Deep Rock Galactic - The Board Game - Detailed Playthrough by Ole Steiness and MOOD

[@craftboy338]

The perfect board-game adaptation of a video game doesn't exi-

[@vladgabrielmatei9128]

spoke too soon soldier

[@Tastymeatballnsoda]

Spoke too soon

[@borisguy1986]

Third one for me. First was company of heroes, second was northgard, and now this lol. Been hitting home runs.

[@yoMRwhite1]

guent.

[@yoMRwhite1]

@@borisguy1986 guent.

[@SFuruli]

Wow, I was expecting a static overhead camera and barely visible text/components, but you guys knocked it out of the park 😳 Great playthrough! Easy to follow along.

[@trevoryorgesen2199]

ROCK AND ROLL AND STONE!!! It's amazing how quickly the tables can turn in either sides favor. That challenge of patience, timing, and strategy really make this look intense and fun. I was excited before, now it physically hurts to wait.

[@WilliamIzKool]

Epic

[@p_serdiuk]

I'd really like if the team at GSG helped you to develop a set of sound files or a small soundboard app that reflects events on the board, such as a minigun sound, or the sound of a dying grunt. It would be a really nice addition to the visuals considering at least one person at the table is likely to have a phone. And, of course, playing the appropriate DRG music in the background is already mandatory.

[@leptir1]

What a great suggestion!

[@WilliamIzKool]

Great one!

[@MF-ig9kx]

Give them Mission Control

[@phanna6141]

I had this same thought too after hearing the gunner's "I smell bacon" line and laughed at the thought of having the different voice lines available to play on an app while playing the board game. I support this idea!

[@lystic9392]

We should suggest this to multiple games. Because it sounds like a fun idea. I saw a card game that did this. When you get hit you can make a noise on the phone and stuff. It seems awesome.

[@msa545]

So far it looks awesome! I love how you've managed to capture the essence Deep Rock in a tabletop format. Also love the minis! Can't wait paint them up!

[@diegobrando3373]

whoa, you gonna paint them? bet they're gonna look awesome 3d dwarfs are real

[@currentlypooping]

Would you mind posting pictures/video and the color combinations you use? I don't really paint at all but I'm in the process of doing this with Zombicide (by copying someone else to be honest) and it really brings the game to life and would especially love to do it with DRG as my board game friends also play the video game of this. Unfortunately, I have color deficiency (issues seeing different shades of red/green) so I can't trust myself to get the colors right and am unfamiliar with the paint color options (except for a handful of citadel ones). When I pledged for this, my first thought was "Man, I REALLY hope someone paints these and provides some instruction" lol... I understand if you don't want to be copied though, no worries :)

[@Golem-Helm]

This is amazingly close to how the real game plays, as soon as you drew the 2nd mission specific card the scene felt like it shifted dramatically. It reminds me of turning around to see the amount of bugs crawling down the walls deep in the caves. Extremely excited to bring Deep Rock Galactic to my friends who can't handle the fps action! Rock and Stone!

[@Tjemcd]

Just received mine in the mail yesterday!!!! I am in LOVE! The quality of it all! It was well worth the long wait. Thanks so much for putting all the attention that you guys did into everything. I have a kid on the way and I’m excited to one day play this with them alongside the video game. The way you guys are regularly playing/streaming a game you yourselves developed and are continuing to release consistent free content with the option to buy cosmetics and no fear on missing out,you will continue to happily get my business for years to come. Rock n’ Stone everyone.

[@Frankzoar]

Stunned at the recording quality. You guys didn’t mess around, lol. Game looks SICK! Hopefully we can reach that new primary weapon stretch goal!!!!

[@icefive6770]

I was really doubting how well this would play but seeing a full playthrough, it looks very fun and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy!

