UK Games Expo 2018: Sunday Live Blog
Ben Learns How to Escape the Dark Castle [PRIZE]
Jun 3 2018 @ 10:30
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Ben joins Alex from Themeborne’s to look at the popular Escape the Dark Castle. Bringing the two recently announced expansion packs to Expo, the game tasks players locked away in a castle to fight their way out against the odds.
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this looks instresting , would love to play this
Think this would go down well at our club.
Funny enough I like the black and white theme to the art. It’s different to other games that are very colourful.
Escape the Dark Castle is one of the few games that have no miniatures and that I’m interested in.
Something to look out for
fabntastic atwork
Oh I like the black and white look on this, very stylish
looks instresting
Art style does remind me original d&d
Looks like a lot of replay involved and my kids would love this as they started their gaming with me with Heroquest. Cool
good old style adventure book game
This is basically all those Fighting Fantasy books we read as kids on the table top. This looks so much fun. The artwork is amazing. The gameplay loks great and I absolutely love the dice mechanics. So clean. Really love this game. (P.S. I think the winner needs a flash-drive with sound files of Justins Miller voice from the Lets Plays)
The coverart looks great. reminds me a lot of the old games workshop stuff from back way when.
I like the black and white illustrations as that makes is very unique. It is also very easy to play so you can get others involved very quickly. It is as was stated very hard to win.
Was looking at this the other day the art is just fantastic!
Just a really well designed game with a simple art style that brings back that Fighting Fantasy nostalgia!
Love the idea! This seems like a really fun game to play, equally love that you can play this on your own.
It’s a fun game (my friend owns it) but God, it’s brutal!
This looks like an interesting take on the “choose your own adventure” books.
Looks great!!
Looks like a fun game I could get my non-rpg playing friends to play
I have kept an eye on this for some time, would be a great thing to win!
The retro look to the art is nice and it kinda makes it feel like the game has the weight of age behind it (by that I don’t mean that it feel out of date, I mean it feels like an established, long running franchaise like Warhammer Fantasy or D&D; in fact the art reminds me of the art in some of the 2nd ed WHFRP books (which I think might have been recycled from 1st ed)).
another great prize
Looks interesting, sometimes less is more.
Thank you for not interviewing the guest in front of the table.
Dark castle rocks
Love the old school aesthetics
Looks very interesting
Wow, now I need to go back and check out the Let’s Play cause this sounds like a blast.
This sounds like a great leap forward for the game book concept. I like this and would expect it to find a place in all sorts of different genre. A pirate version just seems like a natural next game.
It does look interesting, not my normal type of game but I’m kind of intrigued.
Keep my eyes open for this one – love the art work
Got my copy of the game last week, still have to play it though. Quality of the components is great and maybe we can give it a try tonight 🙂
I really love the black and white of the game, adds to the mood
Just back the collectors box all in! Thanks for the heads up on this.
this game sure looks old school and fun, the art is amazing and simple.
Artwork is so creepy for this game, love it.
So cool
This looks superb.
Well actually i’ve been trying to find one to buy for weeks but it seems to be sold out everywhere, so winning one sounds like a good option too ^^
That would be a perfect gift for my brother.
This looked so cool!
I’m loving the retro art style on this game.
Definitely has that early 80s fantasy RPG style.
Interesting looking. Think I’d enjoy that
Ace!
Really great artwork!
looks really nice, love that BW artwork
That is some real cool art, I love the black and white style
I missed that lets play. Off to watch that right away 🙂
One of a kind artwork.
Really cool looking game. Absolutely love the artwork
Looks fun, I’d try it.
I love the retro look to this! How cool is it!
Sounds pretty cool.
Such a scary atmospheric game, love this one!
I like Dark Castle!
Sweet game
This does look good
This is an instant classic and already a firm favourite at our house
Interesting!
Seems grimy, want to try it.
Love the look of this and would love to play.
like the retro drawings
I watched the Let’s Play you guys did, sounds like a cool game!
Thank god there is BOW to show us these events 🙂
Wow, this is both retro and modern at the same time, I love the artwork. It sounds like a great game!
In that land(stall) of black an white that orange shirt really makes Ben stand out.
Creepy gorgeous art!
This is a great game although we did get totally killed in the demo.
Ugly as hell… but interesting art!!!
Hmmm, this looks so cool!
I would LOVE to try out this game. I just found out about it a few days ago. Always looking to check out games that have SOLO modes. **fingers crossed** ;P
Sounds fun 🙂
Brilliant!! I have always enjoyed choose your own adventure books. This takes those and amps up the enjoyment to the nth level and is absolutely mind blowing!!
I’d never come across this until the XLBS about kickstarters piqued my interest in what’s available right now on kickstarter, and I saw the expansion Kickstarter for Escape the dark castle.
That lead me to the let’s play (embedded within the kickstart page itself) and I have to say it looks great fun. Particularly for playing with family or non gamer friends who dont want to learn complex rules. And the most of all it seems to have a whole lot of replay value.
Very nice art style.
Yes, I saw the play through, and have wanted a copy of this game since it launched. It’s definitely on “the List”, and ranked quite highly.
The art is so perfectly old school, and the “ad” they made… the best!
such a dark, deep eerie game
Missed this on Kickstarter
This looks like a fun game. Maybe a good travel game as well.
I have this and the expansion set. It’s a lot of fun for a group to play that don’t feel like setting up a bigger game and just want to get to it. All the flavor of doungening without the extra work of dragging out lots of books and other stuff.
And now I have backed the kickstarter
I played a friends copy several times and it is a great game
I really like this game. The old school feel to this game really kind of brings back memories.
This sounds interesting. I like the retro art style, reminds me of Cave Evil, which is a good thing.
I first played this at the expo in 2017, my mate had to buy it, and we sat in the bar and attracted lots of random interest and people joining in the games. it’s a great mix of rpg and atmosphere with the interesting dice mechanic to keep it a bit random, but always having to think which of the bad choices is the best.
really good, and a great game to play through a few times whilst not needing to really invest time, good for casual and experienced gamers.
The way Warren talks about it makes it that much more interesting. I’ll have to check it out.
Warren’s excitement about this game on the last weekender brought me here and I’m glad it did. This looks really cool!