The original Die Hard is the quintessential action movie where one man goes against insurmountable odds to free the woman he loves from a band of thieves. The success of the movie brought about sequels and even more inconceivable heists. However, other than Die Hard Arcade, there haven’t been any notable Die Hard games released. The OP (formerly USAopoly) is looking to change that with Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist Board Game.
Die Hard takes place over three different Acts, but only Act I was on display at Origins. One player plays as John McClane, while the other players take roles as thieves. Act I takes place on the 31st Floor with John McClane and the thieves having three different objectives. The thieves are working on hacking the CEO Workstation to unlock the vault. McClane’s endgame is to stop the thieves and kill Gruber.
Each side has a deck of cards they use for movement. Each card contains different uses depending on the act being played. The further in the game you are, the more powerful the cards are. The McClane cards get used to move, attack, sneak, shove, and recover around the board and reach the objective markers on the board. The thieves have similar actions but can also call for reinforcements and hack the workstation. The thieves select their cards to play and lay them on the table without communicating with each other what they are doing. McClane reveals his card and resolves it. Then the thieves resolve their actions.
The board starts with a single square revealed for Act I. When McClane is successful with his objectives, the board folds open to reveal Act II. Similarly, the board folds open again for Act III, taking up the entire board. McClane will have more area to cover in each act, but if he runs out of cards he dies and the thieves have won, so using his cards efficiently will be that player’s largest concern.
While we might associate USAopoly with reskinned version of Monopoly, The OP is trying hard to shed that image and create good original games. While some of their efforts have been hit or miss, I like what I’ve seen so far in Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist Board Game. It looks like it will be out soon and should give fans of the movie a satisfying experience.
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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