# Massive Darkness Companion — Official Companion App

> Digital companion for the Massive Darkness board game, managing heroes and game decks. (iPhone/iPad app by CMON Pte Ltd.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/massive-darkness-companion/id1385153254 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [CMON Pte Ltd](https://appshunter.io/developer/981289340)
- Category: Games, Utilities, Board, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Rating: 3.00/5 from 13 App Store ratings · 13 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 119 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2018-06-08
- Data updated: 2026-06-03
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/massive-darkness-companion/id1385153254/reviews.md

## What is Massive Darkness Companion?

THIS IS A COMPANION APP, TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MASSIVE DARKNESS BOARDGAME BY CMON INC.

In Massive Darkness, you’ll join forces with the other players to enter the underground lair of the Darkness. You’ll work together, jumping from shadow to light, engaging the enemy when the moment is right. The minions of the Darkness can be anything from orcs, to goblin warriors, to giant spiders. You’ll never know what creatures await you around every corner. Play the quests in order to follow the storyline, or create your own legends using the tokens and modular board tiles. The Lightbringers won this war once before. Now it’s your turn to add your names to the history books!

The Massive Darkness Companion App serves as a digital replacement for the Hero Dashboards used in the boardgame to keep track of each character’s inventory, experience and skills. And the app goes beyond that, offering players some cool extra aids as well.

– Features – 

• A virtual deck of equipment cards allows you to easily control your heroes' inventory, switching cards around with a flick of the wrist and no fear of cards slipping around.

• You can also let the app control the Monster, Equipment, Door and Event decks, for an even easier time!

• As you gain experience your new Skill options are automatically displayed, and the app incorporates any pertinent new game effects.

• Having a hard time keeping track of your actions as you gain new free ones? With the Action Bar, you can tick off each specific action as you take it, so you always know what actions you have left.

• Choose any of the Hero characters, including promos. 

• Network capabilities! Each player can use their own device if preferred, and the app will maintain the whole game-state gracefully!

CMON
http://cmon.com

## Key features

- Digital hero dashboards
- Virtual equipment card decks
- Monster, Door, and Event deck management
- Automatic skill and effect updates
- Action bar for tracking actions
- Support for all hero characters
- Networked multiplayer gameplay

## Recent user reviews (10 of 13)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/massive-darkness-companion/id1385153254/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Very unstable

*2019-07-03*

During an afternoon of play we had to restart the  app and reload the game multiple times to be able to run our game.  People got disconnected often from the "server" and could not rejoin or lost functionalities such as the ability to level up their character.   This OFFICIAL app needs to be more stable.

### 2/5 — Connection issues

*2019-05-20*

Tried to play across a home WiFi , every device would time out after a few seconds and the host device would have to re assign characters to device names.

People like to use tablets so anything not using a cell signal should still be able to use the app.

It still kicked everyone with phones too.

We eventually gave up and pulled the cards out.

Also the familiar card does not assign to the armor slot. Seems like that should be a thing.

Custom options for story mode would be awesome.  

My group never plays default rules. Modified rules make story mode soooo much more fun and challenging.  If we could modify xp and trading options or transmute options that would be awesome.

### 1/5 — Great concept, very flawed update

*2019-05-12*

The companion app was working wonderfully until this past update (ver 1.2) but has just now introduced a bevy of new errors.

- killing minions awards micro XP (in story mode) to the active character, but stops dead at 5 micro... which shouldn't be possible since that is a full normal XP. No rollover happens and any excess is lost

- killing non-minions has the same issue for all characters, necessitating manual tracking of all XP (notepad)

- if nobody has enough minimum XP to level, the class button is greyed out

- the biggest flaw... it's incompatible with older saves, killing a long running campaign I was in the middle of

### 3/5 — Great when it works properly

*2019-04-21*

Fantastic companion app to avoid the mess of card decks and using up your limited class sheet pads. Helps a lot with keeping track of all the combat modifiers too. However, I have run into quite a number of bugs while using it, sometimes forcing us to restart the app, and once even to restart the game (thanks fully we were only a couple of turns in) due to being unable to end a hero’s turn. One consistent bug we have run into is the players who join the game being unable to see/select their starting equipment. Occasionally we have to go into other screens in order to reactivate buttons that should be active (often the class button). Finally, the level 2 great sword combat item card is 1 handed on the app, when it should be 2 handed (I checked the physical card).
If these bugs get fixed, I would rate it 5 stars.

