The board game adaptation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.’s crowdfuning campaign funded in less than four minutes after launching on GameFound earlier this week. Awaken Realms started its crowdfunding campaign for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Board Game this week on GameFound, with the project already raising over $1.75 million as of press time after just one day. The game is described as a “fully co-operative, story based “zone” crawler” in which players will control a single Stalker with their own style of play and customize their character with a variety of gear. Players can choose between a one-off mission or a campaign that runs 3 missions and takes about 10-12 hours to play through.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a video game franchise set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone set in an alternate universe. After the initial nuclear disaster that created the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone happened in 1986, a second disaster occurred in 1996 that created strange artifacts and weird phenomenon and mutations within the Zone. Each game in the franchise focuses on a different stalker (a person who roams the Zone) who follows a branching storyline with different potential endings based on which faction they sided with and choices they make. As of now, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Board Game will focus on new characters instead of stalkers from the video games.
Players will get the base S.T.A.L.K.E.R: The Board Game with a $95 pledge. Additional pledges add more miniatures to the game, with Zone Threats, Terrain, and Anomalies all available as either add-ons or as part of a massive Explorer Pledge that costs $219. Fans will have until July 4th to back campaign.
You can check out S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: The Board Game’s GameFound campaign here.
