Krosmaster-Quest

Japanime Games has an incredibly ambitious release schedule slated for the first half of 2014 for its Krosmaster board game series, based on the online game.

In May (according to gaming industry news source iCv2  we should see Krosmaster Junior, a simpler version of Krosmaster Arena, aimed at younger players (ages 7+), and targeted for mass market sale.  The game will include four new character figures, simplified rules, and progressive scenarios, much like the Krosmaster Arena rulebook.  The box includes 2 double sided game boards, 30 XL scenario cards, the figures and Krosmaster cards for those figures, and a Krosmaster membership card for players to start an online account.  The set is tentatively planned at $50 retail.  The figures can be used in the Krosmaster Arena game.

Krosmaster-Junior

The second stand-alone game, Krosmaster Quest, is planned for June 2014. Unlike the head-to-head battles of Arena, the game can be played cooperatively or as a competition, as players look for treasures on tiled boards.  The box will include 7 new Krosmaster figures with character cards (2 exclusive), more than 600 pieces, 16 terrain parts (which can be used in Arena), more than 40 settings, 6 special dice.  The game is for 2 – 6 players and tentative retail for this monstrosity is $90, which sort of looks like a bargain given everything in the box.

A set of 32 new characters will be released for the Quest game in blind boxes in May.  The figures will be packaged 24 to a case, and come in common and uncommon rarity schemes.  Blind boxes will be used for sealed events in organized play.

Another series of blind box figures, Dofus Krosmaster Season 2, are planned for release in April (Krosmaster Arena is the real-world counterpart to the MMORPG’s DOFUS and WAKFU.)  There are 32 figures, and each comes with its own characteristic cards and a unique code to unlock the character in the online game.  All figures are usable with Krosmaster Arena and Krosmaster Quest.

Dofus Krosmaster Season 2 window box figures will also be available in four packs in April.  Each pack includes 4 figures, 4 cards, 1 code and 4 bonus punchboards.  The window boxes with 16 common figures will also be available in two-packs in September.

In April, the Krosmaster Arena: The Not Mines extension is scheduled to be released.  The expansion will include a double-sided game board and two new punch boards which allow characters to travel in mine carts as they move around a track on the board.

Japanime also plans Duel Packs and Multiman Packs this spring, timed to release just after the  Krosmaster: Arena–Frigost  extension  in March.  The Duel Pack comes with two exclusive figures, two dice, and a fold out board, which functions as a starter kit for players to battle right out of the box.  The Multiman Pack includes six figures and their character cards, as well as three mini-maps to play with.

Japanime Games also plans to launch organized play for Krosmaster tabletop game in April.

The beginning level for stores features eight-player tournaments.  Every player will get a participation prize set of five metalized Kamas coins.  As you play more and more tournaments, you collect more metal Kamas coins, and players have enough to play a whole game.

In addition to the participation prize, the top four players will get a promo figure, the top two players will get a new PVC token (playing piece, the token in the first kit will be a Tofu), and first place will get a plastic Gobball token.

For larger events, even more massive support plans are in the works. Hopefully Japanime can hit at least a high percentage of these target dates.