Get ready for an invasion! Topps and Mantic Games have joined together bringing Mars Attacks to life as a miniature based tabletop wargame which will be released in retail stores in the early weeks of October, just a year after its Kickstarter campaign.

Combining high quality, preassembled figures with fast and fun tactical gameplay and clip together terrain, this exciting new game is playable right out of the box. The retail set comes with 20 Martians, 10 Earth Soldiers, and 9 assorted heroes. During the game one player assumes the role of the invaders and the other becomes the defenders leading to a fight to the death. There is also a full color play mat marked with a grid and easy to assemble scenery. The game also includes dice, a rulebook, and a full card deck featuring new art by renowned fantasy illustrator Jeff Miracola.

Mantic Games, the makers of the popular Deadzone, Kings of War, and Dreadball tabletop games, is launching Mars Attacks as their first licensed product. The Mars Attacks product range was funded using Kickstarter with $558,076 pledged to create the release. After achieving its initial funding in just over 12 minutes, the campaign reached enough stretch goals to add such exciting extras as flying saucers, giant robots and mutated insects that will reach retailers’ shelves via a selection of game extensions.

“After Mars Attacks raised more than 1100% of its initial goal on Kickstarter we were able to bring a complete retail range to market from the onset, even with the prohibitively high costs of plastic tooling. If Mars Attacks follows the same patterns as our previous ranges on Kickstarter, we expect crowd funding will account for only 20% of the total sales—the majority we anticipate will be seen in the local hobby and comic shops in the coming months and years,” said Ronnie Renton, CEO Mantic Games.

Topps originally launched Mars Attacks in 1962 as a series of collectible bubblegum cards, which later served as the basis for a feature film in 1996 by Warner Brothers and directed by Tim Burton. Since 2012, to celebrate the brand’s 50th Anniversary, Topps has been working to bring the Martians back into the mainstream through new trading cards, comic books and a variety of licensed partnerships, including this one with Mantic Games.

“Mantic’s Kickstarter allowed us to reach a new segment of fans, expand our audience and create a viral excitement that might have been tough to achieve otherwise” said Topps’ Head of Outbound Licensing Adam Levine. “The end result of the crowd-funding campaign speaks for itself, and illustrates the affection fans have for Mars Attacks after more than 50 years.”