Asmodee Partners With Dark Horse For Tabletop Gaming Art Books
Gaming Art Books are coming for Android, Arkham Horror, and Keyforge Universes!
If you’re a fan of the art from the tabletop gaming universes of Android: Netrunner, Arkham Horror Files, and the Keyforge Universes then we’ve got some exciting news for you. Asmodee Entertainment has partnered up with Dark Horse Comics to publish some new Art Books set in those universes. Here’s the full press release:
via Asmodee Entertainment
ASMODEE ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS WITH DARK HORSE COMICS TO PUBLISH TABLETOP GAMING IP BASED ART BOOKS
DARK HORSE EXPANDS THE REALM OF TABLETOP GAMING WITH ART BOOKS FOR THE ANDROID, ARKHAM HORROR AND KEYFORGE UNIVERSES.
Asmodee Entertainment is excited to announce its partnership with Dark Horse Comics to create licensed art books for three of Asmodee’s leading tabletop gaming properties. Dark Horse has tapped into Asmodee’s diverse portfolio of over 300 gaming IPs to curate a collection of unique art books showcasing the beautiful artwork and rich story designs that are distinguishable within the games.
Explore the worlds of the Android Universe, Arkham Horror and KeyForge through an expansive collection of never-before-seen production art and commentary from renowned games studio – Fantasy Flight Games. The first of these highly anticipated art books will debut at the end of this year or early next year. Dark Horse’s art books will be the perfect companion piece for fans of these beloved game universes.
“With their amazing range of top-quality art and background books, Dark Horse is a natural partner for capturing the richly detailed and very stylistically different worlds of Arkham Horror, KeyForge and the Android Universe through this first series of artbooks,” said Andy Jones, Head of Asmodee Entertainment.
Dark Horse Comics Editor Ian Tucker adds, “As a tabletop gamer with many an Asmodee product populating my overflowing shelves, I’m beyond excited to be working with Asmodee and the rest of the Dark Horse team to bring these books to life. Our goal is to showcase these diverse and exciting properties in all their glorious detail, and we can’t wait to share the fruits of this partnership with readers, players and fans!”
I’m a huge fan of the Arkham Horror Files and already own The Investigators of Arkham Horror book. We’ve even done a brief overview of it already. If Dark Horse and Asmodee are looking to do MORE of these types of products I’m 100% in on that! For me, this book was a great addition to the game and I still flip through it to read about my favorite investigators or to familiarize myself with them a bit before I play a new campaign in Arkham Horror: The Card Game.
Android is also getting some love – which is fantastic! I was a fan of Android: Netrunner which was growing before FFG and WoTC split on that game. So I’m looking forward to at least getting an art book for that crazy awesome cyberpunk/corporate wars universe. The art on those cards was just amazing and it makes perfect sense to move those assets over to a new art book so fans can experience that aspect.
Keyforge is another one of those areas that could expand quite a bit. It ALSO tons of amazing art to showcase the game. I can’t think of a better format to do just that than an art book. It’s got a completely different style and look. Even if you’re not playing these card games, you can appreciate the cool images from all these games.
We don’t have a timeline for these products yet, but you can bet we’ll be keeping an eye on this one as more develops.
Collections of amazing tabletop game art in book form? Yes please!
