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#Dungeon no dungeon review how to#

The theme is fun once you figure out how it ties to the mechanics–while the rulebook explains how to play, I don’t think it spells out what’s going on when you draw monster cards, and I had to explain that further to my kids and the other people I’ve taught the game to. Japanese games tend to pack gameplay into a small package, so I was pleased that Iello’s version is still a pretty small box. Oink Games is one in particular that I’ve heard good things about, and it’s the original publisher of Welcome to the Dungeon. In the past year I’ve been seeing more games coming from Japan as US game publishers sign distribution deals with them. If nobody has won the game, then the last player to enter the dungeon picks the next Adventurer and the next round starts. You take a Success card if you succeed, and you flip your Player Aid over to the dark red side if you fail. The others just managed to wipe her out of hit points, but she had a healing potion to come back for the win. The Demon and Dragon were defeated with the invisibility cloak. Get through the whole dungeon stack, and you succeed. Otherwise, you lose HP equal to the monster’s strength. If you have the right equipment to defeat the monster, it doesn’t hurt you. Add up your hit points, and then reveal monsters one at a time from the dungeon stack. If you are the last player to pass, the bidding phase ends and you must enter the dungeon as the Adventurer with whatever equipment you have left. Here’s the Rogue now, with seven dungeon cards and missing three pieces of equipment. If there aren’t any more Monster cards in the deck on your turn, you must pass. If you pass, you will skip your turn for the rest of this round, and join back in after the dungeon phase is over. If you draw a card, you look at it secretly and then either add it to the dungeon stack, or else set it aside, face-down, and remove one of the Adventurer’s equipment tiles. Liuĭuring the bidding phase, you have to decide whether to draw a card from the Monster deck (in which case you’re bragging about surviving) or pass (chicken out for this dungeon). Should I add it to the dungeon, or remove some equipment? Photo: Jonathan H. Hmm, the Rogue could face the dragon with her invisibility cloak. Shuffle the Monster cards and set them near the tiles.Įach round has two phases: the bidding phase, and the dungeon phase. Then choose one of the Adventurers and set it on the table, along with all of its Equipment tiles.

To set up, give each player a Player Aid card.

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The game is played in a series of rounds, during which players try to out-brag each other–and the last player to pass will take a trip into the dungeon. The object of the game is to survive two trips into the dungeon, or be the last player remaining after everyone else has lost twice in the dungeon.

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You can download the rules as a PDF here. The back side of the Player Aid cards show the same information but the background is dark red instead of white, indicating that the player has lost once. The Player Aid cards show how many of each monster there is in the deck, along with their strengths and the equipment needed to defeat each one. Success cards are just cards with a big gold scroll on them. The Monster cards are fairly simple: a large illustration of the monster, a strength number at the top left, and some icons at the top right showing what equipment can defeat the monster. The illustrations, by Paul Mafayon, are nicely done. The Adventurer and Equipment are color-coded so you can tell which equipment goes which with hero. The Adventurer and Equipment tiles are small, rectangular cardboard punchouts, identical on each side, with an illustration and a small description at the bottom. The monsters and heroes are cartoony and not too scary for younger kids. I’ve played it with younger kids and I think 7 or 8 is probably fine, but younger than that may have a little trouble understanding the concept. Welcome to the Dungeon.”Īt a glance: Welcome to the Dungeon is for 2 to 4 players, ages 10 and up, and takes about half an hour to play. I could make it through five rooms of that dungeon without my torch.” “Oh, yeah? Well, I could make it through five rooms of that dungeon.” “I could make it through four rooms of that dungeon, no sweat.”