Claustrophobia 1692

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• Claustrophobia 1692 is an asymmetrical two-player dungeon crawler.
• One player playing as a band of humans in the hellscape and the other as the infernal forces of demons and trogodites trying to crush the humans.
• The game is driven by scenarios, each with common rules of play, but different win and lose conditions for the players.
• You'll pick a scenario and the book will tell you exactly which characters to use.
• Equipments and gifts are never traded. They remain permanently with the warriors who receive them in setup.
• The human player gains an activation die for each warrior, a deck of instinct cards, and a supply of exhaustion.
• The infernal player gets their control board with their chosen demon slotted here.
• There must always be at least one open exit.
• A mini cannot leave a tile if it is outnumbered by the other side.
• This is called the blocking rule, and it's broken by two talents, impressive and elusive.

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• Blocking/Movement Control — Player placement and the number of figures on tiles can influence movement and prevent opponents from leaving certain areas.
• Card Play — Players use cards (Insight cards for humans, Infernal Will cards for the infernal player) to gain special abilities or modify actions.
• Combat — Combat is resolved by rolling dice, with modifiers based on character stats and potential card effects.
• Dice allocation — Players roll dice during the preparation phase and assign them to characters to determine their stats (movement, combat, defense).
• Ranged Combat — The hunter character has a ranged attack ability.
• Resource Management — Materia Prima is a resource used by the infernal player to summon creatures.
• scenario-based gameplay — The game is structured around specific scenarios, each with unique objectives and rules.
• Spawn Rules — Specific rules govern where and when the infernal player can spawn enemies, often dependent on tile entrances and the presence of human warriors.
• Tile exploration — The game involves drawing and placing tiles to explore the environment as players move.

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• This is a really interesting game. While you see dice, this isn't what I would call a dice chucker.
• The infernal player might have trouble getting some of their forces out onto the board, but this is a game of kind of longer-term strategy.
• So, that is the end of my turn, and now it's the beginning of the infernal turn.
• The Hunter has a ranged attack.
• I don't want to say it's his fault, but it kind of...
• We'll play it as it as it doesn't. Unless I roll a five or higher.
• Dead guys don't get dice.
• She's elusive. SHE'LL BE LIKE, BYE.
• We'll finish this I'm pretty sure this is going to finish this round, cuz I don't think I'm going to survive another round.

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• "I'm in. Do I want it? Yes."
• "A facelift that updates this emmerit totem while 100% respecting the DNA that made it a dungeon crawling classic, brutal, no holds bar gamed."
• "Spectacular asymmetry and a plethora of bombastic movements makes this one of my favorite dungeon crawling games."
• "This is a two-player game, and it's the two players' move that creates the tension."

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