Golem Arcana: The hybrid tabletop/video game that's going to make a lot of money (but off just a few of you)

Most of you will look at the images on this page and think, “Not for me.” And that’s OK with the developers at Harebrained Schemes, makers of the recent Shadowrun games for PC.

The studio’s upcoming release, Golem Arcana, features physical, collectible toy figures that work in conjunction with a digital video game. That may sound very similar to the concept behind the super-selling Skylanders series by Activision, but no one’s expecting that same level of retail success. While Harebrained would never turn away fat wads of big bills like that, they’re simply realistic about whom their game appeals to. “We’re targeting more the specialty market,” Ray Winninger, executive producer, told GamesBeat. “A little more deep gamer-gamer type folks. That’s where our roots are, that’s where we come from, and that’s what we’re doing.”