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In Dead by Daylight: The Board Game, a team of resourceful Survivors face off against a single supernatural Killer in a high-stakes, asymmetric game of cat-and-mouse. Players must carefully navigate sinister trials, activate generators, and use unique perks to escape or hunt their prey.

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The Verdict

based on 9 reviews

Positive 0%
Mixed 0%
Faithfully captures video game's cat-and-mouse tension
Tense tactical mind games over movement
Asymmetric killer powers add variety
Strong replayability across multiple killers
Rigid player count locked to five
Board can feel dull or empty
Perks seen as underwhelming
Gory theme won't suit everyone
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“Putting that aside, Dead By Daylight is one of the best-licenced board games on the market. Although it is flawed – around the player count and people losing their turns – it translates the video game exceptionally well.”

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Unfiltered Gamer, Unfiltered GamerVideo

“Dead by Daylight is a wonderful board game as long as you don't mind the fact that it could be swinging and you might get stuck and not have a chance to win if you don't play correctly early on.”(25:25)

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The Discriminating Gamer, The Discriminating GamerVideo

“The game is fun it's a good cat and mouse game it's a good game of trying to outthink the killer where is he G to go where the choke choke points”(7:50)

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Game Boy Geek, Game Boy GeekVideo

“It's a one versus mini game of cat and mouse that provides a tense experience keeping you on the edge of your seat”(13:03)

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3 Minute Board Games, 3 Minute Board GamesVideo

“The best thing about this game is its simple core structure: pick a card, move, interact. Done.”(3:21)

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DicebreakerArticle

“As someone who has played 500+ hours of the video game, I can tell you that the board game does a great job at recreating the tense game of cat and mouse we have come to know.”

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One Stop Coop Shop, One Stop Co-op ShopVideo

“I think it does the job. It's not necessarily so amazing that I would say you should go out and buy the game just for solo co-op, but it is nice that it lets you play as the killer or as the survivors or have even a team of survivors for co-op.”(31:44)

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GamingTrendArticle

“Dead by Daylight: The Board Game is a solid one-vs-many action programming game with a few issues that unfortunately keep it from being very accessible. There's some nice variety to each play with the different Survivors and Killers, the randomized Props, and the double-sided board.”

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The Dice Tower, The Dice TowerVideo

“I love the experience that it brings. But ultimately, because of those big frustrations, it's one of that I would recommend, but it's going to have a lot of caveats to it.”(26:14)

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