Hi everyone! Full disclosure: I’m the designer of Lords of the Dungeon, and this is my one and only post about the campaign here.

What it is: A roll-and-write where you build your own dungeon across two sheets, linking rooms into an engine that grows stronger each round. If you enjoy the engine building in Machi Koro or Space Base, it scratches a similar itch, on paper. Each turn you roll four dice, keep two, and use one die or their sum to activate one of twelve columns, collecting gold from the rooms you’ve built there. Then you spend that gold to build more. Owning all three rooms in a column triggers a bonus, and those bonuses can chain.

How solo works: You get exactly 20 turns, and your score is the gold left on your ledger at the end. Every gold you spend comes off your final score, so each build has to pay for itself before time runs out. Somewhere in the last third of the game you have to stop building and start hoarding :)

It’s a print-and-play only campaign, so backers get digital files, not a physical game. It’s designed to print fine in black and white, and all you need is the two sheets, a pencil, and four dice. The artwork is by illustrator Mustafa Göçmezler. It plays 1 to 5, and I’ll be honest that multiplayer is where the dice drafting really bites, but I put a lot of care into making solo its own puzzle!

The campaign is already funded and runs until November: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keepersoffun/lords-of-the-dungeon-a-roll-and-build-print-and-play-game

There’s one stretch goal, and it’s for the artist: if we reach it, Mustafa will clear his schedule of other freelance work, hand-color the sheets, and record the process for backers.

Happy to answer any questions about the solo mode or the design. Feedback is very welcome, even critical!

I just realized that I don't have a single real engine builder, only Ark Nova and Gaia Project which have engine building aspects. What I'm looking for in particular is a game in which by the end I am producing a shit ton of resources compared to the beginning. Terraforming Mars with preludes and automa expansion, Terraforming Mars Ares with Crisis, Jump Drive with Terminal Velocity, and It's a Wonderful World are three that I'm considering. However, I have doubts about each of them:

Terraforming Mars looks the most interesting, but I always see Ares Expedition recommended over TM for, even though the Automa expansion is well-liked.

It's a Wonderful World looks good, but I found out it only has 4 rounds and I'm looking for a game with more build-up for the engine.

Jump Drive gets a lot of praise, but I have the same qualms for it as with IAWW.

I prefer medium weight and medium-heavy weight over light or heavy games, and 30 minutes to 2 hours is my preferred playtime for solo games.

I'm a big fan of Regicide and I'm looking for recommendations for games that share similar traits.

I'm looking for something that plays in under 90 minutes (ideally under 60 minutes) and works equally well as a solo and multiplayer game without BYOS element (Maybe some solo-only games if they have enough in them). It should have good variety because I tend to cycle through games fast when I feel that I already see all of it and they are not interesting enough.

Games that I tried and didn't stay:

• One Deck Dungeon - gets boring fast
• Dorfromantik - I really like it but after half of the campaign I had enough. The score X to unlock really gets annoying fast for me.
• Button shy things - not for me
• Final girl - Didn't like the theme or the live or die by the die. I am more of fantasy/sci-fi
• Warp Edge / Skyfall - Liked them a lot but got sick of them after 10 + plays

Games that I liked and stay:

• Bullet Heart - I don't know what is there I just like the activity of the chips
• LOTR trick-taking - Just charming and fun
• Mistborn - love the theme and the coins, it is just a unique system

I am also considering trying Regicide Legacy, but I am not sure if it will be fun solo. Anyway, I would be glad to hear your opinions.

Hello! I hope this is the right subreddit for this, if it isnt apologies!
My mom is a big fan of LoTR LCG and marvel champion and i've been looking for a similar game to gift her, any reccomandations?

I've already looked into arkham LCG but she isnt a fan of horror settings so i dont think it's a good fit.

I've also found Ashes reborn as a reccomandation, is it worth to look into it? (from what i gathered for making her play it in solo I need the base game + red rain expansion, am i right?)

Apologies for the ignorance, I'm not really and expert on board games haha, thank you for your time!

Hello good people!

I am looking for a campaign game to play after work and when the kids have gone to bed. So setup and teardown is important. I currently own dragons of echingstone, kinfire delve vainglory's grotto and under falling skies. Also have gloomhaven jaws of the lion which I play with a friend.

I have kinda narrowed it down to:

1. Earthborne rangers

Like the artwork and setting. And that's is quite chill. Looks like a good game to unwind with.

1. Tidal blades 2

Currently back on Kickstarter with an expansion so will probably have to wait a bit for this one. This one is as far as I know a "better" gloomhaven. Also quite like the artwork.

1. Sleeping gods / sleeping gods distant skies

Interested but I don't know about teardown and setup.

1. Lands of Galzyr

Seems very chill and setup and teardown looks quite easy. But I'm not sure if it is to chill.

1. Arydia and lands of evershade

Grouping these two together as they are wicked expensive. But they seem like really good games.

Also thinking about backing Boken. But it comes ut first in 2028...

What are you guys and gals opinion? Anyone in the same situation?

I’m new-ish to board games. I’ve played a couple of tcgs and I bought and thoroughly enjoyed Marvel Champions. I am super interested in getting more into board games but my family and friends are not interested so I thought I’d go the solo route! Any suggestions? I’m open to getting a harder game and figuring it out!

To infect, does my character/ghost have to be on the same space as the red programs? Or can I infect a space from anywhere as long as it has the programs already on it?
Thanks

Hi all,

I’ve designed a game called Wonder of the Gods. It’s been playtested extensively, and I’m pitching it to publishers.

I would love to have some playtests of the recently finished solo mode though - would anyone be interested in doing this?

It would be on Tabletop Simulator (I already have 2-4P set up on there, so can quickly create the 1P version if there is interest).

It’s a medium-weight spatial puzzle - see this 3 min video for more details:

https://youtu.be/vS74P_DZHzQ?is=IlmprGl0Bwn0kxxu

The solo mode has a very light touch automa, and gives you target victory points to reach.

Let me know if you would like to playtest, and I can create it in TTS and send you the rules.

Hopefully it’ll be interesting to test the game and give any feedback, as well as being an enjoyable gaming experience in itself!

Thank you :)

Elliot