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1985 Ranked #2,082

Dungeonquest

Dungeon exploration game where adventurers race through Castle Dragonfire for treasure before time runs out. Rooms reveal traps, monsters, and dead ends, so every step toward the hoard must be weighed against escaping alive.

Thematic Games Adventure Exploration Push Your Luck Rock-Paper-Scissors

Players

1-4

Play time

20-60 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.92/5

Rating

6.76

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 3.7/5

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?

Players explore the ruins of Castle Dragonfire trying to reach the treasure chamber in the center of the dungeon and escape alive with as much treasure as possible.

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Players explore the ruins of Castle Dragonfire trying to reach the treasure chamber in the center of the dungeon and escape alive with as much treasure as possible. A limited number of turns before the game ends puts pressure on players to take risks and score rewards because anyone left in the dungeon when time runs out dies! A tile-laying system creates the maze-like dungeon and ensures that no two games are ever exactly the same. Originally published as Drakborgen (Dragon Keep) in 1985 by Alga, a subsidiary of BRIO AB. Sold in Norway (Skatten i borgen) and Denmark (Drageborgen). Licenced to Germany (Schmidt Spiele) as Drachenhort, to Great Britain (Games Workshop) as DungeonQuest. A 2nd edition named Drakborgen Legenden was released in 2002 (never released outside Sweden). The game was re-licensed to FFG in 2010, who released the 3rd edition the same year. See the family entry for more information. Expanded by: Drakborgen II (the Swedish expansion that upon Games Workshop's British release was split into the two below:) Heroes for Dungeonquest Dungeonquest: Catacombs Re-implemented by: Drakborgen Legenden DungeonQuest (Third Edition) DungeonQuest: Revised Edition

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
20–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.9/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Jakob Bonds Dan Glimne

Artists

4
Dave Andrews Gary Chalk Colin Dixon Jes Goodwin

Publishers

1
Alga