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Steamforged Games Dark Souls The Board Game: Core Set
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Brand | Steamforged Games |
Material | Cardboard, Plastic |
Theme | Video Games |
Genre | Science Fiction |
Number of Players | 2020-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |
About this item
- Enter The Dark Souls Universe: Take On A Tabletop Reimagining Of One Of The Most Challenging Video Games Ever Made. The Gripping Battles And Brutal Difficulty Of The Acclaimed Dark Souls Video Games Come To Your Tabletop In An Action-Packed Cooperative Dungeon Crawl Roleplaying Board Game
- Challenges Ahead: Dark Souls: The Board Game Is About Fast Setup And Long Reveal. True To The Video Game, You'Ll Need To Be Strategic And Cleverly Manage Your Stamina To Survive. Learn When To Be Bold And When To Hold Back. And Prepare To Die
- Play As Iconic Characters: Take On A Role As A Knight, Warrior, Assassin, Or Herald And Figure Out How To Defeat The Undead Legions Before Confronting The Final Boss—Or Bosses. Prepare For A Fully Immersive Rpg
- What’S Included: 27 Finely Detailed World-Class Miniatures (Including Enemies, Mini Bosses And Main Bosses), 47 Tiles & Terrain, 75 Tokens & Dials, 250 Cards. This Game Delivers An Experience That Captures The Very Essence Of The Original Video Games
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 12.01 x 12.01 x 5.31 inches |
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Item Weight | 7.7 pounds |
ASIN | B01MXLB67B |
Item model number | SFGD001 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 14 years and up |
Best Sellers Rank | #81,293 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #2,577 in Board Games (Toys & Games) |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | February 1, 2018 |
Language | English |
Manufacturer | Steamforged Games |
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Product Description
Dark Souls: The Board Game is a cooperative dungeon crawl board game for 1-4 players. To win the game, players must work together tactically to learn how to defeat enemies before finally confronting the boss. Players will find specific attack patterns and weaknesses of the enemies, but they will have to be careful. If a player's character dies, the game does not end, but starting over comes at a cost. Each time a character falls in combat, the whole party must return to the bonfire, and all enemies reset. Use your resources sparingly, learn quickly, and prepare to die.
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Not suitable for children under 36 months. Small parts - choking hazard
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Prepare to die
Dark Souls: The Board Game is about fast setup and long reveal. Start your adventure now with one of the new, two core games
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From the manufacturer
Prepare to Die!
To prevent the coming of darkness, a curse has been unleashed upon humanity. You are the Chosen Undead, Bearers of the Curse, and it is upon you that the fate of this world rests. Will you forever join the Soul of Cinder and prolong the torment or usher in an Age of Humanity where the curse of undeath is at last lifted?
About the Game
Dark Souls: The Board Game is a strategically challenging, deeply immersive combat exploration game set in the Dark Souls universe. Players choose from a number of character classes and explore dangerous locations full of monsters, treasure, and deadly boss fights.
The Core Game contains:
- 27 Highly Detailed Plastic Miniatures
- 9 Double-sided Tiles
- 4 Character Boards
- 64 Health and Stamina
- 15 Dice
- 121 Tokens
- 252 Cards
- 8 Tracker Dials
Massive Replayability
With multiple difficulty modes and a high level of replayability, this is a game designed to be deep enough to satisfy hardcore tabletop gamers whilst remaining accessible to newer players.
With no fixed scenario layouts, it's as simple as choosing the direction to explore, placing a new tile down and flipping a card from the Encounter deck.
Each time you decide where to go, you will experience a new danger as you explore, with each new location a real risk to your hard-won progress. If you die, then you drop everything you have collected and reappear at the nearest bonfire. So do you return to the bonfire to rest and spend Souls to strengthen up, but in doing so fully reset the locations? Or do you press on and pray that the next encounter isn't beyond your capabilities. After all, the next location may contain a clue to the Boss and how to defeat them...
