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Dark Heists

Dark Heists

2025·Moe Poplar

Videos
14
Creators
8

Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Dark Heists is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 5 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

You are a crime lord in the world of Dark Heists. Do petty larcenies and choose from monsters, hardened criminals and crooked cops to build your gang. When you're ready, it's time to do a heists: ambush a funeral, collect a bounty on a dangerous ghosts or pull a honey pot scam. Then you're ready for the big time; kill a vampire, sell some hypnotic dust or get paid to resurrect a recently deceased client. But hurry, other crime lords in the city are trying to do the same thing, and they'll stab you in the back to stop your ascent if you don't get them first. The crime lord with the most notoriety at the end of the game, wins. Dark Heists is a strategic deck builder game for 1 to 4 players. Ages 14 and up. Contains Mature themes. Recruit monstrous criminals and criminal monsters to do high stakes heists in this spooky deck builder game. The first player to complete three heists triggers the final round. When the last player has taken their turn, everyone counts their notoriety from crew, heists and coins and the player with the most notoriety wins. Dark Heists is a game of deck building and heists with crooked cops, horrific monsters and other criminals. Heists challenge your entire crew, requiring you to draw multiple hands and meeting thematic challenges by amassing more crime or sway in your hand, than the challenge threshold. Want zombie minions to terrify the people? generate 7 Sway. Want to kill the vampire? Generate 9 Crime. The game ends when one player completes three heists. The player with the most notoriety, gained from heists, coins and recruits, wins. -description from THE designer

Dark Heists

Watch first

Learn to play

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play12:56

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Review

Dark Heists5:39

Dark Heists

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Watch it played

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play25:39

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Which Dark Heists video should I watch?

Dark Heists has 14 videos from 8 creators: 5 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs and 3 unboxings. They date from 2025 to July 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play" by Merry Married Meeples, which runs 13 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Dark Heists" by Jamie, Tabletoptiktok. 5 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play" by Merry Married Meeples, one of 3 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Crumb Snatchers, also by Moe Poplar, or Challengers!, Gwent: The Legendary Card Game and Obsession, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Review - Dark HeistsReview6:03

Review - Dark Heists

Ryan McGillen

Ryan McGillen

Dark Heists: My Favorite MechanismReview5:03

Dark Heists: My Favorite Mechanism

Stonemaier Games

Stonemaier Games

One Stop Co-op Shop discovers Dark Heists at Origins 2026Review4:01

One Stop Co-op Shop discovers Dark Heists at Origins 2026

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

“Dark Heists” Board Game ReviewReview13:54

“Dark Heists” Board Game Review

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Ben and Danielle Reviews

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo PlayPlaythrough25:39

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to PlayHow to play12:56

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Dark Heists - #unboxingUnboxing2:01

Dark Heists - #unboxing

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Dark HeistsReview5:39

Dark Heists

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

“Dark Heists” Board Game UnboxingUnboxing4:55

“Dark Heists” Board Game Unboxing

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Dark Heists - Solo Mode Play ThroughHow to play29:16

Dark Heists - Solo Mode Play Through

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

Ruel UnboxingUnboxing6:10

Ruel Unboxing

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

OFPG - Dark Heists Playthrough (Crime Does[n't] Pay!)Playthrough1:04:10

OFPG - Dark Heists Playthrough (Crime Does[n't] Pay!)

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play12:56

Dark Heists - 2 Player How to Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Dark Heists - Solo Mode Play Through29:16

Dark Heists - Solo Mode Play Through

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

Dark Heists 2 Minute walk through2:00

Dark Heists 2 Minute walk through

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

Dark Heists5:39

Dark Heists

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Jamie, Tabletoptiktok

Dark Heists: My Favorite Mechanism5:03

Dark Heists: My Favorite Mechanism

Stonemaier Games

Stonemaier Games

“Dark Heists” Board Game Review13:54

“Dark Heists” Board Game Review

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Review - Dark Heists6:03

Review - Dark Heists

Ryan McGillen

Ryan McGillen

One Stop Co-op Shop discovers Dark Heists at Origins 20264:01

One Stop Co-op Shop discovers Dark Heists at Origins 2026

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play25:39

A Notoriety Battle - Dark Heists Solo Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

OFPG - Dark Heists Playthrough (Crime Does[n't] Pay!)1:04:10

OFPG - Dark Heists Playthrough (Crime Does[n't] Pay!)

Fancy Cardboared Gaming Dark Heists Playthrough55:15

Fancy Cardboared Gaming Dark Heists Playthrough

Fancy Cardboard Gaming

Fancy Cardboard Gaming

Dark Heists - #unboxing2:01

Dark Heists - #unboxing

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

“Dark Heists” Board Game Unboxing4:55

“Dark Heists” Board Game Unboxing

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Ben and Danielle Reviews

Ruel Unboxing6:10

Ruel Unboxing

AshyFeet

AshyFeet

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Merry Married Meeples
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok
Jamie, Tabletoptiktok
1 video of this game
Ryan McGillen
Ryan McGillen
1 video of this game
Stonemaier Games
Stonemaier Games
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About Dark Heists

From BoardGameGeek:

You are a crime lord in the world of Dark Heists. Do petty larcenies and choose from monsters, hardened criminals and crooked cops to build your gang. When you're ready, it's time to do a heists: ambush a funeral, collect a bounty on a dangerous ghosts or pull a honey pot scam. Then you're ready for the big time; kill a vampire, sell some hypnotic dust or get paid to resurrect a recently deceased client. But hurry, other crime lords in the city are trying to do the same thing, and they'll stab you in the back to stop your ascent if you don't get them first. The crime lord with the most notoriety at the end of the game, wins. Dark Heists is a strategic deck builder game for 1 to 4 players. Ages 14 and up. Contains Mature themes. Recruit monstrous criminals and criminal monsters to do high stakes heists in this spooky deck builder game. The first player to complete three heists triggers the final round. When the last player has taken their turn, everyone counts their notoriety from crew, heists and coins and the player with the most notoriety wins. Dark Heists is a game of deck building and heists with crooked cops, horrific monsters and other criminals. Heists challenge your entire crew, requiring you to draw multiple hands and meeting thematic challenges by amassing more crime or sway in your hand, than the challenge threshold. Want zombie minions to terrify the people? generate 7 Sway. Want to kill the vampire? Generate 9 Crime. The game ends when one player completes three heists. The player with the most notoriety, gained from heists, coins and recruits, wins. -description from THE designer

Designer

Moe Poplar

Artist

Guilhermo Clerch

Publisher

Ashy Feet Games

Categories

FantasyMafiaMature / AdultMedieval

Mechanics

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