Daemonia

Watcher, are You Worthy of Hell's Throne?

The ruler is gone.
The throne is empty.
The Underworld is watching.

Daemonia is a competitive dark-fantasy strategic board game. You are a resurrected Watcher competing for rulership under the Stygian Council. Draft a Watcher, build your army, claim monstrous allies, and take the throne.

Venture Deep Into the Battlefield of Hell

Daemonia pulls from Dante’s Inferno and reshapes it into a tactical battlefield. The Underworld is full of demonic beasts, fallen angels, and infernal politics.

The Lightbringer is gone. The city is unstable. The Council wants a new ruler. They don’t care if you’re noble. They care if you win.

Subdue Creatures, Defeat Rivals, Answer the Council

• Subdue powerful allies and expand your influence throughout Hell.
• Battle rival Watchers and fight for control.
• Fulfill Council's Demands to gain their Favour.

Choose Your Path to Power

Each Watcher commands different powers, abilities and strategies — forcing you to adapt your plans to the strengths of your chosen fallen angel.

Before your journey begins, you must align yourself with a Watcher, one of Daemonia’s fallen angels. Each Watcher grants you distinct advantages, shaping your strategy from the very start. Choose wisely, for your Watcher will guide you through your rise... or your downfall.

Five Hellscapes, One Underworld

Hell is divided into five distinct realms, each ruled by an Archon and populated by dreadful creatures.

Daemonia is divided into perilous regions, each home to creatures of unimaginable power. The rivers burn, the shadows whisper, and death is a certainty for the weak. Those who dare to conquer this land will find its monsters kneeling before them.

Experience PvE Hunts and PvP Battles

Hell is not won through influence alone.

When Watchers cross paths, their forces collide. Choose your battles carefully — victory can strengthen your position, while defeat can leave your ambitions exposed.

Assemble your strongest characters, empower them with powerful items, and adapt your strategy to every foe. Victory favors those who are skilled, so choose your targets wisely.

Fulfill Contracts & Council’s Demands

Power alone will not be enough. To thrive in Daemonia, you must fulfill contracts and appease Council's Demands. These tasks will test your cunning, strategy, and might, offering valuable rewards and strengthening your dominion over the land. Ignore them at your own peril.

Where you direct your Favour matters. Every allegiance strengthens one power while bringing you deeper into another's influence.

The new Daemonia prototype

Packed with cards, boards, custom dice, soul coins, figurines and more, Daemonia gives you everything you need for an epic underworld battle, all in one box!

Your fate is yours to forge

Make bold choices, forge dangerous alliances, and seize power in Daemonia. Every decision shapes your path to ruling the underworld.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Daemonia?

A competitive dark-fantasy deck-building board game for 2–4 players. You take the role of a fallen Watcher and battle to rule the underworld, subduing the creatures of the Hellscapes, completing Contracts, and answering the Stygian Council to earn the most Favour.

How many players is it, and how long does a game take?

2–4 players, in roughly 60–90 minutes. The box includes dedicated rules for 2- and 3-player games.

Is it competitive, co-op, or solo?

Competitive. Every aspirant races to earn the most Favour, through the Council's Demands, Contracts, and battles, and can clash with rivals directly along the way.

How hard is it to learn?

It rewards strategy, but it's friendly to newcomers: the rulebook opens with a guided tutorial game and includes a one-page quick-start, so your first match gets going quickly. Recommended for ages 14 and up.

What's in the box, do I need any expansions?

Everything you need is in one box: 239 cards plus the game board, player boards, dice, soul coins, tokens and figurines. No expansion is required to play. Optional booster sets, Arakiel's Alchemy and the Council of Archons, add extra depth for later.

When does the Kickstarter launch?

We're aiming to launch in the second quarter of 2027, around April or May.

Where will you ship, and how much will it cost?

Shipping regions and costs will be confirmed on the Kickstarter page when the campaign goes live.

What language is the game in?

The rulebook is written in English. We'll confirm any additional language editions as the campaign develops.

Our Team

Nik — Execution
Won a local tournament with a Relinquished deck, how about that?

Rok — Game Mechanics
Always picks a fire-type starter Pokémon, likes to talk to "interesting" people, a fine addition to this team.

Filip — Programming & Marketing
“I roll the dice, not because I trust fate, but because I don’t.”

Lin — Designer
Used to own a cat called Mew.

The Lore

Welcome, mortal. Step aboard my boat, and let me guide you across the River Styx.
Before you lies Daemonia, the capital of the Underworld, a city brimming with life in its own dark, twisted way. Here, you'll find black-market merchants, contract brokers, blood magic practitioners, and those lost to the haze of forbidden pleasures.

Due to our ruler’s unexpected disappearance, the city is in a state of disarray. The Stygian Council, the city’s ruling body, is searching for Lightbringer's successor. The Watchers, trying to succeed to the throne, are competing against one another for the Council’s favour by amassing an army of monsters, all while trying to stab each other in the back.

However, do not worry about politics. Let me tell you some things about the Hellscape. Beware the surrounding volcanoes; they are home to Cerberuses that hunt anything that dares to stray too close. But not all is grim—Phoenixes, with their fiery beauty, are a sight to behold, and worth the perilous journey.

If you venture beyond the city, keep your wits about you. Should you cross paths with a Malebranchi, run. These creatures will carry you off to their nests high in the mountains, where Harpies and Griffins await with a hunger for blood. Your only hope lies in encountering a Nephilim—rare, but friendly souls who wander the Fields of Asphodel, where safety can sometimes be found.

As you walk along the banks of the Styx, you may hear the haunting melody of a Siren Song. Do not approach—their craving for human flesh is insatiable, and the nearby lakes are home to monstrous Hydras, waiting for their next victim.

In Daemonia, there is one unbreakable rule: strength above all. Demonstrate your power, and the creatures of this land will kneel before you. All of them.

Even the legendary Demons that lurk in the Void—unique and formidable, not easily subdued, but if you can earn their respect, they will serve you.

So there you have it. Appease to Council's Demands, gather followers, beat the other contenders and seize the Daemonia's crown.