With Crysis Analogue Edition, you can finally say “yes, it runs Crysis”

For years PC hardware enthusiasts the world over puzzled over motherboards, CPUs, RAM, and whether it was better to go with an SLI or Crossfire setup, just to answer that age old question: "Can it play Crysis?" Turns out, you'll soon be able to answer that question without resorting to spending thousands of dollars on hardcore pixel-pushing hardware.

Yes, of all the things that might lend themselves well to being recreated in board game form, Crytek's first-person graphical showpony Crysis isn't the first that springs to mind. But German company Frame6 (with the blessing of Crytek) is skirting around the series' sometimes flimsy gameplay to bring Crysis Analogue Edition - The Board Game to life—or at least try to, by asking for €85,000 over on Kickstarter.

So, how does a first-person shooter translate into board game? Crysis Analogue Edition turns the shooter into an eight-player strategy game with two types of game: Instant Action and Capture the Relay. Instant Action is a form of team deathmatch, with every frag scoring one point. Capture the Relay is a little more involved, but the basic premise is that you need to nab a relay token from the board and take it to an extraction point, with the opposing team doing the same.

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