In the Heart of Darkness

[Old Dwarf]

This was another KS I completely missed & found only later BGG
& it rings a lot of my bells:

- Great Horror Theme 1-4 players

-The Game Board(s) & bits are well done & reinforce the Dark theme.
The Game uses standees which I usually hate but these are well
done ,realistic & you don't need to paint them (my backlog needs no
more additions).

-Game play is rather standard-Explore a deserted Island,find items needed
for the Victory conditions ,manage curses, conduct Missions & leave before the
Darkness Level shuts the Game down.

-Besides the Base Game 2 Campaigns are included each with 7 or 5 Chapters

The KS Game was a reasonable cost $44 USA & was to be a KS Exclusive but
is now released to the public with same content as the KS.I ordered
mine from Miniature Market for $42 & change which included the Game,
NJ taxes & Shipping. Here's a Link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...escription

I was surprised the Game had such a skimpy back story, it's like 1 sentence
at the start of the KS. Nothing explains why the creatures are roaming
the Island nor why certain locations on the island function as they do.

The Base Game victory conditions require that a # of random missions
(based on the # of Protagonist(Investigators) in the game plus finding
3 radio parts to summon a rescue ship. The set up states the Protagonist
upon the arriving on the Island disassemble their long-range radio
& distribute the parts among themselves to make sure everyone leaves at once.
Then they go out & have to find radio Parts on the island-it makes no sense?
The mechanic works but I feel it could have been implemented better
as to what needs to be collected for winning the Game.

The Standee Creatures are very Lovecraftian looking like Dark Young
& Haster minions who took the Unspeakable Oath. But nothing of the Mythos
is developed.

I can't comment on the Campaigns as no information is given so I'll
need to wait a few days to my Game is delivered,Here are the Rules:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xCio0M3...uD8sE/view

Looking forward to getting this on the Table but before I do I'm going to
write up my own background for the Game & cover why the Creatures
are on the island, why its deserted & why Investigators are being sent
to the island. I will also convert the Radio Parts objectives to something
that makes more sense& Lovecraft the Game up.

OD

PS I just found a link to the 2 Campaigns:

https://tabletopia.com/games/in-the-heart-of-darkness
The Campaign Link is halfway down under Rules.

They change the Base Game & use backstories for the chapters.

The blurb indicates that Mona is island off the S.Coast of France! With all due respect
I can't really picture this location as a setting for a Horror game. For my Games I'm
changing it to a godforsaken island in Lake Superior just off the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.