Thank you for the comment! I hope I did it justice and got everything right. Dungeon! was actually the very first fantasy game I bought to play with my kids.
Right on! My uncle got me into D&D in 81, and as much fun as that was, my friends and I played Dungeon a lot more. Just got a reissue to play with my son. So happy to see that it has stood the test of time for almost 50 years now!
I just ordered this today to play with my kids (7&5). I like knowing how to play a new game before starting it with the kids. You explained this so well! Thank you.
What cute little cards, they look easy for kids to hold. I guess I'm used to games that have a start and finish line so this one with all the multiple paths was a little confusing at first but it now makes a little more sense. Looks like a good way to spend some time!
Played this with my 9 year old son. Once we'd grasped the rules we added our own where we could attack each other to rob loot. We found this hilarious at times. Used the monster fights back rule to resolve combat. Limited to one attack per zone do as to not over do it. Also we trade loot if we meet in a corridor or room. A bit of tweaking and could be fun for some of you to try.
Good video Jason. We use elastic bands to keep the cards tidy. We had an idea to add some dungeon guards to the guard room by placing a couple of miniatures there. Perhaps they could patrol around using a dice roll.
@@marksfishfrenzy That's a good idea because there is a lot of card sorting in the game setup. In some of my other games, we built little cardboard boxes with dividers and that seemed to work pretty well too.
It’s the last couple weeks of school and I got this game for my ESL class bc they’re tapped out but I wanted to find a story telling like game to practice conversation with (we’re done with any more formal learning). Thanks for this video bc it’s gonna be quite the learning curve figuring it out 😅 but I’m excited to try!!
You're very welcome! It is pretty fun to play with a group. My only complaint is that there isn't as much character-to-character interaction as some games.
@@TabletopJason oh sure there is getting your gold and getting out lol it’s a competitive version of how a dnd dungeon run should be. Quick question (s) 1.if I’m in a hall with three rooms to travel can I use multiple actions to move and fight till all 5 actions are finished and 2.how many characters are controlled based off player count? Is it always 1 per person or should each player have a few for greater chance of winning?
@@graphkid I might have not been clear on that instruction. You can move up to 5 spaces, but have to stop as soon as you are in a room. As for players, yeah, the standard rule is one character per player. Thanks for watching and feel free to shot over any other questions that come up.
For sure a cool looking game to play with friends. Or my boys might fig it. Hey wanted to say I checked out your website, man you got something really cool going on man. Digging it, keep going at this and you will be synonymous with board games all across the board.
I like the art of the game. I have played an older version. This is good for D&D casual players, as an intro or for profesional players who want a simpler experience, a D&D campaign can last months, and this only an hour or so.
Hello Jason! Do you have any kiddos that play these games with you? That's a larger sized board with a lot of pieces. I said in one of my previous comments on a different video that some games get lose me when it's complicated but this one doesn't seem all that hard. For some reason I just thought about the game Gauntlet and how I loved playing it at the arcades... those were the days!
Man, Gauntlet was great. I had the NES version and played the crap out of it. I don't think I could ever beat it, but still...good times. As for Dungeon, I was playing it with my son when he was 6 and he did pretty good with it. This one is super simple and doesn't require math, so younger kids do pretty well. Thanks for watching!
Hi, congratulations for the video. A clarification. If the hero starts his turn in a chamber where there are less than 3 defeated monsters can he leave the chamber or is he forced to encounter a monster (obviously in his previous turn the hero has already encountered a monster in that chamber)? In my opinion, a wise rule could be the following: when a hero enters a room or a chamber and encounters a monster, on his next turn he will necessarily have to move to leave that chamber or room (even if there are other monsters to encounter and regardless if in his previous turn he defeated or did not defeat the monster he encountered). Thanks. Greetings.
If I'm reading things correctly, I think the player has the option to encounter the monster or leave the room. In the case of a chamber, they can only fight one monster per turn though. Thanks for watching :)
@TabletopJason After fighting the first or second Monster in a Chamber (whether the Hero won or not), a Hero doesn't have to stick around unless he really wants to. On his next turn the Hero may leave the Chamber. By the same token, if the Hero doesn't defeat a Monster encountered in a Room he can leave the next turn (he isn't forced to remain and fight a too-powerful opponent!).
