How to Play Dark Souls Board Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- Nick here! Today you will learn how to play Dark Souls The Board Game from Steamforged Games.
This game is a cooperative dungeon crawl board game for 1-4 players where you must work together tactically to learn how to defeat enemies before finally confronting the boss. Dark Souls board game has encounters that will bring memories of the video game series.
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▶ Beginner's guide to characters - • Beginner's Guide to Ch...
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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - Setup
3:48 - How to Play
6:27 - Enemy Behavior (Ranged Attacks)
8:18 - Damage Resolution
12:29 - Enemy Behavior (Melee & Push Attacks)
14:56 - Player Character Actions
18:43 - Weapon special abilities & Condition Tokens
20:28 - Character Limited Actions
23:06 - Encounter resolution
23:49 - Bonfire Tile (Buying/Upgrading Equipment & Level Up)
25:58 - Party Defeat Conditions
26:40 - Mini Boss Setup
27:44 - Boss fight Explanation
32:49 - Defeating a Mini Boss & Setup for Main Boss
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The best single player board game I have ever come across! Can’t wait for the Elden ring board game
My knight had a pretty wobbly sword, too. If you run it under hot water it will go soft, then you can reshape it and run it under cold water to firm it back up!
Great video by the way! 😁
I just got one board game and I love it ! About the dodge rule I may be wrong but there is something you forgot to mention : when the player dodge he may choose to move to an adjacent node whenever he succeed the roll dice OR missed it. It is not mendatory to move out from your node once you succed your dodge, which is a plus when you have the assassin in order to backstab with 0 range weapon when being on the same node at the dodged ennemy. Tell me what you think about it. High quality video I appreciated it !
Yup. Page 25 explains dodging very well.
Yes, the "free" movement is allowed, at the player's option, regardless of whether the dodge is successful. The Assassin's heroic action is one example of when you would choose to stay on the node with the enemy.
Finally a good tutorial video! Good editing, simple explication, straight to the point.
Good job!
Thanks a lot! We are glad you liked it. We`ve been working on it for a while and it was quite something to edit :) Cheers and thanks for been here with us.
Clear, concise, well made video. An absolute boon for a complete board game novice like me. I feel lucky to have found your channel. Many thanks.
Thanks a lot!! Feel free to suggest other games you would like how to play videos :) We do a few every month
I agree, that's a very well done tutorial
We just started playing this game with my friends, without your video, we wouldn't have been able to even get started! Thanks very much for your help!
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I honestly hate the rule book for this game it’s written way to complicated than it needed to be!
Really great, well made, comprehensive video! Thank you!
I had some doubts with this game reading the instructions. Thanks to your video is all clear! Great explanation of everything!
Thanks!
Subbed immediately! I have misophonia which means its difficult for me to find tutorials videos with voices i can tolerate. But your voice isn’t annoying in the slightest and you give a simple clear instruction! Thx so much for the video!
great and informational video, thanks
Great informative video mate, well done! My set just arrived and now after watching I am ready to begin!
Have fun!
Your channel is fantastic. Thanks for a great playthrough and clear explanation. The painting tutorials are phenomenal
Regards from Capetown South Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you so much! It’s really cool to see the channel grow and increase its reach. Cheers!!
Great video! I just bought my own copy, I can't wait to played it. But I'll have to wait to start painting haha
when the mini boss died and you said reset the board my heart dropped because i forgot that mini boss meant there was a main boss
Superb, clean, clear tutorial. Thank you for this. Me and my boy and played a few times, but always struggled with rules when it came to the mini boss / boss section. We kept finding them too easy! We were not using the arcs correctly.
Glad to help! Feel free to suggest how to play videos of your favourite games too!
Just picked up this game to play with my friends and this video was a great help to fully understand the game, thank you
How is it? Do you recommend it? Also for non-dark souls fans (my friends lol)
thanks alot for your tutorial! very easy to follow.
You are welcome!
This tutorial is Amazing.
Like and saved.
Very Clear and nice tutorial. Many thanks
Played this game for my 2021 new year & it was awesome. Thanks for the guide mate.
Cheers
Thank you for good explanation!
This video (and all the related videos to go with it) have been an absolute boon. I have been referring back to this one for clarification on most rules and while preparing to play it for the first time with friends.
With the Monster Hunter World Board Game now shipping, and with every different weapon playing with a relatively different deck and set of rules, I hope you will do a series on that as well!
EDIT: LMAO nevermind, I see you have already, which I would have noticed if I had subscribed from the beggining, so Im gonna do that now.
