10 Games I want brought back from the dead

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[MBG]

So, 10 or more games I want to see back published in one form or another. Some old, some not that old. And many bound up by the arcane art of IP law. Let me know what games you want back in the comments below.

[RatchetSly]

For retheming Chaos in the Old World, if they want to keep four supernatural apocalyptic factions, maybe the Four Horsemen? A couple of them map pretty directly onto the WH Chaos gods, like Pestilence for Nurgle or War for Khorne. Maybe Death for Tzeentch, for the fate theme. Famine doesn't exactly fit Slaanesh though, haha.

[duncanparker]

I’m fairly new to the board game scene. Finding games that I’d love and then realizing they’re out of print is heartbreaking lol

[ohtheforlanity]

Chaos in the Old world is one I totally agree on. Don't want to break the bank for it, but would love to own it. Ditto for Forbidden Stars, and Ankh Morpork I'd love to buy as a gift for my other half who is a huge Terry Pratchett fan

[XaneFrostwind]

I actually played Queen's Gambit back in 2002. Had a friend who had a copy and we'd go over to his house after a MTG tournament to play games/MTG all night long on the weekends. Had a blast, so I look for it every so often if I have some spare cash.

[PatrickJohner]

YES! Shadows Over Camelot. One of the first games I bought many years ago. A new copy would be fabulous:-)

[chucktelschow]

As a teenager I loved wooden ships and iron men. The sea combat was fantastic and I’d love to see it brought back with updates and clearer rules.

[terrifyingai]

I also want a reprint of QUANTUM, its initial run had terrible dice quality but it's a cool dice-placement space game by Eric Zimmerman that captured the feeling of a much larger four-X game in a shorter package. It had a couple of expansions but I've never played them.

[Ishtarru]

I want to see Dragon Farkle brought back. It's like Farkle only instead of just adding up numbers you're amassing soldiers to try to slay a dragon. What's not to love?

[thelastmotel]

XIA is getting a reprint, as are the expansions for it. They had a short print run end of 2020/beginning of 2021, too.

[budsticky]

Would love to see Battlelore 2nd Edition back in print. It hasn't been out of print too long, so copies of the base game can still be gotten pretty reasonably. However, the expansions are really difficult to get. Fantasy Flight let this one go by the wayside when it started doing the Battles of Westeros stuff, but BL is so much better in my opinion...and is arguably the pinnacle of the Commands and Colors system. As far as I know Fantasy Flight have completely given up on it so I see little hope of it coming back unfortunately....especially as the cost to produce a game with that much plastic has gone up drastically.

[GameNightPicks]

This is a great list! Spheres Of Influence is now on my list of "grail games" to hunt for. Thanks for mentioning that one - I had never heard of it. And BattleTech Succession Wars at the top of your list!? Oh, yeah! You're preaching to the choir with that one. Excellent video. Thanks for making it, and take care!

[sventheultimate]

Star Wars: The Queen's Gambit sounds a lot like Defence of Procyon III but with even more battlefields.
Sounds lovely.

[nncK]

One of my greatest regrets was not buying Shadows over Camelot when I had the chance, along with the it's expansion and all Battlestar Galactica expansions (I just love Galactica so much).

[robinett]

Blood Bowl Team Manager is one of my all time favorite games! But it feels so tied to the theme. I still hope we get to see more of that system some day, in or out of the warhammer world.
SW: Queens Gambit looks like a monstrously large game! I imagine it would do well on KS with all the minis and the massive table presence

[joesolo]

The Queens Gambit is one of my favorite board games of all time!!! so good on so many levels!! I have a copy but some of the pieces/cards got ruined so its kind of unplayable. This was actually the 1st multiplayer game I created a solo ruleset for. I would love to get a reprint!!

Unfortunately, FFG and Games Workshop relationship ended when Asmodee purchased FFG because they had a miniatures game line and Games Workshop wasn't going to license their IP to a competitor. FFG did a lot of great things with it though and they should re-skin a lot of those games. Its one of the great gaming travesties. FFG had a ton of awesome games with GW IP; personal favorites are Warhammer Conquest LCG and Warhammer Invasion LCG. 2 games I would love to see brought back. The mechanics were great and the theme was spot on!!

Great list, these games all look pretty awesome!!

[stox]

Since you want The Republic of Rome back, I might have a great recommendation for you:

John Company 2nd Edition. It has a lot of similar elements, with the whole conquest and trade thing going on, this time just in india, but it has a far more satisfying senator elimination/retirement mechanism. Your people in the company don't just randomly die, they retire and generate victory points for you. But, of course, a lot of elements are totally different, but Republic of Rome definitely inspired the game to some degree.

The game is not out yet, but I watched a full playthrough on Heavy Cardboad and I think I am in love with it.

[andrewcook]

Wow, a Succession Wars reboot designed by you *MUST* happen!

[threepup]

A lot of the games I'd want are already back (Unfathomable, Bloc by Bloc) or already mentioned (Chaos in the Old World, Healthy Heart Hospital) so I'll go ahead and put forth an actual good reprint of Robo Rally. Have heard a lot of good things about the original printing of the game and...less good things about subsequent reprints (that I'm also pretty sure are out of print now).

[jumpingjohnflash]

Thunderbirds rethemed as Ro-Busters from 2000AD would be amazing!