Game Info
Year
2026
Players
1-4
Age
12+
Playtime
90 min
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Description
A cooperative fantasy adventure where players navigate labyrinths and defeat foes to retrieve a stolen artifact from the Goblin Queen
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The ability to sneak past minor enemies during dark phases.
- Shadow powers having no effect on certain characters.
- The hero event items (like the owl) are useful and cute.
- The Soul Blade Sword is a powerful legendary weapon.
- The Fairy Friend card is very powerful.
- The Devil's Venom potion can be used as a ranged attack.
- The Shadow's Bane card allows discarding enemy event cards.
- The axes are a great way to slow down enemies.
- The ability to heal and buff characters.
- Defeating the Queen felt awesome.
- The ability to manipulate the board with traps is cute.
- Ranged attacks are helpful.
- The game has a good balance of rewards and risks.
- Traps stay on the board and can harm enemies.
- The game provides a good overview of gameplay.
Cons
- The dice roll for movement can be a gamble.
- The Goblin Queen can be a difficult opponent.
- Enemies can be powerful and reduce player stats permanently.
- Retreating can lead to further battles.
- The Goblin Queen can be captured by her own mother.
- The game can be tense when trapped between two enemies.
- Spawning new enemies can be challenging.
- The Shadow Knight and Skalax are powerful new enemies.
- Certain enemy movements can be inconvenient or dangerous.
- Poisoned potions can force negative actions.
- The Ogre has a very high health pool.
Thematic elements
- The artifact has been stolen by Gorlak, the dark mystic, plunging the realm into eternal darkness. Players must rescue the artifact and restore peace.
- Labyrinthia, a beautiful, peaceful realm protected by the wizard council
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- board manipulation — The labyrinth tiles can be rotated, changing the paths and connections on the board.
- Captures — If a hero runs out of health, they are captured, with a limited number of captures leading to game over.
- Combat — Battles occur when enemies and heroes meet, involving dice rolls and stat modifiers.
- cooperative play — The game is explicitly stated to be cooperative, with players working together to achieve the objective.
- Dark Phases/Moon Dial — A Shadow Moon dial tracks dark phases, which can affect gameplay, such as allowing players to sneak past minor enemies.
- Enemy Abilities — Enemies have unique abilities, such as reducing player stats, attacking with specific stats, or having special movement or combat rules.
- Enemy AI/Movement — Enemies have specific movement rules, either attacking the nearest hero or moving towards a designated target (prey marker).
- Enemy Spawning — New enemies can spawn on the board at certain points, and their spawn location depends on whether the artifact has been retrieved.
- event cards — Landing on certain spaces can trigger hero events or trap/treasure encounters.
- hero selection — Players choose from six different heroes, each with slightly different strengths and abilities, and some lore on the back.
- Item/Gear — Players can acquire items like legendary weapons (Soul Blade Sword) and helpful companions (Ocelot the owl), as well as potions.
- Movement — Movement is determined by dice rolls or set amounts, with options to move spaces on the board.
- Resource Management — Players can collect gold, which can be used to buy potions from a potion seller.
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Quotes (from this video)
- There are no mistakes, only lessons to be learned.
- Cute but still dangerous.
- We're rolling too well for the enemies.
- I cast die.
- She's like, 'I'm going to kidnap you. You need to come back home. Why are you being annoying? Listen to your mom.'
- Wow, that felt really good.
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