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Dungeon In A Tin box art
2011 Ranked #14,175

Dungeon In A Tin

A solo or cooperative dungeon crawl has adventurers explore random rooms, defeat monsters, rescue a captive, and escape with her. The dungeon grows more dangerous with depth, then becomes harder again during the return journey.

Thematic Games Adventure Exploration Modular Board Pick-up and Deliver

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.63/5

Rating

6.45

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

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 in a Tin is a solo or cooperative dungeon-hack. Players descend into a dungeon randomly laid-out from a stack of tiles, fighting through the orc and goblin hordes to rescue the kidnapped maiden and collect treasure and glory.

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Dungeon in a Tin is a solo or cooperative dungeon-hack. Players descend into a dungeon randomly laid-out from a stack of tiles, fighting through the orc and goblin hordes to rescue the kidnapped maiden and collect treasure and glory. Each player takes turns to move through the dungeon one tile at a time, laying new tiles as unexplored areas are entered; every time a player enters a room, special monster dice are rolled to determine the enemies faced and the potential loot to be found. When a monster attacks, a die is rolled to determine the style of their attack; the player then chooses a card from his hand to counter with, each card being strong against some kinds of attack and weak against others. The ultimate goal of the game is for the players to fight their way to the bottom of the dungeon to rescue the captured maiden - and then fight their way out with her. The dungeon will become harder to fight through as the player delves deeper, and then harder still on the way out with a helpless rescuee in tow. This Print-and-Play game was an entry in the 'One Full-sheet Label' design contest here on BGG, and as such the printed components fit entirely on a single label sheet. A small number of other tokens and blank dice will also be required. Additionally, as the name hints, once constructed on cardstock it is possible to fit the game inside an Altoids tin or similar.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–2
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jake Staines

Artists

1
Jake Staines

Publishers

1
(Web published)

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