I've played all the souls borne games, and this sounds amazing, and surprisingly exactly like the game. Thats so wild and impressive. I wanna get this so bad
@Kevin Candelario
what mean once per spark after making a block roll the knight may roll an additional blue die and add it to the roll, specially "spark" here?
Been playing this for years and you still managed to clarify some mistakes that we make over here. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
This video will make it so much easier to explain to my friends!
Great video. Game looks great too. I hope to pick it up someday.
Thank you! I now know how to play darksouls the board game! Much easier then reading the entire book
Awesome content and very helpful
Thank you so much!
Just gonna refer to all your guides when I can't remember or don't understand something cause these are concise, but still extremely informative. Considering I just started collecting these expansions I'm gonna be using these a lot I feel like lol
Thank you very much!
Best video tutorial I've seen in a while!
Wow, thanks!
This looks so fun to play!
Thanks for this great video !
Glad you liked it! Feel free to suggest other videos too. Cheers!
Really helpful
You are ONLY allowed to start on ENTRY NODES, not terrain nodes as well. an entry node is a BASIC NODE along the DOORWAY.
You don't block magic attacks, you resist them. There are block, resist, and dodge dice rolling types. This terminology is important. For example if you look at the Knight's heroic action. The heroic action only works for Block dice rolls, not Resist dice rolls. The word roll can be confusing. Roll means: rolling of the di or dice, not the same as dodge.
Basically: Characters Block roll Physical attacks and Resist roll Magical attacks OR you can Dodge roll Any attack.
Enemies that do Move Attacks DO NOT move characters on the beginning node, only nodes the enemy moves into.
Enemies that do Move Pushes however, Do push characters put of beginning node.
Bleed token is removed once the target suffers the additional bleed damage.
Traps are reset after encounters. If you are on the same node as a trap nothing happens. You must walk into them so the trap activates.
There are also more rules for the campaigne mode.
Luck tokens can Not be used for Resist rolls.
This is the coolest board game I've ever seen. (I love dark souls)
Excellent video. I’ll be sharing this before our first DSBG meet up
Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions while playing. Cheers
Not without a challenge, but my first playthrough was lucky enough and I have defeated the due of Orni and Smough.
Great!!
Very good video, thank you for making many things more clear. However, are you sure the boss turns when it moves? Where does the rules say that?
Thanks for your video's! They are a great help! Are you also going to cover the new "2nd Edition" rules of the new coresets in the near future?
Hi! Yes we will. Stay tuned!
My brother just got me this for my birthday and I am HYPED
Niiiice, I bet you are going to like it a lot!
@@TabletopDuo we played a couple games already but wont quite have the grasp of it. This video helped us tons
Great tutorial. Removed that daunting feeling I had about this game.
nice video:)
Your explanations are great!
Can you do star wars rebellion?
Good idea! I can’t promisse a date but we will look into making one. Cheers
Great Video and Very detailed thank you very much :). Just subscribed 👍
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Finished my first game with my brother tonight. Your video helped me understand things well. Your English is quite good!
great video, explained it very well!
just one small question: are the players allowed to look at the enemy cards or are they hidden from them?
Hi, regular enemies yes, you can look at them. Cheers
@@TabletopDuo wow thanks for the quick answer! cheers!
I don't know if there is a mistake in the rule book but it specifically says that you don't remove damage counters after a fight, only endurance.
Hi, this was an early doubt we had but no, you do remove both damage and stamina counters after finishing an encounter. Cheers :)
@@TabletopDuo thx :), or thought I guess for more hard-core player they can choose not to
Those paint jobs are incredible
Thanks!!
yeah they look really cool, sadly they cost a ton of money for someone else to it for you tho lmao
May I suggest a video that covers some popular house rules?
Hi @TEG_Jevous, yes sure! Its a great suggestion. I should have something up on the house rules for the next month. Feel free to suggest other topics as well. Cheers
Hello, thank you so much for the great explanation! We just got the game recently but had some small doubts, like what exactly is the reason for having barrels on the map, do they just make you waste 1 stamina or do they have any other effects on the board?
Hi, thanks! Its basically just an obstacle.
Lol I litterly too the wrap off my KS edition (from 2016!) ....3 weeks ago and started painting it. Havent played a game yet.
That's awesome! I hope you find this tutorial and the painting guides useful!
Hi,
finally got the game yesterday and I am having a blast :D
Could you tell me what quality card sleeves you recommend buying for the small and large cards so that they stay healthy?
