If you are a fan of Dark souls and if you want to try experiencing FromSoftware’s brutal role-playing game in a whole new way, Steamforged Games’ newly announced Dark Souls: the board game – The Sunless City might be something for you. The release is scheduled for February 14, 2024, so that’s Valentine’s Day sorted.
Depending on how much you love tabletop games, you might know that Dark Souls: the board game First released in 2017, the dungeon crawler is designed for one to four players and takes them on an adventure to take down tough enemies. Dark souls series. It received a number of expansions to add more bosses to the game, such as the Gaping Dragon and Manus, Father of the Abyss.
There have also been a number of core sets released over the years, giving players everything they need to play without having to own the original base game. The sunless city is also a core set, but is particularly special because it “reimagines” Dark Souls: the board game with updated rules based on player feedback, as well as a new encounter system and campaign. It seems to be a kind of version 2.0 for the challenging dark fantasy title.
The sunless city focuses on the very first thing Dark souls video game and will feature boss battles with the Titanite Demon, as well as Ornstein and Smough. Just like in the video game, players will be tasked with learning enemy attack patterns and weaknesses in order to prevail.
unlike Dark Souls: the board game, The sunless city is designed with up to three players in mind. However, this can be expanded to four by combining the new core set with the original game. Fans of the original can also meet older bosses The sunless city campaign thanks to its backwards compatible rules.
If you’re interested, pre-order Dark Souls: the board game – The sunless city Are now open on the Steamforged website for $109.99 / £109.99.
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