Meanwhile Gen-Con ran several online demos, which were sold out very quickly. More details will be revealed at a later date according to their official Twitter account so stay tuned. You can watch the full explanation in the video above which gives quite a bit of insight into how this boardgame will run. For instance there are battle rooms, treasure rooms, anti rooms, etc. Each dungeon card has spaces called rooms that tokens can be placed tokens determine what kind of rooms a dungeon will be made up of. To simulate the roguelike aspects of the video game, the boardgame has players randomly choose dungeon cards that determine the current layout of the dungeon they are exploring.

There are also skills you can choose from, the amount depending on your current level. Just like in the original video game there are several stats that govern not only physical parameters but your mental health. Each player will choose one hero and the team must perform several quests (of which there are a variety located in different environments) and defeat three bosses before they can tackle the final dungeon: the titular Darkest Dungeon. I have not played it but am going to pick it up when it goes on sale.Darkest Dungeon the boardgame is a co-op campaign game that 1-4 players can play.

I also just found Armello which has a board game aspect to it as well, seems to be very similar. Incredibly fun, deep, HARD game that is fun with friends. Second Honorary mention to Barony for being one of the most fun rogue-like dungeon crawlers I have ever touched. Honorary mention to Legend of Grimrock (1 and 2) for being a badass dungeon crawler that is in no way similar but for some reason always is in my head when I play For the King. There are a lot of others that are similar to these, but aren't nearly as highly rated, so keep your eyes open on steam for sales or updates on them. I would only buy these on sale personally, but they are also on Nintendo Switch and are worth full price if you really need a game to play. The couple I have played that I really enjoy are Darkest Dungeon (turn based, dungeons, parties) as mentioned already and Slay the Spire (deck-building, tower climbing, seriously fun).ĭeep Sky Derelicts is pretty sweet, kinda a cross between the two games above and it is on sale right now

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