“Ruin has come to our family.”

In this adaptation of Red Hook’s acclaimed Darkest Dungeon video game, you will strive to cleanse a manor and its surroundings of all manner of evil: hordes of the undead, foul beasts and eldritch abominations... And, finally, either at death’s door or at your wit’s end, you will need to uproot evil itself from the darkest dungeon.

Darkest Dungeon is a fully cooperative dungeon crawl game in which players will take on the role of adventurers. Although determined and brave, adventurers are only human! They are vulnerable to the madness and pain the twisted dwellers of the dungeons will inflict upon them. Death can occur, but it is not the worst fate: heroes can be driven mad and beyond help!

The game is played over campaigns of 11 missions. To reach the Darkest Dungeon itself, players undertake 3 missions per threat level and vanquish the boss. Then, they'll be strong enough and face the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon! They can emerge victorious... if they dispatch the source of evil that plagues the land.

For every hero, select 3 skills out of 7 before heading into your mission (and level the heroes up to gain access to more skills). In every room, pick the most suitable stance to best resolve the conflict! Then, on each turn, a player picks two of the available actions of moving, interacting with the environment, changing their stance or using a skill (if eligible for their current stance). Triumph over encounters, resist rampant madness and emerge victorious before throwing yourself into another battle. Between missions, spend your time in the hamlet, visiting various buildings to find relief from the physical and mental trauma you have just endured. Restore the hamlet to its former glory and it'll reward you and help you to fulfill the ultimate goal.