2025Clayton Helme, Brooklynn Lundberg, Brenna Moncur, Ian Tate
- Videos
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- Creators
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1 - 4 players60 min

2019Clayton Helme, Brooklynn Lundberg, Brenna Moncur, Ian Tate
Mainly playthroughs. Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 23 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 58 recorded sessions, 12 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Middara is a 1-4 player cooperative choose-your-own-adventure style miniatures board game. Players assume the role of a party of adventurers in an ultra-modern fantasy setting that exists alongside our very own Earth. During the game, players will experience an in depth, fully narrative-driven adventure that contains over 90 hours of content. Throughout the narrative you and three of your friends will confront real decisions that change the course of the story and its outcome. Players will face many dangerous adversaries throughout the story and will take part in heated combat with these foes. Middara features an innovative, dice based combat system for these encounters. Based on their equipment and abilities, players will have access to unique two-dice combinations that will increase their attack and damage potential in a variety of ways. In addition to numbers, dice have a particular set of symbols on each face that can be spent according to players currently equipped weapons and abilities. With nine different types of dice, over 110 unique abilities and 150 unique pieces of equipment the possibilities for different character builds are endless. What makes Middara so compelling is that the outcomes of story decisions and encounters have far-reaching effects that determine how the story moves and resolves. Friends and family might get killed, or they may survive. Maybe the players avoid some problems entirely, only to be faced with a whole new challenge. Gameplay Features: Narrative-driven campaign that contains over 90 hours of content. Unique dice-based success system featuring multiple dice that players can upgrade throughout the campaign. 36 modular map tiles representing different locations in the world, such as magical forests, caves, and swamps! A.I. controlled monsters, NPCs, challenges, traps, and other narrative-driven obstacles. Campaign character progression via a point buy system allowing players to ditch traditional classes and instead focus on building the character they want to play. Over 110 unique Disciplines and over 150 unique pieces of equipment. Stand alone scenarios for when you aren't playing with your campaign group, or even when you are!
Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1 has 115 videos from 33 creators: 23 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 58 playthroughs, 12 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2015 to June 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Middara How To Play 1 - Component Overview" by Succubus Publishing, which runs 18 min. For a quicker teach, "Middara How To Play 3B - Crawl Mode" by Succubus Publishing runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Middara Review with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 15 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "One Stop Co-Op Shop | Solo Playthrough | Crawl Mode" by One Stop Co-op Shop, one of 58 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Middara: Bounty Pack – The Pit Boss, also by Clayton Helme, or Folklore: The Affliction, The City of Kings and Vagrantsong, which share several of its mechanics.
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1 - 4 players60 min
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1 - 4 players45 - 180 minHeavy weight
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2 - 4 players45 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Middara is a 1-4 player cooperative choose-your-own-adventure style miniatures board game. Players assume the role of a party of adventurers in an ultra-modern fantasy setting that exists alongside our very own Earth. During the game, players will experience an in depth, fully narrative-driven adventure that contains over 90 hours of content. Throughout the narrative you and three of your friends will confront real decisions that change the course of the story and its outcome. Players will face many dangerous adversaries throughout the story and will take part in heated combat with these foes. Middara features an innovative, dice based combat system for these encounters. Based on their equipment and abilities, players will have access to unique two-dice combinations that will increase their attack and damage potential in a variety of ways. In addition to numbers, dice have a particular set of symbols on each face that can be spent according to players currently equipped weapons and abilities. With nine different types of dice, over 110 unique abilities and 150 unique pieces of equipment the possibilities for different character builds are endless. What makes Middara so compelling is that the outcomes of story decisions and encounters have far-reaching effects that determine how the story moves and resolves. Friends and family might get killed, or they may survive. Maybe the players avoid some problems entirely, only to be faced with a whole new challenge. Gameplay Features: Narrative-driven campaign that contains over 90 hours of content. Unique dice-based success system featuring multiple dice that players can upgrade throughout the campaign. 36 modular map tiles representing different locations in the world, such as magical forests, caves, and swamps! A.I. controlled monsters, NPCs, challenges, traps, and other narrative-driven obstacles. Campaign character progression via a point buy system allowing players to ditch traditional classes and instead focus on building the character they want to play. Over 110 unique Disciplines and over 150 unique pieces of equipment. Stand alone scenarios for when you aren't playing with your campaign group, or even when you are!
Designers
Clayton Helme, Brooklynn Lundberg, Brenna Moncur, Ian Tate
Artists
Alex Hansen, Hector Sevilla Lujan, Rhett Mason, Jon Troy Nickel
Publisher
Succubus Publishing
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