Sword Art Online Getting Board Game

Anime fans are no stranger to awesome merchandise from their favorite shows. It seems like Japan is constantly pumping out new figures, posters, shirts, and art books daily. But Sword Art Online Fans get ready because there is going to be an official Sword Art Online board game coming soon. Kadokawa announced on Monday, that they will be releasing a board game based off of the anime franchise, and it will be titled "Sword Art Online Board Game: Swords of Fellows".

The game is set to release on June 29 at the price of 3,240 yen, or about $29. The is going to be developed by Arclight, a company that has made many other popular board games.

The story behind the game is going to be based off of the arc from the first season of the TV anime series, The Aincrad Arc. The game features the main characters Asuna and Kirito, as well as others from the anime, and players must defeat monsters, foes, and climb to the top level of Aincrad. Giving a chance for players to play through the popular story their own way.

The board game set includes six character cards, ten scenario cards, eight item cards, one support card, four main dice, four support dice, six character dice, and 30 tokens. The suggested age for game is 10 and over, and it is estimated to be about 30 minutes play time.

It has been awhile since the franchise has released anything new, but will be releasing the new Sword Art Online Movie-Ordinal Scale soon. The full synopsis of the movie can be seen below:

"In 2022, the world of virtual reality was upended by the arrival of a new invention from a genius programmer, Akihiko Kayaba, called NerveGear. It was the first full-dive system, and with it, came endless possibilities to VRMMORPGs.

In 2026, a new machine called the Augma is developed to compete against the NerveGear and its successor, the Amusphere. A next-gen wearable device, the Augma doesn't have a full-dive function like its predecessors. Instead, it uses Augmented Reality (AR) to get players into the game. It is safe, user-friendly and lets users play while they are conscious, making it an instant hit on the market. The most popular game on the system is "Ordinal Scale" (aka: OS), an ARMMORPG developed exclusively for the Augma.

Asuna and the gang have already been playing OS for a while, by the time Kirito decides to join them. They're about to find out that Ordinal Scale isn't all fun and games…"