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John Carpenter’s The Thing is being turned into a board game

05 May 2017

Words by Amy Bowker

The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31. A snowy, icy landscape with a military outpost in the distance, depicted with a dark, ominous style and bold typography.
The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31. A snowy, icy landscape with a military outpost in the distance, depicted with a dark, ominous style and bold typography.
It’s the Antarc­tic alien thriller adap­ta­tion we didn’t know we needed.

In John Carpenter’s mas­ter­ful 1982 hor­ror The Thing, a par­a­sitic alien infil­trates an Antarc­tic research cen­tre, plac­ing the station’s 12 sci­en­tists at the cen­tre of a grip­ping tale of para­noia and delusion.

If you nev­er quite man­aged to shake your­self free from the film’s icy grasp, then you’re in for a treat – as you’ll soon be able to relive the whole ordeal in board game format.

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The Thing: Infec­tion at Out­post 31 promis­es fans the chance to expe­ri­ence ​“the ten­sion and mys­tery of The Thing, recre­at­ed as play­ers race to dis­cov­er who among them are infect­ed in the hid­den iden­ti­ty game play engine.”

Detailed illustration depicting the game board for the film "The Thing" on a surface with various game pieces and icons representing elements from the film, including items, weapons, and symbols.

You’ll be able to play as one of a dozen char­ac­ters, the likes of which include pilot MacReady, mechan­ic Childs and sta­tion man­ag­er Gar­ry. To escape Out­post 31 you’ll need to gath­er gear, bat­tle The Thing, and most impor­tant­ly, expose the imi­ta­tions amongst your competitors.

The Thing: Infec­tion at Out­post 31 is set for release this Octo­ber, and will be the first ever board game cre­at­ed by US com­pa­ny Mon­do, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Project Raygun.

Justin Erick­son, artist at Phan­tom City Cre­ative, will be respon­si­ble for the game’s artis­tic design.

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