Once every decade, elder dragons trek across the sea to travel to the land known as the New World in a migration referred to as the Elder Crossing. In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement. Take down these monsters and receive materials that you can use to create stronger weapons and armor in order to hunt even more dangerous monsters. Hunt alone or in co-op with up to three other players, and use materials collected from fallen foes to craft new gear and take on even bigger, badder beasts! INTRODUCTION Overviewīattle gigantic monsters in epic locales.Īs a hunter, you'll take on quests to hunt monsters in a variety of habitats. If you’re picking up the extra hunters, or the Elder Dragon add-ons, they’ll be available for as follows, Hunter’s Arsenal £30, Teostra £30, Nergigante £37, Kushala Daora £44.Welcome to a new world! Take on the role of a hunter and slay ferocious monsters in a living, breathing ecosystem where you can use the landscape and its diverse inhabitants to get the upper hand. We feel these complete the experience, and we’re confident the added value justifies the $10 increase overall.” The new hunters will be included at an extra $5 per new hunter on the All-In price.
“Although we’ve done everything we can to keep the cost to backers down, adding the two new hunter miniatures and their cards will mean a small increase to the All-In pledge price. There is a small price increase for the all-in pledge level to £211, bumping the price up a mere £9. The Kickstarter for Monster Hunter World: The Board Game launches on 20th April. The two new hunters will be added to the Hunter’s Arsenal expansion. Originally, there were going to be four hunters in each box across the Ancient Forest core set, the Wildspire Waste core set, and the Hunter’s Arsenal expansion. “However, after we announced there would be 12 hunters back in January, we began to see a mixture of excitement from those who had their favourite weapon confirmed and concern from those who hadn’t.” That’s a relatively high number of player characters for a 4-player board game of this type,” says Alex Hall, product owner and Monster Hunter World megafan.
“Our original plan was to go to Kickstarter with 12 of the 14 hunter weapon types. Pick up issue 53 for our in-depth interview with Steamforged about Monster Hunter Worldįans were initially disappointed that the Lance and Hunting Horn weren’t included in the mammoth two core boxes that Monster Hunter World will be arriving in (not including the other Hunters Arsenal expansion). Two new hunters have been announced for Monster Hunter World: The Board Game to compliment the 12 originally included hunters.Īfter initial feedback from the Monster Hunter community, all of the hunters from the original Capcom video game will be included in the board game outing.