazard: Kickstarter kommt

Ein neuer Post-apokalyptischer Kickstarter wird auf Facebook kräftig angeteasert.

Biohazard Game is an upcoming tabletop game, where survivors (represented by miniatures) fight each other for any scraps of our civilization they can find.

We plan to release the game in coming months, but we know many of you can’t wait already! To make the wait easier and more fun for you, we decided to start this fanpage.

„Like“ us and over the coming months you will discover the world of Biohazard Game, learn all about its history and events that shaped it, as well as see many concept arts, illustrations and even some finished models before they are released!

Es wird drei Fraktionen geben:

Sigma Corp, ein Pharma-Konzern und deren paramilitärische Truppen sind die erste davon:

„Sigma Corp.“ was a global pharmaceutical company. They used to make and sell medicine to virtually every country in the world. Few years ago, after one of their facilities was attacked and burned down by activists protesting against testing drugs on animals, the company terminated the contract with its security agency and invested in professional para-military security.

Darauf folgen die „Nobodies“, normale Leute, die nun ums Überleben kämpfen müssen:

„The Nobodies“ are people who didn’t work for any of the corporations before it all went down. The apocalypse made them equal to people of corporations – now they all are just survivors.

Und zu guter Letzt gibt es die „Evolved“, denn was wäre eine Apokalypse ohne Zombies?

Almost six months ago, biological weapon was used globally. Billions of people died. Some survived. Others… evolved.

The first stage of transformation is mostly about personality. You stop to see yourself as a part of the group, that you used to stay with, become distrustful and alienated. People say you freak out. You become more and more ferocious every day. You start to see others as weak and yourself as stronger and better adapted.

The Evolved are the third faction for Biohazard Game (Sigma Corporation and The Nobodies are the first two). It represents people who not only survived the exposure to the virus, but somehow assimilated its genome to change their own. Some say, that they are the next step of the evolution. Others believe, that they are just monsters. One thing is sure, though: they keep evolving…

Das erste Modell für die Sigma gibt es auch schon zu bestaunen:

Und einige Render:

Auf Facebook lief eine Abstimmung darüber, welches Aussehen die speziellen Würfel haben sollen:

Einblicke in die Regeln gab es auch schon. So wird z.B. Hunger und die Suche nach, bzw. der Kampf um Nahrung im Kampagnenspiel eine wichtige Rolle spielen:

Hunger is one of the biggest concerns for any apocalypse survivor. As such, it plays a major role in the mechanics of Biohazard Game – in fact, food will often be the main motivation for your characters to fight against your opponnent’s group!

Each character in game has a „Hunger“ stat, represented by 7 tick-boxes on the roster, numbered 0 to 6:
0 – full
1 – hungry
2 – very hungry
3 – starving
4 – badly starving
5 – dying of starvation
6 – death

After each game, you have to make a choice for each character: you can either feed him (or her) by spending 1 ration of food you’ve found or you have to to tick the next box to represent his or her hunger getting worse. Each level has in-game effects: from light (like: can’t aim while shooting) to severe (cannot take part in game).

Oh, did we mention, there is a strictly limited amount of food available in each game? You better grab some weapons, then…

Auch wird es wohl Regeln für die Evolved geben, bei denen einzelne Mitglieder im Laufe der Kampagne zu stärkeren Varianten mutieren:

Couple of posts back we’ve shown you the Freak – our first concept art for the Evolved faction. Some of you have spotted that we mentioned he was „Stage 1 Evolved“ and asked us what does it mean.

Obviously, it means there are more stages! Today we want to share with you an early concept for one of the possible ways for the Freak to evolve during your campaign.

Yes, you read that right. He could evolve into the monster to the right.

Or worse…

Und zu guter Letzt gab es kürzlich einen Einblick in die Aktivierungs-Mechaniken:

Der Kickstarter soll am 1. Oktober online gehen.

Link: Biohazard Game auf Facebook