Dark Souls: The Board Game cover
2017BGG rank #3,689

Dark Souls: The Board Game

by David Carl, Alex Hall, Mat Hart, Richard Loxam · Steamforged Games Ltd.

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Players1–4
Time90–120m
ComplexityMedium
Age14+

About the game

What is Dark Souls: The Board Game?

The Dark Souls board game is a brutally hard exploration miniatures game for 1-4 players. Prepare to die. The game features a "fast set-up, long reveal" mechanism that gets you into the game quickly and builds the location as you explore. The sense of danger is palpable as you discover new locations and the monsters that inhabit these dark places. The core combat mechanism and enemy behavior system forces deep strategic play and clever management of stamina to survive. Dark Souls includes numerous boss and mini-boss encounters — including one against the Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough — and utilizes an innovative behavior mechanism so that no two encounters are ever the same, thus giving the game near infinite replayability. —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingGrid MovementModular BoardRole PlayingSolo / Solitaire GameVariable Player Powers

On the shelf

Categories

ExplorationFantasyFightingMedievalMiniaturesVideo Game Theme

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