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Dark Souls: The Board Game - Darkroot ExpansionThe Darkroot is a lush but foreboding region of Dark Souls. Scarecrows, giant stone warriors, and the very plants of the forest stand sentinel to hinder any heroes foolish enough to brave this realm. Darkroot is the final resting place of Artorias, a deadly revenant and relentless swordsman who is guarded eternally by his companion, the Great Grey Wolf Sif. New Dark Souls: The Board Game adventures await in the Darkroot Expansion, with new enemies, new encounter cards utilising those enemies, and new treasure cards for characters to discover along their adventures. Components for two new main boss encounters further enhance players’ options and provide fresh challenges. |
Dark Souls: The Board Game - Asylum Demon ExpansionAs you pace the halls and corridors of the Undead Asylum it can be found to be a lonely and quiet place, moribund and uninviting. Here dwells a demon capable of lethal rage, its mind still ruled by virulent thoughts. Beware this foe. For all that you will fight stronger, more cunning, and more agile opponents, complacency will hasten your end at its hands all the same. Can you triumph over the Asylum Demon, or will your corpse soon be another to roam the Asylum with the hollowed? The Asylum Demon Expansion adds new encounter cards which provide larger battles than ever before in Dark Souls: The Board Game. The tremendous scale of these encounters creates a whole new level of peril for you and your party. Are you up to the challenge? |
Dark Souls: The Board Game - Character ExpansionBrave the dangers of the Dark Souls world with six new characters for Dark Souls: The Board Game. Take control of the agile thief, faithful cleric, bloody mercenary, fiery pyromancer, arcane sorcerer, or determined deprived. Seek out the most coveted suits of armour and ready yourselves for the dangers that lie ahead. |
And many more!Dark Souls: The Board Game has a number of other expansions, including the Black Dragon Kalameet Expansion, Gaping Dragon Expansion, Vordt of the Boreal Valley Expansion, and the Darkroot Basin and Iron Keep Tile Set. New content is regularly released to keep even the most skilled adventurers on their toes. |
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Customers like the difficulty level, appearance and ease of use of the board game. They mention that it's really fun, engaging and amazing. They also appreciate the gorgeous miniatures and innovative design. However, some customers have mixed opinions on value, complexity, quality, and size.
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Customers like the difficulty level of the board game. They mention that the game itself is really fun, engaging, and unique. They also say that the accomplishments in the game are amazing. The scenarios are fun and the boss fights are super cool. The game does offer some replayability, and the dice are great quality. Overall, customers are satisfied with the quality and quantity of the game.
"...TLDR: The game is great and very thematic, especially when it comes to bosses, however you will need the expansions to have a reason to dust it off..." Read more
"Pros- it has new gameplay features that make the game more engaging and every encounter uniquie...." Read more
"This game is amazing! Me and my son were having a grand old time until tee tee Jay came and squished the box top. Ka have anotha one pleeeeasee." Read more
"...One of the neatest things as well is that some of the Encounters modify the enemies, spicing things up...." Read more
Customers find the appearance of the board game to be beautiful, innovative, and gorgeous. They also say the models and figurines are top-notch. Customers also say that the game looks fun and resembles the video game flawlessly.
"...Minis are gorgeous, (plan to paint them some time soon).*I played the game with a couple of friends, had a 2 player and a 3 player session...." Read more
"The produdcut itself is super cool amd fun to play however upon delivery the box is is torn up and falling apart at the corners the lid to the box..." Read more
"...The things I love about this game, aside from the aforementioned gorgeous models, are the level of detail the creators have included with the rules..." Read more
"...Next up - the tokens and cardboard punch boards - all nice quality, nice art - was happy to punch punch away until I realized - there is no in-box..." Read more
Customers find the board game easy to use. They say it's time consuming but enjoyable, making setup much quicker. They also say the game is not very complex at all, with great replay ability. They mention that the game feels pretty intuitive once you start moving through it.
"...It is a very difficult game just like it's video game counterpart...." Read more
"...Almost every aspect is covered and it makes gameplay quick and easy to follow...." Read more
"Miniature quality is fair but not great. Easy to paint with a little work. Lots of mold lines to clean up." Read more
"...Modifying the item shop rules also helps to speed up playtime, because you can weed through the trash to find something useful without the endless..." Read more
Customers find the themes of the board game very thematic, elaborate, and neat. They say the game encapsulates the dungeon crawler experience, with encounters and events that are a great addition. Customers also say the model kits are much more detailed and feel sturdier.
"...TLDR: The game is great and very thematic, especially when it comes to bosses, however you will need the expansions to have a reason to dust it off..." Read more
"...On to the rules - they are elaborate, and if you’ve played in-depth RPG board game systems before, this won’t be a significant hill to climb, but it..." Read more
"...The actual game is decent aswell, not great but decent. And perfect for any souls fan." Read more
"...to the quality and detail of similar priced model kits they are much more detailed and feel a lot sturdier...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the board game. Some mention that the pieces are of high quality and the art is nice. They say the game came in impeccable condition, with everything packaged nice and tight. However, some customers report issues with broken pieces and torn boxes.
