Gilded Skull Games

07/17/2025

A GREAT new intro to Battle of the Ancients!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/960192600/dark-venture-battle-of-the-ancients-2nd-printing/description

07/11/2025

LATE-PLEDGE for the 2nd Printing of BATTLE OF THE ANCIENTS! Open until July 24th! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/960192600/dark-venture-battle-of-the-ancients-2nd-printing

If you already have the 1ST EDITION, there's a NEW EXPANSION, and lots of ADD-ONS: LARGE BOOKS, NEOPRENE MAPS, and an UPGRADE KIT ;)

A tactical strategy and adventure game in a dark-fantasy future where players control asymmetric factions engaging in brutal conflict.

06/17/2025

AHEAD! Battle of the Ancients 2nd PRINTING Kickstarter! - https://mailchi.mp/af9a7ca9d69e/ahead-battle-of-the-ancients-2nd-printing-kickstarter-is-live

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/960192600/dark-venture-battle-of-the-ancients-2nd-printing

05/29/2025

On Kickstarter next month - the second printing of Dark Venture: Battle of the Ancients with the new GHOSTS & ROBOTS Expansion! Check out and bookmark the preview page here:

A tactical strategy game set in a dark-fantasy future where players control asymmetric factions engaging in brutal conflict.

04/30/2025

🚨Today is the LAST DAY of our DARK SPRING sale!🚨 15% OFF EVERYTHING IN OUR STORE when you use code DARKSPRING25 or click this magical link: https://gildedskull.square.site?cc=DARKSPRING25 ⚡️

04/24/2025

🎉 DARK SPRING SALE ALERT! 🚨 We're throwing a 💀DARK SPRING PARTY💀 and EVERYTHING MUST GO! Get 15% off Dark Venture 2E, all expansions, and, you know, ALL THE THINGS! 🎁 Use code DARKSPRING25 or click this magical link: https://gildedskull.square.site?cc=DARKSPRING25

03/16/2025

Several copies of the FIRST EDITION of BATTLE OF THE ANCIENTS (and a few expansions) have been discovered in our warehouse in the USA (sadly, USA only). They are available from our SHOP, HERE: https://gildedskull.square.site/s/shop

12/09/2024

Thanks to everyone who stopped by at PAX UNPLUGGED to play DARK VENTURE 2E and see THE NEW BATTLE OF THE ANCIENTS FACTIONS (more on that soon!!)

Get DARK VENTURE on SALE during our HOLIDAY SALE now until DECEMBER 16th! https://gildedskull.square.site/

11/22/2024

OUR NEW STORE IS UP, DARK FRIDAY SALE IS ON! 10% OFF all DARK VENTURE items for a limited time!

Gilded Skull Games is an independent board game publisher. Join us on an unforgettable journey through a dark fantasy future!

11/22/2024

Great piece by Charlie Theel on Dark Venture 2E:
"This second edition of Dark Venture made a strong case for its continued existence, and the totality of additional content widens the narrative scope and unpredictability in a suitable way."

Dark Venture is a radical adventure game born of hallucination from one-man-band Rob Lemon. I prodded this quirky design in 2019, writing about it in my monthly Independent Shelf series in Tabletop…

06/13/2024

Robots and varpen?