Hi, we would recommend Mayday Games Premium. For Mayday the large cards you can go with 63.5x88mm and for the small you can go with 41x63mm. You can also go with Fantasy Flight Gray ---> Standard card And Yellow ---> Mini USA. We always use premium as the plastic is thicker. Cheers and enjoy your game!
Where did you get the sleeves for the cards? Specifically the small card sleeves? Also, did you paint your own figurines? If so, what paint do you recommend? Thank you for this video! I got this game for christmas and I didnt want it to get destroyed because of how beautiful it is!
Hi, regarding the miniature painting, we have video tutorials on how to paint and colors to use for every single miniature :) for the sleeves we use Mayday Premium. Cheers
I would love to know where to get the cars sleeves for the small cards
Thank you for this, this video is extremely high quality, concise, and enjoyable. Very easy to revisit if I forget rules!
Glad to hear! Cheers
Okay my set did not come with any of these things, it was the sunless city core set and did not come with a fog gate
What is the music theme playing in the background ? It is beautiful and mysterious.
Hey what sleeves are you using, for the cards in this game? I’ve just got the core set and want to sleeve everything, before playing.
oMg where did use get those card protectors ? I need them on my life . i meant as far as aI know we need to take care of keeping the game stuff on the best conditions ! please let us know :)
Hey! I just got this game today and was playing with a friend. We were confused on why there are three item slots for both he left and right and three for backup. Can you have multiple weapons/items equipped and use them all in a single character activation? Or do you only have one item actively used in each hand (assuming one handed) and you have to swap with backup to use another one???
Hi, you can only use one item on each hand - assuming both are one handed. so if you have two equipped swords - left and right - you attack twice. The backup slot allows you to have anothet weapon/shield that you can swap according to the rules stated in the video. The backup slot looks like it supports 3 items but in fact that visual is just to state that if the item there has upgrades, they go too. Let me know if you still have questions. Cheers
I looked up outta curiosity, what a complex game
Im still confused about two things.
1. The attack wheel for bosses. I understand that if you attack a bosses's arc that was red in their last attack, you get an extra die. For the green arcs, they attack all nodes in the arcs that are green, but what if the character they are targetting is not in a green arc? Does that character still get attacked? And then what happens in black arcs? What if there are no green arcs on the attack?
2. If an enemy data card has only a damaging push movement, and no attack and you are on the same node when they start their movement. Do you just take no damage? For example the big axe hollow. If you just stay on the same node as them can you just not be damaged cause they cant move towards you?
did you buy those card sleeves or did they come with the game?
So in reference to the boss arcs indicated on the boss behavior cards. When referencing a card, how do you determine which arc is the forward facing arc? Is the top most arc displayed on the card always the bosses forward? Or is the top of the circle referencing the arc behind the boss?
Hi, the top is aleays the boss forward arc. Cheers!
Going into this video because the rule book is so damn complicated
Cara... excelente vídeo! Perfeição no seu trabalho, explicação, dicção, inglês, tudo! Apesar de entender bem o que você explica em inglês, estou tentando entender o pq do título e descrição em PT-BR, enquanto o vídeo é para "inglês ver"?! A proposta é mesmo atrair jogadores brasileiros que precisam entender as regras do jogo em inglês? Posso estar por fora, e talvez exista um dual-channel no audio? Minha pergunta é genuína, also meus parabéns.
Ola Elton, obrigado :) Infelizmente ainda nao pude trabalhar nas legendas do video mas a idea é ter ele com essas legendas em portugues. No momento a intenção é atrair brasileiros que queiram entender as regras e saibam ingles mas se tiverem duvidas posso responder em portugues. Quando as legendas entrarem ai fica mais facil. Obrigado!
@@TabletopDuo Posso te ajudar a fazer as legendas. Autonomamente, sem vínculo. Ajuda muitíssimo se puder me enviar o texto, abre o vídeo para anexo de legenda do público, que eu traduzo o texto e cuido da sincronia. E-mail para contato?
Where did you get the plastic pockets for your cards?
Where did you buy the cards protectors?
What do you do with the blue treasure cards
Why would a crossbow hollow do only magical damage? Are its bolts enchanted or something?
Could I ask, Why the Titanite demon is considered a miniboss yet on his card it has the main boss icon? For your mini boss example you use the mini boss tile but the icon doesn't match the titanite demons icon on your card. I looked in the rulebook and it says it's a mini boss and in the books picture it has the mini boss icon on the card shown. Is this just a misprint?
I also wanted to ask if an enemy moves twice to the nearest character, but reaches that player after only 1 movement. Does it then just stay still on that tile as it is touching the nearest character?
