With your skills honestly I'd love to see a restoration series where, through the magic of 3D printing and DIY crafting, you bring the game back to life. Replace the walls with XPS foam structures and 3D print some awesome alternative models to make the game at least playable. Think it'd be a cool idea.

@ramblingbadger

Ай бұрын

Hell yeah!

@JamesEarlCash

Ай бұрын

Yeah! He can also try to convince some miniature sculptor to create the 1:1 or really similiar miniatures/golden weapons to keep the spirit of the game. That would be so cool.

@iconoclast_rain

Ай бұрын

that would be awesome

@Kiddarri1729

Ай бұрын

You are certainly onto something with this

@andersand6576

Ай бұрын

Come to the comments section to suggest the same. Loved the video.

I like seeing jeremy happy 🙂

@Kataki1987

Ай бұрын

i was thinking the same thing at the start

'I don't know if people are going to love or hate this video.' I loved it!

Love the Blair Witch interlude.

@abmackay

Ай бұрын

"Can you promote our clothing brand on one of your videos? Maybe where are some of our stuff and give a link?". "No but I can film a found footage style video of me running through the woods being chased by an invisible monster but at least I'm warm and cozy in my nice fleecy."

To infodump a bit: as some people already pointed out, this game was originally developed by a German company (Schmidt Spiele). They had the TTRPG "Das Schwarze Auge" or short DSA, which is still alive and popular/infamous in Germany. So the German title of that boardgame was "Das Schwarze Auge". The development seemed to be quite the shitshow. Schmidt Spiele had the TTRPG which made good money and saw the success of Heroquest. So they went to one of the writers for DSA and asked him to write a German Heroquest. While he was working on it they changed their mind quite a bit, like wanting to include a soundchip which then was to expensive. The presentation of the writers concepts rarely went on for longer than 2 minutes while Schmidt Spiele Always had some parts they wanted to change. At some point the company hired some "British Pros" to work on the game. The original writer was flewn to London to participate in a 2 hour meeting of which 1,5 hours were about the box size. After that Schmidt Spiele decided, that the Brits would finish the game, also it would not play in the universe of DSA, so the only thing it still had in common was the logo and name. The pictured manticore for example was not even existent in the world at that time. Fortunately the original writer was paid handsomely. He was just asked how much he wanted, said the most ludicrous number that came to mind, the Schmidt Spiele exec sighed in relief and paid him. Thanks to the money the writer could work on writing a massive campaign for DSA even 10 years after. (DSA is kind of known for these longspanning campaigns and metaplots). Source: de.wiki-aventurica.de/wiki/Die_Burg_des_Schreckens Apparently the game was a bit of a gateway for a good number of people, but basically everyone I talked to, who played it said it was nearly unplayable in the vanilla state and one had to use house rules and phantasy quite a bit. My brother had one as well. He gave it to me, in all its incomplete glory, when I started Warhammer as a child 24 years ago along with Heroquest and Space Crusade. I still want to paint and use the main temple for nostalgia reasons.

@DORPScorp

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the inside, I just wanted to drop a comment about the German version, but your entry was much more insightful.

@sebastianwei7721

Ай бұрын

Gameplay is kinda bad, still such a great box 😊

@joek600

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the interesting info. I still have the Greek version in almost mint condition ( I think one of the weapons is missing). In Greece it was marketed as Dragon Game System. We already had HeroQuest with my brother which was basically super expensive for a kids board game at the time. This was even more expensive and the contents were super impressive, but soon we realised how lame the gameplay was. I’m not sure but is this the first time counter bases were ever used? I remember lamenting the fact that HeroQuest didn’t had those cool counter bases.

@rev949

Ай бұрын

I have the US version of The Dark Eye core rulebook. Interesting system but a little crunchy for my tastes.

@3picdermis223

Ай бұрын

@@rev949 it totally is. Feels more like bookkeeping than RPG.

"This manticore art was burned into my mind as a kid" *Proceeds to burn an advertisement into our minds*

I've been trying to find the name of this game for DECADES because I forgot the name and lost the game in a move. Thank you so much for this video!

It would be awesome to see a video recreating that box set, but with custom terrain and a nice paint job

This, dragon strike, hero quest, battlemasters was my go to

Dark World? Here in Germany it was sold as "Das schwarze Auge", wich is a german P&P RPG Interesting. Good old times.