That's quite a game man, lots of pieces. Would be a lot of fun with friends. I played a video game version of D&D on Atari way back as a kid with my brother, not as good as the real deal though.
Gotta correct you there though. D&D was on Intellievision, not Atari. It was called "AD&D Cloudy Mountain" was a great, innovative game back then too. Thanks for watching!
Nice video. One question, when a creature has "-" in the stats instead of a target number to meet or beat, what happens? You consider immediate defeat if you have a +1 sword?
Instructions aren't too clear, but the way I read it, I think the "-" means you can't even attempt to defeat the monster with that ability, even if you have a sword. Maybe somebody else can chime in though too.
So played this the first time tonight and what I gathered based off the rule book. Under the magic sword section it states you can’t attempt it unless you have a magic sword if there is a “-“. If you do the roll to beat is a 13 so you have to roll a 12 with a +1 magic sword or an 11 with a plus two magic sword to beat it. The only that that is unclear and I can’t find it anywhere is for wizards spell with the “-“ on the monster. A wizard does not get the bonus from magic sword according to the rule book so it is impossible to beat it with that spell from what I gather
I have never seen nor played DnD but i know about it. Also i watched the cartoons when i was young. This is actually educational for me.. I get to see the actual game and know how to play it xD thanks!
This game is more loosely based on the real D&D, but it does share some of the monsters and spells. It would be great if they'd repackage this based on the 80s cartoon. Now that would be amazing. Thanks for watching :)
We got this game based on your review and the kid loves it! I wish they included a tray or two for the cards as. It's hard to keep them neat. We ended up using a bunch of dollar store containers for each kind of card. Thanks again.
@@ScottBernstein-z4z Thanks for watching! I separated the cards into separate bags, but yeah it would be so nice if the game included a Monopoly-like divider for the card because sorting them is a pain.
@@TabletopJason If you look up “Dungeon Fantasy Board Game Homebrew” on google there’s a website with additional homebrew rules that add abilities to the other classes so they can also roam the higher lvl areas
Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind, because I go back and forth on it. I don't like a lot of silence in the videos, but am never sure if it's too loud, or too distracting.
Yeah I had no idea until I started reading about it. I always thought that Hasbro just slapped a D&D label on it after they bought the rights to increase sales.
@@TabletopJason i know you battle one at a time but all 3 in one turn ?or after battling one monster in the chamber your turn gets over and the next player plays
@@androidfixer7052 I might have been playing this wrong all these years. We would always fight them one after another on the same turn, but the manual actually makes it look like you fight one each turn.
Oh no, that's not good. Well, in the chamber rooms, you fight 3 monsters one at a time and leave a tombstone for each. I hate those rooms because they don't leave treasure.
@@TabletopJason I'm glad! Thanks for making these videos either way, this one helped me decide to buy Dungeon. Actually, I'm torn on whether to buy the 1992 version with all the extra classes. Have you played it? Does it add a lot and make the game less simple, or just bog it down?
@@TabletopJason The 1989 and 1998 versions had a bunch of extra classes, or I think maybe it's more accurate to say that you could pick any of a number of sub-classes of the four classes, so that it didn't complicate the game TOO much. I'm probably going to order the 1992 version, although I'm thinking of just getting the 1994 Dungeons and Dragons game that was a sort of fusion of the Dungeons and Dragons basic set and of "Dungeon!". That game even use the exact same realistic plastic figures for the pieces, the ones from the 1992 Dungeon, instead of the flat counters of the modern version.
Thanks for the nice review of my game! Keep on gaming!
Thank you for the comment! I hope I did it justice and got everything right. Dungeon! was actually the very first fantasy game I bought to play with my kids.
OMG! Gonna take my 5 year old first time to Dungeon!
It's a great game with tons of house rules :)
Thanks, David, for many hours of fun gaming with family and friends! Dungeon! has always been my go-to board game.
Right on! My uncle got me into D&D in 81, and as much fun as that was, my friends and I played Dungeon a lot more.
Just got a reissue to play with my son.
So happy to see that it has stood the test of time for almost 50 years now!
