Asmadi Games One Deck Dungeon, For 168 months to 9600 months

Its really hard finding good solo player games like this! Its a dice/card game where you lay door cards face down and pick which to flip "open" featuring a battle or scenario. Each one is a little dice puzzle where you can roll specific numbers of dice for different stat, combine stats to make a different value... And also use the different items or character abilities to help win the encounter. After each scenario you can make decisions such as gaining more dice.... Converting the encounter in to experienc to level up or other options.. What makes it really cool is every card has many possible functions because there's a lot of sliding one card under the other. The efficency is amazing and lets them cram in alot of content. You cycle through the same deck... But every dungeon has its own boss and every floor has added challenges for that specific dungeon that change all encounters. The estimated time cycle is roughly about 30 minutes...there are papers with it to create your character, where you pick a class then choose a speciality... Over the course of 20 plays per character you can check off accomplishments ranging from leveling up, entering a floor, killing a boss... they are tallied up and let you pick bonuses/abilities to start new games with. This lets you take on harder and harder bosses and may inspire more efficent play throughs for the best final character you can make!! Classes depend on which of the two sets you get. Forest of shadow has the most, and most interesting. It would be hard to explain them but I'm very picky and I like most of them...ton of interesting unique mechanics I felt were very solid and often surprisingly thematic. Which speaking of, the two sets can be combined seamlessly... Although a lot of typical players would be happy with just one?... I would recommend forest of Shadow for that purpose. Just because it has the most content including a poison bad status mechanic... If you combine you can have a ton of classes and and more specalizing character options... The encounters can start to feel a little bland if you only have one because you keep cycling through each time ... but if you combine the two decks there's a lot of diversity. Im a huge fan and a lot of people get really fanatically dedicated to this game because it's really awesome youd have to see it played to know why.The compact size in the inexpensive makes it worth a shot. The final catch is i cant imagine playing with another gamer friend. It may be fun for casual multiplayer. Oh, good game for kids as theres a story mode that can be overlaped over play throughs cute fantasy stuff on their website. 10/10! *I do recommend getting thin clear plastic card sleeves if you plan on taking it on the go (because you're sliding a lot of cards underneath each other you have to be a lil cautious otherwise.)

Amazing! This little game packs more of a punch than many 2-3 times as expensive. In this one deck dungeon crawl you will be fighting monsters, dodging traps and working your way towards the final boss battle. This is all done with a very large amount of different colored dice. The skills, items and potions you will pick up along the way by beating these monsters and traps will allow you to manipulate your dice rolls(which is really the name of the game), level up your hero and gain much needed potions. The way time advances and the deck of cards gets smaller and smaller is just a brilliant mechanic. There's a great element of press your luck as you're really trying to beat certain difficult monsters to gain their reward. I find myself grabbing this game to play over so many others because of it's incredible accessibility, level of enjoyment and fairly quick gameplay. Once you've played it a time or two you can begin a campaign and use the included campaign sheets to add permanent skills to your character as you beat more and more dungeons and bosses. The increasing difficulty of the bosses and their respective dungeons make for tons of replay ability and unique games. There is now an excellent little app for android that keeps track of your campaign characters and lets you select your upgrades. It stores all the information and can be pulled up during gameplay to remind you of your campaign added abilities and then quickly updated when you beat dungeons. The variety in this little game is phenomenal. It's just so easy to setup and it scratches so many itches in such a short time. I primarily play this solo but it's fantastic with 2 as well. It really is easy to teach and makes for a quick, puzzley game as you try to manipulate all your dice in your favor. Highly recommend!

