Elden Ring: The Board Game has blasted beyond its crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter, becoming a smash hit success on the platform. As of writing, the game has been backed to the tune of AU $3.22 million, with the total rising with each passing minute. It’s not hard to see why – this Elden Ring adaptation seems as meaty and exciting as they come.
In Elden Ring: The Board Game, you play as a lowly Tarnished looking to explore the Lands Between by traversing gradually-revealing hex tiles which contain surprises like monster fights, items, equipment and quests. Your journey is a mystery that unfolds slowly, and just as in the original video game, it’s filled with danger.
Should this danger advance, your player is ‘transported’ to a combat book that lays out a complex battlefield. The setup is rather like Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion, one of the best modern tabletop…