My husband bought this yesterday and I’m going to surprise him by knowing how to play tomorrow - thanks to you!!!!! ⭐️
Awesome! Let us know how that goes :)
What a lucky husband!
I just ordered this today to play with my kids (7&5). I like knowing how to play a new game before starting it with the kids. You explained this so well! Thank you.
Awesome to hear that! I think your kids will enjoy. The 5yo might need a little help, but they catch on pretty quick. Let us know how it goes.
I miss playing board games i don't have anyone to play with so you're channel is the closest thing to me playing with someone 😊
Thanks! Hopefully with COVID stuff winding down more people will be getting together to play board games again.
I'm actually familiar with this one, but not with the rules... Very straight forward explanation. Thanks, Jason! 😊
Thanks. Hope it helps. Pretty good intro into the more complex world of tabletop games. Thanks for watching!
What cute little cards, they look easy for kids to hold. I guess I'm used to games that have a start and finish line so this one with all the multiple paths was a little confusing at first but it now makes a little more sense. Looks like a good way to spend some time!
It's a pretty easy game for kids to learn. Nice intro to the genre. Thanks for watching!
Played this with my 9 year old son. Once we'd grasped the rules we added our own where we could attack each other to rob loot. We found this hilarious at times. Used the monster fights back rule to resolve combat. Limited to one attack per zone do as to not over do it. Also we trade loot if we meet in a corridor or room. A bit of tweaking and could be fun for some of you to try.
Awesome! This game has great potential for house rules that can always improve play. I'll have to try some of that stuff too. Thanks for watching.
Good video Jason. We use elastic bands to keep the cards tidy. We had an idea to add some dungeon guards to the guard room by placing a couple of miniatures there. Perhaps they could patrol around using a dice roll.
@@marksfishfrenzy That's a good idea because there is a lot of card sorting in the game setup. In some of my other games, we built little cardboard boxes with dividers and that seemed to work pretty well too.
I like the tiny playing cards, its a huge game that takes hours to play. Well worth it with a group of friends willing to spend the time.
Thanks for watching. It's a great game to introduce people to fantasy gaming.
It’s the last couple weeks of school and I got this game for my ESL class bc they’re tapped out but I wanted to find a story telling like game to practice conversation with (we’re done with any more formal learning). Thanks for this video bc it’s gonna be quite the learning curve figuring it out 😅 but I’m excited to try!!
It's a pretty fun and simple game to play with kids. I bet you ELS class will really like it. Thanks for watching!
THANK...YOU! I just got this game it looked complicated but you made it simple and now easy and hopefully fun to play with friends!
You're very welcome! It is pretty fun to play with a group. My only complaint is that there isn't as much character-to-character interaction as some games.
@@TabletopJason oh sure there is getting your gold and getting out lol it’s a competitive version of how a dnd dungeon run should be. Quick question (s) 1.if I’m in a hall with three rooms to travel can I use multiple actions to move and fight till all 5 actions are finished and 2.how many characters are controlled based off player count? Is it always 1 per person or should each player have a few for greater chance of winning?
@@graphkid I might have not been clear on that instruction. You can move up to 5 spaces, but have to stop as soon as you are in a room. As for players, yeah, the standard rule is one character per player. Thanks for watching and feel free to shot over any other questions that come up.
I first got this game in probably about 1985. I don't have that copy anymore but I do have this newer version
Do you if anything has changed, beside the art, in the various version?
For sure a cool looking game to play with friends. Or my boys might fig it. Hey wanted to say I checked out your website, man you got something really cool going on man. Digging it, keep going at this and you will be synonymous with board games all across the board.
Thanks for all the kind words!
I like the art of the game. I have played an older version. This is good for D&D casual players, as an intro or for profesional players who want a simpler experience, a D&D campaign can last months, and this only an hour or so.
I haven't played the older version, but I'm thinking of picking up some of the other editions and doing a comparison video. Thanks for watching.
Not heard of this before but looks interesting thanks for sharing! Need all the board games just now with the way life is haha
This one is a great intro to the genre too. Thanks for watching!
Nice man, chill af vibe. Not like telling me how to play, but showing me.