@Akinohotarubi

28 күн бұрын

I knew that eye on the board seemed familiar.

I could feel your excitement. Sorry it was missing parts, but getting to share in the nostalgia made it definitely worth the $20!

love it. a brief glance to ten years from now when Jeremy is painstakingly restoring a wizened copy of 13 Dead End Drive with one of those desk mounted magnifyers. (great ad short, btw)

Awesome, that was my start in the hobby a few years back. We found an abandoned box in our house, only one firebomb spell missing, probably originally belonging to a relative of my wife. My sons were hyped for the game and I started painting the minis with heavy brushes full of citadel starter set paints. Now I am hundreds of minis in and very happy I picked up the hobby.

What an epic trip down memory lane. My influencer game was Starship Troopers. Tried playing it once as a kid and it was way beyond teen me. But I grabbed a paperback of the book at a garage sale, and my Heinlein collection started.😊

Loved the ad break. All spooky, but cozy. Eoic reboxing of a classic game.

Dark World!!! You found a treasure.

I can't describe how thrilled I was to see this thumbnail pop up. I was also introduced to this style of game by Dark World when I found it at a neighborhood yard sale in the mid 90's. And like you, I spent most of my time with the game assembling and playing with it without any consideration for the actual rules. Fast forward to about 4 years ago when I saw a complete and near pristine copy on eBay and I had to pull the trigger. Kudos to you for waiting to find a copy in the wild, even if it is missing a few pieces.

Plenty of people have done 3d printed or foam boards and terrain for HeroQuest. Pretty sure no one has done the same for Dark World. At least not on KZread. Could make for a fun vid or even a few vids.

@jasonrhome710

Ай бұрын

As impressive of a set piece as this is, probably because the game play is super basic. Way more on the beer and pretzels side of things than what can be done with HeroQuest, even with the expansions that were released in Europe.

This, and Space Crusade was what got me into table/rpg gaming. Love it.

Back when this came out, most of us nerds only had Testor Enamel Paints and crappy brushes. My 1980's D&D minis are all painted with Testors. :-)

@queencityminis

Ай бұрын

Testors is still the shit

That is a respectable mullet in the video's thumbnail. I salute you, sir!

YES. This was my start, too! I never owned it, but my older brother's friend did, and I'd try to sneak a play with it every chance I got. That Manticore is likewise burned into mine... So good, and such a cheap find for you, well done! I'm going to start my own hunt for it, I think...

I found a copy of this game years ago I hit on lucky everything was their and the bonus of it was all the miniatures are painted to a very good standard found it on ebay payed around £20 only because I was the only one bidding on it ❤❤

Heroquest was my gateway drug, but Dark World is a good choice too!

Never played Dark World, but I picked up a few years back that castle section from a store. They had no idea where it came from; and neither did I until now! I have since incorporated that section into a large terrain piece.

Yeah. I would love to see a restoration.

I’m actually painting up a couple of the ogres from this game right now! Probably my favorite sculpts from the box, but most of the enemy minis are pretty cool.

I have Darkworld. I have the 'Village of Fear' box as well, but not the one with the dragon. Mine is complete. If you'd like me to photograph the missing wall sections so that you can print them out, let me know.

@BlackMagicCraftOfficial

Ай бұрын

Appreciate that Lindy, I’m going to hold out for a complete set or more partial ones for parts.

@joek600

Ай бұрын

@@BlackMagicCraftOfficiallook for its alternative title Dragon Game System, I have my Greek edition in basically mint condition, I could scan those walls.

Dark World, Hero Quest, and Battle Masters, the holy trinity of my nerdy youth tabletop.

I am 90% sure your experience matches that of my brother who got this after I was 'too old and cool' to play games like that with him (much to my regret later in life). We had already burned through Heroquest by that point. I think we might have played it once or twice but he LOVED it with a passion and would play with it and set it up randomly. I believe I still have some of the accoutrements (the chests mostly) in my Mordheim scatter terrain box.

Nostalgia is the best. Thanks for sharing.

Watching you go through that old game, I could sense the love you had for it. I've had moments like this too, when I rediscover something that was important to me as a kid. I'm happy you found it.

