 on the horizon. The board game adaptation of Elden Ring will arrive on Kickstarter this month and we've already played it. Designed by SteamForged, makers of the Dark Souls board game and role-playing games, this joins a wealth of other video game crossovers on Kickstarter right now, including Cyberpunk 2077, The Last Of Us, and Runescape. With Elden Ring, SteamForged want to include everything that makes the original such an enigmatic experience, with attempts to try and recreate the core experience so that it's recognisable and authentic but also enjoyable for anyone that's never played the video game – or someone that's never played a modern board game. Earlier this week, we attended the preview event in the gothic setting of The Monastery (which is exactly what it sounds like) in Manchester, close to SteamForged's offices. There we got to play a prototype of the game, although much like any video game it may undergo some design changes by the time it's released in 2023. One of the main criticisms of Dark Souls: The Board Game was that if one of your party died you failed as a group, which often felt more like group punishment than a pleasurable Friday night in. Elden Ring hopes to be more amenable towards players, by slowly unfolding a version of the original's open world environment. The board game will focus primarily on exploring Limgrave and the Weeping Peninsula, as trying to cover the whole Elden Ring map would take up more than just your dining room table (although there'll almost certainly be expansions, for those who want to see){kind=link}
GameCentral goes hands-on with the Elden Ring board games and discovers how it aims to make open world exploration work on your tabletop.
With The Games Awards just around the corner, it’ll be a close fought race between Elden Ring and God Of War Ragnarök for the coveted Game of the Year award. Whoever wins there’s also a reasonable chance of hearing about DLC for Elden Ring but that’s not the only new content that’s (hopefully) on the horizon. The board game adaptation of Elden Ring will arrive on Kickstarter this month and we’ve already played it.
Designed by SteamForged, makers of the Dark Souls board game and role-playing games, this joins a wealth of other video game crossovers on Kickstarter right now, including Cyberpunk 2077, The Last Of Us, and Runescape.
With Elden Ring, SteamForged want to include everything that makes the original such an enigmatic experience, with attempts to try and recreate the core experience so that it’s recognisable and authentic but also enjoyable for anyone that’s never played the video game – or someone that’s never played a modern board game.
Earlier this week, we attended the preview event in the gothic setting of The Monastery (which is exactly what it sounds like) in Manchester, close to SteamForged’s offices. There we got to play a prototype of the game, although much like any video game it may undergo some design changes by the time it’s released in 2023.