Asmodee and Z-Man Games Announce Launch of ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Board Game’
Asmodee and Z-Man Games have announced a brand-new Star Wars board game — Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Game is available exclusively online at Target today before the worldwide launch everywhere else on October 1st.
Set during the period of the Clone Wars television series, become a Jedi and defend the Republic against the Separatists. You can either play by yourself or grab some friends using Pandemic System mechanics and play across four different scenarios. The goal is to solve all the problems you face and defeat each scenario’s villain at the end.
For those unfamiliar with Pandemic System games, you can find a great breakdown from Z-Man Games themselves on the intricacies of the strategy game on their website. Here is a complete list of the key features found in the Star Wars version of Pandemic, including which heroes you have the choice to play as and which classic Clone Wars villains you will face:
- Join The Clone Wars: Encounter Star Wars: The Clone Wars characters like Rex, Padmé Amidala, and R2-D2 while traveling across the galaxy to Coruscant, Geonosis, Mandalore, and more.
- Wield the Force: Become a Jedi, each with their own special abilities, to battle the Separatists. Heroes include Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Mace Windu, Aayla Secura, and Luminara Unduli.
- Defeat the Dark Side: Count Dooku, Maul, General Grievous, and Asajj Ventress threaten the galaxy in four exciting adventures. Claim victory in each story by beating its main villain.
- Bring the Battle to Life: See the Clone Wars play out on your table with a galaxy-sized board, illustrated cards, and detailed miniatures featuring Jedi, villains, and swarms of battle droids and ships.
- Fight Alone or with Friends: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Game supports 1-5 players and is designed for ages 14+.
Sophie Gavel, head of Z-Man Games, had this to say on the launch of their new Pandemic board game, and getting to bring this new Star Wars adventure to life:
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a powerful saga of heroes coming together to save the galaxy, and this game is no different! It’s also the culmination of a fantastic partnership between one of the world’s biggest franchises and board gaming’s defining cooperative system. Our cooperative Pandemic System helps bring iconic Star Wars characters and stories to life – with our Jedi needing to combine Forces to stand a chance against unending waves of Separatist troops. Players will be on the edge of their seat with every playthrough as they fight for victory…and bring balance to the Force.”
Published in 2008, Matt Leacock’s original Pandemic game has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. The base premise of that game was simple. Work with your group and stop a growing health crisis from decimating humanity. Z-Man Games has since used that framework to create other Pandemic System games that don’t revolve around diseases or finding cures, such as: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu, and Pandemic: Fall of Rome.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Pandemic System Game is being published by Asmodee in collaboration with Lucasfilm and the developers at Z-Man Games. As mentioned earlier, the game is available for purchase online right now at Target. It will release worldwide October 1st. The price point is set at $59.99 USD. You can find a pre-order link here.
Nate uses his love for Star Wars and movies in general as a way to cope with the pain of being a Minnesota sports fan. When he's not at the theater, you can usually find Nate reading a comic, listening to an audiobook, or playing a Mario video game for the 1,000th time.
