THERION Scribabs board game: 011

[KingsGene]

from http://www.bravewords.com/news/156466 :

"Award-winning Scribabs game developer Paolo Vallerga has unveiled his latest creation: 011, quite possibly bestowing Sweden’s THERION with the prestige of being the first metal band with a board game to their name since 1978’s KISS On Tour.

Therion mastermind Christofer Johnsson provides a little background on when the band was told about the idea:

“Paolo Vallerga approached the band at the show in Milano (Italy) last year with this great idea of making a fantasy board game based upon stage characters mixed with mythology. We instantly thought it was the coolest thing we've heard in ages and loved the idea! The name of the game is ‘011’ and you will find me, Thomas (Vikström, vocals), Christian (Vidal, guitars), Johan (Koleberg, drums), Snowy (Shaw, session/touring vocalist), Katarina (Lilja, session/touring vocalist), Lori (Lewis, session/touring vocalist), and Nalle (Påhlsson, bass) appearing as even more fantastic characters than we are in reality! There will be more news on this coming soon!”

According to the Scribabs website, "011 is set in a time ucronic, during an undefined ‘year 011.’ The world can be described as an alternate version of the nineteenth century. Science is deeply bound with Esotericism, as with many religions and philosophies co-exist… in a cauldron of cultures and ideals that is both challenging and frightening at the same time. Events take place in the magical city par excellence of Turin.”

The website goes on to say:

“One of the very particular notes is the extraordinary participation in the game, in the guise of Protagonists, of the members of Therion, the Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson. The musicians have performed with great steam punk enthusiasm to embody the atmosphere of the game. The month of June will see the creation of a video… in which the band will appear in the alter ego of themselves in the game. For now we can say nothing more!”

View the Scribabs homepage (in English via Google Translate) for a description of 011 and more pictures here."

 

[TheLongshot]

Here is BGG's page on the game.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/93194/011

Nothing more on the game so far, tho there is a link to Therion's announcement of it.

http://www.megatherion.com/en/news/324/therion-to-appear-as-board-game-1

 

[Pellaz]

Well heck, if Rush can go steampunk, than Therion certainly can.

 

[ApolloFC]

For some reason Jumanji came to mind after reading this post. Therion needs a film next, i mean if nightwish have their own movie and all. Could get Mel Gibson to direct it.

 

[TheLongshot]

More information on the development of the game.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/1112/extraordinary-gentlemen-the-making-of-011-the-end

To make things more challenging, I decided that players must select and use a different character each round independent of their secret identity. Also, in 011 the characters are working together to foil a great threat – the end of the world as we know it – but the players play the game competitively, with the game having only one winner. To give the players' sanity one final blow, one of them will become the incarnation of Fenrir in the middle of the game, suddenly working to help Ragnarök begin instead of trying to stop it.

Are you thinking about the concept of a traitor? Wrong. You're playing a competitive game, so there's no one to betray. To be honest, this idea was neither mine nor Paolo's. Instead, the idea of Fenrir came from Christofer Johnsson, the founder and leader of Therion.

Yes, that Therion, the symphonic metal band. When Paolo told me that the characters of the game would be the members of Therion, one of my favorite bands, I almost fell from the chair. Paolo, who is perhaps an even greater fan of the band than me, managed to have them agree to be "actors" in the game, giving names and faces to the characters and adding a really intriguing twist to the whole project. Christofer Johnsson and the rest of the band have continued to follow the development of 011 and all its fringe activities with interest, and I'm really honored by that.

 

[miel]

The board game even has its own facebook page.

And Snowy's using the game's "Captain Shaw" image as his profile pic on his personal facebook.

~Jen