#Darkest dungeon board game update
#Darkest dungeon board game series

Redditor AussiesOnTheRocks describes this request as 'extorting KS backers', and many commenters on that Reddit post agree with them. Naturally, this has some backers displeased.

Here's a breakdown of how Mythic Games is calculating the contribution you need to make if you're a Darkest Dungeon board game backer.

Mythic says it wants your contribution by August 1st in order to start shipping by mid-August, but that if you don't pay, your game will be 'added to containers as payments are made'. Depending on your level of pledge, this could be anything from $18 through to $69. As such, Mythic is asking players who want their Darkest Dungeon board game Wave 1 content to pay extra in order to receive their games in a timely fashion. However, due to a 'significant increase in costs' which Mythic Games attributes to both COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, the developer says shipping has increased 'by an average of 600%'. In the update, Mythic Games says that 'Wave 1' of the Darkest Dungeon board game is ready to be shipped and that 'Wave 2' should start printing in early 2023. If you want your Darkest Dungeon board game on time and you backed it on Kickstarter, you'd better be willing to cough up some extra cash. Mythic says that it and Red Hook are coughing up half of the cash needed to cover unexpected extra shipping costs the studio estimates extra costs of about $1.75 million, and it's contributing $775,000 towards that, with Darkest Dungeon developer Red Hook contributing the remaining $100,000. In essence, Mythic Games wants you to pony up some extra cash if you want your game delivered soon.

#Darkest dungeon board game update

However, in a new update posted by Mythic Games on Wednesday, the company says it needs an 'additional contribution' in order to 'bring the Darkest Dungeon board game to life'. The game was successfully Kickstarted to the tune of $5.6 million, so you'd think it would be reasonable for backers to expect their games to be delivered on time. It's been over two years since Mythic Games' Darkest Dungeon board game was originally announced. Why do the Darkest Dungeon board game creators want more cash? Mythic Games wants an extra payment from backers by next week if they want their game in a timely fashion, or else they're going to have to wait an indeterminate amount of time. The Darkest Dungeon board game will come with all of the game’s default classes, 32 dice for various functions, 12 room tiles, 16 hero boards, four skill boards, one Hamlet board, three main dashboards, over ten dungeon cards, and 400 tarot, poker, and mini euro cards for various functions, with 200 different tokens.The creator of the upcoming Darkest Dungeon board game is asking for extra cash in order to ship the game. The board game is similar, as players take on the role of four characters, dealing with enemies and the stresses of dungeon-delving. However, the work isn’t over, with various stretch goals (including a Musketeer figure, and a DLC campaign for the Crimson Court DLC) still needing to be reached.ĭarkest Dungeon puts you in the role of an heir to a once-prominent noble family, where you must clear your ancestral estate of various horrors ranging from the mundane to the utterly maddening. Just today the Darkest Dungeon board game went live on Kickstarter, and has already reached its funding goal on the first day.ĭeveloped by Mythic Games, the board game originally had a $300,000 funding goal, and smashed that with $500,000 in less than an hour from over 400 backers.

#Darkest dungeon board game series

If you’re a fan of Red Hook’s Darkest Dungeon series and have been wanting a board game version of it, don’t worry, because Red Hook has your back.