The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game arrives in October

The cult film The Princess Bride, which arrived in Italy under the title The Fantastic Story, has been transformed into a new cooperative board game. The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game will be based more on 1980s comedy than William Goldman's original novel, and will borrow perspective from the film. The game will in fact be told as a story, told by the grandfather to a young sick boy.

Players will be able to turn each page of the book to see the story come to life through the six different chapters, each of which will represent a moment important of the film. Players will have to discard the story cards and move their pawns to try to keep the tale active, dealing with the interruptions of the sick nephew that will move the narrative out of the fantasy tale and the threats of the villains: Vizzini, Count Rugen and the prince Humperdink. The playable characters will be Buttercup (Bottondoro), Westley, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya.

What makes this game unique is that, as the chapter changes, the game board will also change, and consequently the rules of the game will change. game. If players successfully finish all six chapters by discarding story cards and completing objectives, they will emerge as winners. The Princess Bride Adventure Book Game is designed to be played for up to 4 players aged 10 and over, it will also feature a mode to play solo and will be sold by Ravensburger in Target stores for $ 25. Each chapter will take about 15 minutes to finish, so the entire story will be completed in about 90 minutes.

it is Not the first time that The Princess Bride has been turned into a board game, the first adaptation took place in 1988 , shortly after the release of the film, also the cult film has been converted into several table games, modern games, card games and even an RPG. The game is manufactured by Ravensburger and will be put on sale starting from October 4, 2020 .

you Can buy the DVD of The fantastic story at this link