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2016Isaias Vallejo
- Videos
- 60
- Creators
- 51
Mainly reviews
1 - 5 players30 - 45 minMedium weight
Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn
Expansion2021Isaias Vallejo
- Videos
- 24
- Creators
- 12
Reviews and playthroughs. Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 9 recorded sessions, and 2 unboxings.
2 - 5 players
60 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
The goal of Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn is to introduce co-operative play into the Valeria world through groups of related books called Sagas. These books will lead the players through a story that unfolds during the game and offers greater immersion into the Valeria setting. New rules and cards will be introduced in each book, some lasting only through the current book and some persisting through the unfolding Saga, somewhat like a "legacy game". Darksworn uses six book-decks to tell a story of wonder, sacrifice, and adventure as you explore the territory west of Valeria and encounter a darkness that cannot go unchecked. Each book presents you with a set of new rules and several tasks that must be completed by your gaming group in order to advance to the next book in the saga. Within each book you'll find special boons to assist you and powerful monsters to challenge you. Your team will have to strike a balance between building effective tableaus of citizens that will allow you to complete the tasks and defending the decreasing center stacks of citizens that are the health of your kingdom. The play area for Darksworn is much the same as an ordinary game of Valeria: Card Kingdoms, but there are some notable changes. The story board sits above the monster row. This is where each book's story and challenges are presented, where new rules are displayed, and where citizens captured by monster attacks languish in a dark oubliette. Walls provide additional protection from the attacking monsters, but if they make it past the walls, your citizen stacks are going to suffer. At the bottom of the play area is the Blessings Board where your devotion to the radiance of Aquila can grant you special powers, free captured citizens, and even rebuild fallen walls. If any of the monsters make it through to the Blessings Board, however, all is lost.
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Which Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn video should I watch?
Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn has 24 videos from 12 creators: 13 reviews, 9 playthroughs and 2 unboxings. They date from 2021 to May 2025.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Valeria Card Kingdoms: Darksworn Preview (runthrough)" by Rahdo Runs Through. 8 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Book 1 of the VALERIA CARD KINGDOMS DARKSWORN Campaign | Solo Playthrough" by Dale the Casual Gamer, one of 9 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Valeria: Card Kingdoms, Margraves of Valeria, Castellans and Echobound Adventures, also by Isaias Vallejo.
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Dale the Casual Gamer
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Life of a Board Gamer
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CO-OP FOR TWO
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About Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn
From BoardGameGeek:
The goal of Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn is to introduce co-operative play into the Valeria world through groups of related books called Sagas. These books will lead the players through a story that unfolds during the game and offers greater immersion into the Valeria setting. New rules and cards will be introduced in each book, some lasting only through the current book and some persisting through the unfolding Saga, somewhat like a "legacy game". Darksworn uses six book-decks to tell a story of wonder, sacrifice, and adventure as you explore the territory west of Valeria and encounter a darkness that cannot go unchecked. Each book presents you with a set of new rules and several tasks that must be completed by your gaming group in order to advance to the next book in the saga. Within each book you'll find special boons to assist you and powerful monsters to challenge you. Your team will have to strike a balance between building effective tableaus of citizens that will allow you to complete the tasks and defending the decreasing center stacks of citizens that are the health of your kingdom. The play area for Darksworn is much the same as an ordinary game of Valeria: Card Kingdoms, but there are some notable changes. The story board sits above the monster row. This is where each book's story and challenges are presented, where new rules are displayed, and where citizens captured by monster attacks languish in a dark oubliette. Walls provide additional protection from the attacking monsters, but if they make it past the walls, your citizen stacks are going to suffer. At the bottom of the play area is the Blessings Board where your devotion to the radiance of Aquila can grant you special powers, free captured citizens, and even rebuild fallen walls. If any of the monsters make it through to the Blessings Board, however, all is lost.
Designer
Isaias Vallejo
Artist
Mihajlo Dimitrievski
Publisher
Daily Magic Games
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