Bloodborne - The Board Game

Survive the plagued streets of Yharnam and escape the shifting nightmare in a brutal, deterministic cooperative dungeon crawler that utilizes a card-driven slotting combat engine and a transforming weapon dashboard for the ultimate tactical gothic action showdown.

Bloodborne: The Board Game (designed by Eric M. Lang and Michael Shinall, and published by CMON) masterfully adapts FromSoftware’s iconic video game masterpiece into a fast-paced, highly tactical cooperative experience. Completely shedding the clunky dice-rolling mechanics of traditional dungeon crawlers, this game focuses on perfect information, positioning, and strict hand management. The core objective is a pulse-pounding, timed hunt: players coordinate as specialized Hunters exploring a modular city grid, investigating branching narrative quest lines, and hunting grotesque monsters before the Blood Moon tracks to its zenith and restarts the nightmare.

The primary strategic hurdle lies in maximizing your custom Trick Weapon dashboard while fighting against an unrelenting round-timer matrix. Combat is entirely deterministic; players spend cards from a unique, upgradable hand to fill action slots directly on their trick weapon board, dictating the speed, damage, and special effects of their strikes. Managing your weapon's forms is essential—sacrificing a card lets you transform your weapon panel, instantly clearing out spent slots and unlocking a completely separate set of combat stats. True tactical mastery requires strict resource calculation: knowing exactly when to retreat to the safety of the Hunter's Dream to upgrade your stat deck, tracking specialized enemy attack scripts that hit with punishing speed, and ensuring your team coordinates narrative insight goals before the shifting 60-to-90 minute session runs completely out of time.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 14+ Years
Publisher: CMON / Asmodee
Play Time: 60-90 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: Medium-High (Cooperative Play, Diceless Stat-Card Combat, Grid Management, Hand Upgrading, Modular Exploration)

What's in the Box?

• 4 Plastic Hunter Miniatures and 4 Matching Asymmetric Trick Weapon Dashboards
• 28 Plastic Scourge Beast, Church Servant, and Huntsman Enemy Miniatures
• 5 Large-Format Multi-Phase Plastic Boss Miniatures
• 20 Modular Double-Sided Heavy Cardboard City and Dungeon Map Tiles
• 200+ Unique Combat, Upgrade, Reward, and Campaign Narrative Cards
• 4 Dual-Layered Player Stat and Health Trackers
• 60+ Punch-Out Cardboard Blood Echo, Insight, and Consumable Tokens
• 1 Strategic Rulebook Booklet