Dragori Games is producing Arena: The Contest, a tactical miniatures game designed for both player-versus-player and cooperative play, set to release in June.
Set in a fantasy world where warfare has been replaced by combat between champions, Arena: The Contest pits Heroes in face-to-face battle. The game can be played in the arena in player-versus-player mode, with players competing in tactical, turn-based combat, or it can be played cooperatively, with players guiding their band of Heroes through the world of Tanares on a quest to uncover an ancient mystery.
Arena: The Contest combines dice and card play to resolve battles fought using miniatures on the game board. Each Hero uses their own set of attack cards and fills a certain combat role through their basic attacks and special abilities. In PvP mode, each player selects a team of Heroes, they construct the arena, and battle it out between them. The cooperative mode challenges a small band of Heroes with a quest from the game’s Quest Guide and pits them against a variety of villains with their own abilities and combat roles. Cooperative games can be a single quest, or a series of quests can be linked together in a campaign during which Heroes can improve their abilities and acquire valuable magical items. The campaign features a branched storyline and multiple endings for greater replayability.
The game comes with a double-sided game board that can be customized using 60 terrain tiles, 32 miniatures, 10 colored rings, 20 character sheets, 295 cards, 84 tokens, 2 player aids, 2 20-sided dice, 3 game books, and a quickstart pamphlet. It is intended for 1 to 8 players, ages 14 and up. Individual games take 45 to 90 minutes to play, and the included campaign can last 20 hours or more.

Tactical Miniatures Game for PvP and Coop Play
Posted by William Niebling on March 6, 2024 @ 8:59 pm CT

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