Dark Rituals by Dark Gate Games
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Board Games – I love a good board game, add in a bunch of minis and it’s even better. Dark Rituals: Malleus Maleficarum was a Kickstarter game that funded in 2019. The amazing models and creeoy theme lead to the game funding in less than 50 min. The look and feel of the game reminds me a bit of Hell Dorado and Kingdom Death.
The premise of the game is another reality overlaps with ours allowing magic to enter into the world. It’s a theme that’s used in many games but this one is a bit different. Here’s what the manufacturer has to say about it:
“As the many planes of existence turn and churn, occasionally alternate dimensions come into perfect alignment. For brief moments in the mulitverse’s timescale, these Conjunctions allow objects to slip from one world to another, sometimes unnoticed, sometimes causing chaos.
One such Conjunction occurred between Earth and Neemoss, during the Dark Ages. These two dimensions could not be more different. Physics in the alternate plane is more akin to magic and its corrupting effects create worlds of monsters and cruelty, Neemoss being a prime example. When items from Neemoss appear on Earth they are still imbued with their magical essence, rapidly discovered by healers, alchemists, fakirs and all manner of snake-oil peddlers when their magic actually began to work! But things become decidedly worse when the Conjunction strengthens and the first Witches from Neemoss cross over to Earth.
Help the Heroes master their newfound magical powers as they defend their lands from the malevolent Witches and the many disciples they summon. Or control the Witches as they complete their rituals to ravage the Earth!”
This batch is just the core game, I’ll be posting the rest of the models in the near future.
