Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Attack the Darkness is a table-top role-playing game, a deck-building game, and a card-drafting game all rolled into one, with the focus being on fast-paced game play in a humor-infused dark fantasy setting.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Campaign Card Play
Play cards to command conflicts and carry consequences through a campaign.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Read the full game description
Attack the Darkness is a table-top role-playing game, a deck-building game, and a card-drafting game all rolled into one, with the focus being on fast-paced game play in a humor-infused dark fantasy setting. Using miniatures in classic table-top style, players choose from one of seven unique classes and construct a custom deck that represents their character in the game. Together they face off against the fearsome dungeon deck. Players take each action on the game board, be it fighting with sword and shield, exploring with nimble footsteps, or casting fearsome magic – whatever they want to do, each action is dictated by the cards that make up their character with no dice, reference tables, or additional rulebooks required. Designed to be simple in its components yet complex in its combinations, Attack the Darkness allows for the speed and excitement of a collectable trading card game while granting the tactics and intricacies of a table-top RPG. The game is playable with one to eight players and allows for both cooperative and competitive gaming.