Darkest Night

Players cooperatively control the last heroes of a kingdom under a necromancer’s shadow, each character bringing unique abilities and roles. The group explores the realm to find equipment, new powers, and the keys needed to unlock holy relics while confronting spreading blight and undead forces. A threat tracker grows each round as the necromancer strengthens, generating blights that can overrun regions and ultimately threaten the central monastery. Victory comes by either collecting three holy relics and returning them to the monastery to perform a ritual, or by confronting and defeating the necromancer in direct combat.

Players: 1–4 best 1
Playing time: 150 min
Age: 13+
Complexity: 2.8 / 5

7.5 on LudoyaFantasyHorrorDice RollingCooperative GameVariable Player Powers

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About the game

Design: Jeremy Lennert
Art: Dan Taylor (II)
Clark Miller
Publisher: Victory Point Games

Expansions

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Darkest Night: With an Inner Light2013

Darkest Night: On Shifting Winds2013

Darkest Night: From the Abyss2014

Darkest Night: In Tales of Old2015

Darkest Night: Nymph Promo2013

Darkest Night: Enchanter Promo2014

Darkest Night: Mercenary Promo2015

Darkest Night: Tinker Promo2015

Darkest Night: From Distant Lands2015

Darkest Night: The Small Hours2018

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15
Plays logged: 7
Players: 2h
Average play: 3
In collections: 3
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7.5/10

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Severí Vinyoles7.5
I love the theme and the dark/medieval art of the game. A remarkable point of the game is that it works well at 1, 2 or 4 players. The mechanics, despite being simple and dice-based, allows options and decisions. The characters are the most charismatic I've ever seen on a board game. The narrative, unlike other games, does not lie on illogical and heavy card texts, but it gets developed during the gameplay by the players' actions. It is tense and emotional until the final confrontation. The only flaw, in my opinion, is the length: 2,5 hours is too much for a game like this. With 1,5 hours or even 2 hours of gameplay it would have been perfect.