[Rise of the Runelords]: Obsidian tablet version of the Pathfinder board/cardgame

wgren

"Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: the Stick of Truth and the Kickstarter phenomenon Pillars of Eternity, announced that they have entered into a long-term licensing partnership with Paizo Inc. to produce electronic games based on its popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game intellectual property." First out is a tablet version of board/cardgame called Rise of the Runelords, as revealed on Gamescom 2014.

Official site

A review of the original boardgame at Rock, Paper, Shotgun and the BoardGameGeek page.

First big screenshots:

C2B

Will arrive 2015 (dunno when exactly). Additional Plattforms are planned post-launch.

C2B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPfHWQHytx8

Elvenshae

I really like this card game in-person.

Should be interesting to see what changes they make.

C2B

Nathan Davis speaks

Supporting a lot of platforms is something that we on the team have a personal investment in (we all use different devices as our primary mode of gaming). We also want to get folks playing this thing as soon as we can. So we are balancing a lot of factors to determine what we are releasing on and when.

Well, for a start, I am. My team is small but you may see them pop in here from time to time.

Nathan previously worked on Mask of the Betrayer, Alpha Protocol, Dungeon Siege III and South Park as a producer. His role on this project is that of a producer and designer.

wgren

Two old articles (and one screenshot I hadn't seen before) from one of the few mobile game sites worth reading:

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/trailblazing-obsidian-announces-pathfinder-adventure-card-game-tablets/

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/ask-ye-shall-receive-first-image-obsidians-pathfinder-tablets/

C2B

wgren wrote: »

Two old articles (and one screenshot I hadn't seen before) from one of the few mobile game sites worth reading:

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/trailblazing-obsidian-announces-pathfinder-adventure-card-game-tablets/

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/ask-ye-shall-receive-first-image-obsidians-pathfinder-tablets/

You mean this one?

wgren

Yeah. Which of course is the same wooden background background as before, but with some new cards shown. Oh, and a dice being rolled it seems!

C2B

Another Screeny I overlooked

C2B

An article from august 22'nd I overlooked

http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/33282/app-news-pathfinder-impressions-stalag-17-released

We were able to sit down with one of the developers from Obsidian Entertainment on Saturday morning and take a look at the game in action and, upon viewing, rocketed to the top of my want list. If the physical version of the game has a failing for me, it's that the roleplaying aspect seems a bit thin. There are times where it definitely feels like you're playing a card game and not smashing villains. The app changes all that. Not only are there cut-scenes introducing plot points and NPCs that appear in the game, but all the locations are icons on a great looking map. Once you enter a location, it zooms to that location, which is a fully animated landscape.

The card game portion is still completely intact, with cards and dice being displayed on top of the backgrounds. There are even digital dice that you can flick around the screen instead of the dice rolls happening behind the scenes.

What really made it stand out what the inclusion of material from the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path that isn't in the cards from the game. Not that there are new cards or adversaries, but that they pulled story items from the adventure path to flesh out the app and make it feel less like a card game and more like a true RPG.

Also

Vincent Grayson

I forget, is this coming to PC as well? Because I don't own a tablet, but know a number of people who'd be all over playing this on PC with me.

C2B

Vincent Grayson wrote: »

I forget, is this coming to PC as well? Because I don't own a tablet, but know a number of people who'd be all over playing this on PC with me.

Multiple plattforms are planned (and semi-comfirmed), but the first release will be on tablets.

C2B

Old (August 20th) video I came across on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGMt0B7qeM

C2B

http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/right-path-latest-info-pathfinder-adventure-card-game/
http://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/34935/app-news-new-pathfinder-screens-talisman-dungeon-n

C2B

Keep an eye out on the Paizo blog in the next few weeks. There is some juicy stuff coming.

C2B

Keep an eye out on the Paizo blog in the next few weeks. There is some juicy stuff coming.

C2B

http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/4/7980129/pathfinder-rpg-video-game-obsidian-entertainment

C2B

http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lhd2?A-Look-at-Obsidians-Adventure-Card-Game

wgren

Still no release date, but "going well", and a few new screenshots.
https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/43759/app-news-update-pathfinder-adventure-card-game-ave

wgren

Demoed at Gencon 2015. Apparently at least 1 person excited about it (apart from me)

https://twitter.com/BonusRoundCafe/status/627845422057451520

C2B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=55&v=QosnMDAUm3g

wgren

Will "debut" on PAX Prime, in about a week. Scheduled for a fall release, more details from GamingCypher.

wgren

Some more screenshots, from the iOS version.

wgren

Finally some news. Won't release this year, but they are working on it, trying to make it bigger and better. Again confirmed by Anthony Davis in comments that "we don't plan to stop at tablets."

http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5li9h?Whats-New-With-Obsidians-Adventure-Card-Game

wgren

Release date: March 29th.

wgren

Previews have started to appear, most sound really positive. I rarely play on my tablet or phone, but I'm looking forward to trying this.

Pocket Tactics
Board Game Geek
Geek Dad
Hardcore Gamer

Obsidian did a playthrough on their Twitch stream. Looks fun!

wgren

It is now out, if anyone is still interested. :P Congrats to the team at Obsidian!

Downloading tonight after work to give it a spin. Free initial download includes one adventure, further adventures is in-app purchases as expected for a mobile title.

http://toucharcade.com/2016/04/27/the-very-promising-pathfinder-adventures-digital-card-game-is-finally-out/


Edit: Store link for Apple users. For Google users.

TeeMan

Would like to give it a go but I don't have a tablet any more nor am likely to buy one. Really looks the business though, I hope it's worked out well for them

Vincent Grayson

Nice. I'll grab this on my iPad when I get home.

wgren

My own quick review: I like it a lot. The tutorial leaves something to be desired though. If you run out of turns it's game over. If you run out of cards to draw, your character dies. I managed to miss that, don't know if I'm stupid or they didn't mention it clearly enough. Using items cost cards, taking damage costs a lot of cards, so there is a tradeoff about how much risk you are willing to take. Some characters are better at certain locations too, the flavor text or the location special rules can give hints to which skills or classes are good there.

You get a single adventure for free, and if you pay a premium pass you get all adventures and future expansions. There are also microtransactions, if you hate having money.

It is buggy though. I have been in situations where tutorial modal screens and monster cards cover the buttons I need to advance. So far, every time I get to the win screen (or fail screen) I can't continue. The red numbers seem to tell me I need to discard cards, but there is no way that I can find to discard them, just hand over the superfluous ones to other characters. So I have to delete that save and start over again. This is on Android btw, don't know if the same bug is there for iOS.

If they fix the most glaring bugs, it is one of the better mobile games I've played so far and I'll happily pay the full price. Apparently they just released a patch so, here's hoping.

Here is a recent review from Pocket Tactics, they were very positive.

http://www.pockettactics.com/reviews/review-pathfinder-adventures/

Jam Warrior

You drag the extra cards to the bottom half of the screen when rebuilding your deck after a game. Once everyone is back down to their limit for that type of card you'll be able to continue.