Let's Play - Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game | Mythic Games

[@VikingLord2000]

24:00 an occultist dodged? Okay, this board game is very close to its roots

[@rogerbartels5690]

I like the complexity. I play board games, in part, because I enjoy the mental effort of managing the engine. I like knowing exactly what is behind everything that happens. I don't want the automation (or streamlining) of a video game.

[@roguemind5061]

It looks like Leo is really admiring Justin.

[@Beppsta]

Thank you for posting the playthrough - it has saved my wallet $150.

[@CrypticBore]

im about to watch but what made it a no go for yourself?

[@Beppsta]

@@CrypticBore it looks so slooooow to play with a ton of upkeep and flipping so many cards. There are a ton of dungeon crawlers currently out in the market and also on KS to be delivered. I have the video game and love it (over 100 hours) and although the board game appears to capture many aspects of video game, that’s the major issue. Some mechanics in a video game do not transition well to a board game.

[@dayz112]

I agree with you, not all video games transition well to boardgames, if is to pass 30% of the time sliding tokens and not real fun, there is no interest, i will keep playing darkest dungeon the video game, the same is also true to Frostpunk.

[@Sulucion6Tone]

@@dayz112 Yup, i fully agree - Frostpunk and DD do not have the spice i require for tabletop. Now on the other hand i think i am going full in on Nova Aetas as that game is now looking stellar :)

[@nicktesla1619]

I was already planning out spending $250 for everything and thank god I found this video. I thought it would be the next big thing for board games because of how popular the KS campaign has gone but after seeing this video I know that it wont be the case. It looks too cumbersome to really get into with a group of friends and I feel like after I show them the game and the rules they will never want to take it off the shelf to play it. I love the videogame but it does not translate too well to the TT. The figures look excellent though! Maybe if the team had a good understanding of the game it would look more fun to play. I am glad they did not do that though since a first play through would look kind of like this.

[@stephenjones8105]

thanks for the playthrough. really glad I'm backing this. love the complexity.

[@TimeSlayer3]

Nice! The classic collaboration with Mythic!

[@johnnyfreedom7882]

Hey men, thanks for posting this. You guys handle what looks like a rules heavy crawler with grace and finesse! And also props for wearing masks and representing sensibility. Don't listen to the trolls on here promoting the longest pandemic possible. You guys rock!

[@69columbus]

Unfortunately this game is too tedious and complex to be fun when played with a group. Maybe this'll prove to be a good solo experience . Mythic missed an opportunity to port the game in a more streamlined, quicker and fun playstyle

[@djetronakanorte]

If it is going to be launching will we still have time to jump on the kickstarter full pledge with all add on?

[@rancid7182]

They will sell the game after the kick starter but you won't get the musketeer, and all items will be more expensive.

[@stevenmandziuk7733]

I hope another playthrough is uploaded. I want to watch people who have experience play the game. Edit: Or at least play as if the watchers understand the base mechaincs.

[@williammyles]

Looks interesting game have ordered and awaiting delivery 😊

[@Nddiejebnduc]

I love to back this project but the shipping cost makes me hesitating... Why does it cost like 100$~150$ to Asia country? Is the box that big? Heavy? To be honest I can’t see a big difference from the other similar-sized KS Board games. They charge like... Under 50$ what’s wrong with this game?

[@Christoff070]

Yup could easily make your own board game based on what you see in this video just by having some large paper and pencils

[@MySqueezingArm]

I know this is late, but the game is basically a box of resin miniatures. The volume of miniatures makes the shipping cost a fair amount.

[@williamjohnson4497]

Great minis for RPGs tho

[@UnagiboyGaming]

hmm gota have make a sound board for the ancestor when i get this game

[@nrgspike]

Whoever was responsible for the countdown timer on Mythic's website for the KS launch, needs to get a new watch! ...guess I'll watch this while I wait.

[@Christoff070]

Darkest Dungeon the board game- now you can feel even more stress and frustration!!

[@warpaint9385]

Might get onboard with this one. Interesting game. To me if feels like Dark Souls meets Blackstone Fortress.

[@AppleMak2010]

FUNDED: 18.35. Amazing

[@Subcomandante73]

No really. People love to drink the cool-aid.

[@crushingit5128]

Not sure why they went for a 1for1 translation of a (amazing) video game that utilizes tons of modifiers. Would be much more interesting, and less fiddly, to see a more unique approach. Such a missed opportunity to make a dark dungeon crawler boardgame. And as always, please show more of the table and the actual game during these playthroughs please

[@rolandbruno686]

Only 21 minutes in and I'm already worried about the rules grind. That leads me to fear for the rulebook...

[@Subcomandante73]

Which is typical for Mythic's games.

[@Toirneachgames]

@@Subcomandante73 So true. They forgot modifiers (critical for example) half of the time for example.

