2016 · Fantasy
Tyrants of the Underdark
Players lead rival Drow houses vying for control of the Underdark by recruiting minions, deploying troops, and manipulating influence and power. The game combines deck-building—buying new minion cards from a central marketplace and shuffling them into a personal deck—with area control across a map of subterranean sites. Minions belong to distinct aspects that support different tactics: some excel at assassination, others at recruitment and promotion to an inner circle that scores end-game value. Players spend influence to acquire cards and power to place and move troops, perform actions on the board, and remove opposing forces; victory goes to the player with the most victory points from controlled sites, promoted minions, recruited cards, and successful eliminations.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 60 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.6 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 350
- Plays logged
- 398
- Players
- 1h 25m
- Average play
- 59
- In collections
- 22
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7.8/10
from 78 Ludoya reviews
Garfield8.0 #38 Entertaining area control game with deck building. [c] Theme: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Interaction: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]A lot of combats --> Artwork: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Cards good, board boring --> Luck: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Not much --> Strategy: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Different strategies possible --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Still ok --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Average --> [/c]
BWizard8.1 [c] (15x) GAMING EXPERIENCE: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (5x) DEPTH / WEIGHT: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (5x) LUCK: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (10x) REPLAYABILITY: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (6x) MECHANICS: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (6x) PLAYER INTERACTION: ★★★★★★★★★★ (3x) SCALABILITY (PLAYER COUNT): ★★★★★★★★★★ (2x) LENGTH: ★★★★★★★★★★ (2x) CLARITY OF RULES: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ (6x) COMPONENT QUALITY: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ [/c] :thumbsup: High confrontation level. :thumbsup: Unique deckbuilder.
Balleflass7.0 It's a great game, but may be a bit repeative and you do need at least 3 players. I miss more cool powers and effects on the cards in the core, expansion and fan-made expansions. Would be cool if some cards had persistent effects that could stay in the player tableu like in Star Realms, Ascension and similar deck builders.
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