Dark Horse is teaming up with Studio71 Games to release a card game based on the popular comic, The Umbrella Academy. The Kickstarter campaign page for the game is now live. And it blew past its funding goal of $30,000 in under an hour. In addition to different editions, which are now available for pre-order, the Kickstarter page also comes with a trailer for the game. You can check it out below:
The Standard Edition for The Umbrella Academy card game is $25. It will include the box, tray, rule sheet, and 199 playing cards. The Deluxe Edition is $45. It includes everything from the Standard Edition along with a 7″ x 14″ game board and 8 custom plastic tokens. Finally, the Collector’s Edition is $75. It includes everything from the Deluxe Edition with an updated tray and metallic cards. It also comes with a custom color UA enamel pin set and Vol. 1 of The Umbrella Academy with a new cover by artist Gabriel Bá.
In a statement, Bá and writer Gerard Way had this to say:
Way and Bá launched The Umbrella Academy with Dark Horse in 2007. It became a big hit and earned the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series in 2008. The pair released a second volume in 2008 but wouldn’t release a third until 2018. A fourth is currently in development.
Netflix adapted the comic into a TV series, the first season of which released in 2019. Netflix announced the show had been viewed by over 45 million member households within its first month. This quickly led to a second season being greenlit, which will air on July 31st.
