DungeonQuest

DungeonQuest BGG link

Players

1 to 4

Play time

60 minutes

Designers

Jakob Bonds, Dan Glimne

Publishers

Alga, Games Workshop Ltd., Schmidt Spiele

Year

1985

Rating

6.72 (BGG average)

Mechanisms

• Dice Rolling
• Push Your Luck
• Rock-Paper-Scissors
• Role Playing
• Tile Placement
• Variable Player Powers

Categories

• Adventure
• Exploration
• Fantasy

Families

• Category: Dungeon Crawler
• Creatures: Dragons
• Players: Games with Solitaire Rules
• Series: Drakborgen

Description

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