Edge of Darkness: Guildmaster Edition

Kickstarter Edition funded on Mar 23 2018 Guildmaster Pledge Level $ 100

INCLUDES:

• Center game board and Advancement Extension Boards
• 21 Location Boards and 158 Associated Advancements
• Cardboard Influence/Goodwill, Coins, and Reputation tokens
• Cardboard 1st Player Token & Turn Order Token
• Plastic Threat Tower, Wooden Threat Cubes & Cloth Threat Bag
• 4 Guild Leader player boards and 10 x 4 cardboard Agent tokens
• 10 x 4 Player Aid Counters, 4 cardboard Defense Tracker tokens
• 7 x 4 Guild Allegiance Slips
• 4 x 4 Starting Card Advancements (3 Citizens, 1 Patrician)
• 18 Neutral Starting Advancements (12 Citizen, 6 Patrician)
• 50 Tarot Sized AEG Premium Card Sleeves

I find Edge of Darkness to be really interestning on paper, but the gameplay itself is terrible in practice. I dont regret selling it, but I had my hopes up for some new rules for the new KS.

The idea of a shared deck builder and card crafter where everyone can use everybodys cards is fantastic and I love that part, but you get to do so little during the game, and you rarely get to use your own cards combined with a ton of downtime makes it horribly boring, swingy and lengthy.

Another problem is that every action you get to do, be it on a card or location feels like nothing. You end up taking a bunch of small actions where none really feels fun or have any weight to them.

Hopefully someone makes a great game with the shared card crafting and deck building as I'm convinced that's a great combination of mechanics, but it has to be done in a different fashion than what AEG/D. clair is doing.

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