The Blessed Dark

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.8

More strategic control

Table feel

The Blessed Dark has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's actions. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.

Replay value

The Blessed Dark has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and adaptability to different player counts. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the investment.

Luck profile

The Blessed Dark has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, making luck play a minor role in the game. Overall, the game relies more on player decisions and strategy, with a balanced mix of luck and strategy. The final luck score for The Blessed Dark is 7.67.

Overview

The dark is calling... Gather blood, complete rituals, cast spells, and summon demons in a bid to gain the favor of the ancient ones. Will you become the chosen? The Blessed Dark is a cult-themed mint-tin card and dice game for 2-4 players. It features a mix of push your luck and light take that elements. Players work to build out a Grimoire of spells, gather the blood resources to power them, and conduct rituals (rolling the dice) to see what primordial energies that can harness to summon demons or trigger spells. This pocket-sized game fits in a custom black Altoids-size mint tin and includes folded instructions, 3 ritual dice, 32 mini-size cards, and 20 blood tokens (8mm red plastic cubes). —description from the designer

Mechanism

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Dice Rolling Hand Management Push Your Luck Take That

Family

2

Containers: Mint Tins Crowdfunding: Kickstarter

Media

The Blessed Dark cover image

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Credits

Designers

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Nathan Meunier

Artists

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