My box was complete when it arrived, no problems. The game itself is very punishing without being overly complex. Some have called this a "roguelite", and I think that's a good way to approach the game. Plenty of randomness and challenge, without taking a whole evening to learn. Overall, this is basically the card game version of a Dungeons & Dragons type dungeon crawler, with combat and leveling up and boss monsters. Neat. The setup: Pick a character class from a standard array of Dungeons & Dragons types. There's a Cleric, a Paladin, a Wizard, etc. You setup a few other standard cards to represent things like the dungeon you're in, and the effects of your character level. Your characters' ability points are distributed among different stats, which match to colors of several dice in the box. So for instance the Paladin can swing a sword well (3 yellow dice) but isn't very nimble (1 purple die). You then begin a process where you lay out a board of 4 "door" cards and then start kicking down the doors each turn. You can either confront the terror within, or "flee" from it. These two mechanics have lots to balance them out. But you go along taking down the challenges and drawing more door cards until you've explored the level, and then you head to the next. Combat: Each dungeon floor, and then each monster, has certain colors and numbers of dice required to beat it. This is hard to explain in text, but imagine it like this: To kill a goblin, maybe you have to roll at least a 4 on one purple die, and then at least 11 on any combination of yellow dice. If you fail to fill any of those boxes, you suffer certain consequences listed on the boxes you failed to uncover. So there's a lot of complexity in front of you- but it's all incredibly simple to read. There are also black dice which can apply to any challenge. Generally you can always trade 2 other dice down for a black die of the lowest value you're trading in (like a blue 5 and a yellow 2, make a black 2) so you can often use dice for other boxes this way. Wasting time: Aside from potentially suffering consequences if you can't finish the combat in one go, every turn you also throw the top 2 (or more) cards of the draw pile into a discard. When you run out of cards, you're on a timer that kicks you down to the next level of the dungeon- which will be more difficult. You shuffle the discard pile back into the deck, and you turn up a new Dungeon-floor card which increases the requirements to beat the monsters and traps. This is great, and replicates the feeling of some other "roguelite" games like the FTL computer game, where you're battling between trying to gather resources before you run out of time. Leveling up and such: Each challenge you face can be added to your character as loot. This is the most genius part of the box. A challenge will have certain attributes along its left side- maybe one yellow die and one health point. If you beat that challenge, you can put that card beside your character, and visually it looks like you have more of those attributes. The bottom of the card will be a skill or item, and the top-right of the card has experience points. So you get to pick how to divide up your spoils, and have to plan how best to tackle the challenges ahead. You only get to place this card one way- attributes, skills/items, or experience. Again, lots of information all incredibly accessible. Smart design. The roguelite element: The only sort of problem I have with the process is how often you'll start to notice that the boxes on the monsters have a lot of 5s and 6s on them. The game is meant to make you fail, and it ruthlessly punishes any move you ever make that's less than optimal. That can be troublesome because even if you play 100% correctly, you might just get a bad roll of the dice, and that will ruin a whole turn for you- complete with hitting you with damage or more time lost. The mechanic of trading in attribute dice for black dice helps a bit, but often you'll find you have a handful of dice that are all 1-3 and you can't turn that whole handful of dice into the single 5 you need. That can be frustrating. I'm sure someone out there has made a house rule to help this- for instance, if you can make two black dice that are both 3s then you can trade them up to a 4, and so on. That might let you smooth out the random factor a little. Overall: It's a fun game. It's all the fun of Dungeons&Dragons combat, battling monsters in a dungeon and leveling up. It supports 1 or 2 players out of the box, and more with expansions. I can definitely see how this game would suit 3-4 player play better than 1, as more people would help smooth out the random factor even more. And it even supports campaign play, as you can track stats on little character sheets included in the box if you want to carry the same character across multiple campaigns. Neat! One star off due to the frustration level- it won't be for everyone. But some people will love the gambling element, and considering it's very quick-to-play, you can play several games until you finally get a good run.

This is a fun and small game to play if you’re trying to kill time. It’s super easy to learn and comes in a nice compact size box. I must’ve played it at least 10 times the first couple days I got it. Replay ability is awesome as well.

