Halo Interactive Strategy Game

Halo as a board game? Huh. We had a chance to check out the Halo Interactive Strategy Game on the floor of Comic Con this week. Coming to you from B1 Games and Genius Products, LLC, HISG features a customizable modular game board and a companion DVD that allows you to see the move your character just completed in battle. Though we didn’t get to play, here’s what we found out…

The board game, like the video game, pits UNSC against the Covenant. The game can be played with or without the DVD, but if you use it, you get to see the battles on screen and have it figure out your hit points. You can follow storylines in Campaign mode or go head-to-head in Slayer or Capture the Flag modes. There are multiple levels of game play so you can adjust to your current level of cockiness. You get weapon cards, dice, character cards (there are seven types), transport tokens and collectible figures (or “guys” as I feel a nostalgic need to call them) that they assure us are completely paintable. The game is for ages 10+, and they’ve removed some of the gore for younger players, so if you have kids in the house, maybe this will get them to leave you alone for an hour to play a grown up game.

You get what they call “special insider Halo DVD content” and, of course, upcoming expansion packs with new adventures, characters, vehicles and weapons. The Halo Interactive Strategy Game will cost $49.99 and will be released in Fall 2008.