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Massive Darkness

Massive Darkness

2017·Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Nicolas Raoult

1 - 6 players
120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Massive Darkness brings the classic fantasy RPG experience to modern board gaming, with an action-packed campaign chock full of gorgeous miniatures and a streamlined system that keeps the focus on the heroes' actions, with no need for a game master to control the enemies. Using the popular Zombicide system as a starting point, Massive Darkness adds all the richness of a dungeon crawl RPG. Pick your hero, choose a class, decide on which skills to spend your XP, and get loot by searching the dungeon or killing special enemies that can use the equipment against you! Face a multitude of different enemy types, coming in all shapes and sizes, whose behavior is resolved automatically...or you can try to sneak around enemies by taking advantage of dark areas of the map. Players begin their adventure in Massive Darkness by picking a Hero – each with two special starting skills – and pair them with a Class of their choosing. Depending on the combination, another skill can be unlocked, giving players a wide range of choices and play styles. In Massive Darkness, the created Heroes go on Quests, killing monsters, collecting loot, and gaining XP. Players spend their XP to unlock new Skills, growing more powerful as the Quest progresses. Throughout the game, players encounter different monsters, including Minions, Agents, Roaming Monsters, and Bosses. An unique mechanism of the game is the Guardian. Any of the monster types have a chance of spawning as a Guardian, meaning it will use a random piece of equipment in the fight against Heroes. However, if players are able to overcome this difficult encounter, they will acquire that piece of loot!

Massive Darkness

Which Massive Darkness video should I watch?

Massive Darkness has 4 videos from 2 creators: 2 how-to-play guides and 2 unboxings. They date from 2022 to June 2026.

If you like it, try Zombicide: 2nd Edition, Night of the Living Dead: A Zombicide Game, Zombicide: Black Plague and Zombicide: Undead or Alive, also by Raphaël Guiton.

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Even More Darkness: An Unboxing of Massive Darkness and the Lightbringer PackUnboxing31:05

Even More Darkness: An Unboxing of Massive Darkness and the Lightbringer Pack

Cardboard Coalition

Cardboard Coalition

Searching for Massive Darkness: An Unboxing of an Enemy Box, Heroes an Monster Set, and Some ExtrasUnboxing12:20

Searching for Massive Darkness: An Unboxing of an Enemy Box, Heroes an Monster Set, and Some Extras

Cardboard Coalition

Cardboard Coalition

The ONE Thing the Airbrush Does BESTHow to play11:18

The ONE Thing the Airbrush Does BEST

Threhane Miniatures

Threhane Miniatures

No-Stress Painting: NMM, Leather, StoneHow to play10:56

No-Stress Painting: NMM, Leather, Stone

Threhane Miniatures

Threhane Miniatures

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About Massive Darkness

From BoardGameGeek:

Massive Darkness brings the classic fantasy RPG experience to modern board gaming, with an action-packed campaign chock full of gorgeous miniatures and a streamlined system that keeps the focus on the heroes' actions, with no need for a game master to control the enemies. Using the popular Zombicide system as a starting point, Massive Darkness adds all the richness of a dungeon crawl RPG. Pick your hero, choose a class, decide on which skills to spend your XP, and get loot by searching the dungeon or killing special enemies that can use the equipment against you! Face a multitude of different enemy types, coming in all shapes and sizes, whose behavior is resolved automatically...or you can try to sneak around enemies by taking advantage of dark areas of the map. Players begin their adventure in Massive Darkness by picking a Hero – each with two special starting skills – and pair them with a Class of their choosing. Depending on the combination, another skill can be unlocked, giving players a wide range of choices and play styles. In Massive Darkness, the created Heroes go on Quests, killing monsters, collecting loot, and gaining XP. Players spend their XP to unlock new Skills, growing more powerful as the Quest progresses. Throughout the game, players encounter different monsters, including Minions, Agents, Roaming Monsters, and Bosses. An unique mechanism of the game is the Guardian. Any of the monster types have a chance of spawning as a Guardian, meaning it will use a random piece of equipment in the fight against Heroes. However, if players are able to overcome this difficult encounter, they will acquire that piece of loot!

Designers

Raphaël Guiton, Jean-Baptiste Lullien, Nicolas Raoult

Artists

Édouard Guiton, Jason Hendricks

Publisher

CMON Global Limited

Categories

AdventureExplorationFantasyFighting

Mechanics

Action PointsCooperative GameDice RollingHand Management
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