Popular Board Game Scythe Leaves Early Access for Full Steam Launch


Popular Board Game Scythe Leaves Early Access for Full Steam Launch

Stonemaier Games’ Dieselpunk Strategy Game Officially Releases on Steam Today, Courtesy of Asmodee Digital, for PC and Mac

PARIS – September 5, 2018 – Scythe, the popular board game by Stonemaier Games’, left Steam Early Access today and the full version of the game is now available on Steam (PC/Mac) for $19.99. The digital version of the game developed by The Knights of Unity and published by Asmodee Digital, fuses dieselpunk artwork by the original artist of the physical board game game, Jakub Rozalski, with a digital interface to bring Scythe to digital audiences while keeping the signature look and feel of the tabletop version.

The full release of Scythe includes new features:

  • Hard difficulty AI
  • Action Assist Display
  • Camera Rotation
  • Stats for local games
  • Steam Content (badges, Trading cards and backgrounds)
  • Mac OSX support
  • New languages supported: Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Russian.

The end of the Early Access doesn’t mean the end of the free updates: Asmodee Digital plans to keep adding new features in the coming weeks and months.
More details here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/718560/announcements/detail/1692678156014724984

Check out the original trailer here: https://youtu.be/I547t1atk68

Set in an alternative 1920’s, Scythe originally launched as a physical board game in August of 2016. In the game players take the role of a disgraced leader attempting to rise back to power and lead their faction to rule over Eastern Europa. Players compete for resources, recruit armies, harvest resources, build powerful mechs, take territory, and reap their rewards to conquer and beat their fellow players. The physical edition of the game won multiple awards including five BoardGameGeek Golden Geek awards, the Origins Board Game of the Year award, and many more.

Press kit: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JHGpYTlQiq5K0G3G9odZHj5D1YRgBkev

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About Asmodee Digital

Asmodee Digital, a fully owned subsidiary of the Asmodee Group, is an international publisher and distributor of digital board games with operations located in Europe, North America, and China. Asmodee Digital manages the creation, design, development, publishing, and marketing of board and card games on leading digital platforms – spanning mobile, PC, Mac, virtuality reality and consoles – for Asmodee studios as well as for third-party publishers. The current Asmodee Digital catalog includes best-selling digital games such as Catan VR, Carcassonne, Ticket to Ride, Splendor, Agricola, Mille Bornes, Pandemic, Small World 2, Mr. Jack London, Colt Express, Mysterium, Potion Explosion, Onirim, Jaipur, Spot It! Duel, Abalone, Ticket to Ride First Journey, Catan Stories, Talisman, Fighting Fantasy Legends, Smash Up and digital versions of many other well-known board games.

About The Knights of Unity

The Knights of Unity is an independent Unity Software House founded in 2015 by the best Unity developers from Wrocław, Poland. Knights develop 2D and 3D games, simulators and interactive applications for mobile (iOS, Android and Windows Phone), desktop (PC, OSX, web), consoles (Xbox One, PS4, Switch), VR (HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream) and AR (Vuforia, Kudan, Hololens).  Till now Knights have developed over 50 white label projects for clients from all over the globe and have worked with companies like Interplay, Team17 and Daedalic Entertainment.

For more information, visit Knights website: https://theknightsofunity.com/.

About Stonemaier Games

Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher run by Jamey Stegmaier with the support of co-founder Alan Stone and a myriad of talented independent contractors, volunteers, and fans. Based in St. Louis and distributed worldwide, Stonemaier Games’ brands include Viticulture, Euphoria, Between Two Cities, Scythe, and Charterstone. For more information, visit www.stonemaiergames.com.

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