Dungeon Twister (2004)

Dungeon Twister is a 2-player high level strategy game where 2 teams of adventurers with various powers are trapped in a dungeon. The board is composed of 8 rooms that can be moved and rotated by the players. Each turn, a player is able to spend actions to move around the dungeon, pick up and use items, battle with the opponents team, or turn and move the rooms of the dungeon.

The goal is to reach 5 victory points. Points are collected by moving adventurers out of the dungeon or by killing an opponent's adventurer. Treasures are disseminated across the whole dungeon and will bring the adventurers well-needed powers.

Each player has the same characters, each with different powers. Some run fast, some fight or disarm traps. The cleric heals, magician burns everything in sight and the goblin is so weak that the simple fact of getting him out will bring you two victory points.

Combat and actions are managed via cards. To move, fight, heal or turn a room, you must manage action points obtained by playing cards. Those cards are not drawn but selected from a set of cards by both players. Both players have access to the same panel of cards at the beginning of the game so the game is really about managing the resources and adapting to the changing environment.

Dungeon Twister is the original game in the Dungeon Twister series

Home Page: http://www.dungeontwister.com/us/ (English)

the Internationale Dungeon Twister League http://www.dungeontwister.org/ (Multi-lingual website and forum)

Expanded by

• Dungeon Twister - Paladins & Dragons
• Dungeon Twister 3-4 players expansion
• Dungeon Twister - Fire and Water
• Dungeon Twister - Forces of Darkness
• Dungeon Twister - Mercenaries
• Dungeon Twister - Minotaur
• Dungeon Twister - Purple Dragon
• Dungeon Twister - Créatures Sylvestres
• Dungeon Twister - Terres de Glace

Reimplemented by

• Dungeon Twister 2: Prison

Awards

• 2006 Lucca Games Best of Show (Italy), Side Award Best Game Mechanic
• 2006 Golden Ace Nominee.
• 2005 International Gamers Award Best 2-Player Game Nominee.

Components:

• 1 sixteen-page illustrated color rule book
• 2 quick-reference screens
• 2 starting line tiles
• 8 square room tiles
• 10 square action markers (5 for each player)
• 12 object tokens (6 for each player)
• 16 character tokens (8 for each player)
• 16 cardboard figurines and plastic bases (8 for each player)
• 20 portcullis markers
• 32 cards (16 for each player)
  • 18 combat cards, 6 jump cards, and 8 action cards

Microbadges:

- Dungeon Twister fan
- Dungeon Twister fan - Cleric
- Dungeon Twister fan - Mekanork
- Dungeon Twister fan - Wizard
- The International Dungeon Twister Ligue fan

Re-implemented by:

• Dungeon Twister 2: Prison