### 4/5 — Need Green Horde Crossover!!!

*2019-03-13, version 1.1.0*

Love this app and it works really well. My ONLY issue is that Green Horde heroes and monsters are not currently a part of it, which practically halves the game for me (as I went ahead and bought everything as I love these games!). Please, please, please introduce Green Horde characters and monsters and it’ll be amazing!!

### 1/5 — Doesn’t include all Green Horde crossover set

*2018-12-07*

I own the Green Horde crossover set so this is useless.

### 4/5 — Azrael Fix

*2018-09-28*

Azrael function is broken.

### 3/5 — Needs improvement

*2018-08-12*

Seems like it will function great but haven’t been able to use it as my husband and I can’t join the same game on different devices despite being on our home WiFi. Not sure if there’s a trick to this but haven’t found anything online or in FAQ. Once this is fixed it will be a solid 4*.

### 4/5 — Armour Equipment

*2018-07-10*

This is a great app, but for some reason, I can't equip armour cards. I have tried on multiple devices to equip armour cards into their designated slot, but it seems that the only armour that I can equip is leather armour.  The game is at a high enough level for me to these cards, but it just goes back into my inventory after releasing it over the armour slot.  This is especially odd because the other equipment cards work just fine.  Is there anything that I am doing wrong, or is there a bug in the app?

### 4/5 — Impressive

*2018-06-19, version 1.0*

Really like the design of the app. It would be great if additional crossovers could be included, such as Green Horde heroes though!

## Frequently asked questions about Massive Darkness Companion

### What is Massive Darkness Companion used for?

Massive Darkness Companion is a digital tool designed to enhance the Massive Darkness board game. It replaces physical hero dashboards, manages character inventory, skills, and experience, and can also digitally control various game decks.

### Does Massive Darkness Companion require the board game?

Yes, this is an official companion app and is intended to be used in conjunction with the Massive Darkness board game by CMON Inc. It does not provide a standalone gaming experience.

### Can multiple players use Massive Darkness Companion at once?

Yes, the app features network capabilities. Each player can use their own device, and the app will maintain the entire game state gracefully, allowing for a shared digital experience.

### How does Massive Darkness Companion handle hero progression?

As heroes gain experience, new skill options are automatically displayed within the app. It also incorporates any pertinent new game effects, keeping your hero's status up-to-date.

### Does Massive Darkness Companion have ads?

No, Massive Darkness Companion does not contain advertisements. The app is free to download and use without any ad interruptions.

### What devices is Massive Darkness Companion compatible with?

Massive Darkness Companion is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is designed to run on Apple's mobile operating system.

### How often is Massive Darkness Companion updated?

The latest version of Massive Darkness Companion is 1.2.3, which was last updated on February 25, 2022. Updates typically include bug fixes and feature enhancements.

### What is the age rating for Massive Darkness Companion?

Massive Darkness Companion has an age rating of 4+. This indicates it is suitable for a wide range of players, including younger individuals.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.3 — 2022-02-25

New logo

### 1.2.2 — 2021-12-17

Minor changes

### 1.2.0 — 2019-03-29

The Green Horde Crossover content is now available in the app!
Other minor improvements as well, enjoy!

### 1.1.0 — 2018-12-22

Enemies won't gain abilities from equipment they cannot use.
Players can now view discard piles.
Fixed HP values from Black Plague roaming monsters.
Combat skills grouped by Category.
Action toggles inside Combat screen.
App will automatically decrease mob count when HP reaches 0.
MaxHP skills will always increase current HP.

### 1.0.1 — 2018-07-11

Fixed an issue with certain armor cards not being useable.

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