Thank you so much for the kind words. Hope you enjoy the game!
Hello Jason! Do you have any kiddos that play these games with you? That's a larger sized board with a lot of pieces. I said in one of my previous comments on a different video that some games get lose me when it's complicated but this one doesn't seem all that hard. For some reason I just thought about the game Gauntlet and how I loved playing it at the arcades... those were the days!
Man, Gauntlet was great. I had the NES version and played the crap out of it. I don't think I could ever beat it, but still...good times. As for Dungeon, I was playing it with my son when he was 6 and he did pretty good with it. This one is super simple and doesn't require math, so younger kids do pretty well. Thanks for watching!
Hadn't heard of this but I love D&D in general so I'll be giving this a shot. You explained it so easily and helpfully. Awesome job as always my man!
Thank you! It's a simple intro to some of the concepts from D&D. My kids catch on right away, so I can corrupt 'em young :)
Hi, congratulations for the video.
A clarification.
If the hero starts his turn in a chamber where there are less than 3 defeated monsters can he leave the chamber or is he forced to encounter a monster (obviously in his previous turn the hero has already encountered a monster in that chamber)?
In my opinion, a wise rule could be the following: when a hero enters a room or a chamber and encounters a monster, on his next turn he will necessarily have to move to leave that chamber or room (even if there are other monsters to encounter and regardless if in his previous turn he defeated or did not defeat the monster he encountered).
Thanks.
Greetings.
If I'm reading things correctly, I think the player has the option to encounter the monster or leave the room. In the case of a chamber, they can only fight one monster per turn though. Thanks for watching :)
I’ve never played D & D in any form & did not know that there was a tabletop version. This I think I could handle, though. 😊
Yeah, and this one is kind of fun and a great intro. Thanks for watching!
You should play normal dnd it’s way more fun
Edit: but actually you can maybe get into it with this game
@TabletopJason After fighting the first or second Monster in a Chamber (whether the Hero won or not), a Hero doesn't have to stick around unless he really wants to.
On his next turn the Hero may leave the Chamber.
By the same token, if the Hero doesn't defeat a Monster encountered in a Room he can leave the next turn (he isn't forced to remain and fight a too-powerful opponent!).
Right. Definitely wouldn't work if players were forced to stay on a spot with a monster they can't defeat.
I had the ‘75 version that I purchased back in ‘79. :)
Very cool. I like the more serious tone of the first edition.
Had? I still do complete. That’s the kind of kid I was. Worth maybe $50 now on eBay.
That's quite a game man, lots of pieces. Would be a lot of fun with friends. I played a video game version of D&D on Atari way back as a kid with my brother, not as good as the real deal though.
Gotta correct you there though. D&D was on Intellievision, not Atari. It was called "AD&D Cloudy Mountain" was a great, innovative game back then too. Thanks for watching!
Nice video. One question, when a creature has "-" in the stats instead of a target number to meet or beat, what happens? You consider immediate defeat if you have a +1 sword?
Instructions aren't too clear, but the way I read it, I think the "-" means you can't even attempt to defeat the monster with that ability, even if you have a sword. Maybe somebody else can chime in though too.
So played this the first time tonight and what I gathered based off the rule book. Under the magic sword section it states you can’t attempt it unless you have a magic sword if there is a “-“. If you do the roll to beat is a 13 so you have to roll a 12 with a +1 magic sword or an 11 with a plus two magic sword to beat it. The only that that is unclear and I can’t find it anywhere is for wizards spell with the “-“ on the monster. A wizard does not get the bonus from magic sword according to the rule book so it is impossible to beat it with that spell from what I gather
I don't remember the last board game I played. Althought board games aren't my think, I like watching you play.
Well, this is a good one to try!
I have never seen nor played DnD but i know about it. Also i watched the cartoons when i was young.
This is actually educational for me.. I get to see the actual game and know how to play it xD thanks!
This game is more loosely based on the real D&D, but it does share some of the monsters and spells. It would be great if they'd repackage this based on the 80s cartoon. Now that would be amazing. Thanks for watching :)
Thanks for the review. I'd suggest dropping the background music in your videos if you haven't already done that.
