Assassin’s Creed board game coming to Kickstarter in November

Assassin’s Creed is the latest high-profile video game franchise to get the hobby games treatment. Board game developer Triton Noir announced that the Kickstarter campaign for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice will go live this November.

Brotherhood of Venice will be a cooperative tactical miniatures game focusing on stealth. Taking place in 1509, during the heart of the Italian Renaissance, players will be asked to create and maintain a headquarters for their team of assassins, then journey into the city to complete their objectives. The narrative takes place between between Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Gameplay will revolve around 20 unique, linked missions. The final product will include high-quality, unpainted miniatures.

Triton Noir is best known for its most recent effort, V-Commandos. Kotaku reviewed the game last year, noting that it’s effectively a board game adaptation of 1998’s stealth strategy game Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. You can watch a sample of its gameplay on YouTube.

Triton Noir hasn’t revealed any details about the campaign itself outside a single image of one of the assassins. At this point, we don’t know the duration of the campaign or even how much the initial ask is. There is a newsletter signup available at its website, which promises to let fans know more information as soon as the campaign goes live on Nov. 13 at noon EST.

A rendering of the assassin Cassandra from Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice.

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An example of a character card from Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice.

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This isn’t the first time that Assassin’s Creed has been licensed for a board game. There have been multiple Assassin’s Creed versions of Monopoly, for instance, as well as Cryptozoic’s Assassin’s Creed: Arena, which is currently out of print. You can still find copies available on Amazon.

Source: Polygon