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Sample in-game scene: the gelatinous cube is getting ready to devour the Barbarian while the Armadillo familiar just killed a Centaur by rolling all over it. The rooster hero can only look on in horror.
Catacombs Third Edition box artwork
Catacombs - English Third Edition - all content. (Playmobil for reference purposes)
Game board set up. Almost to big to fit into the picture.
The Heroes winning their first game of Catacombs 3rd edition
Catacombs, Elzra Corp., 2014 — non-final cover art
Taking the organized approach to stickering. Don't want to make a mistake.
Trying to organize all the disks...
After all the stickers have been put on the discs....

Catacombs (Third Edition) (2015)

Players
2–5
Best: 2, 5
Playing time
60–90 min
Age
14+
7.43
Average rating
3,268
Ratings
2.40/5
Weight
#1133
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Catacombs +1 more
Designer:Ryan Amos, Marc Kelsey, Aron West
Artist:Kwanchai Moriya
Publisher:Elzra +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 9, Complexity 4.8, Theme 8
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity4.8
Theme8.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FantasyAdventureAction / DexterityFightingVariable Player PowersTeam-Based GameRole PlayingPlayer EliminationFlicking

Overview

Catacombs is an award-winning, cooperative board game set in the fantasy world of Cimathue, and you need skill and dexterity to master this fast-paced game.

One player (the Overseer) marshals an army of monsters while the others choose from six brave heroes who embark on a quest to save the town of Stormtryne from the threat lurking in the catacombs below. As the heroes explore, they must use their abilities, buy items, and recruit allies to help them defeat the monsters before facing the powerful Catacomb Lord, thereby saving the town.

In more detail, in Catacombs players flick wooden discs that represent the monsters and heroes. Contact with an opposing piece inflicts damage, while missiles, spells, and other special abilities can cause other effects. When all of the monsters of a room have been cleared, the heroes can move further into the catacomb.

Items and equipment upgrades can be purchased from the Merchant with gold taken from fallen monsters. The Catacomb Lord is the final danger that the heroes must defeat to win the game. Conversely, the Overseer wins if all of the heroes are defeated.

This third edition of Catacombs has all-new artwork compared to the earlier editions, but more importantly the keywords from the first two editions has been replace with iconography, the terminology has changed, and the third edition has new shot types, new card effects, and a different set of components (many of which have changed statistics) as well as wall pieces not present in earlier editions.

Expansions

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Catacombs: Chicks in a Catacomb
Catacombs: Crypt of Shaurath
Catacombs: Shadowlithe Fist promo
Catacombs: Cavern of Soloth (Third Edition)
Catacombs: Teleport
Catacombs: Wyverns of Wylemuir
Catacombs: Resurrection Pack 2
Catacombs: Resurrection Pack 1
Catacombs: Resurrection Pack 3
Catacombs: Venomous Spider promo
Catacombs: Wyvern Monarch promo
Catacombs: Gelatinous Cube promo
Catacombs & Castles: Serangan Promo
Catacombs: Wyldlands
Catacombs (Third Edition): Wand of Chaos Expansion
Catacombs (Third Edition): The Ice Box
Catacombs (Third Edition): Goblin Mage Expansion
Catacombs: "Tylor" Zombie Promo
Catacombs: Black Box
Catacombs (Third Edition): Weapon Cache Expansion
Catacombs: Red Box
Catacombs (Third Edition): Playmat Upgrade and Expansion
Catacombs (Third Edition): Hero Upgrade Expansion
Catacombs: Wyverns of Wylemuir (Second Edition)
Catacombs: Wyldlands KS Playmat for Catacombs 3E
Catacombs (Third Edition): 10th Anniversary Pack
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