Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island (2024)

About this game

Dark Tomb - Bloodthorn Island is the next adventure in the Dark Tomb series. It's an ultra-portable tabletop dungeon crawler in which a group of uniquely skilled characters must navigate to Bloodthorn Island and defeat the evil land serpent Lorgon. Characters are fully interchangeable with Dark Tomb - Crypts of Aurelian, and work collaboratively though three stages collecting items, battling monsters, and exploring tiles. On each turn characters can choose from a variety of attacks, movement, or other abilities in addition to utilizing items encountered. If the party fully explores a stage and defeats all monsters they conquer it and move on to the next. If they fail in their quest, they can recoup and try again. Map tiles, monsters, and items are randomized, so every play-though is unique. —description from the publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 1 to 5. It has a designed solo mode.
• Rules load. At 2.0/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.