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Gaze Upon The Majesty That Is The Mass Effect Board Game

Gaze Upon The Majesty That Is The Mass Effect Board Game

The four-player tabletop game is available for pre-order now

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A floating head poster of Garrus, Wrex, Liara, Tali, and Shepard.
Image: Modiphius Entertainment

The original Mass Effect crew is reuniting 12 years after they saved the galaxy, but not in a video game. Mass Effect the Board Game—Priority: Hagalaz is a four-player tabletop game set during the events of Mass Effect 3, and it stars most of the Normandy SR-1’s team in a brand-new adventure. Asari scientist Liara T’Soni, Quarian nomad Tali’Zorah vas Normandy, Krogan leader Urdnot Wrex, and Turian vigilante Garrus Vakarian all star alongside protagonist Commander Shepard in a mission set during the height of the Reaper invasion. Rest in peace to all the Ashley Williams and Kaidan Alenko stans (me)—the human squadmates are not part of the board game.

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Mass Effect the Board Game is now available for pre-order ahead of its November 7 launch, and we’ve got a nice look at all the figures, boards, and character sheets that will come with the game. When it was announced back in March, it was pitched as a “low maintenance, easy dungeon crawl” so it could be more accessible to folks often intimidated by complex tabletop games. Another big part of the pitch was for it to be cheaper than the $150+ prestige board games that typically deter people from making the jump into the medium. Mass Effect will only run you $50. The full synopsis reads as follows:

“Set during the events of Mass Effect 3, the Normandy crew has one more mission. On the remote world Hagalaz, a research cruiser from the terrorist organization Cerberus has crashed directly in the path of a deadly storm. With little time before the storm hits, Shepard must lead their squad through the cruiser to uncover its sinister secrets and keep them out of the hands of the enemy. However, the ship holds more dangers than just its former crew. Deep within the shattered cruiser stir creatures and enemies far worse than the Cerberus forces that guard them.”

Alongside the figures featured in the board game itself, manufacturer Modiphius is also releasing miniature sets of enemy forces, including Reaper-reanimated versions of the Mass Effect aliens and Cerberus troops. The company is also putting out alternate poses for the Normandy crew, all of which are scaled to fit the Mass Effect board game. Click through to see more.

Mass Effect has been gone from gaming a while following the middling reception of Mass Effect: Andromeda, but BioWare has been in full swing promoting the series again after announcing a new game is on the way and releasing the Legendary Edition remaster of the original trilogy on modern hardware. Right now, however, the studio’s main focus is Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which is finally launching after a 10-year wait on October 31.

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What’s in the box

What’s in the box

The contents of the Mass Effect Board Game.
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The Campaign Map

The Campaign Map

The Mass Effect Board Game campaign map.
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Character sheets for the crew

Character sheets for the crew

Character sheets in the Mass Effect Board Game.
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Lot of rules and abilities to learn

Lot of rules and abilities to learn

More sheets in the Mass Effect Board Game.
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A look at the board

A look at the board

The Mass Effect board game's board.
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A look at the miniatures on the board

A look at the miniatures on the board

An instance of the Mass Effect board game.
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Art of a downed ship during the board game’s mission

Art of a downed ship during the board game’s mission

Artwork for the board game showing a downed space ship.
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A close-up of the box

A close-up of the box

A close-up of the Mass Effect Board Game.
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The game seems to use both Male and Female Shepard pretty equally

The game seems to use both Male and Female Shepard pretty equally

The Mass Effect Board Game rulebooks.
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Priority Threats Alpha

Priority Threats Alpha

The Priorty Threats Alpha set.
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Centurion

Centurion

The Centurion miniature.
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Phantom

The Phantom miniature.
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Adept

The Adept miniature.
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Cerberus Troops Alpha

Cerberus Troops Alpha

The Cerberus Troops Alpha set.
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Assault Trooper

Assault Trooper

The Assault Trooper miniature.
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Another Assault Trooper

Another Assault Trooper

The Assault Trooper miniature.
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Combat Engineer

Combat Engineer

The Combat Engineer miniature.
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Another Combat Engineer

Another Combat Engineer

The Combat Engineer miniature.
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Guardian

Guardian

The Guardian miniature.
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Another Guardian

Another Guardian

The Guardian miniature.
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The full Cerberus set

The full Cerberus set

The Cerberus miniatures.
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Priority Threats Beta

Priority Threats Beta

The Priorty Threats Beta set.
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Banshee

The Banshee miniature.
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Battlemaster

Battlemaster

The Battlemaster miniature.
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Scion

The Scion miniature.
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The Priority Threats Beta set

The Priority Threats Beta set

The Priorty Threats Beta set.
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Reaper Forces Alpha

Reaper Forces Alpha

The Reaper Forces Alpha set
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Cannibal

Cannibal

The Cannibal miniature.
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Another Cannibal

Another Cannibal

The Cannibal miniature.
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Husk

The Husk miniature
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Another Husk

Another Husk

The Husk miniature.
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Marauder

Marauder

The Marauder miniature.
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Another Marauder

Another Marauder

The Marauder miniature.
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Reaper Forces Alpha

Reaper Forces Alpha

The full Reaper Forces Alpha set.
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Heroes of the Normandy Alpha

Heroes of the Normandy Alpha

The Heroes of the Normandy Alpha set.
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Garrus

The Garrus miniature.
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Liara

The Liara miniature.
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Female Shepard

Female Shepard

The Female Shepard miniature.
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Female Shepard with a helmet on

Female Shepard with a helmet on

The female Shepard miniature.
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Male Shepard

Male Shepard

The male Shepard miniature.
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Male Shepard with a helmet

Male Shepard with a helmet

The male Shepard miniature.
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Tali

The Tali miniature.
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Wrex

The Wrex miniature.
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The full Normandy crew

The full Normandy crew

The Heroes of the Normandy set.
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