Update: I am updating my review after playing the game for a couple of weeks. The rules are not as intuitive as I would like, but once you learn them and work out all the kinks its fine. The game has a good flow and momentum about it. I think there are a good number of rules, but it is not to the point of being overloaded. This game really shines with two players. I was having a hard time on one player, but I was also learning the rules. When I switched to two player, I enjoyed the game even more. It overs a good bit of decision making and dice action for both players. No one is sitting around, because everyone is engaged and making decisions. I like the aspect of sharing items, skills and experience points. It makes you have to strategize a little bit and takes some of the chance out of the game. I enjoy this so much I am going to buy the expansion just to have additional cards and features. I also like that its compact and fast to set up. I have found myself taking it with me on trips or to work and using in one player mode. I did find that the game tie extends on two player mode, mostly because of the time it takes to talk about each action and strategize as a team. The dungeon exploration sort of reminds of me of Munchkin - but this game has more gameplay mechanics and gratifying items/skills - and of course dice. Also, it is much harder and holds true to the rogue-like category. If you are a light to heavy gamer - try this out! I hope you find that it is a fun game as well. I hope to see more expansions or card decks for it in the future. Original review: Received my copy. This game is brutal. At first I thought it was easy and I would run through it. Then I realized I was playing it incorrectly. Now I can’t get through the first dungeon. This is a rogue like game in a card deck. It’s cool because it takes a few minutes to set up and begin playing. Games are very quick, unless you get a lucky streak. I’m happy with what you get for the money and the game rules are decent. The rule book is very nice, but I wish they would structure it a little more clearly. I have had to hit several videos on YouTube and message boards to make sure I have understood the rules correctly. The game has high replay value. I like that it’s not so overloaded with mechanics and items that gameplay is interrupted. It’s a good game for any gamer collection. It definitely has a place on the shelf and is good for Saturday morning or easing into Friday night. I may or may not pick up the second release. The second release has poison mechanic added to it and I think it would be too much to track. I would rather of had a new card and hero deck expansion without the poison added. I do recommend this game, but I am giving it 4 out of 5 because I think it will be too hard for most and it relies more on luck than skill. Again, approach this game as a rogue-like game. You play it expecting to die quickly.

I was interested in a dungeon crawl game that offers a lot of replay value, that can be played solo or with a friend, has a rich feel to the play, and is a good price. One Deck Dungeon met all of these criteria and is an incredibly fun game to play. First of all, it arrived very quickly, a week sooner than I expected. The components are of very high quality, with cards that are cut well, have a good feel, and are easy to handle, and tokens made out of high-quality plastic. Also, I love the fact that so much can be fit into a small box that is easy to carry (almost pocket-sized), yet contains all the richness of a dungeon adventure that is different every time. The mechanics are remarkably elegant, smooth, without any clunky elements or anything ambiguous. The instructions are detailed, and for this game it is very important to read through them all before playing. But once learned, the internal logic is very consistent, and the cards have sufficient information about game play printed on them, that there is no need to refer back to the rule book. The real genius is that the cards are used in different ways to represent different elements in the game. Same card easily and logically is used for a trap or a monster but then also is used in the right circumstance to represent either an item, a skill, or a record of XP. And because they are so well designed, there is no confusion about this when looking at the card, either! Also the color-coded dice to align with different stats for the character works very well. Most importantly, though, the feel of playing this game is immersive and fascinating, and it feels like the exciting dungeon crawl it is meant to evoke. Everything is there: deciding what directions to take, surprise encounters, fight or flee, determining uses of skills and abilities, use of items, adding to skills, gaining experience, leveling up, a sense of urgency as time passes, health and healing. And the campaign mode means that you can customize a character's development from adventure to adventure (with 5 dungeon flavors of varying difficulties that can play out in a huge variety of ways from session to session). One thing to know, is that the game time of 30-45 minutes is deceptive. On first play, not counting reading the rules and practicing the mechanics a little, it took me a couple of hours to complete an entire game (all three levels and boss battle of one dungeon). Even having learned the mechanics better, I still can't imagine playing the game in under an hour. THIS IS NOT A NEGATIVE THING though because I got so much enjoyment out of the play. In summary, this is a surprisingly rich game for the size and the price, with mechanics that are extremely elegant and provide for huge variety and extraordinarily good replay value. The artwork is also great, interesting just to look at, and the game components of very good quality and satisfying feel. For me, this has been an excellent solo game, and I am very excited to try it out with a friend! Please, buy this game! It is worthy. :)

Man, this is really fun. I've played it myself a couple of times, and a couple of times with my daughters. I feel like the game design is near-perfect and I'm looking forward to playing it more. Some folks have complained that all the player character art is female... while this is true, I honestly did not even notice until I read others' (sometimes inexplicably acerbic) diatribes on the subject. Listen, this is very good art and great game design and the concept of gender doesn't even exist as a game mechanic (it's just a matter of a few extra curved lines in the artwork). Other complaints are coming from hang-ups that most folks simply do not have. This isn't DnD, it's not even a real RPG, but the design comes amazingly close to a randomized, procedurally generated dungeon crawl, and the art, in my opinion, hits the perfect semi-anime note. While I wish it scaled a bit better to 3-4 players, the single pack is just great for 1-2 players (yes, it's actually quite fun even solitaire) and it seems adding more packs allows a (somewhat contrived) 3-4 player mode. If you absolutely have to play a male character, or if seeing a cool anime chick wield a sword makes you inexplicably angry, this isn't for you (don't buy this, save the money for therapy instead). But if you have more than an ounce of imagination, this is a really fun game full of dice and cool cards in a package you could fit in the hip-pocket of a jacket, not too scary for kids but not too cheesy for adults. Great stuff!

