Hemloch

About this board game

Hemloch is a two-player board game played in about 30 minutes, set in a dark city awaiting the arrival of the sun. After decades of twilight, rumors of a new age spread through alleys and courtyards, while each player races to strengthen their hold over the city’s locations.

Each player commands a personal deck of minions drawn from five distinct factions: The Courtesans, The Darkened, The Ghouls, The Alchemists, and The Geared. On each turn, players place these minions into one of four locations in the city, shaping their plans through careful positioning.

Minions provide special abilities on their own, but their placement can create additional effects. Playing minions from particular factions into particular locations grants further abilities, making the relationship between faction and destination an important part of each turn.

• Build your presence across four city locations.
• Use minion abilities and faction-location combinations.
• Acquire Potions and Trinkets for points or additional abilities.
• Place Influence markers to score across the locations.

Players score points by acquiring Potions and Trinkets, as well as by placing Influence markers in the various locations. These items offer a choice: they may provide additional abilities, but using them comes at the cost of points.

With only a few nights of perpetual moonlight remaining, every decision contributes to the struggle for control. In Hemloch, the coming sunrise promises to reveal the deeds carried out during the city’s final dark season.