BGG rank #784 · 2012

Escape: The Curse of the Temple

Escape: The Curse of the Temple (2012) is #784 in the BoardGameGeek Top 1000: 1–5 players, 10 min, ages 8+. Designed by Kristian Amundsen Østby.

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Year: 2012
Players: 1–5
Play time: 10 min
Age: 8+

About the game

Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative game in which players must escape (yes...) from a temple (yes...) which is cursed (yes...) before the temple collapses and kills one or more explorers, thereby causing everyone to lose.The initial game board consists of a row of three square tiles, each showing a combination of two symbols, say, two green adventurers or one green adventurer and one blue key in one corner of the tile.

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Mechanics

Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Elapsed Real Time Ending Grid Movement Modular BoardPhysical RemovalPush Your Luck Re-rolling and Locking Real-Time Roll / Spin and Move Solo / Solitaire Game Tile Placement

Designers

Kristian Amundsen Østby

Artists

Oliver Schlemmer

Publishers

Queen Games, Devir, Rebel Sp. z o.o.

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