Tomb Raider Legends The Board Game
Tomb Raider Legends The Board Game (aka. Tomb Raider Legends The Board Game) is a Tomb Raider themed Board Game by Square Enix Products set to be released in the first quarter of 2019. It was officially announced on 18 August 2019 on social media[1].
The image used for the packaging is reminiscent of the Peru - Mountain Caves level from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary.
Contents
Rules
Please Note: The Rules described here are based on the GamesCom 2018 prototype and are subject to change. Also, they are not complete but are rather intended to give a short overview of the game to a person interested in buying it.
The game can be played with 3 or 4 players. Each player represents a version of Lara Croft from the Classic and the LAU games. While making her way through six locations - five area tiles and one climax tile, chosen at random and only revealed to the players on entering the area - Lara has to reduce the thread level of each of these to zero in order to be able to progress from the start to the finish tile. On her way the players are looking for the Artifact (the Scion), but there is only one of it, as well as two replicas. In order to finish the game and become the true Lara Croft, one has to be in possession of the real Artifact - which means that there is a fierce competition between the different Laras, who are trying to steal the Artifact from one another.
To progress through the areas, the player chooses three of his action card and places them in the order they want to play them on their character board. These actions include Explore, Rest, Assault, Steal, and Rush. By exploring an area, the player gains Raid Cards that give special powers. Resting reduces Lara's injuries.
Whoever reaches the goal first wins the game.
Pre-release History
Social Media Promotion
The game was first teased on social media on 17 August 2018, one day before the actual announcement[2].
On 19 August 2018 an image of the Scion was posted on social media[3], with the instructions to download an image and find the hidden clue in the title. By adjusting the colour curves using an image manipulation program like GIMP or Photoshop reveals a message in the "Artifact" heading of the image: "See it first at GamesCom Hall 5.2 Booth E19".
Original Image
Manipulated Image
GamesCom 2018
Members of the 2018 GamesCom Official Fansite Program's Ambassadors had the opportunity to play a prototype of the game at the booth of Square Enix Products on Wednesday 22nd, after a short introduction by Fabian Weber. Reactions were overwhelmingly positive.
Gallery
GamesCom 2018 Prototype
GamesCom 2018 Prototype
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