Edge of Darkness

Players lead rival guilds vying for control of a city while collectively fending off monstrous threats. The game combines card-crafting with a shared deck, card-driven worker placement, and a Threat Tower system: players sleeve transparent crafting slips onto shared cards to modify effects and claim allegiance, deploy agents to city locations to generate resources and perform actions, and balance limited workers against advancing upgrades. Threat cards accumulate color-coded cubes and trigger attacks when thresholds are reached, sometimes targeting individual players or everyone. Modular locations and double-sided crafting slips create variable setups and evolving strategic choices over 60–120 minutes for 1–4 players.

Players: 1–4 best 3
Playing time: 120 min
Age: 14+
Complexity: 3.5 / 5

6.7 on LudoyaSolo / Solitaire GameOpen DraftingWorker Placement

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About the game

Design: John D. Clair
Art: Nyra Drakae
Damien Mammoliti
Andre Garcia
Ray Greaves
Guillaume Ducos
Isuardi Therianto
+10
Publisher: Alderac Entertainment Group

Expansions

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Edge of Darkness: Sands of Dunestar2019

Edge of Darkness: Cliffs of Coldharbor2020

Edge of Darkness: Guilds Power Pack Expansion2020

Edge of Darkness: Emissaries of the Vale2022

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34
Plays logged: 49
Players: 2h 33m
Average play: 14
In collections: 6
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6.7/10

from 10 Ludoya reviews

Jorge9.0
A lot of replayability. A Solid and Original Game, despite schild user (the only liar about this)
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Benjamín Amorín8.0
John D. Clair's fundational card crafting game. Complex and huge!
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Rodaballo9.0
Same-Deckbuilding , card crafting, very unique and a lot of posible setups. Even more considering the expansion and the deluxe only locations.
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