Robot Viking

Privateer Press has a new expansion for Monsterpocalypse ready to hit game stores in April. Big in Japan will take the collectible miniatures game back to its kaiju roots, letting the giant monsters and robots attack Tokyo in the manner of their forefathers.

File this one under: “OMG that’s so freaking awesome!” Collectible miniatures game Monsterpocalypse just announced their first licensed expansion, and it’s Voltron. Giant lion robots battling evil robeasts in a rich tactical game of city-destroying action? Hell yeah.

Privateer Press just sent me the corrected stats for the new Planet Eaters Scorcher and Scorcher Elite units. The grunt version is not quite as scorchy as it appeared.

We’re going into Monsterpocalypse overload, with yet another preview from the upcoming “I Chomp NY” expansion. The Scorcher (and the amazing Elite Scorcher) will really light up your Planet Eaters force.

What does it take to create a monster? Or destroy a city? Erik Yaple knows, and he was kind enough to share the diabolical answers with Robot Viking. No, he isn’t a mad scientist or a super-villain. He’s one of the designers of Monsterpocalypse. Actually, that doesn’t necessarily mean he isn’t also a mad scientist/super-villain. [...]

The Monsterpocalypse rampages on when Privateer Press releases the first expansion set, I Chomp NY, in late March. Here’s an in-depth first look at Tharsis-5, a bizarre new Martian menace monster who appears fully prepared to trod upon Times Square. We’ve got full stats for Tharsis and his ultra form.