CMON & Monolith Scoop Up A Range Of Titles From Mythic Games
December 14, 2022 by brennon
As mentioned in a recent BoardGameGeek Post, it looks like Mythic Games are slimming down their line of board games and has sold them on to different companies.
Mythic Games
You can read the announcement on the future plans for Mythic Games over on their Facebook Page if you'd like more information on what they are hoping to do in 2023 but there are also five projects being moved on to different companies. CMON has managed to scoop up Super Fantasy Brawl, Enchanters and Steamwatchers.
Super Fantasy Brawl // CMON
Enchanters // CMON
Steamwatchers // CMON
These games will get added to the library of content that CMON already produces and should hopefully see future expansions and the like. It would be especially nice to see more come out for Super Fantasy Brawl when it comes to champions, game modes and the like.
Two more games have also moved house and are now in the hands of Monolith. They were able to scoop up both Solomon Kane and Reichbusters, two well-liked board games with us here at OnTableTop.
Solomon Kane // Monolith Edition
Reichbusters: Project Vril // Monolith Edition
According to Monolith, Reichbusters is going to be back with a streamlined set of rules and will also be enhanced with more expansion content in the future. As for Solomon Kane, they are also looking to make some interesting plans for that and hope to do more with the characters and the world in the future.
You can read the collected announcements over on the BoardGameGeek Page but it's nice to see that past projects from Mythic could be getting a new lease of life in the hands of the likes of CMON and Monolith.
Darkest Dungeon
As well as that news, Darkest Dungeon is also a hot topic for Mythic right now as there are still ways to get your hands on both the Core Game and Deluxe Core Game over on their webstore.
Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game // Mythic Games
There are also different bundles, accessories and expansions for you to pick up as well. It should be noted that Darkest Dungeon joins two other games as the main focus for Mythic Games going forward. The other two are Anastyr and Hel which are still to be delivered after successful Kickstarters. Anastyr is currently to be delivered in July 2023 and Hel is still in development.
We shall see where this goes!
"It would be especially nice to see more come out for Super Fantasy Brawl when it comes to champions, game modes and the like..."
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If only the rights to non-KS games changed hands so easily.
CMON would not be my first choice of publisher but I suppose it is any port in a storm.
If it injects enough cash for them to deliver on all the outstanding projects (and deliver the games they are holding hostage) then this is a good thing.
Going forward they have a mountain to climb to build any kind of good will and trust. Maybe just change the company name and move on.
Changing the name only works for new backers and it doesn’t make the company any better.
Hermes had a terrible reputation for parcel delivery and changed their name to Evri… but that doesn’t mean they are any better at doing the job.
Given Mythic’s reputation… perhaps ‘Ransom Games’ would be a good choice if they rebranded the company.
Solomon Kane moving to Monolith makes sense – hopefully this might mean they can work out a way to incorporate him into their Conan came much like they already did with Kull the Conqueror, and some of the beasties of Mythic Battles would make suitably baroque opponents for Kane to stand against…
The business model of using funding from new Kickstarters to help pay for your company whilst the products themselves were almost endlessly delayed has finally proved to be unsustainable. This is particularly the case after the Covid, economic and political changes caused China based production costs to soar and delays to build beyond what was expected. Mythic have a good design team and the games play very well. Solomon Kane is excellent but it was 3 years late. I’ve liked the look of several projects since then but daren’t tie up so much money for so long. I wish them… Read more »