What Lies Beneath?

What Lies Beneath

Winner: 2nd place best overall game, BGG 2022 9 card nano game contest. 

Key information

1 player

20-40 minutes

Ages 13+

Anticipated BGG weight: 2.0

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/365751/what-lies-beneath

Components included

6 character cards

8 item cards

6 skill cards

16 encounter cards

8 opponent cards

1 rule sheet

Components that you provide

8D6

a pawn or other token

Synopsis

You find yourself in a dusky crypt. Alone. Surrounded by shadows and threats.

In this quick solo dungeon-crawler, you must find your way to the surface and to safety. Select and build your character. Plan a strategic path through the dungeon. Manipulate dice using your personal skills and accumulated items. Emerge victorious as you meet a series of challenges with wit and grit.

This prototype includes chapters 1-2 of the game -- a mechanically and thematically enhanced version of the game that took 2nd Place in the 2022 BoardGameGeek 9-Card Nano Game Contest. Future releases will include one additional chapter.

Get in on this dungeon-crawler at the ground floor. Whether you reach the surface is up to you.

Key mechanics: Melding and Splaying (tucking single cards), Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking, Solo / Solitaire Game

Key themes: Horror and fantasy. You have the option of reading the accompanying narrative story.

Credits

Designers: Ali Mahmood, Chris Scaffidi

Illustrations: Jason Glover and Abdurrohman Alha