It’s a new concept of board game that mixes things rarely or never mixed before such as abstract strategy with a deep Sci-Fi and fantasy space theme, a new dice troop system that mixes abstract strategy with probability, and inspiration not only from board games but from videogames. The truth is that when we started the Ether Wars development we weren’t experts on board games, and we think this is one of the strengths of the game to be something different.Įther Wars is not something that is easy to describe. I really discover board games in High school when something started growing in my head, make a game that you will really want to play, and here we are, trying this tough but beautiful road. I have been a lover for a long time of Magic and Warhammer, I´ve played almost everything that fell in front of me. PC games caught my attention since the first time I saw one, from Commandos to Diablo and StarCraft, but the board was always there. I also played some RPGs, like Vampiro and the original Hero Quest. My initiation with games was made by one of my cousins, with Jurassic Park the board game. One of my deepest thoughts is that "life is a game" and games should be fun, so let’s have fun living! I studied Business Administration and I love to create original things. One year ago I rediscovered board games thanks to games like Stone Age and Catan, and since then I’ve played lots of other games like Game of Thrones, Descent, Andor, Chaos in the Old World and Android Netrunner. My first steps in board games were when I was a child with games like Stratego, Risk, Monopoly, Warhammer, Total War, Magic and other classics but when I started studying at the University I stopped playing board games. I’m also a Psychology Graduate, Human Resources Master and Gamification expert. I’m a videogame geek since a childhood both on PC and consoles since the times of Doom, Wolfenstein or Witchaven till now (Last game played… Grey Goo). We are friends from long ago, but we have very different backgrounds Javier: We are two people, and we do everything, from the game design to the graphic design, promotion, community management, coordinating logistics and production with our partners… all. Hi guys, let’s start by introducing yourself, who are the Ether Wars development team? The concept ticked plenty of boxes for me, having spent too much time playing Red Alert and lining up my Siege Tanks in StarCraft, so I spoke to the Spanish development team. A real time strategy videogame, translated into a dice based board game? Where do I sign up? Well Kickstarter in fact, as Ether Wars promises to bring together the hectic balance of strategy and unit building that games like Command and Conquer and WarCraft brought to life.
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