Other than that you video was extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!
Hi, the icon on the board is a generic mini-boss icon. So when you see that icon, you can use any mini boss from the game to play against. On the newest versions of the game (called core sets), the board does come with the actual mini/main boss icon. Cheers!
I just want to know, which unfortunately neither the rulebook nor the video mentions, that if an opponent is standing on the same node as the player (he doesn't have the agro token) and the monster's card says to move towards the agro target and then attack, does he ignore the player standing on the same node as him and move towards the agro, or is this invalid and does he still attack the character standing on the same field as him automatically without moving?
Hi, they will follow the target described on the attack or movement, so there will be cases where they wont attack a character in the same node. Cheers!
Spend half of hour trying to figure the dodge rules I couldn't find in the manual how many dices to use...
I have a question. Can I enter the encounter on an empty red (or purple) node or I can just enter on a yellow node?
Hi! Yes, you can :) Cheers
are the "class specific equipment" only wearable by those specific classes, or just the person with the stats to wear it?
Hello, only by the specific classes. Cheers
Hi there,
I am thinking about buying this game. As you have an extensive amount of experience with this game would you say that it is playable with the original rules? I don't mind learning rules and I love the Souls Series but I noticed that many people said they would need house rules in order to play that game properly. Are house rules needed in your opinion at all? (I don't wanna make it easier or less grindy/punishing if that is the sole reason that people decided using house rules)
Hi Maximus, you can play the game without house rules. It will be fine. There are two issues you will find when playing which will be related to the loot and the souls you gather. But you will enjoy it :) cheers
@@TabletopDuo Thanks for your answer, appreciate it. In the meantime I have already decided to get it for Christmas :D
Does anyone know where to get some sleeves for the small equipment cards?
Hi, you can find them on amazon. The size can be found on our dark souls unboxing videos. Cheers
Where did you get this set with all these pieces?
When defeating the mini boss(not in campaign) do I get to flip my tokens upgrade and buy treasure when I reset without using a spark? Or is it just a player reset for the sake of creating a new map
In the rulebook they dont mention gaining a free pass to the bonfire/blacksmith Andre when you kill the mini boss so you will have to spend a spark to do so. Cheers!
@@TabletopDuo incorrect - page 15, when the players set up the tiles again after defeating a mini boss, place the characters on the bonfire tile. They rest at the bonfire (without using a spark) before continuing their journey.
What sleeves do you use for the small cards?
Hi, mayday games - 41mm x 63mm
I have tried to play it myself and with others. I have a hard time getting level without needing to “farm” by sleeping at the camp and loosing one dial of the fire. Is this the way it is meant to be? Since one round is not enough souls to win the miniboss encounter
Hi! Yes, thats how they planned the base game. You have to grind for a few sparks before attempting a boss. You can also use a house rule where you decrease the number of starting sparks by half and double the amount of souls you get per encounter. You might still need to grind but less. Cheers!
32:34 im pretty sure you shouldn't shuffle the entire deck. Only for dancer you should do that
Ya, if memory serves correctly, it is confusing because the rules say to “shuffle in the heat up card” but then the dancer boss card says that shuffling it’s behavior deck is its gimmick.
I think the intent for most bosses was to place the heat up card in the behavior deck randomly, but keep the rest of the cards in order.
Does anybody know if they are going to put out any more expansions?
Hi Jason, we have done a video about that following the Gencon announcement they made last year. They were supposed to have more news this year but nothing so far. I will post a video as soon as I have an update. Cheers
Please tell me where u got those card sleeves from
Hi, we got them from our local board game store. We use Mayday Games Premium - 63.5 x 88 and 41 x 63
@@TabletopDuo thx. Also good and well edited tutorial
I scrolled through all of the comments to see if anyone else asked lol they look nice
After you defeat the mini boss and move to the main boss you do not reset or gain any sparks back on the bonfire?
Hi, yes you do. Cheers
I'm curious, since I couldn't find it anywhere. Does defeating the miniboss reset your sparks at the bonfire? Does it just give you a free bonfire use? Or do you carry over with the exact same hp/stamina that you had at the end of the miniboss
When you defeat a mini boss you automatically go to the bonfire for free and you gain one spark. All hp and stamina is reset after the mini boss encounter, just like its reset after each encounter
@@TabletopDuo oh man I must have been playing hard mode lmao I wasn't regenerating hp and Stam after fights
@@TabletopDuo one last question, let's say I play solo and I don't use the bonfire but defeat the miniboss, would I now have 6 sparks or does it not go above cap
hi. i got a seriously complicated question we cant find an answer for.
if an enemy stand on the same node as a player, does the enemy HAVE to move before he attacks? that would mean enemies that have to move first if they could instead gank a player.
