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Oct 8, 2022·Review·13:05·7·Watch on YouTube

The Stifling Dark Review - The Feeling Of Being Hunted...Because You Are...

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Watch “The Stifling Dark Review - The Feeling Of Being Hunted...Because You Are...,” a board game review for The Stifling Dark on BoardGameVideo.

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BoardGameCo Patreon (Exclusive Content) - https://bit.ly/3sKcAYf Twitch: Camp_Coop - https://bit.ly/3l7nJ14 Our Super Secret Not So Secret Channel - https://bit.ly/3MEdNbG Daily Pictures & Stuff! - https://bit.ly/39GvjNH Kickstarter Link - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sophcerb/the-stifling-dark The Stifling Dark is a one-vs-many hidden-movement horror board game with an innovative line-of-sight mechanic for 2-5 players. One player takes the role of the adversary, whose goal is to prevent the other players (the investigators) from escaping through a variety of unique actions. As an investigator, your only goals are to survive and escape. Investigators move around the board in a point-to-point fashion using their base movement speed. They may sprint to move more quickly, but they need to keep an eye on their stamina so they don't become exhausted. Additionally, investigators can pick up and use items, lock and unlock doors, or use their flashlights to try and find the adversary. Meanwhile, the adversary is secretly moving around the board, trying to stop the investigators from escaping. There are a variety of investigators to choose from, each with their own special abilities. The adversary also has multiple attacks and abilities that change how you play the game. Will you fix the car and drive out, or will you override the gate and try to sneak out? The investigators will need to decide if they want to stick together to watch each other's backs, or split up to race towards the exit. Either way, they must move quickly - the longer the game takes, the more chances the adversary has to stop them! The game ends when either all of the investigators escape (meaning the investigators won) or the adversary achieves their win condition (which is different for each adversary). BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/346773/stifling-dark TimeStamps: 0:00:00 - Overview 0:04:20 - Ease of Play 0:05:28 - What I Like 0:08:11 - What I Don't Like 0:09:57 - What I Can See Others Not Liking 0:11:13 - Final Thoughts 0:12:25 - Recommendations 5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands. 4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc. 4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience. 3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad. 3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep. 2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself 2.0 - A game I don't want to play again 1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend 1.0 - A game that is just bad. My Review Board - https://bit.ly/2Y9PFJF Explanation of Review Board - https://youtu.be/jA-Zb2StGjk Upgrade Your Game At Top Shelf Gamer (Referral Link) https://bit.ly/3siD0PL My Game Table (Non Referral) https://bit.ly/3aYUdpp For media inquiries, please email me at alex@boardgameco.com For Gamefound inquiries, please email me at a.radcliffe@gamefound.com

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The Stifling Dark

The Stifling Dark

2024·Jeremy Geenen, Ethan Janssen, Matt Rayford

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24
Creators
18

Mainly reviews. The Stifling Dark is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 2 other videos.

2 - 5 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About The Stifling Dark, from BoardGameGeek:

The Stifling Dark is a one-vs-many hidden-movement horror board game with an innovative line-of-sight mechanic for 2-5 players. One player takes the role of the adversary, whose goal is to prevent the other players (the investigators) from escaping through a variety of unique actions. As an investigator, your only goals are to survive and escape. Investigators move around the board in a point-to-point fashion using their base movement speed. They may sprint to move more quickly, but they need to keep an eye on their stamina so they don't become exhausted. Additionally, investigators can pick up and use items, lock and unlock doors, or use their flashlights to try and find the adversary. Meanwhile, the adversary is secretly moving around the board, trying to stop the investigators from escaping. There are a variety of investigators to choose from, each with their own special abilities. The adversary also has multiple attacks and abilities that change how you play the game. Will you fix the car and drive out, or will you override the gate and try to sneak out? The investigators will need to decide if they want to stick together to watch each other's backs, or split up to race towards the exit. Either way, they must move quickly - the longer the game takes, the more chances the adversary has to stop them! The game ends when either all of the investigators escape (meaning the investigators won) or the adversary achieves their win condition (which is different for each adversary).

Designers

Jeremy Geenen, Ethan Janssen, Matt Rayford

Artist

Cory Freeman

Publisher

Sophisticated Cerberus Games, LLC

Categories

Horror

Mechanics

DeductionHidden Movement
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