[@TheFancyFilmmaker]

my god this game looks gorgeous! And it looks really fun to play as well!!!!! I can't wait to get my collectors edition copy! Rock and Stone brothers keep up the great work

[@joshuabelliveau8991]

As amazing as the video game is, I'm incredibly excited to experience this game on the table top. The laughter and joy of playing this with friends face-to-face, combined with the DRG soundtrack playing in the background and a stein of beer in everyone's hands will be legendary!

[@derrick.t4031]

That sounds really sweet honestly, I hope you get to experience that!

[@FatRefrigerator]

My first impression is that there needs to be a better way to track enemy health. Perhaps an included chart for that. There won't always be space next to the enemies to place the health markers.

[@TakumaNuva]

Obvs this is a DIY solution, but using numbered dice could work as a suitable alternative.

[@FatRefrigerator]

@@TakumaNuva Even a dry-erase board. They could number the bottom of the base of the minis or cardboard piece holders and then have a dry-erase chart with "Brood Nexus 1, Brood Nexus 2, Mactera 1, Mactera 2, etc" and you can keep track of it that way. EDIT: In the video you can see that the webspitter mini's base is actually hollow so that wouldn't work, even if you wanted to add numbers with sharpie.

[@speedysion1004]

I think the idea way to track their hp is to have indents in the bases of the miniatures where cubes could be placed

[@toastman8382]

I don't know if they thought about printing cards for enemies with a place to put damage markers on them. so if it's getting too packed with large creatures in one room, you could place these cards around the board somewhere and track their health this way. It could also be a good way for greenbeards to keep up with what the creatures in play are actually doing since basic stats and special abilities could be on them.

[@catmoonkenobi]

@@toastman8382 So how Gloomhaven does it basically, if you're familiar. It uses one card per enemy type which is placed off-board. Each card has multiple numbers corresponding to different individual enemies. You place damage counters on the card, by the specific number. The card also includes information on what the enemies movement/damage/range is. It does seem annoying that you won't be able to see that information presently - greenbeards are going to be caught unaware by a faster moving glyphid.

[@garrett3300]

This was an awesome play through! Easy to follow. The game looks completely awesome! I look forward to getting it into my hands.

[@ZacHall670]

5 minute video that can help me in the future

[@elipetrou9308]

Good to see you guys do a play through, I never doubted you but now I’m convinced

[@DiscoDumpTruck]

Looks great! So excited to try it! A thought that I had was that it seems like it might be hard sometimes to quickly see which model represents your character. I know that a lot of people will probably paint their pieces, but will you consider having the character models a different color plastic than the enemy models? Maybe the driller can be yellow, the engineer red, scout blue and the gunner green for example. Or just make the players all one color and the enemies all one color. That may make it easier for someone to quickly remember who they are at a glance.

[@justindavis5728]

This is a common concern. I have no desire to pain minis so it's just a sea of grey. Or I pay someone to paint mine which will be expensive too. Wish there was some color options! Otherwise I'm stoked about this game.

[@TheFancyFilmmaker]

I agree with you, and they don't even have to pain the full mini what they could do is have the base of the model a certain color. The scouts base could be blue, driller is yellow, engineer is red, and gunner is green.

[@CubeBizz]

Different color plastic sounds like the simplest solution

[@nekraach1354]

Yeah But as wall no offens but u can buy cheap spray and do it on your own. and off topic this minis looks amazing : >

[@garrett3300]

I’m looking forward to painting - I would suggest those that don’t want to, get a single color paint for each or the dwarfs?

[@Jack-rj1hi]

I'm soo excited! The waiting HURTS!

[@theiceisnice]

My only nitpick is the extraction (endgame) phase seemed a little anti-climatic. You have the get-back-to-the-drop-pod action, but not the threat of lots of bugs on your tail. It was more like a casual walk. Maybe this could be solved by after all resources are collected more bugs are spawned at the Tunnel Exits?

[@p_serdiuk]

If you evacuate closer to the end of the threat meter, the swarms become more frequent and you'll probably be surrounded by bugs.

[@catmoonkenobi]

This likely varies depending on the threat meter, the hazard level, the event cards pulled at the end, etc. Similarly to the video game - I experience varying levels of difficulty getting back to the drop pod.

