Rayman Is Getting A Brand New Board Game Later This Year

Not the Rayman return I was hoping for, but it’s something I suppose.

Wow to think it took UbiSoft 11 years just to make a new Rayman board game. That's longer than Square Enix development of the garbage Final Fantasy XV game. The last new mainline Rayman game was Rayman Legends for Wii U, PS4, Xbox One, and PS Vita released in 2013.

My heart leapt out of my chest for a second there

Weird! I dunno how successful this will be for them but more Rayman is more rayman i guess

Watcha gonna do when its game night and i pull out the rayman board game

Not sure why they’re doing this instead of, y’know, a new game, but I’m sure it’ll be cool

Those minis do look sweet…

God dammit Ubisoft, this is why your wife doesn't love you.

I hate that this is not at least a video game but I would get this, if only to display that Rayman figure and pretend it's an amiibo and have him with the third-parties.

I hate how much this series has stagnated after such a promising revival

Haha they will really do anything but make a new Rayman game, won't they? This is your daily painful reminder that Rayman 3 came out over 21 years ago lol. And Legends came out over a decade ago.

While it is somewhat a niche area, I feel that if you're not including a solo mode in your board games in 2024, then you're not paying attention to the board game landscape. This will unfortunately be a pass for me, before I even see it in action.

This title gave me some hard whiplash

Not really excited. Most video game boardgames aren’t that good. As a board gamer with a large library I can say there are only a few worth playing like the doom or StarCraft games. You can check the rating of those (and all other board games) on BoardGameGeek.com.

I would prefer a remake of Rayman M that could be a great game on the switch

Why are they doing this to me

@TKundNobody Doom was cool, though had some clunky mechanics if i recall(ammo) and Kevin Wilson has done a lot better dungeon crawls since(even 1e Descent). Starcraft was neat i agree, but i feel the Fantasy Flight Warhammer 40k game, Forbidden Stars, although not based directly on a vgame, was a better attempt at streamlining and innovating an exemplary galactic conquest game like Twilight Imperium(3e).
Also , i thought the boardgame version of World of Warcraft, although gruesomely overburdened with lengthy combat mechanics and game time, was a phenomenal take on the renowned mmorpg.
Bioshock Infinite, while not great, and certainly overshadowed by Vega’s later efforts like Dead of Winter, was a superior endeavor to transform a video game into an interesting boardgame, then say, Doom.
The Monster Hunter boardgame isn’t terrible either, although i think it only shines in upgrading one’s abilities and in combat.
Age of Mythology, though not without its critics, was an early Video-to-Table game that i really loved.
Regardless, good to see another bgamer here and yeah, bgg is great!

@Diogmites true. But as you said TI is better than the video game ones. Doom second edition (release 2016 (?)) is better than the original.

@TKundNobody I didn’t realize there was another (updated)release of Doom the boardgame to go along with the 2016 videogame reboot.
I am less cognizant of the bgaming hobby than i used to be.
Yeah, nothing beats TI imo
Thanks for the info!

Those minis are gorgeous!

Keep him frozen in the Smash Bros. ice.

Well, I think at this point this is better than nothing.

Rayman has been fairly prominent in ancillary Ubisoft material lately. They clearly value the brand but not enough to hedge a fiscal year on it. A shame. Probably only going to get worse as Ubisoft continues to torpedo its reputation, harming the prospects of projects that are not obvious franchises.

Hey come on now don't be so negative. That sounds fun!
But yeah. A new game. That would be nice.

Aww man, had me for a second!!! C‘’mom!! Lol.

Looks interesting and the figurines look great and give the impression, of a wild adventure. Classic Monopoly and The Game Of Life, are the only board games, I remember playing.

It is good to see, that people care about Rayman.

Hopefully this as well as Rayman's appearance in that animated series and his inclusion in Sparks of Hope are all pointing toward a big revival from Ubisoft. Put the first 3 Rayman games on Switch, either in their original state or a "Raymastered" collection and give us a new game. Also, put him in the next Smash, plz and thx.

I'm not really interested in a board game, but I kinda wish they sold those playing pieces as standalone figures, lol. They'd look good on my figurine shelf. I already bought the Rayman Youtooz though (another sign Ubisoft is trying to keep Rayman relevant), so I don't guess I need 2 figures of the same character.

@Papasears1982

"fuggen"?

Wow, the board game hate here is unreal, pfft.

This is kind of crazy. I'm glad Rayman is getting a board game

@Mario500 you’ve never heard that before?

That doesn't look like the Rayman I remember from Captain Laserhawk...

Ok, joking aside, uh... It's not a sequel to Rayman 3 or Legends, either. Well, at least Ubisoft remembers him.

What a joke. Better than nothing, but not by much.

@eaglesfly76

(answer: possibly not)

Another one in the "Ubisoft will do literally anything with Rayman other than give him a new [video] game".

@Not_Soos Or they want to keep Rayman around but are shying away from making a new mainline Rayman game because of the way his creator left Ubsoft.

@SmaggTheSmug Why bother keeping him around at all if that's the case, though?

@Not_Soos Maybe because he still has some brand recognition.