If you’d like your Gundam battles to be a bit more tangible, there’s a new tabletop game on the way to scratch that itch. Bandai Spirits revealed GUNDAM ASSEMBLE during the BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 24-25 -WORLD TOUR in ORLANDO- event over the weekend alongside a teaser trailer and the launch of the official website.GUNDAM ASSEMBLE is a tabletop game that uses 5cm-size Gunpla in battle, with each unit having its own specific stats and characteristics. There are scenarios based on existing Mobile Suit Gundam stories, but players can also dig into “situations that transcend the world [of the series].”
GUNDAM ASSEMBLE Teaser Trailer
Rules and product specs will be announced at a later date. In the meantime, the following Mobile Suits were listed as sample game pieces:
RX-78-2 GUNDAM
MS-06S ZAKU Ⅱ
WING GUNDAM ZERO EW
GUNDAM AERIAL
KAPOOL
ARCHANGEL
Crunchyroll streams a bunch of Gundam anime, including director Yoshiyuki Tomino’s original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam, which is described like so:
Universal Century 0079. The rebel space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer half of Earth’s surface. Months later, the Federation has finally developed its own prototype mobile suits at a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a Zeon surprise attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a motley crew of civilians and cadets. Fate places a youth named Amuro Ray at the controls of the white mobile suit Gundam…
Source: Press Release
