Clash Royale Board Game Smashes $100,000 on Kickstarter After Funding in Under an Hour

Clash Royale has demonstrated that its appetite for destroying towers apparently survives perfectly well without a touchscreen. Supercell and Maestro Media's upcoming tabletop adaptation Clash Royale: The Grand Arena has now passed $100,000 on Kickstarter after reaching its original $25,000 target in less than one hour. The campaign launched on October 20 and quickly attracted considerably more support than required, opening the door to additional stretch goals and upgraded components.

Designed for two to four players, The Grand Arena attempts to recreate many of the mobile game's familiar systems using cards, tokens and the traditional dining-room table. Each player selects a Champion and builds an eight-card deck around it before managing Elixir, deploying units across two lanes and attacking opposing Towers. Crowns determine the eventual winner, while players can upgrade or expand their decks between battles.

The project follows Maestro Media's previous Clash of Clans: The Epic Raid tabletop adaptation and demonstrates Supercell's growing interest in extending its mobile franchises beyond digital games. For publishers, physical products provide merchandise revenue while strengthening the identity of an established intellectual property.

For players, they offer something increasingly unusual: a Clash Royale match where losing cannot possibly be blamed on lag, Wi-Fi or somebody receiving a suspiciously convenient matchmaking opponent.