2024Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras
- Videos
- 6
- Creators
- 5
2 - 4 players60 - 120 min

2022Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras
Mainly playthroughs. Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 32 recorded sessions, 11 unboxings, and 9 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
“Ruin has come to our family.” In this adaptation of Red Hook's Darkest Dungeon video game, you strive to cleanse a manor and its surroundings of all manner of evil: hordes of the undead, foul beasts and eldritch abominations. And, finally, either at death's door or at your wit's end, you will have to uproot evil itself from the darkest dungeon. Darkest Dungeon is a fully cooperative dungeon crawl game in which players take on the role of adventurers. Although brave and determined, adventurers are only human! They are prone to the madness and pain the twisted dwellers of the dungeons will inflict upon them. Death can occur, but is not the worst fate: heroes can be driven mad and beyond help! The game is played in campaigns of 11 missions. To reach the Darkest Dungeon itself, players will undertake 3 missions per threat level and vanquish the boss. Then, they will be strong enough and face the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon! They may emerge victorious, if they dispatch the source of evil that plagues the land. For each hero, select 3 skills out of 7 before heading into your mission (and level the heroes up to gain access to more skills). In each room, pick the most suitable stance to best resolve the conflict! Then, on each turn, a player chooses two of the available actions of moving, interacting with the environment, changing their stance or using a skill (if eligible for their current stance). Triumph over encounters, resist rampant madness and emerge victorious before throwing yourself into another battle. Between missions, spend your time in the hamlet, visiting various buildings to find relief from the physical and mental trauma you've just endured. Restore the hamlet to its former glory and it will reward you and help you to fulfill the ultimate goal.
Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game has 71 videos from 32 creators: 15 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 32 playthroughs, 11 unboxings and 9 other videos. They date from 2020 to October 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Darkest Dungeon Details!" by The King of Average, which runs 34 min. For a quicker teach, "Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game | Kickstarter Preview | Setup" by Rolling Solo runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Darkest Dungeon | Review | With Mike" by One Stop Co-op Shop. 12 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game | Exploration & Battles | Part #1" by Rolling Solo, one of 32 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Back O' Beyond: Tales of Blood & Salt and Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game – The Crimson Court, also by Nick Niotis, or Descent: Legends of the Dark and Sword & Sorcery: Immortal Souls, which share several of its mechanics.
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2024Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras
2 - 4 players60 - 120 min
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1 - 4 players90 - 0 minHeavy weight
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1 - 4 players120 - 180 minMedium weight
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1 - 5 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
“Ruin has come to our family.” In this adaptation of Red Hook's Darkest Dungeon video game, you strive to cleanse a manor and its surroundings of all manner of evil: hordes of the undead, foul beasts and eldritch abominations. And, finally, either at death's door or at your wit's end, you will have to uproot evil itself from the darkest dungeon. Darkest Dungeon is a fully cooperative dungeon crawl game in which players take on the role of adventurers. Although brave and determined, adventurers are only human! They are prone to the madness and pain the twisted dwellers of the dungeons will inflict upon them. Death can occur, but is not the worst fate: heroes can be driven mad and beyond help! The game is played in campaigns of 11 missions. To reach the Darkest Dungeon itself, players will undertake 3 missions per threat level and vanquish the boss. Then, they will be strong enough and face the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon! They may emerge victorious, if they dispatch the source of evil that plagues the land. For each hero, select 3 skills out of 7 before heading into your mission (and level the heroes up to gain access to more skills). In each room, pick the most suitable stance to best resolve the conflict! Then, on each turn, a player chooses two of the available actions of moving, interacting with the environment, changing their stance or using a skill (if eligible for their current stance). Triumph over encounters, resist rampant madness and emerge victorious before throwing yourself into another battle. Between missions, spend your time in the hamlet, visiting various buildings to find relief from the physical and mental trauma you've just endured. Restore the hamlet to its former glory and it will reward you and help you to fulfill the ultimate goal.
Designers
Nick Niotis, Argyris Poungouras
Artists
Christopher Bourassa, Léni Scheider
Publisher
Mythic Games
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