Gale Force NineTyrants of The Underdark (Updated Edition) - English

My wife and I love deck building games. We got hooked on "Dominion" back in the day. I loved "Risk" as a kid. "Trains" was the closest I've seen to this combination of both deck building and board control, but my wife didn't care for it. She felt something was off with the game mechanics of "Trains".Not so with "Tyrants of the Underdark"! The gameplay is fluid, and easy to understand. The turns are fast, and the game is exciting.For the last year, every morning over coffee, we'd been playing a 3-game series of "Race For The Galaxy" because we love that deck builder so much. But we learned this game in our inaugural playthrough last week, and now we're hooked. Each morning for the last seven days, we've played a complete game of "Tyrants of the Underdark" in about an hour each time, and we love it!This is a second printing of the game, and with it, the publishers have made the game less expensive to own, fit in a smaller box, and included all of the game's separate expansions within this one set!The supply deck is made by combining your choice of 2 out of 6 sets of differently themed half-decks, giving players 30 possible different combinations for a game.If you crave the deluxe experience you could try to track down a copy of the original printing which came with plastic figures for all of the spies and troops, and buy the expansion decks separately, but I feel it unnecessary with this set.The only downside is this set is all cardboard punch out tokens, and the playing cards feel a bit on the cheap side. I imagine if they ever got wet they would be instantly ruined. But in exchange you get a fantastic compete and deep game that is easy to play. You can complete the game with great satisfaction in about an hour with 2 people. I'm sure it's even more fun with 3 or 4. We hope to find out soon with our gaming friends.Perhaps if this game becomes popular enough, they might consider a third printing with better quality linen cards. The punch out tokens are plenty thick and work just fine.I wholeheartedly recommend this game to any nerd board gaming enthusiast. It is just so much fun.

So much fun and so many ways to achieve victory. Can be a quick game or a long game. The multiple decks that come with the game (and available as add-ons) make a little different each time. I get the feeling this game was very well play tested. The few times we've come across a rules question in game, it's addressed in the rule book clearly and concisely. No going online needed.

So excited they republished this game. The box is smaller than the old copy my friend has but it is the same game. If you like D&D and table top games this is one to add to the collection.

If you like deckbuilders but the "multiplayer solitaire" aspect bothers you, this could be the game for you. The solid deckbuilder is used to power an area of control game. There are many strategies to winning.It features a number of "half-decks" that are combined to create a relatively new mix of cards available each game. I've found this game to be really outstanding, and has been a hit at every table I've played it at.

A friend of mine got this game a long time ago, and I was skeptical. Normally games based on an existing intellectual property suck, usually they aren't very fun to play.This game completely surprised me, there are multiple ways to win and a lot of variety with the different decks you can play with. No game goes quite the same.After many years of playing it, I moved away and needed to get a copy of my own. Only giving this four stars and not five because with this reprinting they replaced the miniature figures with cardboard tokens.Going to 3d print my own minis to replace them so I can play this game the way Lolth intended. Would highly recommend to any Drittz fan, or fan of the forgotten realms.

Root is one of our family most played board games, and Tyrants of The Underdark took partial of the area control spirit to work with star realm style of resource and power from desk build rule. Our family likes D&D topic, and it takes most D&D adventure pictures from Out of Abyss, Princes of the Apocalypse, and Curse of Shard, which my family got exciting while getting red dragon, death knight (Lord Soth), Demogorgon, and what else strong D&D monster cards, which has nothing related D&D data, but provides better resource, power, and some special card effects.Anyway, it's a fun game, you could select 2 decks from 6 decks to create your market, and it will decide incoming playing focus. The game is similar as star realm to use resource purchasing more cards, and discard those basic one for easier to get better one. Plus root style area control to decide where you setup troops for obtaining more resource from famous underdark cities. While doing that, you could also kill your enemy and natural armies for more VP. Overall, it's a game worth to spend time to play if you like a game including D&D topic, deck build, and area control features to create the most power drow house in the underdark.