Kevin Wilson, creator of epic games like Descent, Arkham Horror, and X-Files has yet another notch to add to his game-master’s belt. Today, IDW Games just announced that Wilson will be releasing his latest concept into the tabletop world: Awesome Kingdom: Tower of Hateskull in the summer of 2015.

This is IDW Games’ first foray into the world of fantasy games and it has a real sense of humour to boot. Given that the characters found in this over-the-top dungeon adventure game boast comedic titles like Prestidigimancer, Ragebarian or Paladude, Awesome Kingdom promises to be a two to four player, fast and light game in which players compete for the status of being the most awesome hero … EVER.

Wilson recounts that Awesome Kingdom is inspired by his youngest experiences with role playing games.

“It’s the sort of thing I dreamed up while eating sugar-frosted cereal and watching Saturday-morning cartoons in the 80’s. I tried to channel that sense of unrestrained fun and Tower of Hateskull is the result.”

Each character is represented by one of eight obvious and iconic arch-types from adventure gaming. The game is divided into days in which each player enters a dungeon and competes over those three days for being the most successful adventurer. Each character is differentiated by a unique ability and over the course of play, has to somehow overcome mythical monsters, disarm or defuse cunning traps and out-perform their opponents. If successful, he or she will emerge from the dungeon triumphant and with the most amount of treasure and trophies!

Awesome Kingdom: Tower of Hateskull is expected to hit the stores in July. More information on this exciting new game is sure to follow but in the meantime, feel free to “like” facebook.com/idwgames on facebook or follow @idwgames on Twitter.

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