Aside from any episode with you and Jay talking smack and spewing hilarious in-line narratives, this is the best episode ever.

I was a Heroquest kid, played it at my friend's house and got it myself and it started me down the whole mini path. Never even heard of Dark World before today and it looks awesome. The colors on the board and the art is amazing!

Enjoyed it. Thanks for making it

This video is a deep dive into memory lane.... My first board game was a hand crafted Monopoly. I don't remember who smuggled this through the iron curtain, but somehow we got our hands on it and we played it countless hours with I don't know how many people over the years. Everything was self made. The money, the cards, the board ... we used random red and green stuff for the houses and hotels. There were no shops to buy anything, but we made it work. And we valued it, this stuff lasted for years. I wonder where it is now, if it still lurks in the shadows. Before that there was a whole castle we played with, made of paper. I was maybe 9 or 10 or so, and it was magnificent and magical. A whole castle, with a working drawbridge and everything the fairytales describe. Nothing but painted paper, maybe 70 by 90 cm, a work of love. I think the father of my childhood friend made it. We never broke a window, bent an awning, ripped one of the strings or spilled a nonexistent softdrink. We loved this thing. It was world of it's own. Condensed - like the tiny world we all lived in. Caged like birds unable to fly. Children destroy anything? Not true. It's the intention that creates the world. Juan Matus aka Don Juan What you fear the most will come true. Unknown What if ... children know what you expect from them? What if they sense your fears and act accordingly because they are tied to your emotions? What if ... children are the mirror of humanity? I have to thank you for reminding me how satisfying it was to craft things, to make do with what you have. Our spirit behind the curtain was the same you show on youtube in this time. Did you know that east germany was a giant larp, playing indians? I will never be pc, I know they are the first nations, but how do you say: Don't walk in front of me, for I will not follow. Don't walk behind me, for I will not lead. Walk beside me, so we can be as one. We are of the same blood, you and I. My brother First nation? Sounds awkward. We all bleed red. And may I boast a little bit? We had the best indian actor on screen before the 90s. Forget hollywood. If you want to watch a real indian, watch the old DEFA-movies. Gojko Mitic was our "Winnetou", and he was gorgeous. Of course he was no German, he was from Serbia. The spirit (definitely not the german, the universal spirit, we are still talking about red skin .... why? They don't have problems with sunburns. Who else could have been in the americas with red skin?) is more or less the same. He was my first crush, when I was 10 or so. 😂 They say blood is thicker than water. Pour blood into water and just watch .... it dissolve. 🤫 Good riddance.

👍👍 I have this game myself with a couple of the minis painted, awesome to see it on here 😊👌

I would LOOOOOVE to see the Mutant Chronicles game get the same kind of video! Please!!!

I recently found this game, a complete hero quest, a complete starquest and some more old games on the side of the road. Was like christmas and birthday at the same time.

awesome! I have this game and the 2 expansions, "Village of Fear" and "Dragons gate" they all link together, loads of fun

Mutant Chronicles? Hell Yes!! Now thats a video I'm looking forward to!

That's a follow for taking time to make a commercial worth watching!

I have this in my parents house! Kickstarted my love for miniatures as well

Oooh!!! I have this too! And one expansion. Still looking for the third!

@kierdalemodels

Ай бұрын

There was an expansion??

@reneesteeves3698

Ай бұрын

@@kierdalemodels 2! Village of Fear and Dragon’s Gate.

I got dark world for Xmas when I was young. Caused my whole collecting of armies. :). Nice to see it getting some love again.

HOLY COW MUTANT CHRONICLES! god i'd forgotten about that. I got that wanting more heroquest style gameplay and it was brutally hard

@andersand6576

Ай бұрын

Only tried mutant chronicles a few times, agree on it being hard.

I come for the crafting & gaming. I stay for the ad reels 😂 Nice one!

Enjoying vicarious nostalgia. Thanks for sharing your trip down memory lane

I would LOVE to see a video or series of you making a 3D version of the wall sections and paint up the plastic parts! It seems like it would be really fun to go through the process of restoring and elevating the game.

