I've been playing the base game for a year now, and this entire time me and my buddy had no idea you could enter a room on a node other than the one directly in front of the door. We were getting creamed on a Titanite Demon run but if we could've just moved over a node!!! DX
I want to buy these expansions so badly. Its so long until they come out to regular retail but hopefully i can find a kickstarter backer retailer to purchase them earlier.
Im a little late on finding out about the board game, but are the only classes in the entirety of the board game just the four in the base game or are there others being added? I want my Pyromancer!
On the first turn the stone knight hit the guy for 5 magical damage from 1 mode away and on the card it says 0 range is that a typo on the card or did you make a mistake or does magic attacks not have range, I know this message is 6 years late hahah but I literally bought darkroot today lol and would like to know
I have 2 questions. Will this set be remade someday cause its sold out in your stores. Another question i bought the tiles of DARKROOT BASIN AND IRON KEEP TILE SET. But are you aware that some tiles are missing and others you get double. Like i got 2 bonfire tiles and only the miniboss tile but not the big boss tile and another random tile was double aswell cause the spawnpoints were exactly the same.
Question: Can you clarify how gaining souls is supposed to work? Do you gain 2 per player character or two per enemy character. The instruction book is unclear
Hello guys love your game i have a question wich stuff is deleviert in Wave 1 in wave 2 and in wave 3 ? the sheudle you postet is very confusing would be nice if you can have a post over that topic .
Core game is wave 1, mega boss expansions and the dark root expansion, and any other addons like extra dice are in wave 2. The stretch goals like the gear sets and invasions and summons etc are in wave 3
You get two actions on your turn - a move and an attack. He used his free move to move, then instead of attacking used his heroic ability, which itself is an attack with an extra move built in. It essentially gives you two free moves.
Oh well, the chance to make this game even Playable and / or a Challenge is also missed with this Expansion. Bad for me that i spend so much Money on it through Kickstarter. Please Steamforged save this beauty of a game.
Agreed! I definitely think the game has a lot of potential, but there are some mechanical flaws. This expansion apparently only adds more variety, which is nice, but won't solve the problems the game has.
what problems does the game have? Im not being argumentative I just want to hear your perspective because I can't see any flaws with the mechanics of this game.
Jaycee The main flaw is the random nature of the loot and the fact that it has a big impact on being able to progress. You pick up a lot of junk, as in cards you cannot wield. If you do want to save for them, you have to grind, which is boring in single player but pure tedium in a 4 player game, which is what they said they primarily balanced for. The game is ultimately boring. This was raised in great detail within weeks of the original game shipping to backers. Many house rules were published on the forums by people who desperately want to have a game worth playing. Since then SFG have delayed the expansions by over a year (could be two, I've honestly lost count after all the delays) and they haven't addressed this core weakness in any rules addendum, whether PDF download only or shipping a new version of the rulebook. As a model set, it's great. As a boardgame, it's really, really bad value. To rub salt in the wound they put their designers to work on a Dark Souls card game while the design of the game that injected a ludicrous amount of cash into their business has gone untouched. I've lost all trust for SFG. All they know how to do is pump out models for games engineered to push as many collectibles as possible, deliver late on promises, underdeliver on game design and spam your inbox fortnightly with promotional sales for games you don't own. If the DS TBG had strong design the multiple delays on shipping the content would be a minor inconvenience. They'd get a pass for delivering high quality. But this is not the case and they've squandered their chances to rectify the design in the intervening years.
I somehow overlooked the first notification. Yea basically the randomness of the loot deck and the lack of any mechanic to mitigate that is at the core of most of the problems. The is no small issue. If you play the game following the rules as written you basically cannot tell beforehand whether you'll be able to finish within 2.5 hours or whether it's going to take you four to five hours to even gather equipment that allows you to attempt the boss with any significant chance of success. The length of a single game session in any given game varies depending on the number of players and the speed at which everyone is making decisions, but with Dark Souls the loot rules alone can cause the playtime to vary by three hours or more. There are other, minor problems, but I guess the loot is at the core of it. That and the fact that, at 5 hours playtime for a single dungeon + boss, this game does overstay its' welcome if it comes to that. If a session ends up taking that long I always felt like I could have played Fury of Dracula or Battlestar Galactica or any other of my top-5 games taking up a 4-hour-slot.
FungluttonDotCom Slightly offtopic but I highly recommend the Dark Souls Card Game. I own both and the Card Game is my favorite, the game is quicker usually lasting about 1 and a half hours. The game has a lot less grinding, and I honestly just enjoy the gameplay more, its brisk and tactical but still retains the difficulty and the balance is fantastic.
Mimics are added in the stretch goals. The way they will work is that when you open a chest after completing the room encounter, the chest has a chance to have a mimic instead of a chest and then it becomes a mini boss style fight against the chest. You then beat the mimic and get the loot.
I really love these. I know they are just to show off the new expansions but would like to see a campaign from you guys.
Still watching and loving every second. Great job to everyone involved!
How many expansions can we expect? Are we going to see the Ringed City? I really want to fight Gael in board game form!
Yes. Please.
I've been playing the base game for a year now, and this entire time me and my buddy had no idea you could enter a room on a node other than the one directly in front of the door. We were getting creamed on a Titanite Demon run but if we could've just moved over a node!!! DX
I want to buy these expansions so badly. Its so long until they come out to regular retail but hopefully i can find a kickstarter backer retailer to purchase them earlier.
