Board Game Geek Avg Player Rating: 7.3
Players: 1 to 4
Published: 2019
Content Notes: Kickstarter Edition of Shadows of Kilforth Board Game Plus Expansions by Hall or Nothing Productions. Includes core game, Adventures Expansion, Pimp My Shadows Expansion, and all unlocked stretch goals. Please note: unless otherwise stated paid add ons from the Kickstarter Campaign are not included.

Far along the Eastern Frontiers of Kilforth, the malignant gloom has returned. The Ancients lurk in the shadows, conducting their terrible affairs once more. New, terrifying and pernicious creatures emerge from beyond the veil.  But as new threats rise, new heroes gather their arms and their wits to meet them. From the frail safety of the ancient Shrine of Moneshoba, a small band of heroes ventures forth. Time is fleeting, the enemy numberless, and the Ancients voracious. Through the descending gloom, against all odds, the heroes must prove themselves worthy, lest their sagas fade into legend.    

From the award-winning team behind Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game – the sell-out game from Tabletop Gaming Magazine’s Top Ten Games of the Year – and 1066, Tears to Many Mothers – the beautiful historical card game, nominated for a Golden Geek Award and an Origins Award and winner of a 2018 Best Art Award – Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game is the ultimate RPG adventure experience in a dark world of Gothic high fantasy.

In Shadows of Kilforth 1-4 heroes must work cooperatively, or race against each other, to brave the perils of the gorgeous eastern wilderness of Kilforth. Explore ancient ruins, solve mysterious quests and survive terrible monsters. Unimaginable treasures and untold riches reward the bold, and horrific fates await the foolhardy.

We have actually already unlocked 4 new Encounters for Shadows of Kilforth! That’s right – the unlocked stretch goals from the previous smash Kickstarter for Gloom of Kilforth spilled over into this campaign, so let’s see what more life we can breathe into the world of Kilforth together as the campaign progresses.

 As with Gloom of Kilforth: each new stretch goal game card unlocked means at least one beautiful, new, and unique piece of art!! 

Solo friendly!! 

As with all of our games Shadows of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game is Solo Friendly. Unlike other games you don’t have to manage multiple heroes, you can play as a single hero without having to change the rules or reduce the experience, or you can play as a whole team of heroes should you choose to.

In Shadows of Kilforth players have 25 days to develop their powers and defeat an evil entity called the Ancient. During daylight, heroes travel Kilforth, overcome encounters, and gather rewards, whilst building an incredible story called a saga. Each night the land falls further into gloom, and if time runs out before the Ancient is defeated, Kilforth is engulfed in gloom and the heroes lose the game.    

• Experience the immersive, original tabletop fantasy world
• From award winning game designer Tristan Hall
• Compatible with Gloom of Kilforth, featuring the same award-winning gameplay
• Also a complete stand-alone game on its own 
• Beautiful original piano score – official soundtrack by Francesca L Hall  
• Sumptuously illustrated fantasy world – hundreds of beautiful, unique images
• Enlist strangers, discover artifacts, complete quests, defeat enemies 
• Competitive, Cooperative, and Solo play    
• Heroes level up by completing each chapter of their Saga  
• Many actions to choose from each turn    
• Sprawling, random, modular game world  
• Myriad encounters and rewards provide unlimited replayability    
• 1-4 Players, 45 mins per player    
• 100s of high quality cards    
• 100s of wooden and cardboard tokens    
• Dice based skill checks   

Shadows of Kilforth can be played competitively, cooperatively, or solo. Solo games are played using the cooperative format, where the solo player can control between 1 and 4 heroes. 

Shadows of Kilforth: Adventures is the gameplay expansion – a box of 54 unique cards! Adventures adds even more stunning content to your encounter and reward decks to enhance the variety and narratives of your journeys through the world of Kilforth – simply shuffle the extra cards into your game and you are ready to go. Pledge now to secure your copy!

Pimp My Shadows upgrade expansion pack: as requested by the Kilforthian community this set of pimped out components includes: 

• 1 bigger velvet bag 
• More Marble Effect Dice – 6 white, 6 black 
• Race Art Standees of each gender for all Races from Shadows Of Kilforth and the Adventures expansion pack
• 4 Shadows of Kilforth Ancients standees  
• 4 Rules Reference Player Aid Sheets
• Extra plastic stands 
• 25 Replacement Larger (tarot-sized 120mm x 70mm) Shadows of Kilforth Location cards

Shadows of Kilforth is the sequel and stand-alone expansion to Gloom of Kilforth: A Fantasy Quest Game. It is a game of high fantasy with a gothic edge, where 1-4 players, working individually or together, assume the roles of heroes on a journey through a dark world of magic and peril. They will visit strange places, meet stranger people and defeat powerful enemies in their mission to discover mysterious artefacts and mystical spells. Each player follows their hero’s tale, an epic saga from modest beginnings through to a climactic battle that will decide the fate of the world…

— from the publisher

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