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Super Dungeon Explore (2011)

“Fantasy dungeon crawling with 8-bit Arcade flair”

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Number of Players

2–6 Players
Play Time

120 Min

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Age: 10+
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Weight: –– 2.73 / 5 Complexity Rating

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N/A Chris Birkenhagen, John Cadice, Deke Stella + 0 more
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N/A Rose Besch, John Cadice, Andrea Cofrancesco, Elmer Damaso + 8 more
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N/A Ninja Division, Soda Pop Miniatures + 2 more

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Components comparison: Blue dice are lighter now, and cards are a tiny bit thicker (barely noticeable)

The Angry Bear figure and card (nicely at the top of the cards, which are still in cellophane)

Getting ready to beat up some old friends on the new Crystalia Dungeons tiles.

The first bag of figures unbagged and spread out

Some of the tokens in the game, a closer view, the larger token is slightly off centre! Sorry to anyone who likes perfect components

Six of the eight blue dice in the game with the 6 different faces

All six of the red dice in the game with the six different faces showing

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Super Dungeon Explore (SDE) is a dungeon crawler inspired by old Japanese console RPGs. The 52 included miniatures are done in a cute / chibi / super-deformed style, which means the head is roughly the same size as the rest of the body.

One to five players take the role of classic fantasy heroes like the human paladin, a dwarf fighter, or an elf ranger. One player is the "Dark Consul" who controls the monsters of the dungeon. Every hero/monster has a character card that details the stats for movement, attack, armor, willpower, dexterity, action points and hearts (= life points). Additional information may include special abilities / actions / attacks and potions.

The game is played on modular dungeon boards. During a round of play, the game passes back and forth between single heroes and the monsters, but the exact order may change from round to round. The characters use the stats from their character card, special dice (with hearts, potions and stars) are only used for combat and checks. If the heroes wound the opponent, they may draw loot cards to improve their stats. There is also the possibility to open treasure chests to find even more powerful things. The monsters have no possibility to "level up" apart from a single late game upgrade but the Dark Consul has an unlimited number of them.

To win the game, the Dark Consul must defeat all heroes in his dungeon. The heroes must spawn the dungeon boss by killing monsters or destroying all spawning points (= entry points for new monsters). The heroes must then kill the dungeon boss to be victorious.

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1 Rulebook
18 Dice
• 8 Blue Dice
• 6 Red Dice
• 2 Green Dice
5 Double-sided Dungeon Tiles
1 Hero Start Marker
1 Adventure Tracker
2 Double Sided Power Markers
1 Loot Marker
8 Skull Tokens
32 Wound
Counters
12 Potion Counters
144 Status Effect Counters
10 Double-Sided Hero/Consul Effect Counters
9 Hero Cards
19 Monster Cards
48 Loot Cards
• 16 Weapon Cards
• 16 Armor Cards
• 16 Item Cards
24 Treasure Cards
• 16 Relic Cards
• 6 Dragon Relic Cards
• 2 Boo-Booty! Cards
2 Tile Effect Cards
9 Hero Models
31 Monster Models
• 1 Dragon
• 2 Kobold Ogre
• 2 Wyrmlings
• 2 Whelps
• 4 Hatchlings (two models per base)
• 22 Kobolds
• 2 Boo Booty!
5 Treasure Chest Models
5 Spawning Point Models

Expansions and Promos

The first add-on to the base game was the Candy and Cola promotional mini, released in 2011. In 2012, Soda Pop Miniatures began to release several expansions of various sizes.

Big Box
Caverns of Roxor - 31 minis (3 heroes, boss, miniboss, fireflow denizens and rock top minions, plus 6 treasures)
Von Drakk Manor - 34 minis (3 heroes, boss, miniboss, undead denizens and minions, plus 6 treasures)

Little Box
Dragon's Clutch - 7 minis (set of drake denizens, as in the base game, plus unique treasure)
Fireflow Denizens - 13 minis (set of fireflow denizens, as in Caverns of Roxor, plus unique treasure)
Rock Top Gang - 13 minis (set of rock top minions, as in Caverns of Roxor, plus unique treasure)

Single Mini
Candy and Cola - single hero
Princess Ruby - hero, included in Caverns of Roxor but available separately
Herald of Vulcanis - miniboss (plus unique treasure)
Succubus Vandella - miniboss (plus unique treasure)
Nyan Nyan - single hero (plus unique treasure)
King Starfire - resin miniature, single boss (plus new adventure card and unique treasure)
Captain R - miniboss (plus unique treasure)
Kaelly the Nether Strider - miniboss (plus unique treasure)
Calico Kate - hero, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
Kasaro - miniboss, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
Kisa - hero, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
Malya - hero, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
One Shot - hero, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
Sebastian Cross - hero, part of Relic Knights Kickstarter
Ser Snapjaw / Wyrm Claw Exemplar - miniboss / single hero

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Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Consul Token
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Heart Token
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Potion Token

Heroes
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Angry Bear
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Candy
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Claw Tribe Barbarian
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Ember Mage
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Glimmerdusk Ranger
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Hexcast Sorceress
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Riftling Rogue
Super Dungeon Explore Fan - Royal Paladin

Expansion: Caverns Of Roxor
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Forgotten King edition
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