For many years,Monster Hunterhas been the definitive over-the-top monster fighting experience. It’s all about humans picking up massively oversized weapons and fighting equally oversized monsters. There’s tons of fans of this kind of monster fighting experience, so it’s no surprise that the monster hunting model is expanding into other media. AlthoughMonster Hunter World: The Board Gameis gearing up for a Kickstarter soon, there’s also a new board game in development that’s clearly aMonster Hunterlove letter. It’s calledPrimal: The Awakening,and it does everythingMonster Hunterdoes in a tabletop experience, from the monsters to the weapons.
Primal: The Awakeningis being made by Reggie Games, an Italian board game newcomer that previously found success withELO Darkness, a strategy card game inspired by MOBAs. Reggie Games claims to be fascinated by tactics and dedicated to games based on strategy.Primal: The Awakeningchannels the samemultiplayer spirit ofMonster Hunterby encouraging players to work together to best all kinds of different monsters. Remarkably,Primal: The Awakeningeven offers a campaign, which is sure to see players progressing through more and more difficult hunts and constantly meeting more outlandish monsters. It’s everythingMonster Hunteris built to be.
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The Pillars of Monster Hunter
One ofthe chief principles ofMonster Hunteris that every monster is unique. Players never know what to expect out of a new monster and are always forced to figure out how they attack, what their fighting patterns are, and what the best way to beat them is.Primal: The Awakeningworks the same way. There’s lots of monsters in the game’s world of Thyrea, and to get through the campaign, players will have to work together to figure out what to do in every new challenge. These monsters are even getting all kinds of broad figurines to help players get immersed in the world by admiring the monster designs.
On the player side, there’s lots ofMonster Huntercomparisons to be made too.Monster Hunteris famous forits oversized weapons made from monster parts, as well as elaborate suits of armor made from a hunter’s trophies. Over the course of aPrimalcampaign, players will craft new gear in the same way asMonster Hunter.New equipment is represented by changes in each player’s deck, resulting in new playstyles and strategies. Customization is everything inMonster Hunter,and the same spirit lives on inPrimal: The Awakening.
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Primal’s Possibilities
Primal: The Awakeningoffers everything that fans ofMonster Huntercould ask for in a tabletop experience. Odds are many fans of the franchise have tried to adapt it intoDungeons and Dragonsand other tabletop RPGs, but now there’s a more direct parallel on the market. It’d probably even be feasible to usePrimal: The Awakening’s mechanics to play an actualMonster Huntertabletop experience. Once players have taken the time to get accustomed, they can make up mechanics for the Aptonoth,the Rathalos, and everything in between. Maybe there could even be an officialMonster Hunterexpansion someday, crossing over with its own board game.
Reggie Games has some good news for any interested players: it just had an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the game. Reggie Games only had a goal of about 150,000 euros, but fans of the concept have pledged over two million euros in total.Primal: The Awakeninghas way more funds to work with than its developers apparently ever dared to dream of. That means there might be a whole lot morePrimalin the future than initially planned. Reggie Games has the funding to design many more cards, figures, and possible expansions for the game.Monster Huntermight already havean official board game in development, but as far as indie parallels are concerned, nothing quite compares toPrimal.
Primal: The Awakeningis in development.
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