Publisher Shrapnel Games and Bronze developer Dreamspike Studios announce a partnership with Spiral Galaxy Games of the United Kingdom to bring the popular Bronze PC strategy game to life as a boardgame.

Bronze is a fast paced tile strategy game of area control set in ancient Mesopotamia. Controlling one of twelve historically accurate civilizations of the era, players attempt to dominate maps using ten construction types in historical campaigns, randomly created games, Hotseat play, custom matches, or the Survival mode.

Spiral Games Galaxy has begun sending their play testers initial test kits of Bronze the board game. The core gameplay will be the same, though there may be minor changes to the game to make it work as a social tabletop Eurogame for two players. Initially six civilizations will be included, which will play like their computer counterparts except for a few differences. Terrain and buildings will be the same as the computer game, although the Embassy will not be included. The visuals will be reworked to give them greater detail, so expect the cardboard version to look similar but not identical to the digital version.

While very early in the production cycle the current release estimate is release in the United Kingdom in second or third quarter of 2012. Shrapnel Games will also be carrying it at its Gamers Front for purchase in North America.