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Escape the Dark Castle
Escape the Dark Castle is a simple, cooperative game of retro-atmospheric adventure.
What is Escape the Dark Castle
Escape the Dark Castle is a simple, cooperative game of retro-atmospheric adventure.
Players take on the roles of prisoners, wrongfully incarcerated in the depths of The Dark Castle. Whether it’s the Abbot, the Tailor or any of the six playable characters, each prisoner is represented by a character card and a custom character die showing that prisoner’s unique endowment of Might, Cunning and Wisdom – the game’s three traits.
Embarking on a desperate quest to escape, the players must work together using custom dice and item cards to overcome the castle’s many horrors, traps, and challenges - each of which is represented by a large, illustrated chapter card. At the beginning of each game, 15 of these chapter cards are drawn at random from a larger deck to create a unique castle every time.
Gameplay involves one player revealing a new chapter card each turn, in a motion like turning a page of a book. When a card is turned, the next chamber or passageway into which the prisoners have stumbled is revealed. There is no turn order. Instead, players decide as a group who will turn the next chapter card, and there are often grisly consequences for the one that does!
Game details
- Players
- 1–4
- Age
- +14
- Duration
- 45 min
- Difficulty
- Light
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2017
- Mechanics
- Cooperative Game · Dice Rolling · Die Icon Resolution
- Categories
- Adventure · Card Game · Dice
- Designer
- Alex Crispin · Thomas Pike · James Shelton
- Publisher
- Themeborne Ltd. · Exod games · YingDi (旅法师营地) · Ghenos Games
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How many players is Escape the Dark Castle for?
Escape the Dark Castle plays with 1–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 45 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 14.
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