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Rumors have swirled about a possible live action Voltron movie for next year, but there's one piece of Voltron news that's solid. The cat-fisted giant robot is joining tabletop game Monsterpocalypse next year. More »
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The arrival of Monsterpocalypse last month served to fill a void in the gaming world. But for some kaiju fans, there was still something missing - their favorite movie monsters. A new game is in development by veteran game designer Richard Berg that will feature Godzilla himself, along with some of his very tall friends. I'm hoping for Jet Jaguar. More »
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Anyone who ever spent a Saturday afternoon as a kid gleefully watching Godzilla or Gamera battle weird space dragons or giant robots while destroying the vital infrastructure of Japan has got to love the idea of Monsterpocalypse. We've played a bunch of games to see if the game lives up to the hype - and by "hype," we mean, "our fervent kaiju-loving desire for an awesome giant monster fighting game." More »
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Last weekend, we asked you to caption an image of giant monsters fighting each other. First prize is an awesome Monsterpocalypse poster signed by the whole Privateer Press design team. Second prize is an equally awesome poster, also signed. And the winners are...Slatz_Grobnik for noticing the weird resemblance Armodax has to John McCain; and BullfightsOnAcid for the classic kaiju references. The winners should send en email to edgrab@io9.com with an address so I can get those posters in the mail. Congrats! More »
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Monsterpocalypse is finally here. The miniature game of monsters destroying cities hit store shelves about a week ago, and starter packs are already sold out at the distributor level. Privateer Press sent us some cool posters that are signed by the entire Monsterpocalypse design crew. You can win one by coming up with a creative caption for this image of Zor-Raiden and Armodax. More »
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We've been eagerly anticipating the release of Monsterpocalypse, the tabletop game of giant monster destruction, for months now here at io9. With the first set of monsters hitting game stores in just a few weeks, Privateer Press has released the full rulebook for the game in PDF form. Yes, it has giant monsters chucking buildings at each other, but it has so much more. More »
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Kaiju fans probably already have their eager hands on issue #0 of the new Monsterpocalypse comic book, but the rest of us can head down to our local comic shop and put in a pre-order for issue #1 starting this week. Based on Privateer Press' upcoming collectible miniatures game, the comics will flesh out the back story of a global defense force that uses giant robots to fight off repeated attacks by giant alien (or other-dimensional) monsters. We've more details on the free limited edition figure you can get with the comics, along with some interior art previews. More »
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Of all the monster factions in the upcoming miniatures game Monsterpocalypse, the Lords of Cthul are the evilest. In the words of designer Eric Yaple, "Fueled by the worship of their cultists, these fiends seek to draw life from the Earth as a starving man sucks the marrow from a bone." We've got inside info on Cthulian Meat Slaves and Task Masters, and how being evil means using your friends as projectile weapons. More »
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Giant monsters stomping across your gaming table, thrashing each other and destroying an entire city in the process: Is this heaven? Nope, just Monsterpocalypse, a forthcoming collectible miniatures game of kaiju combat by Privateer Press. The pre-painted collectible minis and the buildings they will stomp will come in random booster packs starting this fall. Privateer is ramping up for a grand roll-out, with a comic book series and promo monsters to get the kaiju fans drooling. More »
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