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?
Set in Sideshow's original dark-fantasy world, Court of the Dead: Dark Harvest, is a strategic bidding game for 3-6 players, in which each player is vying for power in the Court of the Dead and struggling to save as many souls as possible from annihilation in the Celestial War.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Auction/Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Betting and Bluffing
Risk resources on uncertain outcomes while disguising intentions or information.
Team-Based Game
Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
Player Elimination
Players can be removed from contention before the game ends.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Read the full game description
Set in Sideshow's original dark-fantasy world, Court of the Dead: Dark Harvest, is a strategic bidding game for 3-6 players, in which each player is vying for power in the Court of the Dead and struggling to save as many souls as possible from annihilation in the Celestial War. Each game round in Court of the Dead: Dark Harvest has an income phase and two main phases of gameplay: Income, in which players receive souls and influence to spend. The Court phase, in which players will attempt to win the favor of powerful members of the court to aid their cause, The Harvest phase, in which players will attempt to satisfy the demands of the Celestials while saving as many doomed souls as they can. At the end of the game, the player who is able to shepherd the most souls to safety, behind their player screen, will win the game. —description from the publisher