Whereas Gloomhaven was purely driven by players’ questing, Frosthaven provides players with the opportunity to develop the outpost they’re protecting using raw materials they find in their adventures. Terrorised by the dangerous creatures that populate the area, this inhospitable place is in need of some serious repairs and a band of brave mercenaries willing to protect them for the monsters that threaten them. The fantasy title shifts the story to a new group of adventurers who answer the distress call of a frozen outpost north to the city of Gloomhaven.
Considering this level of fame, it’s unsurprising that its sequel, Frosthaven, is currently among some of the most anticipated games set to be released in 2021.Īfter a tremendously successful crowdfunding campaign - raising almost $13 million within a month, becoming the highest-funded tabletop Kickstarter of all time - Frosthaven is carrying a heck of a lot of weight on its shoulders. A co-op board game taking place in and around a city inhabited by scores of people looking for the right mercenary band to complete their quests, Gloomhaven has become one of the most well-known board games out there - even ending up on the lips of people who might otherwise not be aware of most tabletop releases. There’s simply no downplaying the sheer popularity of Gloomhaven. Frosthaven The sequel to Gloomhaven promises players another narrative-driven campaign The game's outpost will gradually grow as players add new buildings. It’s time to get excited about the next 12 months, as we cover 10 of the best upcoming board games set to release in 2021. Whether you’re anticipating the next big box co-op campaign, another tabletop adaptation of a cult classic video game or the next release from a renowned designer, this list contains shining examples of the best board games that players have to look forward to in the near future. HeroQuest: The long-awaited revival of one of the most beloved adventure board games ever created is finally arriving this coming year.Soul Raiders: From the creator of Splendor, this ambitious narrative game will contain more than 1,000 cards in an epic adventure.Darkest Dungeon: Based on the indie video game about the perils of exploring dangerous ruins, this adaptation looks to embody the moody tone of its source material.Critical Role Adventures: The newly-formed publishing house from the team behind Critical Role is releasing a board game based on the actual play D&D series.Lizard Wizard: Become scaly magicians in this sequel to Raccoon Tycoon that features spell-creation and dungeon-raiding.Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile: The hotly anticipated release from the designer of Root and Pax Pamir that puts elements of legacy games into a fantasy setting.Burncycle: A co-op game about becoming a team of robots infiltrating the headquarters of humanity from the studio behind Too Many Bones.Descent: Legends of the Dark: The sequel to Journeys in the Dark, this enormous dungeon-crawling adventure is one hefty upcoming release.Quest: A spiritual successor to popular hidden role game The Resistance: Avalon, Quest continues the story of the Round Table knights.Frosthaven: After the most successful tabletop Kickstarter campaign ever seen, there’s good reason to be excited about the sequel to Gloomhaven.Hopefully, we will see the arrival of the titles on this list fairly soon - though release dates are not always guaranteed, of course. Several of the games featured on this list have had very successful Kickstarter campaigns and are set to finally be released in 2021, whereas a few of them have been waiting in the wings for quite some time now. Some entries on this list have a prestigious studio or design team behind them, whilst others are attached to a licence that’s seen plenty of love poured into it - either way, the board games on here have a lot of anticipation hanging around them. If you haven’t already got a clear idea of which tabletop titles to keep track of in the near future, reading through this collection will get you up to date with the biggest board game releases of 2021. Getting excited about an upcoming game is a wonderful thing, so this list is here to stoke those particular fires and to give you a good idea of what to expect in the coming months.
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