For years , theGundamfranchisehas been consistently present in anime , video game , and especiallygunpla kits . Anothermain showisn’t the only newfangled matter coming to the popular mecha franchise — Bandai ’s taking the go-ahead to the world of tabletop games .
During this weekend ’s Bandai Card Games Fest , the ship’s company announcedGundam Assemble , a tabletop biz that sees player use 5 curium figures to roleplay dissimilar wargaming scenarios . Some are free-base withinAssemble’soriginal story , others “ transcend ” the dealership , but the overall design is for them to be familiar but also discrete . The secret plan ’s starter figures , which come in out the box seat unpainted , each have their own single ability , and traverse the serial ’ major cadence , from the original to regional favorites ( WingandSeed ) and the last major series , Witch from Mercury . At launching , those trope are :
Tabletop gaming is a brand young area forGundam , which expanded last twelvemonth with a quicken version of its collectable trading circuit card game . This is locomote to be aGundam - heavy month , really : along with that game ’s North American genus Beta hitting after in the month ( ahead of its full launching later in 2025 ) , episode from the upcomingGundam : GQuuuuuuXanime are being recut into a theatrical release strike Japanese theaters on January 17 . The first good example from that series , based on its coolheaded - looking fluid lawsuit , isalsohitting sometime this month .
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As forGundam Assemble ? Bandai Namco has n’t revealed a escort for that yet , but it said to have a bun in the oven more information — such as pricing , rule , and intersection specs — later in the year .
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