Will the story be exactly the same as the board game?

[Lani]

This project is a great idea! For those of us who have played the board game once (or twice) will there be new elements to discover in the video game, or will it map 100% to the board game source?

[Captain Rock]

This is a great question. I'm coming at it from the other direction, I'm yet to play the board game (but intend to). So i'm assuming this game would have a huge amount of spoilers for the board game experience.

[Amaranth]

I played the board game, but did not finish the campaign yet. Looking at the screenshots in the store page, the contents shown (houses, dilemma and story elements) seem to be the same. Of course, it is only a small amount of content, so the rest might differ, but it seems very similar.

[Ms.Bunny0²]

I would also like to know if this is a direct adaptation of the board game as that could save me some money!

[Spectral B4dger]

I think this is gonna be different than the Physical Boardgame.
A couple of reasons:
- PB was born as an MP experience. This is SP and I don't think the AI will be smart or quirky (or even dumb!) enough to replicate what a human player would do during those council situations
- its title, The King Dilemma: *Chronicles*, sounds like this is a prequel or somehow an "introduction" to the real deal. Otherwise they would have called it TKD (and it'd be in its description (as it was done for Gloomhaven

[adolson]

Can anyone who played both the board game and the demo confirm? I don't want to ruin the board game experience by playing this, but I want to play this.

[Spectral B4dger]

Yeah, I've asked on their discord. Let's see if they reply (hopefully before the end of the trial period!)

[Spectral B4dger]

From their discord

"<@162615934740070400> The story content is largely the same as the board game, it’s a different way to experience the same story. The video game ending is expanded with new dilemmas, I can’t explain more without spoiling the game!"

And my reply

"Ah gotcha! thanks for the info! I'm a bit torn now cause knowing the game is largely identical to the physical version, I'm sure it would be 10x better if there was the possibility to play it MP as opposed to SP. At first I thought it was a prelude or similar but now that I know that I'm experiencing the same content, somehow I feel less inclined to keep playing it cause I know I'm missing a good chunk of the fun that the physical version provides.. You ever thought of implementing MP?"

[adolson]

Thanks for finding out. I don't want to spoil the board game, so I guess I'm out (at least until after my group plays through it - it's sitting beside me in the shrink as I type this, hoping to crack into it this week!).

[Heidrun The Goat]

This has the same cards and results as the board game from what i have played so far. The difference is in this you are basically the king rather than one of the councilors in the tabletop version.

I think the end game might be more in depth in this as well, but i havent finished either version to say for sure.

[Horrible Guild]

Confirmed! Please expect an extended/expanded ending too.