Crafty Games will release the new board game Mistborn: House War based on the novels of Brandon Sanderson.  The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.

Designed by Kevin Wilson (Arkham Horror, The X-Files, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past), the game places players in command of one of the Final Empire’s great Houses during the events of the Mistborn: The Final Empire novel. Players must work together to solve various problems facing the empire, from environmental and social issues to political threats and outright rebellion; all while pursuing their own ends of currying favor with the Lord Ruler. While ideally the House which is closest to the Lord Ruler will win, if chaos engulfs the empire, the House most distanced from the Lord Ruler will prevail.

The box (currently) contains 6 Noble House sheets, 50 problem cards, 60 personality cards, tokens (food, money, prestige, skaa, warrior, atium, ruin), an active player marker, an unrest marker, 80 facor scoring tokens, 40 disgrace (negative) scoring tokens, and a game board.

The game is for 3 -5 players.  MSRP is $50.00. Backer fulfillment is planned for April 2017 with trade release to follow. 

The Kickstarter has raised nearly $70,000 from almost 850 backers as of this writing, well over its goal of $30,000, with 34 days to go. A retailer level is available for three copies of the game (more copies may be added after the Kickstarter), with backers receiving their copies a full month before retail release.

Crafty Games has also published an RPG based on the world of Mistborn (see “'Mistborn Adventure Game'”).