Assassin’s Creed board game coming to Kickstarter in November

Assassin’s Creed is the latest high-profile video game franchise to get the hobby games treatment. Board game developer Triton Noir announced that the Kickstarter campaign for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood of Venice will go live this November.

Brotherhood of Venice will be a cooperative tactical miniatures game focusing on stealth. Taking place in 1509, during the heart of the Italian Renaissance, players will be asked to create and maintain a headquarters for their team of assassins, then journey into the city to complete their objectives. The narrative takes place between between Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Gameplay will revolve around 20 unique, linked missions. The final product will include high-quality, unpainted miniatures.

Triton Noir is best known for its most recent effort, V-Commandos. Kotaku reviewed the game last year, noting that it’s effectively a board game adaptation of 1998’s stealth strategy game Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines. You can watch a sample of its gameplay on YouTube.

Triton Noir hasn’t revealed any details about the campaign itself outside a single image of one of the assassins. At this point, we don’t know the duration of the campaign or even how much the initial ask is. There is a newsletter signup available at its website, which promises to let fans know more information as soon as the campaign goes live on Nov. 13 at noon EST.

This isn’t the first time that Assassin’s Creed has been licensed for a board game. There have been multiple Assassin’s Creed versions of Monopoly, for instance, as well as Cryptozoic’s Assassin’s Creed: Arena, which is currently out of print. You can still find copies available on Amazon.