Mayday Games will release an English version of the fantasy board game Viceroy in 2015. The game is currently seeking funding on Kickstarter.
 
Designed by Yuri Zhuravlev, Viceroy is a bidding and resource management game where players struggle for control of the fantasy world of Laar (the setting for the popular Russian CCG Berserk).  Players recruit allies and build a power pyramid using character and law cards.  Character cards have a certain power level depending on where they are placed in the pyramid.  Players develop their state’s military and magical might, trying to increase their authority, and gain gemstones which the need to continue expanding their nation.  The player with the most power points at the end of the game becomes the ruler of Laar.
 
The box contains: 60 character cards, 20 law cards, 4 auction cards, 64 gemstones (16 each of blue, red, green and yellow), 204 tokens, 4 player screens and a rulebook.  The game is for 1-4 players, ages 12 and up, and plays in 45-60 minutes.  Tentative MSRP is $35.00.
 
Mayday is structuring the Kickstarter differently than usual.  "Let's face it, usually Kickstarter is used to gauge interest in a game to help decide how many copies of the game we should produce," Mayday said.  "(W)e have a limited number of copies in the first print run that we hope to deliver in March 2015."
 
"Production and logistic constraints mean we cannot get more, the number is set.  …If we have extra copies unallocated after the project then we will get some to distributors, but if not they will just have to wait along with the rest of the world for a reprint later in 2015."  The Kickstarter does include a retailer level for 10 copies of the game.  
 
The Kickstarter has raised $41,519 from 1,196 backers ($34.71/backer average) as of this writing, well over the $10,000 goal.  The Kickstarter runs through December 27th.