Carthage is Now Live on Kickstarter - 25% Funded in the First 3 Hours

    EDMONTON, AB, May 20, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- SAS Creative announced that yesterday Carthage has launched its Kickstarter Campaign. Carthage is a deckbuilding board game, in which players move around a hex-based arena and face off in gladiatorial warfare to earn crowd favor, gain armor, and battle to the death. Luke Seinen, the designer of Carthage states "The board game community really needs a good Gladiator game. A game that makes you feel the fear, risk, and adrenaline of being in a gladiatorial contest. Carthage answers that call!"

Featuring a beautiful Graphic Novel art style, this game uses blended mechanics of deckbuilding, hand management, and ruthless "take-that" combat. Also included, is a unique modular ruleset which allows players to play game matchmaker, altering the game complexity, playtime, and strategic depth.

Luke Seinen and his wife run SAS Creative, an indie graphic design company in Edmonton, Canada. Through his company, he has had the rare opportunity to not only conceive and develop his game, but to also personally handle all of the design and graphics. "I love that from start to finish, I was able to have a directive hand in all elements of the game," said Luke Seinen.

Enter the Theater of Carthage
Under its fifty, imposing arches, each etched with masterful illustrations of man and beast, the Carthaginian theater awakens. Crowds flood inside to witness the grand spectacle of axe against gladius, of life pitted against death: where speed, skill and the favor of the crowds determine one's fate; where any move can be one's last. Feeding the hunger of its audience, blade strikes blade and meets flesh. As the sun grows in the Mediterranean sky, gladiators fall, one after another, their bodies echoes of their former strength and glory. Now, it's your turn!

You step into the arena. The salty sea air mixed with the pungent aroma of sweat and blood burns your nostrils. Having saluted the fickle crowd, you turn to face your opponents. Grim looks of determination meet your gaze. Victory or defeat, only one of you will leave this arena. Victory or defeat, history will remember your name in Carthage.

Carthage. Easy to Learn... Easy to Die!

Price: $59 CAD ($43 USD)
Number of players: 2-5
Time Required: 30-60 minutes
Website: carthagegame.com
Media Gallery: carthagegame.com/media
Facebook: fb.me/carthagegame
Instagram: instagram.com/carthagegame/

"To date, this is the best Kickstarter Game we've seen! The Artwork is awesome, the miniatures look fantastic, the deckbuilding and gameplay is engaging... This game feels like the missing component of Spartacus." - Board Game Closet, Jimmy & Rod

"What did I love? The game. The setting. The art. You name it, I loved it. Overall, I can't speak highly enough about Carthage." - Board Game Spotlight, Derek Funkhouser

"To say that Carthage is a great game is an understatement. The first thing I wanted to do at the end of the game was play it again. I saw so many different ways to play it the next time..." - EDMONTON NERD LIST​

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