Call of Duty is Getting Its Own Tabletop Board Game

Call of Dutywill be turned into a tabletop board game. The task has been taken on by Arcane Wonders, a company which has already adapted video games and other types of media in the past. But the attempt to create an authenticCall of Dutyboard game experience seems more ambitious than most likely would expect.

Arcane Wonders was founded in 2012 and one of its niches is strategic board and card games. The company has created many award-winning games, which are well-known in board game enthusiast circles, such asSheriff of NottinghamandMage Wars Arena. Arcane Wonders has also taken on the task of adapting other mediums before. Among these titles areHello Neighbor: The Secret Neighbor Party Game, which wasadapted from theHello NeighborandSecret Neighborvideo games. The company also created a board game adaptation of Rooster Teeth’sRWBYseries titledRWBY: Combat Ready.

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The announcement trailer for the board game was released today by Arcane Wonders, however, it won’t be funded by Activision. The president of the company, Robert Geistlinger, explained that Activision onlyprovided theCall of Dutylicense, “but at the end of the day, this is our experience that we’re bringing to gamers, and that team has kindly allowed us to use whatever tools and platforms we feel are necessary to make the best version of our game for their fans.” Therefore, the game will have a Kickstarter campaign, which will launch in the late summer of this year.

As is usual for Kickstarter campaigns, there will be different goals funders will be able to unlock as they aim higher and higher on the fundraising journey. There are various plans for these goals, including additional maps, modes, weapons, and pre-painted miniatures as well asZombiesand co-op campaigns. The game’s setting will be therebootedCall of Duty: Modern Warfaretimeline.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfarefans will have to wait for a bit until they can either support the project on Kickstarter or see howwell a game likeCall of Dutywill translateinto a board game when the final product eventually hits store shelves.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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