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Fantasy Flight Games has teamed up with Firaxis Game to launch a board game based on hit video game franchise XCOM.
XCOM: The Board Game, which is due out in Q4 2014, sees players take on a series of alien attacks and the game blends physical and digital play with the use of a free app.
Players must shoot down alien UFOs, assign soldiers to key missions and research alien technology, and while the game boasts a board, cards, dice and playing pieces, it also incorporates a free app that randomly selects one of five different invasion plans.
Toy News has more details.
