Watch “D-Verse Publishing: Can you smell what the People's Champion is cooking?,” a board game unboxing for NEXUS: Arena Combat System on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Obscurities in Miniature on YouTube:
Nexus is one of those games that I can't help but love. Reminiscent of old fighting games like Tongue of the Fatman/ Slaughter Sport/ Mondo's Fight Palace, it was wild, violent, crass, and carried a dark sense of humor with it much like Rogue Trader and games of its ilk.
It struggled to find an audience on when they atempted to crowdfund it with Kickstarter, but the guys at D-Verse said screw it and since they believed in what they were doing and ended up releasing both the rules and a large variety of model files for free. Don't believe me? Check it out for yourself!
So what does any of that have to do with this guy here? Glad you asked- or didn't! I don't care, I'm still going to explain!
D-Verse came up with a bunch of alternate sculpts for the classes of models in the game so you could do mirror matches without having to use the same models.
It also helps that they had excellent sculptor Roberto Chaudon sculpt most of these models too!
What you end up with is a nice looking alien monster that would be a perfect xeno champion if you enjoy grimdark games of the future, or as some sort of demonic summon in frozen cities...
You can take a look at D-Verse's website. There's a lot of content to enjoy there-
https://d-verse.com/
Mainly reviews and unboxings. NEXUS: Arena Combat System is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 9 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 13 other videos.
2 - 4 players
60 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About NEXUS: Arena Combat System, from BoardGameGeek:
NEXUS: Arena Combat System is a brutal and irreverent story-driven arena combat game that takes place on poorly maintained space barges. Packed with rabid and bloodthirsty fans, these barges feature an array of deadly hazards that are designed to indiscriminately kill or injure both combatants. These hazards range from floor saws that tear across the arena floors to pits that are home to monstrosities just looking for something to eat. Full of beautifully illustrated and amusingly inappropriate cards and lore, each match leaves you with a story to tell and laughs to be had by all.
NEXUS puts classic tabletop gaming tools like dice, pen, and paper to good use; to pit genetically engineered champions against one another in visceral combat. Players will experience a rush as their dice rolls determine the fate of their hapless champions.
The skirmish mode, while easily picked up by even the most novice of players, has just the right amount of depth, complexity, and self-generating narrative to make each match exhilarating. Dive even deeper with RPG legacy features and build your wealth and influence allowing for countless upgrades and bribes.
-description from the designer
Designers
Jason Goike, J. Scott Rumptz
Artists
Helge C. Balzer, Danny Cruz, Dongjun Lu, Chenthooran Nambiarooran, Stephen Oakley, Michael Rechlin, Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe, Pedro Sena