Even though everyone I’ve played this with has enjoyed it, I think it might be a bit too stressful for some people. But to reach him, your party will first have to deal with the 20 Door Cards in your way, each representing a new challenge you must face. This happens almost every door card since we’re all just throwing down our colored cards as soon as we flip the next door card. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

If you go into 5MD expecting some simple strategy to fill an hour every once in a while, you'll enjoy it. Disclaimer – This game will raise the noise level and be prepared for cards been thrown here there any everywhere!

In this instance, I bought 5-Minute Dungeon ("5MD") in my "dad" capacity but have a pretty good idea of how it will play out with my game group.

The color of your hero will tell you which color/icon type you’ll specialize in, and you’ll have some unique action cards. It means there’s more to the game than just five minutes, while letting players enjoy a feeling of success even if failure finally does crash down around you. Start playing this thrilling card game by selecting one of ten heroes and the corresponding weapons deck. Five Minute Dungeon distills down the idea of a board game to the smallest portion it can, and that is a very good thing.Everybody will be racing against the clock to slap down symbols that match the current card from the Dungeon. At the end of each dungeon is a powerful dungeon boss — and after the first boss is defeated, the campaign continues to the second boss. Communication and teamwork are critical to survival because there's no time to form a carefully considered plan — and no predicting what dangers lie ahead.

That's a fancy way of saying there will be lots of shouting and quick thinking because you are on a timer! You have to constantly try to talk with everyone around the table, while also shouting out which cards you are slamming down to defeat the cards of the dungeon.The different classes all have unique cards which once learned help u get through the harder dungeons. Everyone understands how to match icons on cards, and the rest of the game is just reading what’s on the event and action cards. The game does play well at all player counts, but the early bosses seem to be much easier with more players. My kids were in stitches when this cute, bubbly, imp-like voice started saying "You ready to start the dungeon?