I still have my original copy with all pieces. It was a birthday present from my mom when I was a kid. Just a few years ago there was a local game store doing a consignment board game sale and I was able to grab multiple copies off the game and its expansions for like $100 CAD. It was a steal and I was able to piece together a full set of all expansions. I now play this game with my 11 yr old son. If you read this Jeremy, I have partial sets of the base game and village of fear if you want them.

That game looks rad, and your mullet was sick! I really enjoyed this video, and hope you do more of them.

Badass now I need a copy of Dark World

I had the absolute vaguest of memories of this game that was literally just about the manticore mini - my older sibling's copy was in this actually very nice burgundy plastic. But as you started pulling out more and more parts of it, I recognized each one, especially the fun little turn order roller thing. It was great to get an answer to what that manticore I remembered was from, thanks for dredging this one up!

Loved watching you restore the box. Way better then slapping some tape on it. Never thought about wood glue and reinforcing the corners like that. Great job, loved the video

More of this.... like that mutant chronicle box!

That was a nice walk down memory lane, thank you!

I had the Mutant Cronicles game. Bought it on clearance at. KayBee toys. At the time, the Mutant Cronicles RPG had just been turned into a proper tabletop miniatures game called Warzone. I used the undead legionaires, Necromutants, Centurians, and other Dark Legion baddies to build a Dark Legion Army under Algeroth. Played Warzone through the first two editions of the game. Sold it all several years ago. Sorta wish I had it back.

@jakecrowe3797

21 күн бұрын

KB Toys! Pretty sure that’s where I picked up my copy of Siege of the Citadel.

Always videos full of inspiration ❤ I think that could be interesting looking how you can rebuild the scenarios of Dark World in a modern way with all the techniques and stuffs you have shown in theese years. For example, now that i've seen that secret passage mirror/paint i'm going to reproduce it in a scenarios of mine for d&d and i think my players will love it😊

Well, now you have a copy for the shelf and an excellent source of parts for the next copy you come across. Looking forward to your video on Mutant Chronicles.

Love it, let's see the Mutant Chronicles

Amazing! this game is „Burg des Schreckens“ which was first released by the german toycompany „Schmidt Spiele“ in1992. It is a HeroQuest knock off, losely themed of the original (and bigest) german ttrpg „das schwarze Auge“ (the dark eye). although it just uses the ip mostly, and not really much of the original lore. fantastic that you had this, i didnt even know it was released in english language :3

I've had it! There was also an add-on, a village. We used the houses for 4ed Warhammer Fantasy Battle

I had Heroquest and Darkworld. I loved both. Still have them.

Best ad break I've ever seen

That's great! I did the same with that game. Through the years of moving, as a kid and an adult, I've lost almost everything. I have some minis, chests, and weapons, is all. I have been looking out for the game as well!

Ha! I had that set too when I was a kid - Das Schwarze Auge, der burg Des schreckens. I don't speak a word of German, so I used it pretty much like you did 😂

This was my first board game❤❤❤

Bro that blair witch mid roll is chefs kiss 😂

Ooooooh mutant chronicles toooo whaaaat?!! frankly i love this style video. Hit me right in the feels! I hope you unbox that one next month! Keep the vintage unboxings coming in between craft vids!

@grutfrut5817

Ай бұрын

I remember playing Blood Berets, but didn't even know Mutant Chronicles had a miniature game. I still have the RPG core book plus the GM screen (and maybe one more book for it) somewhere.

Now that's a blast from the past!

That ad Read? Loved it!

Loved it. I’m at a similar stage in my life that men seem to reach, where I’m compelled to seek out things from my youth. I’d love to see you paint those minis, like an honorable end to their legacies.

I like this video. Sprinkling in a vid like this every so often would be cool, IMO.

I love seeing old games like that from back in the day. Lots of great memories with games like this, like Heroquest, Talisman etc.

Ahhh... sweet memories. Had the german version of it. "Das Schwarze Auge" it was called and was planned as a kind of a gateway thing for the german pen and paper "Das Schwarze Auge" role play system. (It was like introducing kids to D&D by giving them Heroquest... not the same but now that you killed some Orcs... how about a D20 and some more books to read?) I knew the pen and paper first (thanks to my older brother...) but at that time we (my school friends and i) were 11 years old and played whatever we could get into our hands. That is a trip down memory lane... Thank you for sharing that! Hope you will find a second box for spares someday!

I loved it, mate. Look forward to the Mutant Chronicles vid!

