
- BGG rank
- BGG #4,778
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Godtear
- 2–8 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 2.8/5
- 2019

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Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion is an expansion for Dark Souls: The Board Game released in 2017 for 1–4 players. It was designed by David Carl and Alex Hall and its main mechanics are Modular Board and Cooperative Game.
As you pace the halls and corridors of the Undead Asylum it can be found to be a lonely and quiet place, moribund and uninviting. Here dwells a demon capable of lethal rage, its mind still ruled by virulent thoughts. Beware this foe. For all that you will fight stronger, more cunning, and more agile opponents, complacency will hasten your end at its hands all the same. Can you triumph over the Asylum Demon, or will your corpse soon be another to roam the Asylum with the hollowed? The Asylum Demon Expansion is intended for use with Dark Souls™: The Board Game. This Dark Souls™: The Board Game expansion features a terrifying new mini boss and mega boss. Included are a new gigantic mega boss tile, deadly new boss behaviours, tokens for the new Pillar terrain piece, and unique new boss treasures. All the components provided are for use with the mini and mega boss encounters and offer two unique encounters! The Asylum Demon Expansion also adds new encounter cards which provide larger battles than ever before in Dark Souls™: The Board Game. The tremendous scale of these encounters creates a whole new level of peril for you and your party. Are you up to the challenge? Contents: 1 Asylum Demon 1 420mmx420mm Mega Boss Game Board (foldable) 4 Level 4 Encounter Cards 24 Boss Behaviour and Data Cards 4 Boss Treasure Cards Asylum Demon Boss Dial 4 Pillar Tokens Rules Leaflet This expansion includes components in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Video Game Theme, and Exploration. Its main mechanics are Modular Board and Cooperative Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion are: David Carl and Alex Hall. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Dark Souls: The Board Game – Asylum Demon Expansion as an expansion for Dark Souls: The Board Game. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Dark Souls: The Board Game to use it. Check that your edition of Dark Souls: The Board Game is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.