MTG The Board Game

Last year Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro announced a forthcoming board game version of long-running card game Magic the Gathering to be released in 2015. At the time it had the working title "Magic the Gathering Strategy Board Game," but now Hasbro has revealed the official title will be Magic the Gathering: Arena of the Planeswalkers.

Arena of the Planeswalkers is for two to five players and includes five Planeswalker figures. All characters from Magic lore, four were announced at the initial announcement: Chandra Nalaar, Jace Beleren, Nissa Revane, and Liliana Vess. Today we can reveal the fifth Planeswalker in the game: Gideon.

Longtime Magic fans should know these characters, but Hasbro says no prior Magic experience is necessary to enjoy Arena of the Planeswalkers.

The game is due in select retailers this June and will be more widely available in August.

In the box will be: six modular board pieces, four plastic terrain pieces, three plastic glyphs, two temple ruins, five painted Planeswalker mini figures, 30 squad mini figures, one 20-sided die, eight combat dice, 30 damage counters, 60 spell cards, 10 Squad stat cards, and five Planeswalker cards.