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?
The dark is calling... Gather blood, complete rituals, cast spells, and summon demons in a bid to gain the favor of the ancient ones.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Push Your Luck
Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Read the full game description
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