Abaddon Releases Today

Although a good number of folks have already gotten their hands on this mecha minis war game by Richard Borg, today is the official release everywhere (except in Australia, for some reason).

From Toy Vault:

It’s the distant future and mankind has taken a galactic leap forward through space, time, and technology. Life as we know it struggles to endure on the ABADDON. Once the home of a mysterious, non-human civilization, the planet is now a desolate wasteland bearing one immensely precious resource: Feronium power crystals. The unimaginable energy contained within the crystals is coveted by two groups of humans: the Satellite City-States and the Commonwealth Alliance. Using giant bio-mech suits called Links, made from modified military vehicles and alien technology; the warring factions fight a weary battle for territorial control of the ABADDON.

At your disposal is a huge, 28” x 19” battlefield game board with 32 highly-detailed mech figurines, 18 free-standing landscape terrain features, over 100 game-changing Wild Fire and Weapon System cards, dozens of tokens, battle dice and a Battle Manual containing over 15 mission scenarios.

Though this is a 2-4 player game, Abaddon features many design elements similar to ones used in Borg's popular Memoir '44, a favorite among solo gamers. Taking a tour of Abaddon's customizable mission-based rules will reveal the solo possibilities - if you're willing to invest the MSRP of $79.99.

More at the official site.