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Each time they earned any loot, they immediately lost to another monster (of a level that they were 'recommended' to be fighting), and then would have to spend the next several turns fighting that monster in order to re-gain their loot. I played a game of Dungeon! where one of the players spent significantly more time without loot than with loot. If you choose the sub-optimal strategy (you don't roll well), then you are going to be very frustrated in this game. The next con for Dungeon! is related to the first con. You better play friendly with those dice! But, then you might get really good loot and drop it later where someone else can go get it.

(The one exception is that you might be able to get a 'magic sword' which can give you a +1 or +2 bonus to your rolls - normally a +1 again, unless you roll well.) So, if you're going to go after gigantic monsters, you might as well do it right at the beginning before you have loot to drop. However, as opposed to games like Runebound where you defeat the smaller monsters to level up and get better weapons before continuing onto the harder monsters, you will have essentially the same chances of defeating a huge monster at the end of the game as you would at the beginning. The higher you roll against monsters, the better your chance of victory. Basically, the entire game is dependent on luck. This strategy will defeat any other strategy that players choose to implement (like not rolling well). Do you want to know what it is? It is to roll the dice well. There is a ridiculously overpowered strategy in the game. Now that I have listed all of my pros for Dungeon! it's off to the cons.

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A suggested retail price of $20 for a full board game with any kind of role playing element (however small) is essentially unheard of.

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Oh, and the next pro for Dungeon! is that it's inexpensive. The amount of luck and die rolling involved would help put both children and adults on approximately equal footing when it comes to chances of victory, which I think could add even more to the children's enjoyment. However, with that said, it seems like the kind of game that you could enjoy with young children. This should probably be considered a kid-friendly game more than a non-gamer game. Though it is easy to teach anybody, that doesn't mean that adults will enjoy the game. The first pro for Dungeon! is that it is easy to teach anybody. Turns continue in this manner until one player has collected enough loot to win and successfully returns to the Great Hall (with that loot).įind the number your character needs to roll If you do not defeat the monster, then you roll again to see what happens - this can range from nothing, to losing some of your loot, to being killed and having to start over. After rolling the dice, if you have rolled high enough to defeat the monster, then you gain loot (if you are in a room or the monster had stolen loot). After selecting the monster of the appropriate level, you find the number that your adventurer must roll. In these rooms and chambers, you must fight a monster. Each turn, you can move your adventurer up to five spaces - but you are stopped if you go into an uncleared room or chamber. Each character has a certain amount of loot that they are attempting to collect before returning to the Great Hall for victory. In Dungeon! each player takes on the role of a different adventurer with the goal of looting the dungeon. Spells are instant-speed effects that can give players advantages or disrupt opponents.Īs a standalone card game with 150 cards, Boss Monster contains everything that 2-4 players need to play.Recently, Wizards of the Coast decided to re-print a classic game from the 1970's - Dungeon! This means that every 'build phase' is a bidding war. Because different Heroes seek different treasure types, and rooms are built simultaneously (played face down, then revealed). Players interact with each other by building rooms and playing Spells. More attractive rooms tend to deal less damage, so a Boss who is too greedy can become inundated with deadly Heroes. Players can build one room per turn, each with its own damage and treasure value. Playing Boss Monster requires you to juggle two competing priorities: the need to lure Heroes at a faster rate than your opponents, and the need to kill those Heroes before they reach your Boss. But a player can also lose if his Boss takes five Wounds from Heroes who survive his dungeon. The goal of Boss Monster is to be the first Boss to amass ten Souls, which are gained when a Hero is lured and defeated. Players compete to lure and destroy hapless adventurers, racing to outbid one another to see who can build the most enticing, treasure-filled dungeon. Inspired by a love of classic video games, Boss Monster is a 'dungeon-building' card game that pits 2-4 players in a competition to build the ultimate side-scrolling dungeon.

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