One Deck Dungeon

One Deck Dungeon is a card game “roguelike” — a dungeon delve that is different every time, difficult to survive, with a character you build up from scratch. The deck consists of various foes to combat and other perils from the dungeon. Each card, though, depicts both the obstacle to overcome and the potential rewards for doing so. When you defeat a card, you claim it as either experience, an item, or a skill, tucking it under the appropriate side of your character card to show its benefits.

Gameplay

Each player has a character with multiple stats (health, strength, agility, and magic), which will determine how many dice you can roll against traps or enemies. Your character stats can be improved along the way, as you collect items and/or skill points.

The dungeon level itself is represented by a deck of cards, face down. You’ll generally have 4 of these cards in front of you, representing “rooms” of the dungeon. In a typical turn, you’ll open (flip) one of the doors, and face the monster or trap that’s inside. After a successful encounter, the enemy you defeated represents the loot you just got, with a pretty clever mechanism in which each card represents an encounter, a skill bonus, and an item.If you manage to cover all the monster’s slots with your dice, you kill the monster and get its card.

On the monster’s card sides are skill bonuses and an item. You pick which one of those you want, and tuck it under your character to get the bonus. If you can’t beat the enemy due to a poor roll, you still get the loot, but lose health accordingly.

Summarised

The longer you take exploring the dungeon, the deeper you’ll delve, and the difficulty will scale up quickly! If you make it far enough, you’ll have to fight the dungeon boss. Survive, and you’ll be a legend!

One Deck Dungeon is designed for 1-2 players. With multiple sets, you can add more players.