Warband: Against the Darkness

As a player in Warband: Against the Darkness, you control the warband armies of one of the great fantasy races of the Five Realms. Although the great races are currently working together in mutual defence, old habits and rivalries are hard to break and this isn't in any way a co-operative game. It’s important that your kind emerges victorious from the war with more battle prestige and honour than your temporary and untrustworthy comrades. The player who collects the most Victory Points of one-upmanship for their race by the conclusion of the final battle against the Darkness – gained by advancing your soldiers in the collective warband, earning gold for your army captains, reconnoitring the combat fronts with your scouts, and defeating enemies on the battlefields – has achieved the greatest leadership glory and is declared the winner.

Warband: Against the Darkness is balanced in the design space between Euro and Ameri-style gameplay, combining strategic depth with an evocative fantasy theme and tense player conflict.

Core Board Game Contents:

This core board game includes everything needed to play:

1. •A two-part game board

2. •74 game cards (24 Enemy cards, 20 Intel cards, 30 Redress cards)

3. •106 wooden unit cubes (20 of each colour, plus 6 mercenary units)

4. •38 wooden captain meeples (7 of each colour, plus 3 mercenary units)

5. •10 player race boards (as pictured above)

6. •5 race action track boards

7. •5 player aid boards

8. •Dozens of cardboard coins in 1, 3, and 5 denominations

9. •Pencil and score pad