claustrophobia, what is it and how is it related to hell dorado? Options

[mrbretonnia]

I am looking at getting into hell dorado, but I see everyone is now talking about claustrophobia. Is this a new version of the game or is it just a game by the same publisher?

[Kerguelen]

Claustrophobia is a new board game set in the HD universe - it's based around the Westerner's attempts to explore/loot/kill demons in the endless catacombs under the city of New Jerusalem, which is one of the human strongholds in Hell.
(I guess it has much the same relationship to HD as Space Hulk has to 40K - it's a game focussing on one aspect of the overall setting.)

Official site is here: http://www.claustrophobia-theboardgame.com/en/
Also some discussion (including clarifications and comments from the designer) here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36932/claustrophobia


Latest news on HD is that it's been acquired by Cipher Studios (the people who make Anima Tactics) and will be relaunched 'soon', with English rules and cards a priority. Last update from Cipher about a week ago was that they're still working through some stuff with Asmodee and will post more updates ASAP - although they do say there will most likely be some revision of the release schedule (ie. delays).