Bloodborne: The Card Game

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. bigmac33070

   Flo, Dave and I played this on Friday as well. Dave won 49-45-44. I was in last place. This was super fun. A game right in my wheelhouse. Players play cards simultaneously to do damage to a Monster card each round. Damage the Monster, get some Blood Tokens. Monster attacks before the players attack with a few exceptions. Players can also play the Hunter's Dream. This allows them to heal back to 8HP, get an Upgrade card and bank their Blood Tokens. If you die, you lose all unbanked tokens. Upgrades generally do more damage or have other fun effects. The player interaction is high with these cards as you can steal Blood Tokens from another player, make their damage go to 0 and other nasty things. A Big Bad Boss changes the rules of the game and is the last thing you fight. Our Boss added 2 extra Blood to each Monster. This was great fun and I can't wait to give it another spin. Flo wasn't as huge of a fan as the text on the cards was a little too much. Dave enjoyed it as well, but not as much as I did. I will teach this to the other guys when they come over. High recommendation from me.

2. 7 out of 10

   ajewo

   Dark theme light card game by Eric Lang (Blood Rage, Rising Sun) where players fight monsters semi-cooperatively to score points. [b]Pros:[/b] + Artwork + Upgrade weapon and equipment cards + Risk management (fight or risk dying and loose collected blood / victory points). + Light semi-coop: cooperatively trying to defeat the monster and competitively outguessing your opponents to earn the most points or even hurting other players (timing and turn order is very important) + Set collection with trophies + Easy to teach and play + Quick playing time [b]Neutrals:[/b] # Dark theme based on the computer game (grotesque monsters, competitive team game: there can be only one) # Some memory elements (know what cards your opponents have in hand (played cards are visible to all players) # Direct player interaction # Variety is okay (expansion improves it) # Game is better with 4 or 5 players because of the higher uncertainty. You can try to play a 3 player game with a dummy player that randomly plays a card and maybe even collects blood. [b]Cons:[/b] - Random luck of the draw (monsters) and push your luck with exploding dice can result in swingy moments. There are some ways to mitigate it, but still the game can be quite random at times. [b]Similar games:[/b] * Cutthroat Cavern * King of Tokyo (kind of semi-cooperative but only one player wins, different game mechanics (dice-based Yathzee), but similar playing-time, take-that, and complexity) * Knight Tales (semi-cooperative tower defense, semi-cooperative monster slaying, race game, dice-based combat, item and set collection) * Bloodborne: The Board Game (cooperative, miniatures dungeon crawler with tile movement exploration and campaign mode, longer playing time, similar upgradable deck building)

3. 7 out of 10

   cardboardtime

   Pleasantly surprised with this one. Very interesting dynamic that's achieved, starting off with a group think scenario, changing more to press your luck and screw your friends later in the game. Will be returning to this game in the future.