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NYCC 2025: Dynamite launches the Army of Darkness Board Game on BackerKit

Army of Darkness: The Board Game

Dynamite Entertainment has been publishing Army of Darkness comic books for two decades, feeding hungry fans with further tales featuring Ash Williams and the entire extended mythos. The comics and collectibles publisher has gone one step further in developing an all-new, miniature-heavy board game based on the action-packed third act of the cult classic film, Army of Darkness: The Board Game. Every tabletop fan will enjoy playing as the iconic hero, Ash, or one of his allies, as they battle it out against a relentless army of the undead who will stop at nothing to control the Necronomicon.

The game is currently funding through BackerKit.

Evil Ash and his “bride,” Evil Sheila, are on a mission to extinguish all human life. Their Deadite army has Arthur’s castle under siege and players must work together to fight off the swarms of undead before, they too, become victims of the underworld.

This fast-paced, co-operative, “tower defense” game has 2-4 players commanding Arthur’s army of knights as they hold off Evil Ash, Evil Sheila, and their army of Deadites from getting their hands on the Necronomicon. Players strategically select action cards to formulate their attack and defense, but their luck will be tested as the battle evolves, unexpected twists happen in the turn of a card, and the best laid plans could be foiled. But additional help is at hand from the modern world… in the trunk of Ash’s car are various tools to assist players in getting the upper hand. And if the resources of the living world aren’t enough, dare to tap into the pages of the Necronomicon and cast a spell at your own risk. Any words uttered from the Necronomicon could either mean salvation for Ash and his friends, or damnation for the entire human race!

The first expansion for the game is already finished development and available optionally right alongside the full game launch, for fans wanting to upgrade their play experience right out the box. It unleashes the game to its next level, enabling five players at once, adding more miniatures, and more!

Army of Darkness: The Board Game has a playtime of 60-90 minutes and includes:

  • 22” x 22” folding game board
  • 44 character miniatures with the expansion!
  • 6 custom dice
  • 95 cards
  • 47 tokens
  • 4 character boards (5 with the expansion!)
  • 1 rulebook

Army of Darkness The Board Game is based on the iconic horror film from Sam Raimi starring Bruce Campbell. Designed by Lynnvander Studios. The first expansion is also available for preorder alongside the game. It is at the factory right now, with an expectation of completion and shipment to customers by February 2026.

Army of Darkness: The Board Game

Dive into Dynamite’s Army of Darkness Humble Bundle Benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Lose yourself in the Army of Darkness Humble Bundle, featuring the butt-kicking comic series from Dynamite Entertainment! Get 20+ comics that follow the exciting adventures of Ash Williams—the Boomstick wielding, foul-mouthed protagonist with the most unfortunate luck. Read great titles like Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes and Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator, and help support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with your purchase!

The Army of Darkness Humble Bundle retails for $300 and you can get it all for $18.

Army of Darkness Humble Bundle

Dive into Dynamite’s Army of Darkness Humble Bundle Benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Lose yourself in the Army of Darkness Humble Bundle, featuring the butt-kicking comic series from Dynamite Entertainment! Get 20+ comics that follow the exciting adventures of Ash Williams—the Boomstick wielding, foul-mouthed protagonist with the most unfortunate luck. Read great titles like Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes and Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator, and help support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with your purchase!

The Army of Darkness Humble Bundle retails for $300 and you can get it all for $18.

Army of Darkness Humble Bundle

Dive into Dynamite’s Army of Darkness Humble Bundle Benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Lose yourself in the Army of Darkness Humble Bundle, featuring the butt-kicking comic series from Dynamite Entertainment! Get 20+ comics that follow the exciting adventures of Ash Williams—the Boomstick wielding, foul-mouthed protagonist with the most unfortunate luck. Read great titles like Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes and Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator, and help support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with your purchase!

The Army of Darkness Humble Bundle retails for $300 and you can get it all for $18.

Army of Darkness Humble Bundle

Dive into Dynamite’s Army of Darkness Humble Bundle Benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Lose yourself in the Army of Darkness Humble Bundle, featuring the butt-kicking comic series from Dynamite Entertainment! Get 20+ comics that follow the exciting adventures of Ash Williams—the Boomstick wielding, foul-mouthed protagonist with the most unfortunate luck. Read great titles like Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes and Army of Darkness vs. Re-Animator, and help support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund with your purchase!

The Army of Darkness Humble Bundle retails for $300 and you can get it all for $18.

Army of Darkness Humble Bundle

Preview: Army of Darkness Forever #12

Army of Darkness Forever #12

writer: Tony Fleecs
artist: Pop Mhan
covers: Bjorn Barends (A), Arthur Suydam (B), Tony Fleecs (C), Chris Burnham (D)
FC | 32 pages | Horror/Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

This is it — it all ends here! The timelines have merged and our players are all in place for a glorious blowout orchestrated by the pure evil that is the Necronomicon! Where will fate send Ash next? Find out in the fearsome finale of Army of Darkness Forever!

