Go Fry Some Aliens In Galaxy Defenders!
May 2, 2013 by brennon
Galaxy Defenders is an exceptionally cool looking Kickstarter from Ares Games where your agents have to face off against the deadly Alien hordes intent on invading...
"Galaxy Defenders is a cooperative tactical board game, inspired by the classical Sci-Fi movies and video games of the '80s and '90s.
In Galaxy Defenders up to five players fight together – each taking control of one or more agents with unique powers – to defend the planet from an alien invasion. The Aliens are controlled by a sophisticated, card-driven artificial intelligence system. The battle for Earth against the aliens develops in a series of missions organized in a story-driven campaign."
It's certainly looking like a neat game and as you can see above the gameplay seems fun too (I enjoyed the sound effects too!). The game has already passed the $90,000 mark and it looks to be climbing with nineteen days still to go.
There's also a selection of Kickstarter exclusives that echo the 80's and 90's feel of the game. What's good to note is that the miniatures all come pre-assembled and ready to play with right out of the box. Of course that doesn't stop you painting them if you feel like it!
With the success of the video game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon which is also a throw back to the Sci-Fi of the late 1900's it's easy to see why Galaxy Defenders has garnered such a response.
What do you think of Galaxy Defenders?
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80/90’s Sci Fi is going to (re)save the world 😉
But please stop the remakes! (Lloyd was telling me about the remake of Total Recall – not required! spend the budget on 60/70’s stuff, like space 1999 and buck rodgers!)
Or 80’s movie THE MONSTER SQUAD! Great movie that needs a remake and would even make a neat boxed game.
Total Recall… in a world where the best means of escape is to fall off of something… every time. Total Recall. dun dun duuuuunnnn whooosh. And when falling off of something isn’t enough, fall through the planet, itself, to get to a whole new place full off things to fall off of. Deedeeder deeeeee whoosh. Total Recall.
I’d love Space:2099 (or whatever) or Logan’s Run… but after the remakes of Death Race and Rollerball… ehhh, low hopes.
Total Recall – 15 minutes of set up. 1 hr 30 minutes of chase scenes. Yawn.
Here’s Blood Dragon btw for those of you interested…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dofacvjRkc
Pretty awesome!
$49 to ship outside the US? Ouch!
Thats way to much for me. The models don’t grab me as well. Looks more like simple marker pieces.
Actually, not really. There are a pair of pledges which include worldwide shipping.
And here is a gameplay video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BPXc9rNJ-So
I’m a backer, so I’d like to spread the word about the game 😉
Sorry, forgot the link. 😀
http://www.youtube.com/watch?fv=BPXc9rNJ-So
Ugh. Again. 🙁
http://www.youtube.com/watch?fv=BPXc9rNJ-So
Don’t worry @ztuff we have been having problems with links in the comments. I sorted it above, and there is also more gameplay video above the article too 😀
I am hoping for a human that looks like the guys from the original xcom if not I will have to pledge hi enough for them to make one
Co-op board games are the next gen consoles as far as I’m concerned. I’m definitely in!
That’s a shame, was looking into possibly getting the basic set to try it out as it looks fun but $49 shipping world wide no thanks and I don’t want to spend an extra $60. I see USA gets free shipping…. again, that is a big turn off for me as if there shipping gets calculated into the price then I feel like I am paying for there shipping as well as mine.