DungeonQuest Playthrough with Expansions | Thargrim vs Rildo Battle Report | Let's Play an Old Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- Always Board Never Boring is back in the dank dark depths of DungeonQuest for a playthrough that sees Rildo the Crafty Thief going up against Thargrim the Dark Lord of Chaos. This is a full playthrough of the classic dungeon crawler from Games Workshop, using the Heroes for DungeonQuest and Catacombs expansions. How will our unlikely heroes cope against the deadliest dungeon ever devised?
(By the way, there are a few times when Always Board refers to tiles that are clearly crossroads as T-junctions. It's not a big deal, but it annoyed him when he was editing the footage, so it might annoy you too.)
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I love the little narrative that pops up in these games.
Me too. It's little things like both of the giant spiders popped up within a few rooms of each other, so there must have been a nest nearby. Meanwhile, Rildo finds two dead adventurers in the stomping ground of the vampire. And there's something pretty amusing about how many traps Rildo the master thief managed to stumble into. All great stuff that keeps me coming back to this game over and over again.
Although I don't play the games myself (and had never heard of it until I found your channel) that was a fun watch!
Thanks. It was really fun to make.
That's more like the DungeonQuest I know and fear. "His Chaos Kids and his Chaos Wife"--brilliant!
Yeah, this game kicked off a bit. Thargrim was very lucky to survive, but he's got some explaining to do when he gets home. Thanks for watching.
Now that was a nail biter for sure. It was actually making me a little anxious. Very much enjoyed the play through. Love the game and keep up the good work.
A nailbiter for us, a neckbiter for Rildo. Thanks for the kind words. I thought this was a really exciting playthrough with some really tense moments. I have no idea how Thargrim survived.
The same Here. Really glad for Thargrims Chaoskids and his lovely chaoswife (I hear sche makes lovely chaos-cookies)
Picked up the game a few weeks ago..... played with a friend who summed up the game after two attempts..... Its mean! I was butchered twice, first time after three tiles and a multitude of monsters, second time after reaching the lair and grabbing 5000gp then being butchered by a multitude of monsters. My friend got trapped by the tiles and run out if time on both journeys,. Both enjoyed it immensely, a great shout, thank you!
It’s definitely mean. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. I think it’s such a great game.
No Snotlings in this excursion? What a lucky warriror!!
Strangely, when we play I nearly always draw them and seem to have a difficult time defeating them. Also, my gf who plays sometimes never has any trouble with them and always needles me about it: "I never have any problem with them," she slyly taunts....
Oh, so maddening! But that's what is great about good ol' Dungeonquest!! :D
I played a couple of games yesterday and the snotlings turned up twice. Once they were killed with a single mighty swing, the second time they were a little more persistent. They are almost always a bad time. But as you say, that's the joy of the game. I love the many ways the dungeon has of tormenting you. Thanks for watching!
Great playthrough, thank you very much. It was good to see some different characters, and some of the extra features from the expansions (traps and enemies, mostly). Such a simple game, but so playable, and it still holds up amazingly well after so many years.
Thanks. It’s a shame we didn’t get to go into the catacombs but we saw quite a few new things anyway.
Yes, we missed out on going into the Catacombs, and the way you come out of them (which is a bit weird, I always thought). So it looks like another episode is needed some time with some more different characters? I don't know if that is likely to happen, but it seems that you always get good comments for an episode of Dungeonquest.
I do tend to get nice comments for these, but unfortunately, the stats tells me there isn't a strong audience there for this type of content. That doesn't mean I won't do more (I probably will because I enjoy doing them and I want to show off some of the other characters), but shooting and editing these playthroughs takes a solid day, and that's a lot of time to invest in a video that so few people are watching.
That is a lot of effort if you aren't getting many views, and of course you have to go with the most popular subjects, whatever they may be. I'm obviously in a minority here, but I hope we get some more Dungeonquest at some stage.
