Bandai wants Gundam to take over board game Wargaming

For years, Gundam privilege He has been a constant presence in anime and video games especially Gunpla kits. last Main view It’s not the only new thing coming to the popular mecha franchise, as Bandai is taking the organization into the world of tabletop gaming.

The company made the announcement during the Bandai Card Games Fest held this weekend Gundam assembly, A tabletop game where players use 5cm characters to play out different war game scenarios. Some are located indoors to gather The original story, others “go beyond” the franchise, but the overall goal is to be familiar but also distinct. The game’s starter characters, which come out of the box unpainted, each have their own individual abilities, and span the main beats of the series, from originals to regional favorites (Wing and seed) and the last main chain, Witch of Mercury. At launch, these numbers are:

• RX-78-2 Gundam
• MS-06S Zaku Ⅱ
• Wing Gundam Zero EW
• Air Gundam
• Kabul
• Archangel

Board games are a whole new field gundam, Which expanded last year with a revamped version of the collectible trading card game. This would be a Gundam-A heavy month, actually: along with that game’s North American beta later in the month (before its full launch later in 2025), and episodes of the upcoming release Gundam: GQuuuuuuX The anime will be remade into a theatrical release that will arrive in Japanese theaters on January 17. The first model of the series, based on his cool-looking mobile suit, is also Hit sometime this month.

As for Gundam assembly? Bandai Namco hasn’t revealed a date for that yet, but said it expects more information – such as pricing, rules and product specifications – later in the year.

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