[@rancid7182]

, I think this game is like dune were the first game is shit but when you play with the same group the game becomes fun. If that turns you off fair enough.

[@lagoondragoon]

brutal combat, I like that

[@peternielsen3792]

Does this game come with yet another fictitious Companion App - or will this Kickstarter actually be fulfilled as advertised ?

[@CrypticBore]

i need to hear the backstory to this

[@Latarius]

The exploration mechanics really made me drop any intentions to back it. Meh.

[@seantaylor6691]

ouch... I wanted this game, but watching this makes me question that. This game needed to be snappy and quick. Not sure this meets that requirement.

[@thomascurtis889]

Tbf they are playing with the intent of demoing the game. They take AGES for simple things that take seconds

[@rancid7182]

@@thomascurtis889 I agree with this take, I think this game is like dune were the first game is shit but when you play with the same group the game becomes fun. If that turns you off fair enough.

[@patrioticmucus2329]

Does plastcraft games even exist anymore?

[@keseph7749]

Let's be honest, if you are a fan of the game, there is absolutely no point on backing this, unless you want to own and paint the miniatures. Why would you pay 10x what you payed for the digital version, for a much less fluid gameplay? This still looks like a solo game to me. Those miniatures look absolutely spectacular, but the gameplay, not so much. Even considering they are learning the game, it does look dull.

[@MySqueezingArm]

I went in on this for the minis, but the game does offer a slightly different take on the gameplay loop. Instead of being the 'team manager' you are the 'athlete'. Seems like it feels slightly different. The video game loop is great, but I can see the board game being fun with the right group. Again though, the minis are what sold me. I can use them with Pathfinder or Call of C'thulhu or something.

[@danield679]

Being “Say-iff” 😋

[@NoirProxy]

Seems overly complicated. Would rather just play the actual video game.

[@bernhardholmok9950]

As much as the video game was one thing, translating it to face to face is not the easiest since no computer or AI to remember all the rules and make things quicker. I just like to play face to face since the banter, etc is what i truly enjoy about games, winning is a bonus but not required. Even those games that I got wiped out on are remembered.

[@NoirProxy]

@@bernhardholmok9950 I bought Hellboy and Nemesis for those reasons but this game seems to drag what takes 10 seconds into 5 to 10 minutes for each mechanic. It shouldn't be that way.

[@rogerbartels5690]

Funny, I swapped video games for board games because they (i.e., video games) weren't complicated enough.

[@bernhardholmok9950]

@@NoirProxy thats what a computer can do, what takes us 10 minutes, takes a few seconds. Consider the designers had to take into consideration all that occurs for a result to occur in the computer game and then put it down into table or other form to recreate. You need to fulfill x criteria, remember, a computer does it all in the background where when you play a game, it all takes place there.

[@NoirProxy]

@@bernhardholmok9950 I understand the concept of a boardgame and that a computer can move the game along by press a Next button. The problem is that you are overviewing smaller mechanics when they should be supplements to the adventure that Darkest Dungeon offers. It makes the idea of the Court expansion more worrying as its difficulty in the video game alone makes all this drawn out toil an unrewarding time sync if you fail. Nemesis for example gives players multiple alternative objectives to succeeding but always able to aim higher. DD literally wants you to aim for a sole objective, or fail and start over. The benefit of DD as a video game is that you control a team as a solo player yet if you are destroyed in the early stages of DD the board game as a 4 player team then you are sitting out for a long time until everyone fails, or you get to reroll in the carriage but the carriage is dependent on your team actually wanting to play further after so much time sunk already. As others have commented it is a giant time sink and way too much of a mechanical grind and upkeep just to aim for a goal that is separated by multiple linear paths.

[@markyap1721]

Game's kinda slow.

[@sashaburrow6186]

I'm not sure why anyone would play the board game over the video game... It seems like its missing everything that made the original game great.

[@Botanica_Gaming]

I love how all these boardgame channels put on the mask pretense as if thats what they do in their private lives. This is the duck and cover generation.

[@pronumeral1446]

You are projecting, mate. Just because you are an irresponsible idiot doesn't mean others are :)

[@bernhardholmok9950]

Mask = no fine......No Mask = Fine . it may not be what we do behind closed doors but if you record it, unless your family, this is what you have to do.

[@bitterdbyu5291]

Sheeple

[@FrozenLegion]

You know you dont have to wear a mask in your own home right. if you know he isnt sick then you are good. All the mask does is ruin the audio quality.

[@NoirProxy]

It was fine and being safe for your friends is fine in my book also.

[@AttacMage]

@@NoirProxy I think the issue people (including me) have with the mask wearing in this case is that they're in close enough contact with each other for such a length of time including before and after filming. They can wear a mask if they want, I just see it as silly if you're around the other person for a good chunk of time and touching objects.