"...The game came in impeccable condition, everything packaged nice and tight. Minis are gorgeous, (plan to paint them some time soon).*..." Read more
"...Unfortunately my thief came broken but from other sets this would have been a duplicate so I was not too broken up about it." Read more
"...They are wonderfully crafted and a joy to behold (fans who like to pain their models will have a blast with this game)...." Read more
"Box came partially damaged, which sucks for a $100+ game. A lot of setup is required...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the complexity of the board game. Some mention that the pieces are extremely detailed, while others say that the book is rather long and takes a couple of hours to understand. The instructions are a little hard to understand at first, and the game is fun but setup and learning take a bit.
"Box came partially damaged, which sucks for a $100+ game. A lot of setup is required...." Read more
"...Without doing something like this, it's just way too complex, and time consuming, for a small company to play test all the facets of the many, many..." Read more
"...Speaking of the minis, they are extremely details and look JUST like their video game counterparts...." Read more
"...to farm out the board if they are not lucky which tends to be very time consuming. The box says the game takes around 90min. which is very far off...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the value of the board game. Some mention that it's well worth the price, and a good buy, with high replay value. However, others say that it is expensive, and the expansions are overpriced.
"...additional product, but these are, for the most part, very reasonably priced right now...." Read more
"...but it is a gift and is 100% unacceptable to be sent with a damaged box at full price...." Read more
"...100% worth the price." Read more
"...The game's general quality is top notch. Price is fair. Most importantly my group has had fun and will continue to play." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the miniatures. Some mention that they are perfect, amazing, and in nice plastic holders. Others say that they're relatively large and the icons on cards are too small.
"...The box packaging is so-so. They have really nice plastic holders for the minis, however the bosses holders leave no indication of where or how they..." Read more
"...The pieces are in a plastic mold, and some of them are relatively large...." Read more
"...The miniatures are amazing and everything is very well crafted...." Read more
"...Like not only are the minis actually amazing but the gameplay is incredibly fun now not being extremely skilled at this game yet my games last..." Read more
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2024
*The game came in impeccable condition, everything packaged nice and tight. Minis are gorgeous, (plan to paint them some time soon).
*I played the game with a couple of friends, had a 2 player and a 3 player session. My takes are the following:
This is definitely NOT for everyone, I can entirely understand the negative reviews around the internet. The game is quite repetitive and grindy. HOWEVER. We had an absolute BLAST (especially in the 3 player game). The advancing, the pacing, the encounters (even though repetitive) are a challenge every time. You have to strategize and play around and even though the encounters are kind of same-y they can feel different every time. Boss (and mini boss) fights are awesome and really convey the feel from the video game. In a fight against the Dancer, even though she was basically (sorry the pun) dancing around, not really dealing any damage, it really keeps you on edge, wondering what's gonna come next, because sadly we couldn't memorize her moves for the life of it.
I think that there is a TON of replayability to this, even with the repetitiveness.
(found an app that generates random dungeons if you run out of ideas for campaigns or whatever, that includes whatever expansions you've got, and even has enemy and boss scaling and some quest features, so with that we are probably looking at months of weekly sessions..)
Definitely going to get some expansions for this though for more variety and challenge.
In the words of Yahtzee Croshaw: "The fans will like it!" and I (as a fan) totally agree.
side note:
The play time on the box is an ABSOLUTE LIE, as it takes way more than the suggested 90-120 minutes.
first 3 player run took us about 3.5 hours of net gameplay to finish, so keep that in mind.
That being said I definitely feel like that anger has partially infiltrated the reviews and general reception of the game.
I will also say that the base game alone is a pretty hollow(no pun intended) experience. With only two main bosses to look forward to taking on, and no variety to the classes each run if you're playing with four players, the experience for me was playing one game to learn the rules, then playing it twice and having fun, but having little motivation to jump into it again.
This gets into what is both a big pro and a con. Once you get the Darkroot expansion, and print out the sorcerer/dragonslayer mini boss, and add some mega bosses the experience is elevated immensely. The variety of enemies, additional class and items, in addition to a new final climactic challenge adds a lot more incentive for busting out the game as opposed to fighting identical encounters to fight either the dancer or O/S every time. Naturally the con here is that it requires purchasing additional product, but these are, for the most part, very reasonably priced right now.
