Leaders of Euphoria is an expanded and upgraded version of Overworld’s own Good Cop Bad Cop game. In the game, the players are members of secret teams who must determine who their allies and enemies are, then identify the opposing team’s leader and eliminate them before their own leader is eliminated. Unlike most social deduction style games, eliminated players are not removed from the game, instead creating a third team seeking to eliminate both of the secret teams’ leaders.
The new game is set in the same fictional world as Stonemaier’s Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia, released into distribution last year (see “‘Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia’”), under an agreement with Stonemaier.
Overworld is funding the production with a Kickstarter campaign which has already doubled its target goal, collecting over $45,000 in pledged support from over 1100 backers, with 18 days remaining. Backer fulfillment is scheduled for May 2017, with release into the trade to follow. Retailers can back the campaign for $1 for an opportunitiy to order bulk copies just before the game is shipped.
Some months after the initial released, Overworld plans to publish an Artifact Pack add-on which will include the extra incentives from the Kickstarter. MSRP has not been announced.
Last month, PSI announced that it had reached a deal to provide sales and fulfillment services for Overworld Games (see “PSI Client Shuffle”).
