{"id":96049,"date":"2019-07-03T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/shovel_knight_digs_up_his_own_competitive_board_game_on_kickstarter"},"modified":"2019-07-03T07:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T07:45:00","slug":"shovel-knight-digs-up-his-own-competitive-board-game-on-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/03\/shovel-knight-digs-up-his-own-competitive-board-game-on-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Shovel Knight Digs Up His Own Competitive Board Game On Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e5f16afa8a5f\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e5f16afa8a5f\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B5aG0TrnvUE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/shovel_knight\">Shovel Knight<\/a><\/strong> started out life as a Kickstarter project, so it\u2019s rather fitting his very own board game will be funded the same way. Yes, that\u2019s right; Shovel Knight is being transformed into a competitive side-scrolling miniatures board game for one to four players. The name of this game is <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/pandacultgames\/shovel-knight-dungeon-duels\/description\">Shovel Knight: Dungeon Duels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Players take on the role of different coloured knights to \u201cshovel out justice in spades\u201d against the evil Order of No Quarter, while trying to hoard as much treasure as possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe core aspect of the game is all about trying to gather the most gold, whether it&#8217;s from defeating enemies, digging up treasure mounds, damaging bosses, or even taking them from a rival Shovel Knight. We also have our own unique elements, like side scrolling tiles, jumping over spiked pits, equipping unique armor and accessories, and fighting against the dastardly Order of No Quarter!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Yacht Club-based board game is being designed by Panda Cult Games and at the time of writing has raised just over US$20,000, and requires a total amount of $80,000 \u2013 with 25 days to go. If you pledge $70 or more, you\u2019ll get a copy of Dungeon Duels, one Shield Knight model and a hero card.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Shovel Knight Dungeon Duels\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e0109deb65044\/shovel-knight-dungeon-duels.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e0109deb65044\/shovel-knight-dungeon-duels.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Shovel Knight Dungeon Duels\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you would like to find out how exactly to play the game, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/pandacultgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shovel-Knight-Rulebook_6-30-2019.pdf\">download a PDF version<\/a> of the rule book or view the hour-long video demonstration below:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r8d1eOkYdCg?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>For more information, be sure to check out the Kickstarter page and the Panda Cult Games <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/pandacultgames.com\/retail\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Is this the Shovel Knight game you\u2019ve been seeking? Tell us down in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B5aG0TrnvUE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Shovel Knight started out life as a Kickstarter project, so it\u2019s rather fitting his very own board game will be funded the same way. Yes, that\u2019s right; Shovel Knight is being transformed into a competitive side-scrolling miniatures board game for one to four players. The name of this game is Shovel Knight: Dungeon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}