News – United States – Stardew Valley Board Game Announcement, available now – IGN

The developer of Stardew Valley, Eric Barone, announced a new board game adaptation of the popular game Farm Life, and it's available to order now for 55 $

«In 2018, Eric Barone et Cole Medeiros, featured online through mutual friend Matt Griffin, played a Stardew Valley co-op game and discussed the idea of ​​making a Stardew Valley board game», indicates the ad «They didn't know exactly what it would look like, but they knew Stardew had all the makings of a great board game.”

After two years of game development and testing, all spent between the time of video game development, the couple officially had a board game

Just like the original video game, players work together to grow crops, raise animals, build their farm and gather resources on the other side of the valley Players can also befriend familiar townspeople and earn hearts to reveal secret objectives To win, you will have to restore the valley to its original grandeur and prevent Joja Mart from ruining everything The game can be played with 1 at 4 players, with an estimated playing time of 45 minutes per player

To do it all, players must reach four «big goals» and restore all rooms in the community center before a seasonal card game runs out.

The game, which cost 55 $, comes with a Stardew Valley board to play on, tiles (for objects like crops, the ore, the buildings, animals, etc.), many cards for things like events, epic items and mine levels, gold tokens and more

ConcernedApe notes to fans that board game is meant to evoke long playing time in Stardew Valley, so although it is designed to be easy to play, it will have a lot of complexity, so check the official rules to see if this is your jam

ConcernedApe also says that once the first draw runs out, future prints will depend on remaining demand

“If there is more demand, we will definitely do more prints, and maybe we'll slowly develop we kinda test the waters for now and see what the answer is », wrote ConcernedApe

Stardew Valley board game is almost certain to become popular with fans of the original game at IGN, we proclaimed it one of the best Nintendo Switch games, and the original video game has now sold over 10 million copies on six platforms. ConcernedApe also has two new projects underway, who will both be linked to Stardew Valley in different ways

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