And be sure to be here next month for the first-ever Army of Darkness Gore-tacular!

Bringing closure to its namesake film’s Director’s Cut, Army of Darkness Forever fulfills the ancient prophecies chanted by writer TONY FLEECS, illuminated by artist POP MHAN, and bound in mystic sigils by FLEECS, BJORN BARENDS, ARTHUR SUYDAM, and CHRIS BURNHAM!

Army of Darkness Forever #12

Preview: Army of Darkness Forever #10

Army of Darkness Forever #10

writer: Tony Fleecs
artist: Pop Mhan
covers: Bjorn Barends (A), Arthur Suydam (B), Tony Fleecs (C), Chris Burnham (D)
FC | All Cardstock Covers | 32 pages | Horror/Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

In this issue: Sheila confronts the ultimate in familial horror as Ash and the Necronomicon Baby return to medieval times, taking the battle against the Deadites to the past (again!) as Evil Ash follows hot on their heels!

Emerging from the shock ending of Army of Darkness: The Director’s Cut like Athena from the brow of Zeus, Army of Darkness Forever #10 careens towards its final showdown — all feverishly imagined by writer TONY FLEECS and artist POP MHAN and emblazoned with one-of-a-kind covers from FLEECS, BJORN BARENDS, ARTHUR SUYDAM, and CHRIS BURNHAM!

Army of Darkness Forever #10

SDCC 2024: Army of Darkness sequel comic gets a gore-tacular finale!

Almost exactly a year ago, one of the biggest stories in Army of Darkness lore was announced. Visionary comics creator Tony Fleecs has been crafting for a year the long-awaited direct sequel to creator Sam Raimi‘s original vision for the ending of the final film starring Ash. Now it’s all coming up on its finale, and it had to be bigger, better, and gorier than ever!

Army of Darkness Forever #13 ups the ante with 40 action-packed pages of the trademark horror-comedy mayhem that fans have loved for over three decades. Originally the series was slated to be shorter, then was officially announced as extended to 12 issues thanks to the support of fans. But the full scope of the story could not be contained within those bounds, or even a regular sized extra issue. Hence the oversized dose of all-out carnage in this lucky thirteenth chapter!

Writer Tony Fleecs is joined by a trio of incredible artists to chronicle the absolute chaos and Deadite slaughter within the special release’s splatter-ific pages. Those three contributing their unhinged artwork include Eamon Winkle, Kewber Baal, and Pop Mahn.

They’re joined by crazed covers by series stalwarts Arthur Suydam, Bjorn Barends, Chris Burnham, and Tony Fleecs himself. Each cover underlines the bloody finale and is a can’t miss for every horror fiend’s collection.

The series has been juggling three distinct timelines, the S-Mart aisles of 1993, the middle ages mayhem of Castle Kandar, and the mysterious neon-soaked vistas of 2093 overrun with the Army of Darkness. With the latter picking up immediately after the alternate, but originally intended shock ending of the film. They all converge and come to a close in this issue, which very well could be the true finale for the story of Ashley Williams! The whole creative team is putting the “grand” in grand-guignol, giving this iconic character the heroic sendoff he deserves!

Army of Darkness Forever #13 is slated for release in October 2024. 

Preview: Army of Darkness Forever #8

Army of Darkness Forever #8

writer: Tony Fleecs
artist: Pop Mhan
covers: Bjorn Barends (A), Arthur Suydam (B), Tony Fleecs (C), Chris Burnham (D)

FC | 32 pages | Horror/Adventure | $4.99 | Teen+

In this issue: Ash and the Necronomicon Baby join forces and set out to unite the Necronomicons from the past, present, and future in a desperate bid to straighten out the timeline once and for all — and maybe, just maybe… save the world!

Answering the age-old questions posed by the ending of Army of Darkness: The Director’s Cut, writer TONY FLEECS and artist POP MHAN prepare to rewrite history with Army of Darkness Forever #8 — supported by a quartet of incredible covers by FLEECS, BJORN BARENDS, ARTHUR SUYDAM, and CHRIS BURNHAM!

Army of Darkness Forever #8

Preview: Army of Darkness Forever #4

Army of Darkness Forever #4

writer: Tony Fleecs
artist: Justin Greenwood
covers: Francesco Mattina (A), Arthur Suydam (B), Tony Fleecs (C), Nick Dragotta (D)
FC | 32 pages | Horror/Adventure | $3.99 | Teen+

In this issue: Excitement and horror oscillate across three timelines as Future Ash recruits robots to reassemble the Necronomicon, Bad Ash sends his mini-minions into the Internet, and Sheila loses the Wiseman in the woods — possibly forever!

Picking up immediately after the cliffhanger ending of Army of Darkness: The Director’s Cut, this issue from writer TONY FLEECS and artist JUSTIN GREENWOOD features four fearsome covers by FLEECS, NICK DRAGOTTA (East of West), zombie king ARTHUR SUYDAM, and master painter FRANCESCO MATTINA!

Army of Darkness Forever #4
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