Ares Games and Galakta Games have teamed up to bring Lukasz Wosniak’s King & Assassins:  Deluxe Edition to the U.S.  The new edition will launch on June 5.

First published in 2013, King & Assassins is an asymmetrical strategy and bluffing game in which one player assumes the role of a powerful but unpopular king and his bodyguards trying to make their way into the castle.  Opposing them is an angry mob, controlled by the opposing player, which hides three assassins bent on ending the king’s reign.

The Deluxe Edition features new artwork depicting the medieval city on the double-sided game board, 23 unpainted plastic miniatures, 27 game cards, 2 reference sheets, and 5 plastic disks.  It is intended for 2 players, ages 14 and up, and takes about half an hour to play.  MSRP was not announced.

Click Gallery below to see components from the game.

King & Assassins will be produced by Galakta Games.  Ares will handle distribution of the English language version in the U.S. and other non-European countries.

Last year, Ares announced a deal to bring Galakta’s Waste Knights:  Second Edition to the U.S. (see “Ares Games’ ‘Quartermaster General 2E’ and ‘Waste Knights’”).