Donald Quest, now as a game

Donald Quest from IDW

Back in 2016/2017 a mini-series titled Donald Quest was published by IDW in the USA. The series had the story Hammer of Magic! printed in five parts over five issues, and was later collected in a trade paperback.

After that we haven't seen any more American comics from the world of Feudarnia, but in Europe three more serials have been published. According to the inducks database, the English titles are:

The Rock of Fire
The Song of the Siren
The Legacy of Iron

Pages from "The Rock of Fire"

Pages from "The Song of the Siren"

They pick up after Hammer of Magic! and we get to see more places in the universe of Feudarnia with new villains and new heroes.

 

New characters in "The Rock of Fire"

One of the things I wondered about when reading the first serial was the character and beast presentations put inside the story. For the Meteorbests we got information about power, weakness and an energy number.

 

From the comic book story

For other characters some basic facts.

 

From the comic book story

And some of the Beastbusters were presented as in-story trading cards.

 

I thought this sounded like some kind of role-playing guide, and wondered if they had a larger plan for the series. And now in February 2020 a board/card game based on the series was released in Italy.
 

Online ad for the game

The game got bundled in two parts with Topolino #3351 and #3352, and you have to get both to get the game complete. I got curious about the whole thing and wanted to check out this for myself.

Topolino #3351 with the first part of the game bundled

Topolino #3352 with the second part of the game bundled

The entire game package consists of a game board, 110 cards, 2 pages of game rules and a box to keep everything in. What would have been nice to have in addition is a deck box to keep the cards in.

 

All parts of the game

The cards are divided in:

1 Meteormaster (The Phantom Blot) (purple border): catch it to win the game
13 Meteorbeast cards (purple border): must be deactivated and caught before getting to the Meteormaster
7 Beastbuster cards (yellow border): used to catch Meteorbeasts
18 weapons (red border)
21 traps (blue border)
50 action cards (green border): does abilities and effects

I recognize some of the artwork from the stories, while other cards look like have artwork made for the cards.

The game is turn based where you draw cards, buy cards on a market and play your action and equipment cards etc. I think I understand the basic rules of the game but won't try to explain more here... I probably misunderstood some parts of the instructions (with my limited Italian knowledge and computer translation of the rules), and I haven't tried to play the game with anyone else yet. 

Game setup from the instructions

Reading online reviews, others say the gameplay is broken and doesn't work well. But I can't confirm that on my own. I wish an English version of the game was released too; it would have been fun to try out without the language hassle. It's not every day we get a board or card game with Donald and Mickey!