![]() ![]() In fact, after you defeat the mini-boss, you get to move around on the same tiles but with more challenging enemy layouts. I am familiar with legacy-style games where you can easily become emotionally-connected to the game world, your character, and the objectives in the Dark Souls game, the only way to be able to meet your final objective with a sense of preparedness is by playing the same scenarios over and over again. Especially in the Dark Souls board game, which can break you. ![]() In fact, what is this game’s objective: show up and kill stuff until you fight a bigger monster, and then kill that one? Sure, there is no great prize to win at the end of any board game other than the emotional value one derives from the experience and in team games, failure for one player can mean failure for the whole team. I get it: we’ve got tiles and minis, and the Bloodborne card game doesn’t exactly have massive set pieces, either I will compare the two games only because they are both licensed games from the same video game universe (Dark Souls and Bloodborne are very similar games developed by From Software and are affectionately referred to as Soulsborne games), and while the licensed games are completely different, at least one of them manages to capture the spirit of the game while being fun. My concerns about the game begin as soon as we play I notice there aren’t a lot of options when it comes to the bad guys, and the tiles aren’t very interesting, either.įor a game that attempts to bring the Dark Souls aesthetic to a board game, the attention to detail in the game environment is severely lacking. Most of this is standard procedure when opening a larger board game like Dark Souls, but you if you care about the lifespan of the pieces, you might want to have a plan for the figurines after you unbox it. The character cards have to be punched out, as do all the tokens. Capturing the essence of the video games’ dungeon-crawling action, the board game is a challenging grind that tests both your endurance and patience.Īll the nifty figurines that arrive in the box have temporary packaging the cards are all on typical poker-card stock, and there is a pile of standard-sized cards and tinier cards. Envisioned as a Kickstarter and developed by Steamforged Games, Dark Souls: The Board Game brings the popular video game franchise into the realm of figurines and dice. ![]()
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