The Mighty Thunderjaw Hits Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game
August 20, 2021 by fcostin
For those who have been hitting the Hunter's Lodge as part of the Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game campaign, you will be delighted to know that Steamforged Games has announced the date for the next expansion coming to the title, and this beast is no small feat. The Thunderjaw expansion is on its way, now available to pre-order.
Thunderjaw Expansion // Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game
The Thunderjaw is an absolute beast. If you have ever played Horizon Zero Dawn, the video game, you will know that these big boys are hard to take down, and they certainly do not like being the hunted!
Thunderjaw Model // Thunderjaw Expansion
Standing as such a tall and stocky unit, this size certainly does reflect just as well-in game:
"In a 1-2 player game, the Thunderjaw has a hit point value of 50, which scales up to 60 in 3-4 player games. That’s MUCH higher than any of the smaller machines in the game, and worthy of a machine of Thunderjaw’s massive size and stature."
Meaning that with a hit point value in 1-2 player mode, this is a high price target which will take strategy and precison to take down this brute.
Thunderjaw Disc Launcher // Thunderjaw Expansion
Along with the Thunderjaw being a high-ticket item. The machine itself boasts to have six removable components being the large behemoth takedown. Meaning there are six different weak spots to stagger and cap the abilities of the Thunderjaw. If you do want to escape the sharp and biting jaws of the beast, you may want to work these out.
The Thunderjaw is armed with head-cannons and a disc launcher which are sure to be deadly, take these away from the fierce unit and the takedown will be so much sweeter.
For more information on the Thunderjaw, including how this model plays on the table, abilities and behaviours, be sure to check out the initial announcement here on the Steamforged Games website.
What do you think of the mighty Thunderjaw model?
"The Thunderjaw is armed with head-cannons and a disc launcher which are sure to be deadly!"
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a replicator rex? looks great.
The videogame had really interesting mechanical robot dinosaurs roaming the world …
I kind of doubt the boardgame does justice to the beasts and it probably won’t tell you about the background like the game does, which sucks as the story was great (if a bit weird).
Totally agreed on this.
I recently finished the video game and it was very good.
I doubt Steamforged Games can deliver the game anywhere good as the video games with their track record.
They make great looking miniatures such as this or monster hunter or their other games, but they all have been received overall poor for gameplay.
Wish the board games counterparts can just “patch” the games like they can on digital platforms.
nah, Demon souls and Monsterhunter don’t have a story.
That’s why they can work as boardgames.
Horizon:zero dawn was all about the story of both the protagonist and the world itself (why it is and what happened to it).
That’s why I didn’t back the kickstarter … hunting robo dinos was such a small part of the game itself. It was interesting, but it was a mere means to an end.