[@Repodicus]

I agree. I think once the last item is collected an extra threat should be drawn. Would give it more of a desperate feel to the end. Also I want to see a game where the players lose.

[@kendromeda42]

I've played the demo version with a few friends a couple of times, and after the first mission we added the house rule that completing all the objectives means you automatically draw a swarm card. Instantly upped the tension and made the final run way more climatic without making things too difficult to win.

[@rainy729]

Quite entertaining to watch! Nice demonstration, lads.

[@nicePiccolo]

I want that dice roll box (but with DRG design) as stretch goal! :o

[@giantsalamander2296]

I really didnt think that would be so entertaining to watch, but i am really hooked

[@greenretro9015]

i love your game since 2018 and this board game looks so good. Very good work GSG

[@FreshTillDeath56]

My copy arrived last weekend. The build quality is astonishingly good, I was blown away. Excellent work guys!

[@sirraptorio6590]

Hyped waiting for my collector's edition. Great video explaining the game and easy to follow. I honestly can't wait for someone to make a Tabletop Simulator (game on steam) version of this game so I can actually play with more friends online!

[@madmouse4465]

This actually looks fun as hell! I was put off by the decision to port Deep Rock Galactic to tabletop, especially considering the current developments of Mythic Games’ port of “Darkest Dungeon.” But you guys have absolutely *smashed* it.

[@ProtogenRoleplays1698]

Good job miners! We got all stretch goals and the project.

[@lue64]

i love how the essence of drg is still there in the board game. it's like how pvz made the jump from tower defense to third person shooter. the format is different but the attackers vs defenders dynamic was still there

[@Repodicus]

Great play threw. You made this look extremely simple to play (probably because it is :). An extreme level of difficulty of this game might include a rule that if a CC creature moves into contact with a player and still has movement left it attacks too.

[@roguewolven]

This does look seriously fun. May have to examine your mission structure philosophy and put together a mission generator of my own if we don't hit that expansion. The random generation is a big part of DRG. You've definitely hit that with the event cards though! Looks great.

[@JudgeMental1337]

The Boardgame looks like friggin fun for some hours on the weekend with the boys. Can´t wait to get my hands on it

[@Kr8ZBot]

looks so good and well made, so excited to play this with my friends and family! I wonder if they will ever add Hazard 4 and 5...

[@FeBreeze.]

love how at the start of the game, their first thought is to leave the driller, very accurate to the average DRG matchmaking experience

[@mustached_villain6354]

I like the way those little nitra cubes look, I think they'd taste like cherry

[@scottrenfer2735]

Hello, This looks awesome!!! I missed the kickstarter and am anxiously awaiting the late pledge option. I'm going all in on this one! Thanks so much! I'm a newbie to this franchise, but I'll just go ahead and say it for my very first time... Rock and STONE!!!!!

[@raidngame]

The Raid n Game Crew Will enjoy this game, Well done guys.

[@Themasterjtg]

This feels like one of those spin offs that works amazing both as a table top, and even as a video game. I can imagine how fun it'd be to have a computer controlled/generated enemies and dungeon

[@ajpbknex4117]

Looks good. 👍 Nice playthrough. I agree with the enemy health monitoring could be difficult. Can't wait to play

[@TheFancyFilmmaker]

If I had to give one ounce of criticism or maybe even advice on what to add for a stretch goal is to have the bases of the dwarf models a certain color. For example, The scouts base could be blue, the driller is yellow, the engineer is red, and the gunner is green. And also what yall could add is maybe a base of some sort to put on the enemies that can hold the damage markers. I've seen some stuff like that on Etsy for the enemies in the popular board game Nemesis.

[@FalseHell]

Been asking this on kickstarter since the beginning of the campaign. Just have some plastic "rings" that you can snap onto the bases, but I received no reply on this query so far.

[@dayman6375]

Seconded. Both are excellent suggestions.

