When I first heard that publisher Cool Mini Or Not was releasing a card game based on From Software’s beloved PS4 exclusive Bloodborne, I rolled my eyes. “Card game” isn’t the first place my mind would go if I were designing a tabletop game based on the white-knuckled, crushingly difficult third-person action of Bloodborne. Then again, I’m not award-winning designer Eric Lang.
Lang is not new to successfully translating video games into board games, and he has designed plenty of well-received board and card games based on well-loved franchises. Seeing that he was at the helm piqued my curiosity.
After playing the game, I was reminded why Eric Lang is a celebrated game designer and I am not. Far from being a lazy cash-in, the game is actually pretty great.
The PS5 Exists.
