Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game

Space dwarves mine a hostile planet together, fight insect swarms with dice and escape before time runs out.

Designer: Ole Steiness
Published by: MOOD Publishing

Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game is a cooperative mining mission that takes the video game's space dwarfs down to the table. You play the Scout, the Engineer, the Gunner or the Driller, each with their own skills, and you explore a modular map of caves while fighting off the insectoid Glyphids with dice. The mission is simple to describe and hard to survive: mine enough minerals to meet the company quota, then escape in time. You also pick up and deliver loads, deal with events and move across a hex grid with line of sight in mind. Missions are linked into a campaign. Think of it as a team-against-the-board dungeon crawl with picks and bug guts, for one to four, around two and a half hours.

Four dwarf classes with unique rolesMine minerals to hit the quota, then escapeModular hex map and mission campaign

Who it's for

You know the video game or just love cooperative missions with miniatures and want a long, tactical evening with friends.

Not for you if…

You want a quick game or dislike dice swinging a fight. Missions run long and luck matters.

Vibe's take

Tense teamwork: you split up to dig, regroup to fight, and the clock plus the quota keep you nervously doing math. Each class feels distinct, and the bugs always arrive at the worst moment.