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‘Darkest Dungeon’ Board Game Miniatures Revealed, Gameplay Previewed [Video]

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Last month, it was announced that Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon would be the latest video game to receive a board game adaptation. And over the weekend, the official Twitter page gave a quick preview of the miniatures for the board game coming from Mythic Games.

Mythic Games in turn posted the same screenshot, as well as announcing that the board game will be receiving a Kickstarter later this Fall for fans to get a jump start in supporting the project. Mythic Games also had a bit of the preview of the gameplay during the final day of GenCon Online, which you can see in the video below (around the 30:15 mark).

Much like the video game, Darkest Dungeon in board game form is a campaign game, where you’ll be questing into dungeons to battle monsters, cultists and more. As you fight, you take on deadlier foes and battle bosses before being allowed to enter the Darkest Dungeon and defeat the final boss. The board game looks to remain as faithful to the video game as possible, using many elements from the video game, but tweaks things where necessary.

As for the sequel, Red Hook admits that things have been quiet, but want to share more “when the stars are right”.

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‘The Backrooms’-Inspired Horror-Adventure Game ‘The Bathrooms’ Arrives May 17th [Trailer]

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The Backrooms internet phenomena (which has been capitalized upon in video game and soon in film form) is still ripe for picking. Developer/publisher Hidden Palace has their own inspired take coming later this month with The Bathrooms, which is set to arrive on Steam on May 17th. As you’d expect, you’ll be exposed “a plethora of strange, unexplainable occurrences and unnatural irregularities that are typically not fully understood.”

The story goes that you wake up near a foggy, deserted school with no memory of what happened. You soon discover that your beloved dog Shibosu has gone missing, having been kidnapped by the Custodian. You must now brave the realm of cold, endless halls to find him, with the hard part then being to escape the nightmare using your wits and skill. Complicating matters is that you discover that you’re being hunted by strange entities all the while. Not to mention the custodian.

The Bathrooms features a procedurally-generated world with nonlinear gameplay, meaning that no two games will ever be the same. You can choose to face your foes head-on with a weapon if you are brave, or choose a stealthier approach to avoid confrontation. Your survival in this nightmarish dreamscape depends on you having optimum “copium” levels. Inhale regularly and keep your copium tank full, or face an instant demise.

As you might expect, you’ll have to find ways to obtain copium in order to progress. Along the way, you may ponder your orb, a magical seeing stone with mystical revelations guiding you towards your goals, and sometimes warning you of danger. Use it wisely.

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