Return to Dark Tower

Return to Dark Tower is a board game for one to four players, designed and published by Restoration Games. The game is a sequel to the 1981 board game Dark Tower, by Milton Bradley Company. Return to Dark Tower has players cooperate or compete as they rule over kingdoms surrounding the titular Tower, with their chosen "heroes" gathering resources, defeating monsters and enhancing their strength. As the game progresses, the Tower dispenses corruption across the land, which players must cleanse, while also looking to identify the foe inhabiting the Tower, so that they may defeat it, to win the game. Return to Dark Tower features a circular mat that is sectioned into quarters, to represent the kingdoms, with a Bluetooth-powered Tower at the center, which is connected to an app that runs the game. Return to Dark Tower was designed by a team of board game industry veterans - most notably the creator of Gloomhaven, Isaac Childres and the creator of Pandemic: Legacy, Rob Daviau. The game was in development for three years prior to the launch of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in January 2020. The Kickstarter campaign proved to be successful, with over $4 million raised, against a goal of $850,000. Return to Dark Tower was released in 2022. In August 2022, a second printing of Return to Dark Tower raised $2 million on BackerKit.