My 13 year old son and I finally got around to playing this dungeon crawler over the long weekend. It’s a small-box card game with no board and 30 dice, plus some life counters and potion tokens, super easy to set up and put away. It took about 30 minutes for us to wrap our heads around the rules, and then we were hack-and-slashing away — or just as frequently, fleeing for our low-level character lives (both options are fun, and there’s some good co-op strategy and player interaction in deciding whether to fight or flee). Games last about 30–45 minutes, if you know what you’re doing — longer if you don’t, as we discovered. The game supports 1–2 players ( I love a good solo game). The rules outline both single session and campaign play, and in the box there’s an optional campaign sheet to record XPs, items and skills acquired over multiple sessions. Brief gameplay description: Choose your level 1 character (choices are Warrior, Mage, Archer, Rogue and Paladin — I chose Paladin, as usual). Choose the dungeon you wish to assault: Dragon’s Cave (tough), Yeti’s Cavern (tougher), Hydra’s Reef (even tougher) or Lich’s Tomb (Suicidal). Shuffle the dungeon deck, with the “stairs” card at the bottom. Going through the deck represents finishing a level of the dungeon. Once you get to the stairs, you descend to a lower level. After going through three levels, you fight the boss (if you survive that long — this game is tough). Explore: Draw four cards face down. There will always be a maximum of four cards in active play. Enter a room: Flip a card over to “open the door”. This will reveal either a dungeon monster or a trap. You may now choose to encounter the monster or trap, or flee (hysterical screaming adds to the flavor, I find). If you choose to fight a monster, there’s some intricate and fun dice-rolling, and using relevant skills, and counting modifiers, that I won’t go into here. Suffice to say, I think the combat mechanics are swift, elegant and satisfying. In the happy event that you defeat the monster, you can choose how you will take your reward: a. As Experience points - earn enough of these, and your characters advance in level, making them more powerful and skillful. b. As Items - these increase your character’s combat, agility, magic (mana) or health points, or a combo thereof c. As Skills - these give your character enhanced special abilities to make you more badass As for traps, you have a choice of solving/evading/dismantling it, which is easier but takes more time (represented by drawing more dungeon cards from the deck), or destroying the trap, which is tougher but quicker. Defeated traps can also be taken for either experience points, items, or skills. Summing up, my son and I had a blast playing this game. It plays fast but not shallow, has some decent strategy, good co-op interaction, lots of dice-chucking, and reproduces the feel of the best PC game rogue-likes in the real world. It’s a lot of bang in a little box, all for around 25 bucks. Highly recommended.

I can happily say I’m pleased with the product. I wish it were on sale though. The game itself was shrink wrapped with the proper dice (as in my picture and not like the product photo dice). I wish the product pictures were up to date because the dice you receive are better and might make more people interested in buying the game if they were pictured. One deck dungeon is a solo game but if you combine 2 boxes can be played 2 player. It’s a fun little dungeon crawler and is frequently mentioned as a great solo board game. I recommend this game and the delivery time was next day delivery. I sleeved the smaller playing cards and everything still fits in the small game box. <3

Un juego super compacto, muy económico y con un montón de horas para disfrutar. Muy contento con la compra.

A brilliant little box of a game. Hard as nails to beat but what fun ! I wish those who make RPGs to take note that it is not the huge board, hundreds of pieces, cards, dice etc that really makes an enjoyable game, it can be done with a small scale in a small box ! The first couple of tries might be a bit confusing, afterwards you will keep coming back and even try to make your hero stronger ( in Campaign mode) because this little beauty has a long life span. The additional attraction: it is great, if not greater , it can be a soloist haven. Cannot wait for the expansion ...not that it will be needed for quite a while. Ten out of ten.

Très bon petit jeu de dés qui s'emporte facilement et qui peut se jouer en mode campagne sur du plus long terme.

Instructions were a bit over whelming at first but after getting them, the game is a fun one player game for those who don’t have lots of people to play DND with. Would recommend