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Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/dark-soulstm-the-board-game


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So some nerds have a kickstarter for a Dark Souls Board Game.

Solo (1 player) or Co op (2-4), "fast set up, long reveal" gameplay in terms of the exploration. Same basic Souls rules apply: if you die, you go back to the bonfire, dropping your shit. Resting at bonfires will reset the enemies already killed. You can level up in the game, equip weapons and armor, even rings.

Combat is based on positioning and stamina management. Stamina is tied to your health, so there's a definite risk in spending too much stamina to attack, and leaving yourself open to get killed.

Bosses have attacks that are shuffled once, and are repeated in order as long as it's above half health. This means that after a full cycle of attacks, if you were paying attention you can anticipate its next move, and get into a safe area, or set up for where it will be vulnerable. After it takes over half of its health, it adds a new card to it's attack deck, and then it's shuffled. This makes the latter half of the boss fight chaotic and a lot more difficult.

Here's an example of a boss fight:





Quick impressions:

- The figurines look pretty awesome. I kind of hope they stay that matte color, it would be neat to be able to paint them.

- Since it's got a shit ton of backers already, there's lots stretch goals unlocked and it looks like this game will be pretty huge and varied.

- looks like you can play by yourself. there's no real "DM" since enemy movement is tied to the aggro token and explained on the attack cards.

- NO I DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE $750

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Delirious Biznasty - 04-30-2016

(04-30-2016, 01:05 AM)Relaps Wrote: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steamforged/dark-soulstm-the-board-game


[Image: IsvZNq6.jpg]

So some nerds have a kickstarter for a Dark Souls Board Game.

Solo (1 player) or Co op (2-4), "fast set up, long reveal" gameplay in terms of the exploration. Same basic Souls rules apply: if you die, you go back to the bonfire, dropping your shit. Resting at bonfires will reset the enemies already killed. You can level up in the game, equip weapons and armor, even rings.

Combat is based on positioning and stamina management. Stamina is tied to your health, so there's a definite risk in spending too much stamina to attack, and leaving yourself open to get killed.

Bosses have attacks that are shuffled once, and are repeated in order as long as it's above half health. This means that after a full cycle of attacks, if you were paying attention you can anticipate its next move, and get into a safe area, or set up for where it will be vulnerable. After it takes over half of its health, it adds a new card to it's attack deck, and then it's shuffled. This makes the latter half of the boss fight chaotic and a lot more difficult.

Here's an example of a boss fight:





Quick impressions:

- The figurines look pretty awesome. I kind of hope they stay that matte color, it would be neat to be able to paint them.

- Since it's got a shit ton of backers already, there's lots stretch goals unlocked and it looks like this game will be pretty huge and varied.

- looks like you can play by yourself. there's no real "DM" since enemy movement is tied to the aggro token and explained on the attack cards.

- NO I DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE $750

gdi beat me to it

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

like i would be naive enough to post a kickstarter and not expect that one

anyway i think the game looks pretty good. not sure on getting it yet

it's 113 USD.

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - risbolla - 04-30-2016

mmm physical merch classic bamco multimedia strats,,,,,looks cool as a fan of pvc anime girl figures but they should have finished painting the figures before making campaign imo

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

it saves on production costs, and the pvc is different colors depending on if it's an enemy or a player character. it makes sense really.

plus, theres those people who love paining miniatures like warhammer n' shit who will probably love to paint these

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Ben - 04-30-2016

looks cool ill wait for it to pop up on tts

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - risbolla - 04-30-2016

there suppose to be unpainted ? i dont like that,,,,,but look like pretty good casting job idk who make this figures tough

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

for sure, i would be amazed if they actually ship this detailed

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look at that chainmail detail holy fuk

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - grue - 04-30-2016

(04-30-2016, 02:09 AM)risbolla Wrote: there suppose to be unpainted ? i dont like that,,,,,but look like pretty good casting job idk who make this figures tough

isn't that a thing? I think the nerd market for figourines prefers them unpainted idk

I don't like that aspect of it either

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - tool - 04-30-2016

did these nerds rip all the art and boss designs from the game thats been out for all of like 4 days

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

apparently they got all the licensing from NamcoBandai & FromSoft so yes

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - risbolla - 04-30-2016

(04-30-2016, 02:17 AM)grue Wrote:
(04-30-2016, 02:09 AM)risbolla Wrote: there suppose to be unpainted ? i dont like that,,,,,but look like pretty good casting job idk who make this figures tough

isn't that a thing? I think the nerd market for figourines prefers them unpainted idk

I don't like that aspect of it either

idk nething about nerd market the only figures i have buy before are anime merch,,,,,i think maybe its a thing ? like model kits u make from ground up of boat nd planes u self paint

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

yeah its pretty big with the warhammer crowd. my aunt used to paint figurines for people as some side cash

she'd take shit like this

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make it look like this

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not me though if i tried it'd look liek this:

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RE: Dark Souls Board Game - grue - 04-30-2016

I think it's a thing in warhammer at least, but yeah what do I know? not a whole lot

Edit: relaps beat me off to it

Edt2: also damn your aunt had skills, no wonder they sold

Edit3: yours suck

RE: Dark Souls Board Game - Relaps - 04-30-2016

(04-30-2016, 02:37 AM)grue Wrote: Edit: relaps beat me off to it

Heya

Quote:Edt2: also damn your aunt had skills, no wonder they sold

yeah she doesn't do it as much anymore because the paints are expensive and not so many people she knows are playing anymore

Quote:Edit3: yours suck
yeah they were pretty terrible