Night of Man Kickstarter- Who Will Survive?
December 15, 2014 by deltagamegirl22
It is the year 2037. The home of humanity lies in ruins. Earth’s cities are devastated and a mysterious alien invader known only as “Killers” hunts the last remnants of humanity. Using a mixture of old weaponry and new technology, the survivors wage a guerrilla war against the occupiers. Who will decide the fate of the planet? As the night of man begins, humanity’s spirit to resist reawakens.
Man vs. Aliens always makes for good story and Flying Pig Games has it covered in a cool little Kickstarter out right now called, Night of Man. This is a card based, tactical board game where players can play the men or the aliens and battle to the death through 8 different scenarios.
Each of the scenarios offers an interesting mix of different "toys" and units for the players to control including: tanks, heroes, squads of soldiers, hover cars, walkers, missile teams and much more.
Each turn players draw up to four cards and game play consists of alternating turns until 3 cards from each player's hands have been played. Each player can keep one card to carry into the next round. Move your teams and use your unit's different abilities to out maneuver and take control of your opponent. The abilities add a unique spin to the game including telekinesis, controling robot spiders, introducing snipers and much more.
Would you control men or aliens in this futuristic encounter?
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$65 for a game with game tolkeins…what? I wouldn’t be so bad if the art was cool looking, but its not. I have seen better clip art and we all know what is happen to it. Addtionally, some of the game mechanics bother me, such as only being able to fire if have a card that says I can. So I guess what the game is saying is that front line units do not open fire wyen presented oppurtunites to do so. This game as an interesting theme and core idea, but it needs to go back to the drawing… Read more »
Having a card driven order system is not new or unusual. Your character in Myth can’t do anything unless they have a card that allows them to. If you haven’t drawn an attack card, then you can’t attack, no matter what the enemy is doing.
Looking forward to the inner city version ‘Night of Mandem’ 😉
I suggest the get an experienced artist and designer on the team to do the game matts, cards and tokens. As it stands now, it sort of like somes personal pet project that has no professional support behind it. Make the game look like its worth $65 your pricing it at and people will buy it.