Doin’ Mazes with Dungeon Scralwers: Heroes of Undermountain - Review

Dungeon Scrawlers: Heroes of Undermountain is a new Dungeons &...

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Oh man, this sounds pretty great. Is it dry erase? I can't tell on mobile.

I know my son will cheat like the dirty gnomish rogue that he is.

Ah, reading the review again I see that it is dry erase. Cool.

So I grabbed this at my FLGS and it took my 5 year old all of about 5 milliseconds to grok the basics and start hunting down monsters. Some of the more advanced concepts like getting keys or player abilities will take time but this ain't a complex game. The idea of scribbling over monsters is pretty Primal to a kindergartener.

But it is FUN. The maps are dense, the little challenges are amusing, and the race element is key. Not sure it quite captures a dungeon delve but I don't much care.

Hope to see this hit the table a lot (along with Dungeon Mayhem) when family comes over the holidays.