[@coolasacucumber3421]

Can’t wait for it, great job everyone involved!

[@derptothemaxclearly]

The gunner using MY satchel charge? blasphemy!

[@Mikabrytu]

He didn't even explode one of his friends. I feel offended

[@FreshTillDeath56]

Hey, chances are you might be a greenbeard, but the Gunner used to have satchel charges back in my day before the shield generator. ;)

[@Zargex]

Im not even a board game player and this looks so much fun

[@TheHamerr]

This looks so fun! I couldnt understand for the life of me how this would work but it definetely does, I am gald more than ever to be wrong about it.

[@Loxorius]

Looks awesome! I just hope the constant dice rolling will not make the game feel too random, but it seems like there are more than enough strategic aspects to compensate for that! And all the minis are just gorgeous, in the worst case they are going to become decorations xD

[@evannash228]

This looks incredible! I'd buy it for the figs alone personally

[@-LiQuidGaS-]

Seems like its a bit hard to dig the ammo token out of the slot sometimes especially without nails, will that be improved on the final product?

[@BulletsTheBlazing]

The game looks simpler than I thought it would. Cool can't wait to buy it.

[@cadet1158]

Definitely getting this. Looks amazing.

[@ninjassaurojr1323]

Man the figurines look amazing

[@djonezzz6853]

This looks really fun!

[@anwd8646]

Perfect. It’s… perfect! It looks awesome, the characters look good, the bugs look good, and the mechanics, oooooh man. I am so trying my hardest to convince my dad to get this once it releases!

[@johnperrin9529]

At 27:12, he rolls a pick axe, but as the driller could he not could have moved to the upgrade, moved back, and then drilled the wall with the gold?

[@alexharkler]

23:20 - Does the sentry not shoot the mactera? 42:57 - Does shooting 2x with the minigun count as only one action or did they use 4 actions this move (1 move, 2 minigun, 3 minigun, 4 zipline)?

[@lordcommissarspartan]

I think the Minigun has a special rule to let you fire twice, they said it when he made the first attack with it.

[@Sluggyduggyquackquack]

Isn't it a free action to use the zipline?

[@kfpweatherhacker]

The Gunner's Minigun lets you fire as many times as you want as free actions after the first shot. Each shot still costs ammo though. And you're right, pretty sure the Sentry Gun should've fired at that Mactera once it got into line of sight with it.

[@thundergoat421_6]

ROCK. AND. STOOOoOOoOOoOOOoooONE! I am so excited for this to release this Christmas! The wait sucks, but hell I will wait for this! I will stop any painting project the day that box arrives at my doorstep. I can't really see anything I can criticize about the game, honestly. I watched this, and suffice it to say I have nothing bad to say about this, and I shall look forward to the Tabletop Simulator release so I can at least sate my need for the game until I can get ahold of the physical version!

[@toshchakfox]

"place one grunt on ANY tunnel exit" or "place one grunt on EACH tunnel exit"? just caught my eye. Game looks fantastic.

[@Frostbid]

Yup! My bad. We played it slightly differently than what was printed. Needs adjustments :-)

[@seanmuller7579]

If i had this board game i would 100% do all the sound effects/voice lines manually

[@Magus79]

ROCK AND STONE! Yeah, this looks amazing.

[@Cyber_Cheese]

@3:40 there's a mention of hazard difficulty. Suggestion, add hazard 4+5 by scaling two new haz between pre-existing ones. If that card shuffle is the only difference, it'd be really easy to do

[@Frostbid]

We are probably adding more hazards, but with other penalties. Stay tuned :-)

[@ya_boi_salami]

what that looks so fun im excited

[@marshmallowdapatria3207]

This video just revived my childhood wish to buy something i wanted

[@danny_decheeto8300]

I kinda hope there is an option to just buy the minis? I woul love to have a gunner and driller facing down a praetorian on my shelf

[@tiggerbiggo]

There is an option on the kickstarter

[@danny_decheeto8300]

@@tiggerbiggo oh sweet

[@CalmestManOnMars]

I imagine the dwarves are totally playing this on the rig. I love how the driller's mini looks like a psychopath.

