In this adaptation of Red Hook’s acclaimed 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 Dungeonis 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 Crimson Court - This box adds a new location to the Darkest Dungeon: The Board Game, the Courtyard. The once green and lush gardens of the estate have fallen to decay. Now all you can see is the faintglow of the bloodlight, and a once lavish green place now infested with bloody insect-borne threats... and their unsuspecting victims.
The Crimson Court expansion introduces several new monsters in the game, the insect-like infestation that plagues the estate. In specific, you will get 8 new monsters, spanning from level 1 to level 3, and 4 new Bosses.
This expansion also comes with new Quest cards and new Curio cards, further expanding the Darkest Dungeon: the Board Game replayability. If there are two threats that your party of Heroes should be wary of in this location, is the constant stress and the high chances for bleed and blight.
The Crimson Court comes with 6 new room tiles. These are double-sided tiles, adding 12 new rooms in total that you can explore, making the dungeons even more dangerous and deadly. 12 new room cards are also added in your stash
