In a Kickstarter campaign two years ago, he chose The Witch: The Old World almost seven million euros, which is about 160 million kroons. Now, a spectacular board game set in a popular fantasy world has finally reached the hands of players. Not only crowdfunding supporters, but also interested parties come to board game stores. Including Czech ones.

witch is no longer just a series of fantasy books by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. It has grown into a world-famous brand, which, in addition to short stories and novels, has several – very successful – video game adaptations, comics and an abundance of merchandise. Expected board games have also expanded the range of witchcraft products The Witch: The Old World. And you don’t have to be a huge fan of the monster hunter Geralt of Rivia to enjoy it. Although of course it will double the experience.

“I would recommend The Witcher: The Old World to all fans of the Witcher world and story-based fantasy games,” said Michal Ekrt from publisher Blackfire, which distributes the game in our country, to CzechCrunch. After a successful kickstarter campaign in 2021, a title inspired by a computer adaptation witch gradually received backing from Polish studio CD Projekt. Now it has finally appeared in domestic stores and with Czech translation. But how witch is he playing?

“Players are waiting to run around the map, fight with monsters and other spellcasters, and evaluate various random events. And of course the development of your character’s abilities. The whole game is controlled by cards, where your deck is used to move around the map, but also to create combat combinations. At the same time, the cards represent your wizard’s life,” explained Ekrt. Story-wise, the game is set in a time before the book and game adventures of Geralt and his friends, but contains famous monsters and fighters from various wizarding schools.

Those interested can choose between the basic version (available for around 1,700 crowns) and a deluxe edition with twenty-eight plastic monster figures (around 3,600 crowns). The game is available in Czech, including three expansions unlocked as part of crowdfunding. The Witch: The Old World it’s designed for up to five players, but reviews agree that it’s a bit more fun in smaller numbers. It also supports solo play.

In a combination of deluxe and regular variants, more than ten thousand pieces of the local game will reach Czech shops. “The translation was led by Ondřej Šesták, who localized, for example, Game of Thrones cards. Marek Tvrdý, author of many translations of board and computer games, also participated in proofreading. added Ekrt. According to previous information, Jakub Mařík, the book’s translator, was also supposed to be involved in localization. The Witch and Her World.

The Witch: The Old World, as the game is called in English, is not the first tabletop treatment of the theme. But compared to the title The Witcher: Adventure Game from 2014 got much more favorable reviews. On servers BoardGameGeekas well as ČSFD for board games, have tried before 6.3 show out of ten. For The Witch: The Old World You are with the user BGG get a much more favorable verdict in that amount 8.2 points.

The novelty of the board will be very familiar to video game connoisseurs. In addition to the Go On Board studio, the Polish company CD Projekt participated in its creation – and the board game is based on its visual form. The Witch 3, a highly rated and financially successful role-playing game for PC and consoles. Also thanks to its fan base, this album two years ago became one of the most successful campaigns in Kickstarter history.

The Witch: The Old World it collected 6.8 million euros from backers and ranked eighth among game projects. At the same time, the campaign broke the top 20 best-selling Kickstarter campaigns ever. Sign witch he’s simply charming – so it’s no surprise that his father Andrzej Sapkowski is also intent on returning to his famous work. More Geralt of Rivia written stories will be published next year.