Press release
Steamforged Games Announce Hearts of Iron: The Board Game
Since its debut, Hearts of Iron has captivated gamers through its multi-layered gameplay, historical depth, and the freedom for players to experiment with and play out alternative timelines, with more than 200,000 positive reviews on Steam. Created in close collaboration with the Paradox team, the upcoming board game faithfully adapts these elements, offering players a chance to lead their nations to victory—or infamy—via diplomacy, warfare, and politics
Designed for 2-5 players to play out an entire war in a single 3-4 hour session, the boardgame features multiple playable nations that players can customise through their ideology,either faithfully recreating or changing the course of history, all while engaging in political maneuvering and large-scale combat to re-draw the map. The potential nation and ideology combinations give the game a significant amount of replayability.
Known for immersive gameplay across an expansive library of titles, Steamforged Games is a proven force in adapting video game franchises for the tabletop. The Steamforged Games library already includes major licensed video game properties such as Elden Ring, Monster Hunter: World, Dark Souls,and Horizon Zero Dawn™.
Together with Paradox Interactive’s long history of developing grand strategy games, this partnership promises to deliver a tabletop experience as rich and engaging as its digital counterpart.
Mat Hart, co-founder and CCO of Steamforged Games, said: “We’re big strategy gamers at Steamforged, so when we got the opportunity to work with Paradox on turning Hearts of Iron—quite possibly the grandest of strategy video games—into a board game, we couldn’t say yes fast enough! This is set to be our most strategic board game yet, and we can’t wait to share it with fans. Paradox have been excellent to work with and we’re confident this game will please not only Hearts of Iron fans, but fans of strategic board and video games as well.”
Steamforged will launch Hearts of Iron: the Board Game on Gamefound early next year. Fans of tabletop gaming and historical strategy can look forward to more details shared via the campaign’s Gamefound page in the coming weeks. Those who follow the Gamefound page before launch will also receive an exclusive gift — a First Player token in the form of a metal medal, and an exclusive card pack —if they pledge once the campaign launches.
About Steamforged Games
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Steamforged Games has created tabletop adaptations of some of the biggest video games around. In 2019, Steamforged received a £5 million investment to continue growing the business from private equity firm, Foresight Group, on the strength of an “excellent track record in creating,developing, and launching games” and a “strong product pipeline”.
The company’s history of adaptations began with the wildly successful DARK SOULS™board game.Steamforged took the game to Kickstarter back in 2016, where it raised a record-breaking £3.7million followed by significant success at retail. Now, Steamforged’s DARK SOULS™ tabletop range has a combined retail value of almost $40 million with more than half a million units sold.Since 2016, Steamforged’s catalogue has grown to include popular board game versions of triple-A video games such as Monster Hunter: World and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Resident Evil™ 1, 2, and 3, Horizon Zero Dawn™, and more, all well-received as authentic experiences true to the brand DNA. Steamforged has also seen significant success with original IP such as Bardsung, Epic Encounters, and Animal Adventures, and has successfully fulfilled more than eleven tabletop game crowdfunding campaigns.Now the UK’s leading developer and publisher of licensed tabletop games with over twenty tabletop ranges,Steamforged is led by a love of the craft, a collective pride in what they create, and a mission to deliver compelling tabletop experiences that capture the emotions and inspire the imaginations of players around the world.
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About Paradox Interactive
Paradox Interactive is one of the premier developers and publishers of strategy and management games for PC and consoles. The players are located all over the world but some of the biggest markets are North America, Western Europe and Asia.
The game portfolio consists of popular franchises such as Stellaris, Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings, Cities: Skylines, Prison Architect, the Surviving games, Age of Wonders and Victoria. Paradox Interactive also owns the World of Darkness brand catalog.
For more information, please visit http://www.paradoxinteractive.com