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Feb 21, 2026·Playthrough·31:10·115·Watch on YouTube

Essence The Grim Expeditions PnP board game preview

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Watch “Essence The Grim Expeditions PnP board game preview,” a gameplay video for Essence: The Grim Expeditions on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Out of the Box [Board Games] on YouTube:

This week I've been playing a preview copy of “Essence: The Grim Expeditions”. This is a print and play dice-based dungeon explorer where you guide a party of heroes through a path of encounters towards a boss monster battle. The game has significant replay value with multiple heroes, hero skill/stat advancement, multiple dungeon pathways, multiple scenarios and scenarios for parties of different levels. In this video I overview the main game and play through the first node/encounter (attacked by rats in the sewers). This is a preview copy so some elements may change after the Gamefound campaign. Gamefound link: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/florianfiedler/essence-the-grim-expeditions Game files provided by the game designer for this video. #boardgame #printandplay #pnp #preview #dicegame #tabletopgames #sologames

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Essence: The Grim Expeditions

Essence: The Grim Expeditions

2026·Florian Fiedler

1 - 4 players
45 - 60 min

About Essence: The Grim Expeditions, from BoardGameGeek:

"Essence - The Grim Expeditions" is a solo or cooperative Tabletop Roguelite. What makes Essence different is that you level up your attribute bands and these are your key to transform die rolls into APs (action points). You use these to perform abilities, cast spells, or solve obstacles. This dynamic system also allows for you being attacked while still dealing with an obstacle. A cascade of penalties, joining monsters etc may slowly drag you into demise. Essence is a short legacy dice crawler in which you can level your heroes from level 1 to 8. An XP shop lets you spend XP to level up abilities, expand your attribute bands. With each level you gain a new D8 (starting with 3 at level 1), so prepare to chuck a lot of dice with your max level heroes! If you go solo you play 2+ heroes to be able to fight what's ahead of you. -description from publisher

Designer

Florian Fiedler

Artist

Vittoria Pompolani

Categories

DiceFantasy

Mechanics

Action PointsCooperative Game
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