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2013 Ranked #7,520

Dungeon Heroes

An asymmetric dungeon-crawl game has heroes search for three treasures while a dungeon lord builds traps and commands monsters. Once construction ends, enraged monsters hunt the party, turning exploration into a desperate escape.

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Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

13+

Complexity

2.19/5

Rating

6.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Dungeon Heroes is a tile-placement rogue-like dungeon crawl. One player controls an adventure party consisting of four heroes: a warrior, a wizard, a cleric and a rogue.

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Dungeon Heroes is a tile-placement rogue-like dungeon crawl. One player controls an adventure party consisting of four heroes: a warrior, a wizard, a cleric and a rogue. The other player is the dungeon lord. He creates the dungeon and controls the monsters within. The goal of the Dungeon Lord is to construct a devious dungeon layout by placing tiles turn by turn. When the Dungeon Lord runs out of tiles, the monsters enrage and hunt down the heroes. The heroes must unravel the Dungeon Lord's scheme by disarming traps, killing monsters early and using powerful magic to reveal hidden areas. Their goal is to locate three treasures to win the game. The Dungeon Lord, quite naturally, wants to eradicate the Heroes...

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
1–2
Play time
30 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Michael Coe

Artists

1
William Bricker

Publishers

1
Gamelyn Games

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