Hi, when an enemy model is moving towards a character it will stop on the same node as the character so if their are already there, they will not move and just attack. Cheers
@@TabletopDuo aight, thought so. just unsure because move was declared to be before the attack and we couldnt find a keyword like "may". thanks for tha fast reply
So when you reset at the bonfire, are all the 4 encounters mandatory to get to the boss? Even if you already bested some encounters before the reset?
Hi, you dont necessarely has to fight all of them again to fight the boss. You can fight only the ones on the path to the boss. Cheers
@@TabletopDuo so in you're experience: is beating the four encounters once enough to have a chance to beat the mini bosses? Or do you need to grind more like in the games?
I would recommend grinding a little bit more so at least 2 characters have better gear.
@@TabletopDuo when you dial wield weapons can you attack twice (one time per weapon in hand) in your turn?
30:24 Im confused on this part. It says 6 damage, but the red & black does not deal damage? I’m not sure how the damage goes out.
Hi, in this case the damage is dealt to the nearest target within the abilities range - this is represented by the ring next to the damage icon. If there are no targets within range of this attack then no one receives damage. Cheers
Hello, I apologize in advance for my bad English but I'm not a native speaker, I'm about to buy the game and I heard that there are cards to buy to add content or have different moves, is it true? In case are they available online? Where I live I don't think anyone sells them
Hi, there are several expansions for the game which adds new bosses, treasures, enemies, etc. You can find all the expansion review in our channel. If you are looking for online content, you can check here drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/18h2AxaB9zGuKLg7OaPlUieQCkInZj2oA?usp=sharing
@@TabletopDuo thank you so much
@@TabletopDuo Is there a safe site to buy them?
Does enemies always do their movement? Or do they just attack when you are in range? Without the movement.
Hi, if you are in range they will just attack. Cheers
@@TabletopDuo thanks, so for example: the sentinal don't walk & push when there is already an character in 1 range (the halberd needs 1 range to hit) and only attacks with 6 physical damage and skips the walk part.
30:25 So in this example it deals damage to one character normally?
Hi, yes, unless besides having the closest or character with aggro, it also has the node icon (which would mean hitting everyone inside the node of the closest or character with aggro). Cheers!
when you can use boss weapons, because when you defeat a main boss they give them to you, but it's also game over
Hi, they are mostly used if you want to play long campaigns where you will fight multiple bosses along the way
thank you very much, I have another question, when a character stays in the same node as an enemy, the enemy no longer has to move and that character is still his target if he moves and hits the closest one?, and when a character that hits when moves hits how many times it moves?
Does bleed & poison deal damage without the damage resistance of the enemy? Otherwise every enemy with 1 or higher damage resistance never lose health by poison.
Hi, yes they deal damage that bypasses the damage resistance. Cheers
@@TabletopDuo thank you! I'm binging Al Nick's DS video's atm so maybe I have some questions later !
How did you get three sparks with 4 characters should be 8 max right?
Hi, if you play a 4 player game the dial should be set to 2 sparks. Cheers!
@@TabletopDuo right, so 8 souls for finishing a room. Just asking because you said you got twelve for finishing a room and I wanted to know how to get twelve souls.
For non boss encounters its 2 per player - so 8 for 4 players. For boss encounters its 1 soul per player per remaining spark. So then if you have 3 sparks and 4 players, that would be 12 souls. Cheers!
@@TabletopDuo not trying to drag this out but how do I get 3 sparks with four players
Hi, I see what you mean now. Yes you could only get 8 (2 sparks x 4 players). Unless you are playing a campaign and you got extra sparks by killing a mini boss prior to fighting another boss. Cheers!
did you paint your figurines?
I’ve seen instructions before came backs to playing it recently but I did get some rules incorrectly. At the same time somewhat balanced it.
For souls I added the same amount of souls equal to all enemies threat levels. But also increased leveling from 2-4-8 souls to 4-8-16 souls
and instead of one soul for buying equipment it was up to 2 souls. Except for transpose weopons I made a separate deck where you have to relinquish 3 items (banish items you own) and 5 soul.
These rules didn’t speed up the game at all but I do think it made it slightly unintentionaly easier. Still hard though just another way to try the game.
So if I understand this correctly if one player dies everyone dies. Is this right?
Yes!
Is this fun for 1 player?
Yes it is