Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Description
Competitive deckbuilding adventure where players explore mines battle Kobolds collect ores and craft artifacts
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging, rollicking deck-building and dungeon-crawl feel
- Gimmick of gems carried in hands/backpack is charming and thematic
- Characters feel distinct and there is variety with potential expansions
- Beautiful miniatures, nice art, and easy setup
- Card upgrade cadence adds progression and keeps the game fresh
Cons
- Logistics can be a pain when spots are crowded or blocked
- Totems can be unclear in their function on the board
- Some polish could be tighter; moments feel unpolished
- Bag interaction (pulling gems and kobold tokens together) can be confusing and a bit awkward
Thematic elements
- Treasure hunting, gem collection, and artifact forging within a whimsical cavern network
- Underground mines/dungeon-like environment with a central flame forge and artifacts to forge
- Lighthearted and whimsical with cute miniatures and flavorful flavor text
Comparison games
- Taverns and Dragons
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Artifact forging — Spend gems to forge artifacts at the central flame; flames can be turned off/on by events; artifacts score at end of the game.
- Deck building — Start with basic cards; two upgraded/advanced cards are shown; draw five cards; play four per round; acquire or add advanced cards to hand as the round progresses, with new cards revealed to improve options.
- deck-building — Start with basic cards; two upgraded/advanced cards are shown; draw five cards; play four per round; acquire or add advanced cards to hand as the round progresses, with new cards revealed to improve options.
- Event tokens and kobolds — Event tokens trigger board effects; kobolds can appear and steal gems into a bag; players can fight kobolds to gain rewards.
- Events — Event tokens trigger board effects; kobolds can appear and steal gems into a bag; players can fight kobolds to gain rewards.
- Mining and gem storage — Mine to reveal gems/tokens; characters can carry a limited number of gems (hand and backpack); can pass gems to teammates.
- Movement and positioning — Move along dotted board lines; some characters have flying to cross straight lines; space limits (three denizens per spot, five at the flame) affect placement.
- take that — Players can influence others via board effects (collapse walls, stun effects), but direct attacks target kobolds and not other players.
- take-that elements — Players can influence others via board effects (collapse walls, stun effects), but direct attacks target kobolds and not other players.
- Turn structure and endgame — Each player has four actions per turn; game ends when someone has forged four artifacts; points are then tallied to determine the winner.
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- the gimmick here is you are collecting gems to build artifacts
- this is a seven out of 10 for me
- the cuteness of the miniatures carrying them is a real thing in this game
- It's easy to set up
- There are things you can do to other players. You can collapse walls. You can mess with other players, cause other people to be stunned
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