Blacklist Games just announced Dire Alliance: Horror. A deck building game that can be played both versus and cooperatively (1-4 players). It seems that this will start a line of Dire Alliance games which will be compatible with each other. Dire Alliance is co-designed by the Sadler brothers, David Thompson, and Trevor Benjamin (the designers of Undaunted).
The Kickstarter is scheduled for October 27, and it will be the second Kickstarter for the brothers that month, as they will also launch Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game. With Contra: The Board Game, and Altar Quest pending production and delivery, as well as their own line of fantasy miniatures, the Sadlers are going to have a very busy year ahead of them...
I'm intrigued by the all-star designer alliance and also like the fantasy theme, so I'm with you. Not sure I still want Contra now that I've seen this. 😏
I really do like that cover art! I'm not a huge fan of DBs, but I will definitely take a look.