@@phildevey6302 Don't worry, I'm sure I will do more at some point. I love the game too much, and it wouldn't be the first time I've made a video knowing it wouldn't get much traction. I just need to make sure I drop that sort of stuff between videos that are going to get seen! Thanks so much for the interest. It's nice to know there are people who want to see more.
These are fun videos. I have the most recent Revised edition, we love the game. Only my brother has ever confronted the Dragon and lived to escape. I have made it one step from escaping twice and died at the doorstep. Good times
DungeonQuest is awesome. The story of Thargrim and Rildo is a pretty fair example of how most games turn out for me - either a horrible death, or limping back out with nothing of value to show for the effort.
Great playthrough. I’ve never heard of this one but will be looking to pick it up! Thanks for taking the time to show this game off😊
Thanks. DungeonQuest is my favourite game of all time. There are a few other playthroughs on the channel too, if you're interested.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Absolutely! My son and I enjoy your videos very much. We’re half way through my original copy of HeroQuest at the moment. The new expansions they’re putting out are really tempting me to pick up a copy of the Hasbro edition 😊
Thank you for watching. I'm really pleased you and your son are enjoying the channel and having fun with HeroQuest.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoringManaged to get a copy of this with Catacombs and Heroes, nothing missing in fantastic condition for £50. What an absolute steal. So chuffed. Having such a great time with it. The heroes are painted and thankfully, pretty well. My ninja’s sword is detached too, but it was included in the box.
@@Starglider77 That is an amazing price. I have never heard of the complete collection going for anywhere near that amount so you got a superb bargain. Glad to hear you are enjoying the game; it's incredible fun.
We played the Danish version like 16 years ago "Drageborgen" / The Dragon Castle. A more simple version, but basically the same.
On that evening 3 out of 4 of us made it out on the last turn with 2 pieces of treasure each 💎👑
Three out of four survivors is a good ratio!
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring 3 survivors incredible, bearing in mind how unforgiving this game is
Love these playthroughs. Perfect nostalgic entertainment for when I'm cleaning the house or painting minis. Thanks for the great content.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you are enjoying them. I need to do some more DungeonQuest playthroughs but I have far too much other stuff going on at the moment!
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring no worries, I know you have a lot of requests to attend to.
I would love if you made more of these. very entertaining and interesting how it goes.
I do plan on doing some more playthroughs with other characters from the expansion. Thanks for watching.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring It is something I am looking forward to. I was able to get my hands on the Swedish kickstarter version of Drakborgen. Taking everything to the next level and adding a small expansion. Almost like a handcrafted monopoly in mahogany. Although I thought about copying your format, I couldn't make it as fun and vivid as you do. Therefore, I would prefer to wait until you make another video. Lol.
One of my wargaming friends had a copy of this and while he doesn't play it anymore, he didn't want to sell it.
We used to have a "Dungeonquest Deathtoll" and kept track of which characters died and which player ran them, along with any treasure they found. Only had five or six actually survive, so the game is really brutal.
I forgot the name of the character but the Valkyrie was a favorite.
The Valkyrie is really fun because of her running ability that means she's unlikely to run out of time but very likely to fall head first into spikes.
awesome play through and I love the older copy of the game !
Thanks. This is the greatest game ever!
I love this channel though i rarely comment. I bought this game when it came out about 1987/1988, thats how old i am, great game.
Thanks so much for the support, and for taking the time to comment when it's something you don't normally do.
Really Nice vid, keep them coming!
More dungeon quest
DungeonQuest is an all-time favourite. I will certainly have more hero painting tutorials and playthroughs on the channel eventually.
I bought this game on ebay about 15 years ago but never got round to playing it. I think you've inspired me to break it out, though it looks pretty brutal...
Brutal is an understatement, but that's part of the charm. Just surviving is an achievement, and really you have to play with the mindset that it's not really about winning, but how much hilarious misfortune occurs before you die horribly.
Great game, time to blow the dust off my set of Dungeonquest games.
This is one of my favourite games. Such stupid fun.
