Portal Games 2018 Release announcement
We have just ended a weekend, during which we held a Portalcon – convention for our fans and friends. We had almost 250 guests, 14 media outlets representatives from Poland, we held seminars, press conferences, B2B meetings and the Neuroshima HEX! 2017 Polish Champsionship Finals! Fans were able to play our upcoming 2018 releases and prototypes.
That was a perfect opportunity to announce couple of titles that we will be releasing this year. Check out, what we have planned for you!
MONOLITH ARENA
Monolith Arena is a tactical fantasy game designed by Michał Oracz, creator of Neuroshima HEX! The game includes different factions, all of which have an arsenal of unique abilities and units at their disposal. Each player also have a Monolith, serving as a faction headquarters. It is an object of great, hidden power, that the player can invoke during the game to surprise his or her enemy! Monolith Arena is a fast paced, hex-based tactical board game, that offers much replay ability. Delve deep into the fantasy battlegrounds and face off with up to 3 enemies at once!
- Original, unique monolith mechanism
- unique factions providing awesome replayability
- Designed by Michał Oracz, creator of This War Of Mine and Neuroshima HEX!
Release date: Essen Spiel 2018
DETECTIVE: A MODERN CRIME BOARD GAME
Age: 14+ | Playing time: 90 – 180 | Number of players: 1 – 5In Detective: A Modern Crime Game, 1-5 players take on the role of investigators working for the government agency ANTERES. Investigators are given login credentials to the ANTERES online database that contains data about suspects, witnesses, and documentation from arrests and trials related to their case. Players are free to use the investigation manual, ANTERES database, and any other online resources they may find to help them solve the case (like Wikipedia, Google Maps and other available resources).
Detective: A Modern Crime Game brings classic puzzle-solving card and board gameplay into the 21st century with the introduction of online research elements. This story-driven, cooperative game includes five scenarios that can be played as a complete campaign. The game blends printed elements, where each case is represented by one deck of about 35 cards, with a complementary online component that allows players to investigate clues through their favorite internet-connected devices.
- Take on the role of the real Detective!
- Use special on-line Antares Database
- Experience epic modern crime story
Release date: GenCon 2018
IMPERIAL SETTLERS: AMAZONS
Amazons are the third big expansion for Imperial Settlers! This warmongering tribe is now building their new empire.
Amazons use elements of the deck-building mechanism so that they can discard reconstructed faction cards from their deck, allowing them to modify the deck during play. They also get a lot of bonuses for building their cheap faction cards. How will you help them secure their place among others? Will you conquer, or will you build? Why not both?
- New ability that allows changes in your faction deck
- A perfect expansion for a bestselling title
- Simple build bonuses and combos
Release date: second half of 2018
IMPERIAL SETTLERS: WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE
Imperial Settlers: We Didn’t Start The Fire is the third Empire Pack for the Imperial Settlers engine-building card game. Join your favorite factions, best your opponents, and expand your empire!
The expansion includes fifty new cards, increasing replayability of the base game, as well as borders that are placed between each pair of players.
- Conquer faction cards of your opponents!
- Get 50 completely new cards!
- Expand base factions!
Release date: May 16, 2018
Early Launch Kit: May 2, 2018
ROBINSON CRUSOE: MYSTERY TALES
Robinson Crusoe is the second big expansion for Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island. Unlike its predecessor, it not only includes the campaign (titled The Lost City of Z), where you follow great explorer, Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett, but also a full set of rules and components that can be played with the base game of Robinson Crusoe!
Robinson Crusoe: Mystery Tales introduces 10 new characters, new deck of Event cards, 3 new decks of Adventure cards, new Beast cards, new Mystery cards and new mechanism of Sanity that you can use in the base game of Robinson Crusoe to change it into a game of dreadful stories! Additionally, the expansion includes five missions that form a long and epic campaign: The Lost City of Z!
- Epic campaign: The Lost City of Z
- New decks of cards, completely compatible with previous scenarios
- New horror and sanity mechanism!
Release date: Q4 2018
ALIEN ARTIFACTS: DISCOVERY
Age: 10+ | Playing time: 45 – 90 | Number of players: 2 – 5Humanity has discovered something by accident. It is a mysterious resource, hidden deep under the surface of a distant planet. The race for wealth and new opportunities begins! Alien Artifacts: Discovery moves forward the storyline of the universe and introduces a new type of card: Alien Resources and also new types of ships and planets. In total, this expansion adds fifty cards to the Alien Artifacts base game.
- Adds completely new resource at your disposal!
- New ship and planet cards
- Expands the storyline of the universe
Release date: March 21, 2018
Early Launch Kit: March 7, 2018
Any chance to come to Brazil?
All of those games should be available in Brazil, yes.
Very hyped for monolith and Detective 😉
can’t wait to get my hands those games
any ideas about the replayability for Detective ? will there be future sceanrios or will it just be this one Box ?
There will be additional scenarios for the base game and expansions as well. There are some replayability options for the base game, but the whole campaign will take you about 12 to 15 hours to complete, so it will take a long time before you are in the need of them 😉
Just wondered if there’s any chance that Detective will be able to buy at the UK Games Expo in June?
No chance at all, the release is scheduled for third quarter of the year, however there will be a pre-order for those, who would like to get it sooner!
I have to second the comment about Stronghold Undead 2nd Edition. I contacted Portal last year after the expansion missed the deadline on a CoolStuffInc pre-order by 4+ months. I was told that the expansion was coming out in early 2018 (originally scheduled for August 2017 according to CoolStuff) but the only website with more info was in Polish, so I took the person who responded to my email at their word. I think a lot of people just want a definitive answer about whether this expansion is actually happening or if it’s on hold indefinitely/canceled. The worst part of this situation is the ambiguity. Thank you for your time.
The Stronghold Undead 2nd Edition is on hold for the moment, as we had a lot of other projects going on. We definitely would like to release it and we are going to, as soon as we find the time to finish it.
Very excited about the Robinson Crusoe expansion! But are there any chances for an English 3.0 print of Sharrash and Neojungle? I know, the rules are online and components language independent, but I so much prefer professional printed rule sheets and would love to complete my NH collection. Not too excited about Monolith Arena. Will sure be a good game, too, but I’m much more into the theme of a post-apocalyptic world then elves and pixies.
Still no announcement for Stronghold 2nd Edition Undead release? 🙁 will this ever come out?
So now we will have a Amazons in Imperial Settlers. When the name of nation must have first letter A, next will be Arabiens ? And i want to ask, will you publish these expansions for Imperial Settlers to Czech Republic too? I love your game too much and wish you many other good games
Thank you! We don’t know yet what will be the name of the next faction, but we thought, that we could move on to the letter “B” now. So maybe Bedouins? As far as Czech version of Amazonsgo, please ask about that our Czech distributor, REXhry.
Very exciting!