Dwarf Mine

Hi James. Completed my first ever session of Dwarf Mine and had a blast! I really like the emergent storytelling aspect of the game, and was so upset that my mine fell to a fearsome dragon! I thought I built a pretty hefty defence but it got undermined so quickly! (no pun intended)

I have abit of trouble parsing the dragon's special ability. Does the dragon attack once per turn, and then next age after ive done all my turns, the dragon climbs up the ladder and it leads to one round of combat, rinse and repeat? and every room that he enters/ is taller gets their effect nulled?

Any chance of some A4 versions of the map sheets?

'Tombs' show as a 6x2 room on the 'Player Aid' but 'Tombs' are a dynamic room size. It's a little confusing because it should be similar to the 'Prestige Room' which is 'X x X'. The rules don't mention any minimums for the 'Tombs' so technically, a valid room size is 1x1. The game generally feels as though 2x2 would be min size for a room otherwise it is just a hallway.

I thought that 6 x 2 might be the minimum room size since you specified the value unlike the 'Prestige Room' on the 'Player Aid' sheet. 

Special Information Revision?:
'Cost is 1 times the length of the room'
'Must have a height and length of at least 2'

Hi, its possible to have a community copie?

Played this game this afternoon and had a blast. Used Inkarnate to draw the map (after detailing it to the specifications of the original map), used a dice rolling app and kept the history as a journal entry in One Note. Was fun and planning for the next turn(s) and how to develop your Mine and what rooms to build was a nice thought exercise. Strongly recommend and will be getting the expansions.

I’ve had a lot of fun playing this. The rules are easy to learn and the mini expansions add some cool things to the game. If you’d like you can check out my review for more about the game in the link below. You can also see one of my maps and a brief history of that mine.

https://gamermel.com/index.php/2022/07/08/dwarf-mine/

This game has a great, old school dungeon crawl feel to it. Make sure you don't mess up like I do and use all the gold you can when you can.

"Hovel - Gain 1 population on each of your turns."

Does this mean a Hovel gains you 1 Dwarf on the same turn it is built? For my first game I went with the house rule that it only takes effect on the turn after. I am not sure which way to go on that one.

James,

My son and I love Dwarf Mine! I have a question about the Root guys though. 

Is it if the Root guys roll a 6 on their attack that they take no damage, or if I roll a 6 on my attack they take no damage?

Thematically, it made more sense to me that if the Root guys roll a six, they did the absolute best they can and trounced my dwarves. Plus, it makes them a little more dangerous even if I have a d20 attack die.

Thanks for the great game!

-Ryan

Just finished my first run through! Made it to age 17 before the dragon killed me. I was so close, too! Got it down to 7 health and it did JUST barely enough damage to kill my last dwarf. Had 36 prestige by the end, along with about 23 coins, a gemstone, and a mithril that I couldn't use because the dragon snuck up my mine and blocked off my mithril forge. All in all, I had a great time, and this was well worth the $5!