The Banner Saga Factions

Somewhere between checkers and chess, the contemporary turn-based strategy game resides. Advance Wars, X-Com, Heroes of Might & Magic, and Fire Emblem are known by many, loved by some, and mastered by very few. Their intricate systems are simple and colorful enough on the surface to attract a following, but none are quite as pretty as The Banner Saga: A great board game that never existed brought to life within the milieu of a gorgeous animated fantasy that never existed.

With a diverse range of influences in a genre developers rarely touch these days, The Banner Saga may just rekindle the turn-based strategy game and draw in players who usually ignore the decidedly stagnant genre due to its often drab presentation -- and Banner Saga’s gorgeous, soulful Vikings are anything but drab. The game is offering something players have long been asking for, but the Kickstarter that went 7x over its asking price of $100,000 already told us that much, didn’t it?

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