I picked up my Darkworld at a flea market in the late 1990s for under 10 US dollars. Played it a few times then it got tossed into a storage unit for over 20 years. The box is all chewed up but it looks mostly intact. Also have Axis & Allies and Buck Roger’s.

lol, loved the creative ad break

This game was a childhood favourite of mine too. The interactivity and moving parts were certainly a point of difference from HQ; another childhood favourite. I see they lost the flip top treasure chests from your box as well. The swappable weapons and secret doors and wand were all very cute additions. Game play was a bit top heavy with the monsters barely standing a chance. But I guess all these games were designed for the heroes to win. Hero Quest, Darkworld and Battle Masters were all great childhood games until Warhammer took over. Wish I had kept them to play with my boys… Hopefully someone out there found them at the thrift store and put them to good use. Thanks for the memories! Would love to see more videos like this one.

Isnt it nice that a german product gets rebranded and renamed in canada. You can see they changed to logo to hide the dark eye. Its originally made by Schmidt Spiele to support the RPG "the dark eye" (Das Schwarze Auge). It was my entry to reading novels to that game system along my first RPG.

Would love to see you craft the entire game using all your skills

I had this game as a kid! My folks couldn't afford HeroQuest, so I got this instead one Christmas. I loved it.

This Board game brought me into Miniture painting 1993, love to see others had simular things happen. It is a great game and for that time one of the best Fantasy-Minis. I Still have the game in my basement with horriblybad painted Mini xD

This was a fun video. I have never played or even heard of Dark World but this still gave me second hand nostalgia. Finding an old version of a game you loved is a great experience. I am not sure how many of the figures are missing but the board and set peaces are mostly there. The box is at least in good enough condition to display on your shelf.

That was a fun watch! I'd love to see you make a series out of restoring/finding the rest of that set; would be a cool project!

i never heard of this game before now i want one. and i have to agree i would like to see a restoration series as it would help lots of people to restore old games that would just sit on a shelf or go in the bin.

Your story about this game and your childhood is exactly like mine. Don’t know where I got the game but I still have it to this day. Mine is complete and I’m pretty good shape. Just missing one arm of that phantom ghost guy and a gold weapon or two. Great video my guy. I’m currently using some of the minis in a D&D campaign so it all comes full circle

This made me so happy to see you so happy

Dungeon! was my first game that came out a few years after D&D. I repurchased it as well.

I picked up a complete original Hero Quest at a flea market for $1. Wasn't in great shape but it was all there. Took it to a friends house for a game session and never saw it again.

Great video. Congrats on the find! Warhammer Quest was my first dungeon crawler board game. Mutant Chronicles was a fun board game. I never played the RPG. They made a bad movie based on the franchise, which I used to own a copy of. Ron Perlman was in it.

I was gifted this by some friends for my birthday. I thought it was neat and intended to incorporate the pieces into an adventure but just never found the right adventure to use it with. I should probably homebrew something, but just never got around to it.

Oh man, I think I still have that...now I am going to have to look for it....loved the art work of that game, as well...I have the Mutant Chronicles, also...and an expansion...I think...I really enjoyed this...nice job on the box restoration...Jim

I can see this turning into a passion project of making your own version out of xps foam. Which would be epic!

Great vid, would love to see Mutant Chronicles too! I looked on BGG for Dark World and apparently there were 2 expansions AND most Canadians know the game ;) according to the comments on there.

Love it. Reminds me of my quest to track down The Lost World board game. ♥️

An XPS adaptation of that throne room would be a cool idea in my mind.

Never seen that game. Mutant Chronicles tho? Played that in my early 20s (some 10+ years after the game came out) and it was realy fun. You play a small campaign, and alternativ who plays the villain. You get to draw cards with special powers to suprise the players. Like spawning in monsters etc. I remeber so clearly the players rushing for the exit... and then I played a card that allowed me to turn a map-tile around. So suddenly they were alot further back and just next to my monsters 😅 It got a swanky new edition from kickstarter that was delivered like a year ago. Had I more time I would have loved to play that

I had a similar experience with "Dungeon!" growing up. 1989 edition

Best ad break ever! 🤣

@BlackMagicCraftOfficial

Ай бұрын

Thanks. I had fun