Well miracle might be overdoing it a bit. But the odds of getting out like I did would have been pretty low. The situation was this - playing Serillia the elf I had managed to get to the dragon's treasure chamber but without enough time to get to an exit before the time tracker ran out. That left me with one choice - hope I managed to find the book in the treasure chamber without waking the dragon or running out of time. Now if you have ever played dungeonquest with all the add ons you know how hard this is - finding a specific treasure item for one isn't easy. And if you don't find it early on your chances of waging the dragon and becoming toast increase with each attempt. And then if you find said book you have a one in twelve chance of the book containing the correct spell which transports you out of the castle. Well on my fourth turn in the chamber I found the book - on the second last turn of the game before the time tracker ran out. And after my son had been in the chamber and successfully avoided waking the dragon (so one sleeping dragon counter was out of the game when I got there). So as noted above I had a one in twelve chance - I told the boy this and rolled a 12. And then ran around the house like a madman celebrating my miracle escape. I love dungeonquest - one of the greatest games I've ever played. Oh and my son fell down the bottomless pit whilst trying to escape the
castle toward them end of the game. He was none to impessed
Here are the pics of the endgame. Oh and I ended up with 4010 gold pieces which is a nice haul.
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| The 12, the book and my other treasure from the chamber |
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| Me in the chamber at the end |
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| Time tracker |
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| The dragon counters that were left |
Yeah, I reckon it's a great game too. I don't have the expansions, though I'd really like to have them to add to the core game. Just too damn expensive :(
ReplyDeleteOne thing I do when playing is to not use the time tracker, because with it you only have a couple of spare turns to spend in the centre if you hope to make it out in time.
One thing you did wrong though, your supposed to reset/reshuffle the dragon cards for every new player that enters the centre.
I read in the instruction booklet that there's only a miniscule chance of escaping the dungeon. It's something like 15% or 25%, I'm not sure which one it is exactly....either way it's bugger all :D
Regardless of the odds, I still enjoy playing this game with my son :)
Cheers.
I love DungeonQuest, there's nothing quite like beating the dungeon. The time tracker makes the game what it is, like the one in Chainsaw Warrior.
ReplyDeleteI love DungeonQuest, there's nothing quite like beating the dungeon. The time tracker makes the game what it is, like the one in Chainsaw Warrior.
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