IDW’s Metal Gear Solid board game was cancelled back in 2021 after a number of delays, and at the time it seemed like that was that. But no! This week it has been announced that the game is back, only now it’s going to be published by rivals CMON instead.
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It’s pretty much the same game with the same designer—Emerson Matsuuchi—about the only thing that seems to have changed is the company name on the box, the box art itself and the fact that it’s actually coming out now.
Metal Gear Solid: The Board Game is pitched exactly as you’d expect: it’s a turn-based tactical stealth game, where players work together to sneak around levels, taking down bad guys, hiding bodies and, yes, moving around inside a cardboard box.
There are six standalone missions players can work through, or if you’ve got the time there’s also a 14-mission narrative campaign to play. Lovers of plastic minis should know that, alongside miniatures for smaller, human characters there’s also an enormous Metal Gear Rex as well.
