Marc André, author of Splendor and Majesty: For the Realm, is bringing his latest design Soul Raiders to Kickstarter in early 2021 courtesy of publisher One for All. Founded over a century ago, the secretive and ancestral order of the Soul Raiders was created to fight back the malevolent forces of evil beyond the Veil threating the fantasy realm known as Kivros. The game is a cooperative experience with an emphasis on story where 1 - 4 players take on the titular role of warrior mages venturing forth on dangerous quests scattered throughout the lands. Adhering to the code of honour and leaving no member of the party behind, these heroes live and die as one which is represented by a common pool of health points that player(s) need to manage in order to succeed in their quest of discovery as described by publisher One for All:

“Whenever the group reaches zero vitality points, the whole party begins to feel the strain of their mutual effort in front of many dire obstacles. Starting next round and moving forward, all players will have one less action card in hand at the start of the turn (more on these action cards in a future post — they are key to explore the chapter).

Once the vitality token reaches zero, however, it keeps moving on the circular track! It then goes from zero to thirty (the maximum amount of vitality for a group), and will progress along the track until it reaches zero again, where the group will lose one more card, and so on and so forth.

The adventurers start the game with four action cards in hand ; if they lose all their vitality while they have only 2 cards in hand, they are too exhausted to keep going, and have to retreat with the information they gathered ; the game session is over at the end of the current round.”

For more information about this upcoming epic fantasy game head on over to the official web site for Soul Raiders.

Source: One for All