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r/DarkSoulsTheBoardGame
My friends and I want to try and play this game as one big group but know the game needs balancing before then. I have played this game a few times now and wanted to try my hand at some house rules. I wrote down a few changes that I thought would make a potential 8 player game work. Feed back is appreciated.
8 player DSTBG rules
Dark Souls™: The Board Game
Prepare to die
- 1-4 Players
- Ages 14+
- 90-120 minutes
Prepare to die in this brutally hard dungeon crawl miniatures game for 1-4 players.
Based on the legendary video game, Dark Souls™: The Board Game funded at just under £4M on Kickstarter in 2016. And now, it can be yours.
Playing as an Assassin, Knight, Herald, or Warrior, you must work together to explore dangerous locations. Along the way, you'll discover valuable treasures and face numerous deadly enemies from the video game.
Learn their weaknesses. Defeat them. Upgrade your character. And get ready to face the final, unpredictable boss beyond the fog gate, controlled by clever AI...
Expansions
DS: TBG - Darkroot Basin and Iron Keep Tile Set
DS: TBG - Character Expansion
DS: TBG - Darkroot Expansion
DS: TBG - Explorers Expansion
DS: TBG - Manus, Father Of The Abyss Expansion
DS: TBG - Phantoms Expansion
DS: TBG - Executioner's Chariot Expansion
DS: TBG - Iron Keep Expansion
DS: TBG - Gaping Dragon Expansion
DS: TBG - The Last Giant Expansion
DS: TBG - Black Dragon Kalameet Expansion
DS: TBG - Asylum Demon Expansion
DS: TBG - Vordt of the Boreal Valley Expansion
NEW DARK SOULS™ BOARD GAME NEWS
Introducing Tomb of Giants and Painted World of Ariamis
An award-winning dungeon crawl board game that's brutally hard
Take on a tabletop reimagining of one of the most challenging video games ever made. In this cooperative dungeon crawl game for 1-4 players, you'll explore dangerous locations, discover treasure, and fight your way past deadly enemies to reclaim your humanity.
Dark Souls™, Dark Souls™ II, Dark Souls™III & ©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. / ©FromSoftware, Inc.
Work together
You and your friends must figure out how to defeat the undead legions before confronting the final boss—or bosses.
Earn souls
Successfully take down an enemy and you'll be rewarded with souls. Use those souls to buy gear and level up your character. You'll need it for the final encounter.
Die to move forward
As you play, you'll learn the attacks and weaknesses of your enemies, but you'll die in the process. Death is the only way to play extra encounters, earn more souls, and buy more treasure. But when one of you dies, you all respawn at the nearest bonfire.
Lose your spark
When you respawn, you begin again. All souls are dropped and the table is reset. You also lose a spark from the bonfire. When all the sparks are gone, it's game over.
Learn from your mistakes
Not for the fainthearted, this game rewards tactical skill and players who learn from their mistakes.
Preserve your resources, manage your stamina, and prepare to die.
Could the next encounter be your last?
Enemies
Earn souls by fighting your way through heavily armed Silver Knights, zombied Hollow Soldiers, and huge Sentinels.
Mini Bosses
At the start of the game, choose which mini boss you'll fight when you reach the Fog Gate. Will it be the Boreal Outrider Knight, Gargoyle, Titanite Demon, or the Winged Knight?
Main Bosses
Choose which main boss you'll face in your final battle. Will it be the swift Dancer of the Boreal Valley, or the dreaded Ornstein & Executioner Smough?
Levels and Upgrades
To win, you must defeat the main boss—but the equipment you start with won't be enough. To stand a chance, you'll need to upgrade your equipment and level up your characters. And to do that, you'll need to spend souls.
Face terrifying boss enemies controlled by clever AI
Explore the dungeon
Once you've chosen your characters, mini boss, and main boss, it's time to enter the dungeon.
Random encounters
In the dungeon, you'll face four random encounters with the Silver Knights, Hollow Soldiers, and Sentinels. Fight them in whatever order you like to earn those precious souls.
Rest at the bonfire
After facing the mini boss, your party can rest at the bonfire. Here, you can visit the Firekeeper to level up, and the Blacksmith to upgrade your gear. Now, are you ready to face the final boss?
Unpredictable bosses
When you finally take on a boss enemy, expect the unexpected. Each one is controlled by a unique AI deck that's randomly generated before every battle. Halfway through the battle, the deck is shuffled and a deadly new attack is added in.
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.
Buy Game
Explore the universe
Go beyond the core game to explore dangerous new locations and deadly new bosses
Shop Expansions
Dark Souls™, Dark Souls™ II, Dark Souls™III & ©BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. / ©FromSoftware, Inc.