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[TetraxShards]

Bloodborne is getting its own licensed card game.

The spin-off was announced on Twitter via card game designer Eric Lang, who created XCOM: The Board Game and A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, among many other licensed projects.

The developer estimated that an average round of the Bloodborne card game will last a half-hour. "Bloodborne: risk management with a bit of groupthink, inventory management/upgrades and tactical play in an intense 30 minute card game," was his Twitter-friendly elevator pitch.

"My goal with Bloodborne was to channel the intensity and frustration of the video game into a contest between players," he said. "Lots of death."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-16-bloodborne-is-getting-an-official-card-game

The XCOM board game is really fun, so I'm into this.

 

[BY2K]

Solitaire got robbed.

Honestly, though, I'm interested.

 

[Übermatik]

Rad.

 

[Fat4all]

Eric Lang is a beast.

 

[Brannon]

First one to get Ludwig's Holy Blade wins.

 

[Newtype-001]

Sounds interesting.

Spoiler

Will flip the table and awooh if i ever loose

 

[Dmax3901]

So that's what they were doing in Byrgenwerth.

 

[Neoleo2143]

The Rom Card needs to be the trolliest thing ever.

 

[5taquitos]

The game of thrones card game is ridiculously complex, at least for my simple mind.

 

[SargerusBR]

What

 

[super-famicom]

Heard good things about the XCOM board game, so if the designer of that is involved, this sounds like it may be good.

 

[brandonh83]

Praise the deck.

 

[Mifec]

Seems like they know why Witcher brutalized it so hard and are trying to get in on the goods.

 

[taoofjord]

Awesome! I wouldn't be surprised if we see this come to PSVR as well.

 

[Acquiescence]

Welp, there's your Bloodborne 2 folks. Enjoy it.

 

[boinx]

That's fucking rad

 

[Philippo]

"an intense 30 minute card game"

If it's a real Bloodborne game then it'll go from 30mins to 3 hours thanks to all the diying.

 

[Oynox]

I will keep an eye on this, though I never played Bloodborne and probably won't too soon. But if it is a good game with the same artwork quality, I might be in.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Not what expect to hear.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

There can never be enough Bloodborne.

 

[GravityInsanity]

My trump card!

 

[NinjamicWZ]

I want to play this on PS VR. Being able to lay down cards on a table and sit across from your opponent would be cool.

 

[Wagram]

Pretty neat. Is there a souls board game? I think it's a far better fit.

 

[PlatypusDude]

Well that's different. Bloodborne does have a lot of cool stuff though to make cards into though.

 

[The Xtortionist]

I wonder how it will play. Constructed decks like Netrunner, or a deckbuilder like Ascension? Or maybe something else?

 

[super-famicom]

Pretty neat. Is there a souls board game? I think it's a far better fit.

No, there isn't. But a Souls boardgame would be cool.

 

[usp84]

Looks like Bloodborne is becomimg a franchise. Bloodborne 2 2017?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Looks like Bloodborne is becomimg a franchise. Bloodborne 2 2017?

Very doubtful since Miyazaki said his next game won't be based on dark fantasy.

 

[Disaster Nebraska]

Oh wow. Eric Lang is one of my favorite board game designers (Blood Rage and CitOW are two of the best board games money can buy) and Bloodborne was my favorite game of 2015.

This news can't be true.

 

[wiibomb]

when I make all the other players die at my nightmare:

 

[GhostTrick]

Good. Now CDPR can release a Gwent card game so that Bloodborne gets robbed again. :")

On a more serious note, is it more like a board game ?

 

[Manu]

Spoiler

just kidding, this could be good.

 

[Hot Coldman]

The edges are really, really sharp.

 

[HK-47]

Holy shit, Eric Lang is on this? Dude is a board game god and he is hot off his best game yet in Blood Rage.

 

[Disaster Nebraska]

I wonder how it will play. Constructed decks like Netrunner, or a deckbuilder like Ascension? Or maybe something else?

Eric Lang has already made some extemely good card games, if you didn't know. Warhammer: Invasion and CoC are great. If this is anything like those, people are in for a treat.

Holy shit, Eric Lang is on this? Dude is a board game god and he is hot off his best game yet in Blood Rage.

HK knows what's up.

 

[Nazo]

I usually don't care much for card games but I'm not gonna lie the idea of a Blooborne card game sounds pretty fuckin' rad.

Looking forward to the art on the cards at the very least.

 

[IzzyF3]

Eric Lang is one of the best.

 

[TimeEffect]

Awwww yes! Love the universe, and card games are usually fun.

Aw, I was hoping for it to be on PS4.

 

[RoboPlato]

The Dark Souls of card games.

 

[Tactics18]

Well, I'm hyped for a Card game.
That's new.

 

[oti]

The real Phase 10 starts here.

 

[silva1991]

More Bloodborne is never a bad thing.

 

[-tetsuo-]

For those that don't know, Eric Lang is a pretty damn good game designer. XCOM is excellent and Call of Cthulu card game is great. He also made one of my absolute favorite board games, Chaos in the Old World.

 

[Saint of Killers]

OT but, he's also doing a Godfather board game!

 

[Kyrios]

Definitely interested, could be good.

 

[B4s5C]

Evilore is scum. This forum should burn.

Its time to Reset this new Era.

 

[The Xtortionist]

Eric Lang has already made some extemely good card games, if you didn't know. Warhammer: Invasion and CoC are great. If this is anything like those, people are in for a treat.

Looks like Warhammer: Invasion, CoC, and Game of Thrones are all LCGs. They all also have "The Card Game" in their titles, which Bloodborne shares, so it looks like it might turn out to be an LCG as well. I used to be way into TCGs/CCGs in the mid-late 2000s, but collecting was almost always a pain. The LCG model is exactly what those types of games should be in the modern era imo. Bodes well for Bloodborne if so.

 

[CrazyHal]

The Rom Card needs to be the trolliest thing ever.

Don't you mean Patches?

"I examine the area with shiny lights"

"I use Patches! He push you down a cliff!"

"GODAMMIT!"

 

[Toxi]

Eric Lang?

This is gonna be rad. Can't wait.

Looks like Warhammer: Invasion, CoC, and Game of Thrones are all LCGs. They all also have "The Card Game" in their titles, which Bloodborne shares, so it looks like it might turn out to be an LCG as well. I used to be way into TCGs/CCGs in the mid-late 2000s, but collecting was almost always a pain. The LCG model is exactly what those types of games should be in the modern era imo. Bodes well for Bloodborne.

Yeah, glad this will probably be a LCG.

 

[Mentok]

The Rom Card needs to be the trolliest thing ever.

HAHAHA was about to post "I bet Rom is a troll card"!