
2012 · Dice
Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Players cooperate to flee a collapsing, cursed temple before its countdowns consume their characters. The game plays in real time: everyone rolls dice simultaneously to move through revealed tiles, open new rooms, and match symbol combinations to discover magic gems or trigger effects. Music-driven countdowns force urgent play; if players are out of the safe room when time runs out they lose dice. Once the exit appears, players attempt a collective escape by rolling based on remaining gems, passing dice to escaped teammates as they leave. Optional modules add face-down treasures with special powers and playful curse penalties that alter player behavior during the run.
- Players
- 1–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 10 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.5 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Expansions
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Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 1: Illusions2012
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 2: Quest2013
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 1: The Pit2012
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 2: Doomed2012
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Expansion 3: Traps2015
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 4: The Fountain2013
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 5: Quest Chambers2014
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 8: The Maya Calendar2014
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 7: New Characters2014
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 6: The Maze2014
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 10: Totem Chamber2015
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 9: Exchange Chamber and Teleporter Chamber2015
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 14: Wishing Well2017
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 12: Slide2017
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 13: Map2017
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 11: The Cursed Gems2015
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 15: New Quest Chambers2019
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Queenie 16: New Traps2019
Escape: Queenie Box2020
Escape: The Curse of the Temple – Exclusive Queenie 2020: Dice Shrine Chambers2020Photos from Ludoya tables
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Full stats in Ludoya- 342
- Plays logged
- 251
- Players
- 20m 31s
- Average play
- 80
- In collections
- 11
- On wishlists
5.8/10
from 48 Ludoya reviews
Mestremuten4.0 Rating: 2/5 Production value: 2/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
SrCornelius7.0 Local-(368)
Chaothic, fun and frenetic classic!
Rules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Can players combine their dice to activate a gem in a chamber?
Yes — several adventurers in the same chamber may pool their key/torch icons to activate gems; you may cooperate to activate 1 gem and must cooperate to activate 2 or 3 gems (page 5).
If I roll a black mask, can I reroll that die immediately?
No — a die showing a black mask is accursed and must be placed aside; it can be used again only if a golden mask breaks the curse or by provoking a turn of fate (pages 3, 6).
Can I use other players' dice to enter or discover a chamber?
No — entering or discovering requires the icons rolled by the player taking the action: you must roll the icons shown (enter) or roll two adventurer icons yourself to discover a new tile (page 4); pooling is described only for gem activation (page 5).
How many key icons do I need to escape once I reach the exit?
Each player must roll as many key icons as the number of gems currently in the gem depot plus one, and each player must roll their required keys by themselves (page 5).
If someone already activated a gem in a chamber, can more gems there be activated later?
No — once at least one gem in a chamber has been activated, no adventurer may activate any further gems in that chamber (page 5).
Where do we place the exit tile during setup (and is it different for 1–2 players)?
Shuffle the exit with the top 4 tiles and place them on the bottom of the draw pile; for solo or two‑player games, instead insert the exit tile in the middle of the draw pile (page 2).
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