While my experience is limited with all these incorporated, I will say the mega boss we've fought was an awesome experience. The Stray Demon was a great translation of the in game fight, and its also great that SF made it a mini boss in the form of the asylum Demon as well. I will say is unfortunate the level four encounters incorporate a lot of the currently unreleased expansions, and the one that we could use from Demon was painfully easy with an endgame team as opposed to the massive and chaotic brawl I expected. It is great to be able to use some of the cool main boss items for these though.
One thing that I think can be universally agreed that needs improvement is that the items have weird and often not thematic stat requirements- With many players you are able to dig enough to get to good stuff and jack characters up, but with smaller teams it can be an exercise in frustration.
The grind I find to be a smaller issue. Once you are familiar with the rules you and your friends can breeze through trivial encounters easily.
TLDR: The game is great and very thematic, especially when it comes to bosses, however you will need the expansions to have a reason to dust it off more than a few times.
Example is encounter cards can have specific rules and extra rewards for completing trials like (break all barrels and you can refresh your luck token). Also some encounters can use 3 game tiles and you just have to survive to the end of tile 3 instead of having to kill all enemies, Stuff like that.
They also added a new event deck that you draw as rewards and can apply to future encounters to add a little challange or suprise bonus.
emample: (next encounter all enemies apply poision, but you get 2 extra souls per player)
(Next encounter you can re-roll an attack or defense for free)
Cons- the loot deck is the same as the DS core set but with the the class specific loot from the Characters expansion.
Also it technically is cross compatible with old sets but all the new encounter cards are only for this set. Its not like the old expansions where they have cards that incorprate other enemies from iron keep or deeproot depths Etc.
Example is encounter cards can have specific rules and extra rewards for completing trials like (break all barrels and you can refresh your luck token). Also some encounters can use 3 game tiles and you just have to survive to the end of tile 3 instead of having to kill all enemies, Stuff like that.
They also added a new event deck that you draw as rewards and can apply to future encounters to add a little challange or suprise bonus.
emample: (next encounter all enemies apply poision, but you get 2 extra souls per player)
(Next encounter you can re-roll an attack or defense for free)
Cons- the loot deck is the same as the DS core set but with the the class specific loot from the Characters expansion.
Also it technically is cross compatible with old sets but all the new encounter cards are only for this set. Its not like the old expansions where they have cards that incorprate other enemies from iron keep or deeproot depths Etc.
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Reviewed in Mexico on February 22, 2024
the game play is great but rather frustrating when you're always dying but thats kind of the point when it comes to the dark souls series board game or not, so it's right up any dark souls fans alley.
the Minitures are of amazing quality and i'd really love to get round to painting them as i've seen how amazing they look with the right colour scheme, but the detail is out of this world especially on the larger titanite demon figure.
overall i give it 5/5, if you're willing to put in the time for the set up and learning the Rules for the game you'll have many years of fun with the crazy replayability factor this game offers
Son muchas piezas y todas son de una calidad para aplaudir ( las cartas, el cartón y las piezas de plástico son una chulada).
Juego : es un juego complejo que requiere unas horas para entenderlo.
Viene en inglés, y creo que con un nivel B1 la arman. Si no entienden nada pueden buscar tutoriales en Youtube (en español)
Y bueno, nada que no se resuelva con el traductor.
Su jugabilidad puede llegar a ser repetitiva,trataron de implementar el mismo sistema del videojuego al juego de mesa ( morir como idiota y repetir una y otra vez los mismos escenarios, matando a los mismos enemigos para obtener más almas), aqui no funciona eso, pues no estas interactuando con una inteligencia artificial.
Sí, se puede volver tedioso y aburrido, PERO, en Internet hay unas reglas caseras que ( tengo entendido) el juego terminó acomodando en sus reglas originales.
Nada como buscarlas y usarlas.
Además puedes modificar una que otra regla para hacerlo más dinámico, vaya, que esto no es una excusa para no comprarlo.
Conclusión : Si bien puede marear un poco la cantidad de detalles complejos que trae el juego, una vez que te familiariza con él, se vuelve increíble debido a esa cantidad de detalles que tiene.
Comprenlo, vale la pena.