Im a little late on finding out about the board game, but are the only classes in the entirety of the board game just the four in the base game or are there others being added? I want my Pyromancer!
I might be a bit late but they have a "character expansion" out which includes the pyromancer amongst others.
I definitely need to bust out my Darkroot minis and try this out with the new classes. Could be fun!
I would love to see a expansion for dark souls the card game
Do you have have a Twitch channel or where do you stream live?
On the first turn the stone knight hit the guy for 5 magical damage from 1 mode away and on the card it says 0 range is that a typo on the card or did you make a mistake or does magic attacks not have range, I know this message is 6 years late hahah but I literally bought darkroot today lol and would like to know
Darkroot and Characters expansions are no longer available. When will you restock your store ?
I have 2 questions. Will this set be remade someday cause its sold out in your stores. Another question i bought the tiles of DARKROOT BASIN AND IRON KEEP TILE SET. But are you aware that some tiles are missing and others you get double. Like i got 2 bonfire tiles and only the miniboss tile but not the big boss tile and another random tile was double aswell cause the spawnpoints were exactly the same.
FUN GIS
I just now caught that joke.....
Question: Can you clarify how gaining souls is supposed to work? Do you gain 2 per player character or two per enemy character. The instruction book is unclear
Ikio Star I believe it is two per character per completed encounter.
2 Souls per player character per completed encounter. For Example: 1 Player = 2 Souls, 2 Players = 4 Souls, etc
Hello guys love your game i have a question wich stuff is deleviert in Wave 1 in wave 2 and in wave 3 ? the sheudle you postet is very confusing would be nice if you can have a post over that topic .
Core game is wave 1, mega boss expansions and the dark root expansion, and any other addons like extra dice are in wave 2. The stretch goals like the gear sets and invasions and summons etc are in wave 3
Great, thanks! Can't wait...
Where it says that you can free move, use the heroic and attack, then move again? I'm confused... why is that permitted?
Because the movement granted by the heroic action isn't a regular movement - it's basically a free move.
You get two actions on your turn - a move and an attack. He used his free move to move, then instead of attacking used his heroic ability, which itself is an attack with an extra move built in. It essentially gives you two free moves.
When are these going to kick starter or are they
Rod Boudreau they are going to retail, hopefully in the summer. Kickstarter ended a long time ago.
I want gwyn!!!!
Campaign!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, the chance to make this game even Playable and / or a Challenge is also missed with this Expansion. Bad for me that i spend so much Money on it through Kickstarter. Please Steamforged save this beauty of a game.
Agreed!
I definitely think the game has a lot of potential, but there are some mechanical flaws. This expansion apparently only adds more variety, which is nice, but won't solve the problems the game has.
what problems does the game have?
Im not being argumentative I just want to hear your perspective because I can't see any flaws with the mechanics of this game.
Jaycee The main flaw is the random nature of the loot and the fact that it has a big impact on being able to progress. You pick up a lot of junk, as in cards you cannot wield. If you do want to save for them, you have to grind, which is boring in single player but pure tedium in a 4 player game, which is what they said they primarily balanced for. The game is ultimately boring. This was raised in great detail within weeks of the original game shipping to backers. Many house rules were published on the forums by people who desperately want to have a game worth playing. Since then SFG have delayed the expansions by over a year (could be two, I've honestly lost count after all the delays) and they haven't addressed this core weakness in any rules addendum, whether PDF download only or shipping a new version of the rulebook. As a model set, it's great. As a boardgame, it's really, really bad value. To rub salt in the wound they put their designers to work on a Dark Souls card game while the design of the game that injected a ludicrous amount of cash into their business has gone untouched.
I've lost all trust for SFG. All they know how to do is pump out models for games engineered to push as many collectibles as possible, deliver late on promises, underdeliver on game design and spam your inbox fortnightly with promotional sales for games you don't own. If the DS TBG had strong design the multiple delays on shipping the content would be a minor inconvenience. They'd get a pass for delivering high quality. But this is not the case and they've squandered their chances to rectify the design in the intervening years.
I somehow overlooked the first notification.
Yea basically the randomness of the loot deck and the lack of any mechanic to mitigate that is at the core of most of the problems. The is no small issue. If you play the game following the rules as written you basically cannot tell beforehand whether you'll be able to finish within 2.5 hours or whether it's going to take you four to five hours to even gather equipment that allows you to attempt the boss with any significant chance of success. The length of a single game session in any given game varies depending on the number of players and the speed at which everyone is making decisions, but with Dark Souls the loot rules alone can cause the playtime to vary by three hours or more.
There are other, minor problems, but I guess the loot is at the core of it. That and the fact that, at 5 hours playtime for a single dungeon + boss, this game does overstay its' welcome if it comes to that. If a session ends up taking that long I always felt like I could have played Fury of Dracula or Battlestar Galactica or any other of my top-5 games taking up a 4-hour-slot.
FungluttonDotCom Slightly offtopic but I highly recommend the Dark Souls Card Game. I own both and the Card Game is my favorite, the game is quicker usually lasting about 1 and a half hours. The game has a lot less grinding, and I honestly just enjoy the gameplay more, its brisk and tactical but still retains the difficulty and the balance is fantastic.
Are they adding Mimics in the expansions? I want mimics in the game
Mimics are added in the stretch goals. The way they will work is that when you open a chest after completing the room encounter, the chest has a chance to have a mimic instead of a chest and then it becomes a mini boss style fight against the chest. You then beat the mimic and get the loot.
Mimics are In the explorer expansion