Darkest Night: Second Edition

Should this hit the table?

Quick read before the metadata.

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Some cooperation required.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Some cooperation required.

Replay value

Darkest Night: Second Edition has a high replayability score due to its strong variability in gameplay, deep strategic possibilities, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions adds further content and gameplay elements, enhancing the overall replay value.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Darkest Night: Second Edition is 7, indicating a moderate level of luck influence in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

Darkest Night, by designer Jeremy Lennert, is a fully-cooperative board game set in a kingdom broken under a Necromancer’s shadow. Each player takes on the role of one of the kingdom’s last heroes, each with a unique set of special abilities, just as they hatch a plan to save the realm. Can you save the kingdom from darkness? Do you have the courage, the cunning and the will to withstand the necromancer and his forces? Strategize, plan and bring out the best of your abilities to end our Darkest Night!

Mechanism

6

Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Hand Management Open Drafting Solo / Solitaire Game Variable Player Powers

Family

6

Components: Standees Crowdfunding: Kickstarter Game: Darkest Night Misc: LongPack Games Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Series: Euro Games (Victory Point Games)

Type

1

Thematic

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