If you missed the Kickstarter for Cult of the Lamb: The Board Game, can still get on board. Paper Fort Games is currently accepting late pledges via BackerKit, including the giant Lamb Shrine dice tower.
From video game to tabletop
Cult of the Lamb came out on August 11, 2022, from developer Massive Monster and publisher Devolver Digital. Players control a possessed lamb that was saved from death by a mysterious stranger and has to pay him back by building a cult in his name. The game switches between fighting through a randomly generated world and running a base full of followers.
The board game comes from Paper Fort Games, a small studio in Nottingham, UK, that already turned Terraria into a board game. According to the studio, every part of the game goes through Massive Monster and Devolver.
How the board game plays
The board game keeps both halves of the video game. In the Crusade phase, each player’s Prophet, the cult leader they play as, heads into a dungeon, fights enemies and can challenge the Bishops of the Old Faith, the bosses players know from the video game. In the Cult phase, players send their Followers to spots on a shared board to collect resources, gain faith and unlock new buildings. Each spot only has room for a limited number of Followers, so players compete for the good ones.
As in the video game, Followers need food and care. Players have to decide whether to feed everyone or put those resources into a better weapon for the next Crusade.
Players lead their cult as the Lamb, the Goat, the Owl or the Snake. The Owl and the Snake are new Prophets created for the board game. The game supports one to four players, and a card-based bot takes the place of a second player in solo games. A save system lets groups stop after any phase and continue on another night.
Groups that want a big finish can add an optional final fight called The Gateway, against the bosses Baal & Aym and then Narinder, The One Who Waits. In this fight, Prophets can no longer die. Every extra point of damage costs Victory Points instead, so the points players collected over the whole game help them last longer.
We saw the game at SPIEL in Essen this year. It looked great in person and seemed like it would be a lot of fun to play.
Editions, dice tower and Knucklebones
The Kickstarter ended on August 14, 2026, far past its goal with more than £2.6 million raised (roughly $3.5 million or 3.1 million€, at October 22, 2026). Late backers can choose between a Retail Edition with cardboard standees and Deluxe versions with miniatures, either in a single color or pre-painted in the top tier.
The Lamb Shrine dice tower will also not be limited to the original campaign.
Knucklebones, the dice game from Cult of the Lamb, is also available as a separate physical add-on. It is not part of the All-In Deluxe pledge. Backers who pledged for a physical copy during the campaign also get a gold-effect metal first player coin as a Kickstarter exclusive.
The game is available in several languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish. Backers pick their language on BackerKit after pledging.
When the board game ships
Paper Fort Games estimates that backer copies will ship in December 2027. The studio has not shared a release date or price for the regular retail version in stores.
Anyone who still wants to back the game or add the Lamb Shrine dice tower can do so on the official BackerKit page.
