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2008 Ranked #4,097

Tomb

This competitive dungeon game has parties recruit heroes, fight monsters, and take treasure. Rival adventurers turn every delve into a race.

Thematic Games Adventure Exploration Modular Board Secret Unit Deployment

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.62/5

Rating

6.33

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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?

Recruit a Party. Kill the Monsters.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Modular Board

Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Read the full game description

Recruit a Party. Kill the Monsters. Take Their Stuff! Tomb pits opponents against one another in a game of monsters, traps, treasures, and spells. Attempts to capture the dungeon crawl experience without hours of preparation. Assemble a crack squad of adventurers and enter the fabled Goldenaxe Catacombs in search of glory and hidden treasure. With Tomb’s unique set-up and character recruitment, you’ll never play the same game twice. Integrates with: Tomb: Cryptmaster

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Type

1
Thematic Games

Category

5
Adventure Exploration Fantasy Fighting Medieval

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Modular Board Secret Unit Deployment

Family

2
Category: Dungeon Crawler Players: Games with Solitaire Rules

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Editions

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
John Zinser

Artists

4
Nate Barnes Jason Engle Carl Frank Jonathan Hunt

Publishers

1
Alderac Entertainment Group

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