It isn’t The Witcher 4, however a newly introduced Witcher board sport three years within the making will discover one of the necessary moments within the franchise’s lore intimately: the Pogrom at Kaer Morhen.
Referred to as The Witcher: Legacy, the board sport from Go On Board is a sequel to The Witcher: Old World and can focus closely on the destruction of the College of the Wolf, the place Geralt was raised as a Witcher. It is one of many main items of historical past on the planet of the Witcher books and video games, an occasion the place a mob of offended peasants stormed Kaer Morhen and killed practically everybody inside, practically wiping out the final remaining Witcher faculty.
Story can be an enormous a part of The Witcher: Legacy, and Go On Board mentioned in an announcement on its Gamefound web page that it’s working carefully with CD Projekt Pink on each the sport’s gameplay and its narrative.
“The tales included within the script books will take you to occasions that haven’t but been absolutely explored within the video games or books,” Go On Board mentioned. “We do not need to spoil the story for you — we consider you may take pleasure in discovering it by yourself — however we are able to reveal that its central thread is the Pogrom.”
Gamers will tackle the position of a handful of Kaer Morhen survivors who set out on a journey to search out these chargeable for the Pogrom and “avenge your fallen comrades.” The story can be a branching, scenario-driven narrative the place gamers will make decisions that may alter the “historical past of the Continent itself,” Go On Board mentioned.
Whereas The Witcher: Legacy could also be just like The Witcher: Outdated World at first look, Go On Board mentioned it provides a very totally different expertise. It hasn’t gone into full element on all the sport’s mechanics simply but, however mentioned “its campaign-based construction permits you to deeply immerse your self within the story, whereas quite a few legacy-style mechanics emphasize your position in shaping it–your decisions will really matter.”
The Witcher: Legacy does not but have a launch date however Go On Board mentioned will probably be sharing extra data within the coming months. In the meantime, followers can try The Witcher: Outdated World and its varied expansions. Two new Witcher miniature video games additionally launched earlier this yr that enable gamers to pit characters like Geralt and Ciri towards these from different universes.
As for The Witcher 4, CD Projekt Pink just lately revealed an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo that provides followers an thought of what to anticipate from the subsequent entry within the RPG franchise. CD Projekt Pink has mentioned The Witcher 4 will not lavatory gamers down with fetch quests, and that it hopes followers will “absolutely embrace” Ciri as the sport’s protagonist.