[@mostlikelysmarterthanyou5031]

I'm glad that they have a satchel charge card so that I can put it on the supply drops and explode my teammates just like in the game!

[@nohbody987]

Game looks fun all in all. I like how you can split damage rolls between targets (too bad you cant split movement allowance between actions). Having no cap on free actions per turn does make the pistol pretty wacky tbh

[@p_serdiuk]

You do pay gold and ammo for it tho, I think it's balanced.

[@Frostbid]

Yeah, it was pretty powerful :) but also overclocked AND upgraded.

[@joshholland90]

Yeah, I feel like it should have only been a free action on the first use. It does require ammo but still seemed OP.

[@Frostbid]

@@joshholland90 I see your point... and we might still change that as we are still testing and tweaking little things like this.

[@joshholland90]

@@Frostbid Small criticisms aside, I can't wait to get my hands on your game. It looks amazing!

[@vineheart01]

....this is such a typical experience of a dice game if ive ever seen one. All of their first attacks rolled 1 hit lol.....

[@berta26x]

This game looks amazing! ROCK AND STONE!

[@kittyhatmeow]

Good game, nice to see the polish that the final product got as compared to this already fantastic looking game

[@craftboy338]

I can totally imagine DRG fans playing this board game, and communicating using only voice lines from the game.

[@TesshuReal]

Great job, collector edition for me!!!!!!!!

[@vyst8132]

This looks awesome

[@bitzthe8bit668]

This game definitely seems to benefit from a CM (cave master) which was probably the intended way to play it with more people, still. This looks really cool! I'll definitely try it with my friends.

[@p_serdiuk]

Five people at the table is getting a bit crowded tho, since the max squad is four, one for each side of the board.

[@bitzthe8bit668]

@@p_serdiuk ah, I see. I just thought there would be npc bias when the 4 players all want to not die.

[@p_serdiuk]

@@bitzthe8bit668 The bugs move according to specific rules, so except cheating, there seems to be no way for the players to benefit themselves.

[@deathclawdaddy]

we got the highest tier available from the Kickstarter, was scheduled to arrive in December and were still waiting. were starting to wonder if the game existed but it clearly does... here's to hoping we can rock and stone by next Christmas lol.

[@nicholaschandler3383]

Really want a miniature channel like midwinter minis to paint these!

[@dybo3793]

I am so getting this when it’s finished

[@Half_a_bosco]

that looks super fun, can't wait!

[@Meriman13]

So at 33:08 when multiple enemy units are moving simultaneously, does the player choose the move order? Just seems like a mactera would beat those grunts to the same point from which all three are equidistant.

[@Frostbid]

They move in the order they are listed on the Creature Overview page. So Grunts move before Macteras, in this case.

[@Meriman13]

@@Frostbid Thank you! Very much excited for this.

[@thefunnygamingthing]

I'm definitely getting this game

[@realBeltalowda]

This looks like so much fun.

[@Knots_]

Is there a game mechanic tied to mining minerals/collecting flowers besides nitra for resupplies? Filling up molly just for the sake of filling up molly is kinda meh imo.

[@chandlerj333]

On the mission page in the book it lists the objectives as getting all the morkite and blooms. You can’t win unless all of the objectives are met. Also gold is used to upgrade weapons and as a substitute for nitra.

[@WhistlePigZILLA]

I couldn't be more excited to grab some friends and some beer for a glorious mining mission! Rock and stone to the bone!

[@SirKcin]

This looks like a lot of fun, if only i had friends to play it with…

[@ABBABBA96]

Are you here friendly dwarf? I know you are here

[@p_serdiuk]

Rock and Stone

[@_walruseater]

THAT'S IT LADS!

