Dark Venture: Battle of the Ancients - Narrative skirmish battles in a weird and twisted world

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[@kurt-the-viking]

Got my copy a few weeks back and played through several adventures using different factions. I agree that the variety is excellent -- a bit like Root if Root were more metal🤘. And the solo experience is a delight; the AI decks really showcase different play styles of each faction.

[@goodjessehobbies]

The production looks absolutely stellar. Hard not to want it just as a piece of art.

[@beakerkell]

Waiting for my copy. Mostly backed because of the artwork and the type of game it had potential to be. Really excited to finally give it a try!

[@successfulgeek]

Just got this in and very happy with the quality. Can't wait to table it!

[@eternityrobot577]

Yes, i agree on the gathering. A rule for the Dhargon, could state: if in reach of a certain material, if rolled three of the same on action dice, get one of the material.

[@COOPFORTWO]

I love the art style in this game. The main thing i worry about whenever i see a game listed as having both competitive and cooperative modes is whether the cooperative mode is well tested and developed and not just something thrown in at the last minute. -jesse

[@MentatOfDune]

Re "Gather" I think I might add to the existing rules, 4 Skulls gather any non-gold resource. 6 Skulls gather gold. High skull requirement makes you still consider the dice roll but it's still easy enough to store skulls on Genetic Memory if needed.

[@cheesedanishable]

Quackalope is a reference to @Quackalope

[@matthewgonneau1056]

A wonderful game. I must confess I don't find the small rulebook format as much of a hindrance and I especially like the font that was used. The two expansions fit in the core box which is nice given the core is thoughtfully compact to start with. As soon as I received the game (I backed the KS) I suddenly realized I

[@TheDungeonDive]

Rob has let me know that there are copies available here (as of 01/2023):

[@MrTripcore]

House rules 1/6 counts as 1/6 of 1 for resources instead of 0

[@NefariousKoel]

Looks great. For another solitaire game, somewhat similar in old pulp comic theme, I'd recommend checking out "Escape From Hades" by Hollandspiele. It's an old-fashioned pulp sci-fi strategy game where your varied team lands on, and breaks into, a prison space station to break out the princess (and whomever else you may find locked up there). Space prison break with old school art. Not terribly crunchy on the rules.

[@loarnchilcote9895]

Wooooooaaaaaaaaaa this looks amazing!!! Thank you for the awesome vid!

[@helcome2well507]

Wow! very very cool

[@goodjessehobbies]

Community Inquiry: Worth it for Solo Only? Follow-Up question, how do I buy this?

[@kyleorndoff4162]

I recently picked up Battle of the Ancients. For games involving expansion factions do I only use the scenarios that come in their boxes?

[@geoffdenham5063]

Any way to actually get a hold of this game? I found one site who wanted to charge 70 USD to ship to Canada which would be the single highest price I would ever pay even beyond shipping something like Oathsworn Insane. Either than that nothing. Not even a publisher site.