Guitar Hero(R) and Rock Band(R) video game creator launches Kickstarter campaign
Art Director at Harmonix, the video game company behind several award-winning, bestselling video games including Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Dance Central, has launched his new tabletop game, HIGH HEAVENS, with a Kickstarter campaign.
- Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA (1888PressRelease) April 26, 2013 - "HIGH HEAVENS has been priced out at the manufacturer and is raring to go," said Ryan Lesser, creator of the game and founder of Wild Power Games. "I am personally funding a significant portion of the project but making physical things that travel across the globe is costly. With Kickstarter backers help, it will become a fan and family favorite for years to come!"
Kickstarter backers have the opportunity to choose from multiple pledge levels with rewards ranging from a 'thank you' in the rulebook to a massive collection including the game, an actual hand-made electric guitar and more. The Kickstarter campaign also includes several stretch goals, which, if met, will improve the quality of the game pieces for all backers who pledge to purchase a boxed copy of HIGH HEAVENS and add plastic miniatures to the box.
HIGH HEAVENS, the first game from Wild Power Games, is a tactical 2-4 player card and board game pitting ancient Norse & Greek deities and demigods against each other in grid-based battle. Utilizing over 15 years of video game design experience, and a lifetime passion for tabletop games, Mr. Lesser has created a unique game that is easy to learn, fun to play and loaded with beautiful mythological artwork.
Basic game mechanics focus on battle strategy and tactics. An additional layer of chance is added with two shuffled card decks. This makes the game less predictable, giving the new player a fighting chance against the seasoned warrior, which is ultimately more fun. The base set pits the Norse pantheon vs. the Greek pantheon. Each pantheon contains 12 deities, 12 Divine Powers cards, 2 ten sided dice and the home base (Asgard or Mount Olympus).
Playable in less than an hour, this game has been painstakingly crafted to use the fewest rules with no special cases. It is easy for new players but has tons of depth for those that want to get better and better. It has been described as Magic: The Gathering meets Chess.
"The game is fully designed and much of the artwork completed. The rules have gone through playtesting so I am confident that there are no non-production hitches on the horizon." said Mr. Lesser. "I am collaborating with Greenbrier Games as co-publishers, which gives me an amazing foundation as they have now fully shipped their record-making Zpocalypse tabletop game Kickstarter from last year. "
About Wild Power Games
Wild Power Games is the new offshoot to the already established Wild Power brand, which includes Wild Power Records, the record label that released Mr. Lesser's band Megasus' first LP. Wild Power Games plans to continue to release expansions for High Heavens as well as offer new games. Wild Power Games has partnered with Greenbrier Games (Zpocalypse) to ensure that High Heavens is well produced and well published.
Contact:
Fred Galpern, Media Relations - Wild Power Games
fredgalpern ( @ ) gmail dot com
401-523-8775
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