Unfortunately my copy of this was destroyed by water damage. I replaced it with the 3rd edition by Fantasy Flight. Which is still good, and incorporates the catacombs expansion. Some encounters are different, and the Vampire has been removed for some unknown reason. I taught my wife how to play it last night, and of course she won and I fell to the minions of Dragonfire Castle as per usual lol.
Great video, which brought back a lot of good memories of epic quests with my friends throughout the 90's. Enjoying the great content, thank you.
Thanks for watching. My biggest issue with FFG was they would never just do a straight reprint of something. They always had to mess around with it and add in complications that weren't necessary. I think their version is now more expensive than GW's version on the secondary market!
Fun game, fun playthrough, fun vid. Well done mate.
Thanks. I think this is the first of my DungeonQuest playthroughs that really shows the highs and lows you can endure.
Excellent play through. Thanks for entertaining me as I sit in bed with vertigo…
Sorry to hear you aren't feeling great. I'm glad the video helped to pass the time.
This makes me sad as my mate lost my original copy ( with catacombs) when he moved house. I managed to get base game again.
Sorry to hear that. At least the base game is tremendous fun, and endlessly replayable. I hope you can find a copy of Catacombs one day.
21:30 You can find the spear trap on the original Drakborgen game to.
If this dungeon was real the spear trap in it self wouid stop me from go inside. Its definitely the most horrific trap in the game. I would gladely choose a trap door or any monster at all before this thing.
The spear trap is nasty. I feel I'm most scared of the bottomless pit; usually because I'm playing as a big armoured lump who will invariably fail the test and fall into oblivion.
Well I really enjoyed that, and this is the first I have heard of dungeon quest might have a look on ebay for it.
Thanks. I've done a few more playthroughs on the channel, but this was the most fun and showed just how mean the dungeon can be sometimes. This is the 1987 Games Workshop edition, and there are two other versions (second edition and revised second edition, both from Fantasy Flight Games). All versions are out of print, of course, but the GW one is for me the only option. It just has a great aesthetic to go with the hilariously deadly gameplay. It's still available for pretty reasonable money (around £50) although the two expansions are usually very expensive.
I’ll never play this game,but I enjoyed your play through.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I heard full Monty and I assumed we had to get naked to watch the video. Now I feel silly - silly and cold.
I hope you at least kept your hat on.
It still looks like a great game!
… and begging for a reprint, preferably not at HeroQuest scales of investment.
Fantasy Flight Games did the last reprint, but they messed with the combat rules, which was a mistake. Of course, they parted ways with Games Workshop a few years back, so their reprint is now out of print and really expensive. There was recently a kickstarter campaign for a reprint of the original Swedish version of the game, Drakborgen, and you can register your interest for an English-language version of that on their website.
I remember you mentioning the FFG version, but I didn't know about the Swedish one.
… have name, will seek.
Marvellous! More, please!
Thank you. I should have more playthroughs on the channel eventually.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring A gem of a game -- which you bring to life wonderfully.
you may be too busy but having watched your playthroughs of DQ it would be nice for another one using different/more (3-4?) characters, such as Azoth to show his spells? obviously you don’t have to it’s just that i love seeing anything to do with this game, especially from you because of the wonderful narratives you create.
Thank you so much. I do intend to run some more DungeonQuest content on the channel this year. I'm afraid I can't make any promises on timescale at the moment, but it will happen!
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring can’t wait man
Really enjoyed, thanks for the video! I really prefer the combat system in this edition, compared to the FFG version.
Thanks for watching. FFG tried to overcomplicate it somewhat. I don't think it was necessarily a bad combat system, just a bad fit for a game where you can die instantly in the first room. It's just not the game to add in an overly thinky card game, really.
Never heard of this game before, looks alot of fun. Just been checking out some of the minitures for it on eBay. Some great sculpts, I absolutely love the old 80s-90s GW models. Think I'll be purchasing 1 or 2 for use in AHQ. :-) thanks for bringing this game to my attention. Great content as always.