Yeah, I've had enough people tell me that that I've cut it on new videos now. Thanks for the feedback :)
We got this game based on your review and the kid loves it! I wish they included a tray or two for the cards as. It's hard to keep them neat. We ended up using a bunch of dollar store containers for each kind of card. Thanks again.
@@ScottBernstein-z4z Thanks for watching! I separated the cards into separate bags, but yeah it would be so nice if the game included a Monopoly-like divider for the card because sorting them is a pain.
Just bought this game, thanks for the tutorial.
You're very welcome. Hope you enjoy!
Great video n kool game👍
Thanks!
What means the symbol (-) at some monsters cards?
It means that type of attack will automatically fail against that monster.
What does it mean when a Monster's card has a line instead of a number? 🤔
It means you can't fight or win with that type of attack.
Fun game! A bit disorienting at first lol, but fun! I homebrew’d a team varient that involves a player being a DM
Oooh, I love the idea of a homebrew team variant. I'm gonna start working on that. My kids would really like that. Thanks for the idea!
@@TabletopJason If you look up “Dungeon Fantasy Board Game Homebrew” on google there’s a website with additional homebrew rules that add abilities to the other classes so they can also roam the higher lvl areas
@@virtuosokokoro9835 Awesome thanks for sharing!
Good video, but get rid of the background music.
Thanks for the feedback. I'll keep that in mind, because I go back and forth on it. I don't like a lot of silence in the videos, but am never sure if it's too loud, or too distracting.
So is this made by the same folks who made the original D&D? I dig it for sure regardless
Yeah I had no idea until I started reading about it. I always thought that Hasbro just slapped a D&D label on it after they bought the rights to increase sales.
nice job🕶👑
Thanks!
What is the card sleeve size for this game?
They're smaller. Maybe 3/4 the side of a regular playing card.
Do you battle all monsters in one turn in a chamber?
It's one at a time. So if you land in the chamber and there are not three tombstones, the room isn't cleared, so you draw a monster to fight.
@@TabletopJason i know you battle one at a time but all 3 in one turn ?or after battling one monster in the chamber your turn gets over and the next player plays
@@androidfixer7052 I might have been playing this wrong all these years. We would always fight them one after another on the same turn, but the manual actually makes it look like you fight one each turn.
@@TabletopJason I see I played like you what about the lightning if it has no effect from the wizard does the enemy attack?
Click here to watch a solo play run -> czcams.com/video/wg3ZeGyLeQg/video.html
Dungeons seems pretty straight front easy to play!
It is. It's almost too simple at times. I'd like to see a level-up option and maybe more interaction between characters. Thanks for watching!
Wizard op
I should try again as the Wizard for sure. Thanks for watching.
You didn't talk about chambers.
Oh no, that's not good. Well, in the chamber rooms, you fight 3 monsters one at a time and leave a tombstone for each. I hate those rooms because they don't leave treasure.
The box art could be better
It is awfully cartoonish in this edition.
SKELETONS!
"Lisa look out! A SKELETON!" (My most overused Simpsons quote, IRL)
Ugh, the pointless music in the background solely annoys.
Thanks for the feedback. I stopped using background music in my newer videos.
@@TabletopJason I'm glad! Thanks for making these videos either way, this one helped me decide to buy Dungeon.
Actually, I'm torn on whether to buy the 1992 version with all the extra classes.
Have you played it? Does it add a lot and make the game less simple, or just bog it down?
@@KAZVorpal I didn't know about the extra classes. I've got the 2014 edition, I believe.
@@TabletopJason The 1989 and 1998 versions had a bunch of extra classes, or I think maybe it's more accurate to say that you could pick any of a number of sub-classes of the four classes, so that it didn't complicate the game TOO much.
I'm probably going to order the 1992 version, although I'm thinking of just getting the 1994 Dungeons and Dragons game that was a sort of fusion of the Dungeons and Dragons basic set and of "Dungeon!".
That game even use the exact same realistic plastic figures for the pieces, the ones from the 1992 Dungeon, instead of the flat counters of the modern version.
@@KAZVorpal Thanks for the info. I didn't realize there were so many differences in the editions. I'll have to check out some of those too.