Hasbro's Wizards of the Coast division has announced a summer release for a new board game, Risk Godstorm, in which players can battle with deities from a range of Eastern and Western mythologies (including Norse, Greek, Celtic, Egyptian, and Babylonian) for control of the ancient world.  The game abounds in richly detailed game pieces, including miracle cards, faith tokens, territory cards, and temples -- all of which help guide game play.  The not-yet-lost continent of Atlantis offers a special strategic opportunity, as the continent and all its occupying forces can be wiped out with the draw of a single card.  Risk Godstorm, which has an MSRP of $45.00, contains a lavishly illustrated, full color board map of the ancient Earth and a secondary board of the mythological underworld.

In Risk Godstorm, Wizards of the Coast combines its mythological and historical expertise with parent company Hasbro's longtime best-selling military strategy board game Risk to create a hybrid game, which may have a broad appeal among board gaming hobbyists, mythology buffs, and those who enjoy role-playing games set in ancient times.