Call of Duty: The Board Game's inexplicable Kickstarter has finally gotten a release date

pcgamer.com:

What if you could deploy white phosphorus in Monopoly? This is the question that only Call of Duty: The Board Game is brave enough to ask. After teasing its (bizarre) crowdfunding campaign back in April this year, the tabletop version of COD has now put a solid date on the launch of its Kickstarter: It'll drop on August 1, giving you a chance to kick a few bucks towards helping this little indie franchise realise its dream of board game stardom.

«Base game pre-orders and additional Kickstarter pledge tiers will become available» when the Kickstarter commences, says the press guff, «with a worldwide retail release planned for 2024». 

Until then, you're encouraged (by them, I'm not really involved either way) to sign up to their mailing list in order to nab yourself a «K-9 Unit promo mini and Killstreak». What does a killstreak even mean in the context of a board game? I have no idea, but I hope it involves screaming «Counter UAV!» as I poke my fellow players in the eye.

I am actually curious to see what this thing looks like when it comes out. As a recent convert to the videogame version of COD, I'd like to know how the board game's makers at Arcane Wonders translate its fast-paced, twitchy gameplay to the sedate pace of a board game. Of course, the answer may be that they don't: Most of the marketing materials emphasise planning and strategy over nailing a kill because you have a 2% faster ADS speed than the other guy.

In fact, here's what the Call of Duty board game lists as its «key features»:

Sounds a bit more measured than your standard round on Shipment. We'll find out more when the game's Kickstarter—just to reiterate, a Kickstarter for a game tied to a billion-dollar franchise—hits in August.