Let's Play: Dark Souls - The Board Game [Part One] 

cool, I can't find the time, it takes me 5 hours for me just to get trough the winged knight xD

@@timboprime 5 hours just on the boss?

​@@chadvader974It's been a while but I don't think just the boss, I think I ment the dungeon mobs as well. even if I did it was probably because I was reading the rules as I went, takes a long time that way. The game could take a long while if you want a lot of treasure before a boss, especially if you're unfamiliar with the rules, but it's a great time if you and maybe a couple of friends are willing to spend a saturday smacking monsters

timbosix , "dungeon mob" this isn't an MMO! This is a board game! You wouldn't call them "dungeon mobs" in the Dark Souls games, would you? Obviously you wouldn't...

Nice! I painted all mine too... i cant wait for all the KS stretch goals!!!!

Frozen Flesh , expansions.

I'm late but I just got the board game a and a few of the expension! The minis in the main game are insanely beautifull, well worth for the models. Sadly I wasnt that impress with the ghost/invader expension...they arent as details sadly

Finished most of the painting of mine too, the gargoyle was the most difficult so far. But it turned out nice

The shortsword is more geared towards fencing and is a Dex oriented weapon. Longsword is Strength oriented. Two weapons for two different builds.

Fireball; got it! Time to go easy mode!

I believe you have to stay within the arc you're in.

That's Dark Souls.

Gargomaxthalus do you just back to the campfire when you complete?

This is one of the things I disliked most about the game and came up with a house rule change for (to note, I do very much like the game as a whole, just elements that don't feel are right). Tougher encounters should offer greater rewards. With the current way souls are earned, a boss could potentially give you 0 souls if you have 0 sparks left (i.e. your last possible attempt). How is that fair? Dark Souls is tough, but fair. So my soul system is as follows: - 2 souls per character for encounter level 1 rooms (no change, same as regular rules) - 3 souls per character for encounter level 2 rooms - 4 souls per character for encounter level 3 rooms - 5 souls per character for mini-boss and bosses (ignore sparks) Because of this increased soul gain, I also changed the way the item deck works, the other big area where I felt the board game drastically differed from the video game). Previously, it was just way too random. No where in any Souls game do you ever have to buy gear randomly and hope you get something that you can use. So I created a shop. I split the item deck into three tiers (as shown by this spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zs8eZmzGKgLbSP6UTXEzxZfU3YoVDWnvqxqICAHLcbQ/edit#gid=0). I then flip over a certain amount of cards from each deck to be available, almost like window shopping: 3 cards from tier 1, 2 from tier 2, and 1 from tier 3. Each deck also increases in cost, respective to their tier. In other words, items from tier 1 costs 1 soul, from tier 2 costs 2, and tier 3 costs 3. Players may also pay 1 soul and "reset" one of the shops of their choosing, returning all cards to the bottom of the deck and revealing the appropriate amount of new ones. Treasure chests also received a slight modification because of this. Chests in Encounter levels 1 and 2 rooms will have players draw 2 cards from the top of the Tier 1 and 2 decks, respectively, while Encounter level 3 chests will yield a single card from the tier 3 deck. I've played the game numerous times prior to these changes with only the regular rules, and after adding these house rules, and I feel the game flows so much more smoothly and is more in the spirit of the video game.

I mostly agree with your changes. I would nerf by 1 soul every of your encounter tier. I just don't get how they failed the reward/difficulty system. It is an essential part of the Souls universe. Also, it feels really wrong that large hollow soldier are stronger that Silver Knights :O But overall, the game is very nice. Thank you for your answer. I hope they update the game once they release an extension.

When did normal encounters change to yield souls per character? I might have an outdated rulebook.

I don't know, I just bought it. How is it working according to your book?

Page 19, under "Ending an Encounter," it specifically says character. The only thing player count affects is the amount of Sparks you have. Soul gain HAS to be character-based because, since this game can be played solo, what's to stop one player from controlling all 4 characters? If souls were player-based, then going by the normal rules, you'd only get 2 souls per encounter even though you're controlling 4 characters. You would NEVER be able to gain enough gear and levels to be worth a damn.

Paul Smith sigh....fuck you