Aye, Dark Overlord! The Red Box

Players portray goblin servants summoned before their tyrannical master to explain why a critical mission failed. Through improvised storytelling and short roleplay turns, each player invents excuses, shifts blame onto fellow goblins, and responds to accusations under time pressure or card prompts. Rounds progress as players build on each other’s lies until the master judges who is guilty. The game emphasizes quick thinking, humor, and social interaction, and plays quickly with simple rules.

Players: 4–16 best 5
Playing time: 30 min
Age: 13+
Complexity: 1.3 / 5

4.6 on Ludoya from $16.92HumorCard GameSingle Loser GameRole PlayingStorytelling

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About the game

Design: Chiara Ferlito
Fabrizio Bonifacio
Riccardo Crosa
Massimiliano Enrico
Tim Uren
Art: Riccardo Crosa
Publishers: Black Monk
asmodee
Ігрова Майстерня
El Dragón Azul
Delta Vision Publishing

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39
Plays logged: 57
Players: 31m
Average play: 75
In collections: 1
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4.6/10

from 32 Ludoya reviews

Jan Solo5.0
Un juego para jugar con personas de confianza, abiertas y divertidas. Es una excusa para inventar tonterías, aunque como excusa para inventar tonterías es de las mejores.
Garfield2.0
17 I think I will never find a group to play this game. It's also not really a game and it all depends on the dark overlord who get's the bad card. I can see some conflicts raising...
Benjamín Amorín5.0
Storytelling Card Game. It can be funny to play but the game is really nothing, a simple background just to tell stupid stories. I prefere to do it without a game in between.