The latest game from Friedemann Friese is this fun game about trying to escape from a dungeon while avoiding the clutches of the resident monster. Players control three characters each and are aiming to be the first to get two of these out of the dungeon alive. Each character is able to move up to 7 spaces during the course of two turns so everyone, theoretically has the same chance of winning. However, players often will wish to forego movement so that they remain out of sight of the monster. At the end of each turn, after everyone has moved, the monster wanders around the dungeon. If he sees anyone, he moves towards the closest character, unless more than one character is closest – in which case he gets confused and carries on in the direction he was already going. If a character is caught by the monster, they either are returned to the start square during the first phase of play, or die in the second phase.

This played pretty quickly and we all enjoyed it. Early on, I misjudged where the monster was going and got a character caught by the monster. I then resolved to try and use this character to try and disrupt other people’s plans. Nige was the first to get a character out of the dungeon closely followed by me. However, Mark K got two of his characters very close to the exit and looked favourite to get them both out. However, Mark G and I engineered a route that could cut Mark K off, providing the monster’s movement allowance was enough to reach him. Sure enough, the monster did the right thing and stopped Mark in his tracks. When the dust settled, I managed to sneak through with my second character to claim the win. Good fun, although I admit Mark was pretty unlucky.