Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay Opens Late Pledge Opportunities

Dec 7, 2017

There’s a cool looking fantasy miniatures game whose Kickstarter flew under my radar until it had actually completed but I do want to mention there’s still time to get on board. From Panda Cult Games comes Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay. What really piqued my interest about this title is that it happens to be a family friendly minis game. You can’t say there are a ton of those out there as a great majority of miniatures systems shoot for gritty/grimdark settings.

Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay is for one to five players, ages 12+, and plays in around one to two hours. I didn’t see a link for the late pledge but it’s possible it isn’t live just yet. I’ll guess you’ll be able to reserve a copy of the game for around $90-$100.

From Panda Cult:

Wander: The Cult of Barnacle Bay is a campaign based co-op dungeon crawler where the players take on the role of heroes from the Wanderer’s Guild. They must work together to infiltrate the once peaceful village of Barnacle Bay and put an end to Elder Bane and his Cult of the Deep! Throughout the campaign, players will choose branching scenarios that each provide their own challenges. Its up to our heroes to navigate these scenarios by choosing a set of unique abilities tailored to their own strengths. They acquire these abilities by defeating enemies during a scenario, but dont get too carried away! If you do, you are liable to summon more of Elder Bane’s cultists who will try and stop you by any means.

Players will work together to defeat many enemies and challenges pitted against them throughout the campaign. There is no need for a dungeon-master however, since the enemies will follow a simple set of rules based on line of sight and engagement with the heroes. Different enemies will have special abilities, so make sure to pick your targets carefully!

Throughout the campaign, Heroes will have to tackle different scenarios with different winning conditions. Some will need the heroes to simply make it to the end, others will make you race against an enemy to save the town from being flooded, another might make you face off against a horrendous Megalopotomus! You will also encounter unique boss fight scenarios, pitting your Heroes against the nefarious Elder Bane! Depending on which path you take during the campaign, you will also unlocked special Relics, which gives heroes unique advantages over your enemies.

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