[@xelnagaprime_1071]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@darioturk9409]

This looks awesome i might buy this if its still avaiable

[@caingamin2]

This genuinely looks like a fun game to play with your buddies after a long day. Too bad there's a global pandemic and I have no buddies

[@fw7696]

:(

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

Boot up the video game and try a public lobby.

[@D_Rogers]

Looks great! 👍 I think the Driller figurine should be yellow plastic and the Gunner green etc... :)

[@judaspreest0]

My only criticism is that Molly isn't constantly getting in the way.

[@blakeburke2982]

Idea: the driller shouldn’t has to roll for mining, he should just mine every time.

[@blakeburke2982]

But it should have fuel, he should still have the choice to mine with the dice roll if needed to.

[@johnville8296]

I think he can do that already, at least when digging an empty wall.

[@favianngang3458]

Everything seems nice and thematic. Gameplay wise easy to learn but seems quite fiddly with many tokens and cards just dump at one side. A little on the fence regarding the spawning rate and swarm track, the ramp up seems slow, 50mins into the game and the swarm track is just slightly pass 50%. The ramp up at pandemic seems better, thus resulting more tense experience. But this can be easily adjusted by starting the swarm track perhaps at around 20%.

[@Hilliam66]

This was mission 2, so I’d imagine later missions might be more difficult. I also noticed they drew the mission specific event 3 times, so the difficulty of the mission specific event might have a pretty big impact on the difficulty of the mission. A mission event with two grunts and a slasher at each tunnel entrance would make for potentially six grunts and three slashers spawning each time the card is drawn for instance.

[@FreshTillDeath56]

@@Hilliam66 ^ correct. You can also set your own "Hazard" levels as the game describes, which is adding a lesser amount of helpful cards into the end-turn card pile. Just like the computer game, this is very modular with game setup and very customizable with creating your own difficulties.

[@TSDreamCreative]

While I expected a lot of dice rolls in this style of game, I am surprised digging requires a dice roll. It's one of those things in the video game that requires little effort or skill. Also, it seems possible you cannot explore the rest of the map if you just keep rolling blanks.

[@Frostbid]

What can I say - we love dice rolling and it felt like a good, tactile, replacement of doing the actual chopping. That being said, I never experienced any problems with not being able to get to another cave. They are usually also quite close (and the pickaxe die has almost no blanks).

[@TSDreamCreative]

@@Frostbid is there only one blank?

[@WompWompThwomp]

@@TSDreamCreative I enjoy the rolling because sometimes in the video game it can be quite a pain trying to dig in the right direction of the dirt to reach a new area, sometimes you just went left when the next cave was right, usually not more than a small delay, but with the bugs hot on your trail it can be quite hectic.

[@Frostbid]

@@TSDreamCreative Yes, and two double hits. I actually love using it, because if you stand next to two choppable objects, like a Stalagmite and a mineral, or a Loot Bug and a Glyphid, you roll and hope to hit both in one action, but you cannot be sure. It's good fun!

[@Philtopy]

The moment this is released, Im gonna buy it for our gaming club.

[@alexstone691]

If there is no big red button that yells rock and stone i will be disappointed

[@justicesterling4898]

Watching this video while I continue to wait for my game to be delivered. :( Would that I had more patience. Rock and Stone!

[@Dr.Akakia]

For Karl! U missed a potential to include an alarm in box that when we press , it sounds Rock and Stone!

[@wyattharris8095]

I can’t wait to play this with my brothers and paint all the models

[@crashmasterj0837]

Could this be added to the space rig? Like In the bar? It would be nice for when someone is afk and you could play a game.

[@FlashOfAsh]

the only thing wrong about this game in any way honestly is the feeling people that play the game get when you see an engineer with a grenade launcher and the zhu kovs, it just feels oddly wrong

[@911epic]

please upload more full gameplays

[@TehGM]

I was 90% sure I'll be getting the collector's edition. Now I am 100% sure.

[@ajs3637]

ROCK AND STONE FOREVER

[@El-Burrito]

ROCK... AND... STOOOOOONE!