Mantic Games Opens Official Board Games Division
June 14, 2022 by fcostin
Mantic Games are well known for publishing a whole host of different adventures for our tabletop. Whether it be on the battlefields engaging in mass combat with Kings of War, or throwing pain and might towards BRPD missions in Hellboy The Board Game.
There are plenty of options to dive into over at Mantic, including terrain to bolster up the tabletop. And now, the publisher has instated a clean-up and organisation across their tabletop titles, bringing their selection of board games to their own division.
Mantic Board Games Division // Mantic
Providing a fresh entry point for new audiences, there will be a clear divide across Mantic's wargaming vs board game titles, with a new department over at the publisher. As they plan to bring family-friendly board games and roleplaying experiences to the forefront, with an easier way to become part of the Mantic family.
Opening up to new opportunities, Mantic will be working closely with other licencing partners to bring new ideas to light, some of which may not have fit the mould of wargaming when visited prior. However, this brings more exciting titles to a wider selection of gamers. This also includes the potential for the growth of Mantic's best-selling wargames games obtaining their own board game versions.
The first title to be officially joining their new venture, the Mantic Board Games Division brand, will be the upcoming Umbrella Academy: The Board Game. Set to launch tomorrow over on Gamefound, the fearsome featured family will be gearing up to save the world time and time again, whilst pulling together their teenage angst!
What do you think of Mantic solidifying its role in the board games sector?
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I love Mantic, but their track record on boardgames isn’t great… Dungeon Saga was good, but they’ve let it die without a proper successor or 2nd edition. League of Infamy came & went with little fanfare and no buzz & no future plans. Ronnie himself has said that Dreadball doesn’t sell well for them. Walking Dead All Out War was great, but is dead now. They tried Here’s Negan as an intro TWD game, but it never went far with either fans or casuals. Star Saga was met with a resounding yawn and its price was cut regularly, with no… Read more »
nice.
This could be potentially good move from them but time will tell.
I really wanted to like The Umbrella Academy boardgames as I love the comics, but unfortunately I don’t.
I love the mini’s the gameplay though is just too bland and it might as well not have any miniatures because there simply is no interaction between them.
But maybe that’s the wargamer in me expecting something different.