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Sword Art Online board game funds in four hours

The world of Sword Art Online is ripe for games, especially with the possibility of different settings with the different virtual worlds.  Lots of people must be excited about the SAO board game Sword of Fellows, since it funded in four hours.

Japanime Games’ latest project  Sword Art Online The Board Game: Sword of Fellows was funded for $10,000 on Kickstarter on March 28th in only FOUR hours! Sword Art Online The Board Game: Sword of Fellows is a co-operative dice and card game based on the first season of the hit anime series Sword Art Online.  Sword Art Online The Board Game: Sword of Fellows is available on Kickstarter until April 13th at 12 PM PST. Japanime Games has several great add-ons and announcements prepared for their backers.

This exciting new title has been designed by renowned game designer Mr. Seiji Kanai, designer of ‘Love Letter’ and ‘R-Rivals.’ In the game players will take on the role of their favorite heroes from the animated series trapped in Sword Art Online’s world of Aincrad. Using sword chain attacks, potions, and equipment cards, players will face a series of deadly enemies on their journey to escape from their virtual imprisonment.

Japanime Games has been working with Kadokawa and Arclight Games, to release Sword Art Online The Board Game: Sword of Fellows in August of 2017. After backer fulfillment, the game will be available through retail, distribution and on JapanimeGames.com. Japanime Games will be teaming up with foreign partners Arclight, Ynaris, GDM Games, and Primigenia Juegos for a worldwide release in several languages, which will be available alongside the English version.

For more information about the Sword Art Online The Board Game: Sword of Fellows Kickstarter Campaign visit the campaign page.

Eric Price has this to say: “Sword of Fellows is a great addition to our product line. We are very excited to be able to share it with Sword Art Online and Japanime fans around the world.”

You still have plenty of time to get in on the Kickstarter, so check it out if you haven’t yet.

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While not working as a Database Administrator, Keith Schleicher has been associated with Gaming Trend since 2003. While his love of video games started with the Telestar Alpha (a pong console with four different games), he trule started playing video games when he received the ill-fated TI-99/4A. While the Speech Synthesizer seemed to be the height of gaming, eventually a 286 AT computer running at 8/12 Hz and a CGA monitor would be his outlet for a while. Eventually he’d graduate to 386, 486, Pentium, and Athlon systems, building some of those systems while doing some hardware reviews and attending Comdex. With the release of the Dreamcast that started his conversion to the console world. Since then he has acquired an NES, SNES, PS2, PS3, PSP, GBA-SP, DS, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Gamecube, Wii, Switch, and Oculus Quest 2. While not playing video games he enjoys bowling, reading, playing board games, listening to music, and watching movies and TV. He originally hails from Wisconsin but is now living in Michigan with his wife and sons.

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