You're welcome. There are a few other playthroughs on my channel, but this one is the most interesting one I've filmed so far. The base game just had four plastic miniatures. The metal miniatures are all from an expansion called Heroes for DungeonQuest, which I was lucky enough to find for a good price earlier this year. I did a full breakdown of that expansion if you want a better look at any of the miniatures before you buy any, and there are a couple of painting guides in the playlist too. Oldhammer stuff is great.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring Cool I'll be checking them out. Love watching the painting guides. As somebody who is new to painting I do find them extremely helpful in helping me with color schemes and advice etc.
@@wanntime1894 Thanks for watching the videos. I’m glad you are finding the painting stuff helpful.
Interesting video !
Thanks.
thoroughly enjoyable - I have played this game a lot - always trying to beat the record haul that my wife made during one game. I think you have to miss a turn to use the ring of Healing though?? Would love to see you do more of these please!!
Yes, you can't do anything else the turn you use the healing ring. I don't remember the specifics of this playthrough but if I used a healing ring and didn't skip a turn it would be an oversight. It happens when recording playthroughs as there is so much to think about with shooting, narrating, and trying to play well all at the same time!
Could you grap loot from other dead player's or would that mess up the finding a dead hero random card draw mechanic
It's not in the rules and I don't think I would really recommend it. Players should be encouraged to explore and face the challenges of the dungeons, rather than being rewarded for sneaking along behind another player and grabbing their stuff when they die.
Great playthrough. But did you forget to draw a door card at 30:38 When Thargrim was retracing his steps?
Technically you are supposed to open doors when going back through them as well but I play that special room effects are based on the character being in the room. I just find it a bit cleaner because it reduces weird tile interactions like having to stop in corridors. Besides, Thargrim clearly smashed that door to bits in a mad rage :D
Of the games that are available for sale today, is there any similar to this?
I don't think there's anything quite like it. I mean, there are plenty of dungeon-delves where you lay out tiles as you explore (things like Bardsung), but DungeonQuest is so deadly, doesn't ever give you power ups, new items, or skills, and is a competitive game that you can still play solo. Also, many dungeon-delves have grid-based movement, while in DungeonQuest each tile is a single space. Drakon, which is much more confrontational, ticks some of the boxes. There's Bag of Dungeon, which is a small tile-laying dungeon delve and although I haven't played it, it looks (on the surface at least) like a similar sort of game. The Dungeons and Dragons adventure games involve laying out tiles every turn, and facing lots of monsters and traps, but they're much bigger in scope, with lots of special powers, magic items, and dice-based combat on a grid. There's also a tile-laying dungeon game called Delve, but I don't know much about it.
I have the expansion but no rules reference. Can someone scan and share a copy ?
I would recommend checking out BoardGameGeek. I expect there will be downloadable files or photographs of the pages there, and I am sure someone in the forums could help out if there isn't.
Thoroughly enjoyable! I like it when the dragon wins. Just purchased it myself has have children visiting this year all bring well! Also found sorcerers cave game, any thoughts on that one before I start reading?
DungeonQuest will be good to play with the kids, because it's so accessible. I know the game Sorcerer's Cave (and Mystic Wood), but I don't own it and have never actually played it. It's supposed to be a pretty light, simple dungeon-crawl so should be an equally good fit with younger gamers.
Just got the rulebook out, more a pamphlet, so my level of complexity! Having read some of the comments on the play through of DQ I echo the anxiety, you take the hits so well!
That vampire bite really ramped up the tension, especially getting it so early on. I hope you have fun with Sorcerer's Cave!
Pretty sure old Crafty is still a vampire...just a particularly ugly one.
Ha. Probably. Or maybe he got lucky and one of those bolts preemptively got him in the heart! Meanwhile, Thargrim is down the pawn shop trying to get a few coins for his collection of fancy costume jewellery.
@@AlwaysBoardNeverBoring The chaos gods must have been focused elsewhere or he certainly would have gotten some spawn "gifts".
Probably playing Burning Crusade.
@@johnmiddleton4291 Yeah, I'm surprised he's not just a floppy gelatinous mass of tentacles at this point. Maybe it was his lucky day after all.