Tyrants of the Underdark

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Game Details

Box 15 × 10.4 × 3 in (38.2 × 26.3 × 7.7 cm) · English edition (2016). Editions vary, check your copy before printing an insert.

Tyrants of the Underdark is a territory control game with a deck-building element. Each player leads a house of Drow in a section of the Underdark below the Sword Coast. The Drow house is represented by a deck of cards, with each card being a minion in that player's deck. Each minion belongs to one of five aspects of Drow society, and those aspects correspond to different strategies in the game, e.g., malice minions excel at assassinating opponents' troops, while ambition minions are best at recruiting additional minions and promoting minions to your "inner circle", which is a special zone that increases their value at the end of the game. When you set up the game, you create an 80-card deck by shuffling two 40-card half-decks together, with the half-decks being Drow, Dragons, Demons, and Elementals. A central marketplace has new minions that can be recruited through influence, one of two resources in the game; purchased cards are placed in your discard pile, then shuffled together with other cards in your deck when needed. The other resource is power, which allows you to place troops on the game board, expand your forces across the map of the Underdark, manipulate happenings in the city, and assassinate enemy troops. Players gain points by controlling sites, recruiting valuable minions, promoting minions to your inner circle, and assassinating troops, and whoever ends the game with the most points wins.

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Peter Lee , Rodney Thompson , Andrew Veen , designer

Rob Alexander , Alex Aparin , Daren Bader +54 more , artist

Gale Force Nine , LLC , publisher

7.9

Rating

2.6

Weight

2–4

Players

Cover Colors

Main colors from the cover art. Find matching filament, or tap swatches to narrow.

27 3D models for Tyrants of the Underdark

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Tyrants of the Underdark - 3d tokens set

Tyrants of the Underdark - 3d tokens set

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Tyrants of the Underdark: Spy

Tyrants of the Underdark: Spy

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Obi 35

Tyrants of the Underdark first edition - insert for base game with expansion - cards are sleeved

Tyrants of the Underdark first edition - insert for base game with expansion - cards are sleeved

Inserts

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Tyrants of the Underdark 2nd edition organizer

Tyrants of the Underdark 2nd edition organizer

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slok 30

Tyrants of the Underdark 2021: Organizer trays for 3D printed parts

Tyrants of the Underdark 2021: Organizer trays for 3D printed parts

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Obi 25

Tyrants of the Underdark victory points (Coins)

Tyrants of the Underdark victory points (Coins)

Tokens & Resources

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Tyrants of the Underdark 2ed (square box) insert

Tyrants of the Underdark 2ed (square box) insert

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Velestus 22

Tyrants of the Underdark: Inner Circle

Tyrants of the Underdark: Inner Circle

Obi 21

Custom Cities and Locations Inspired by Tyrants of The Underdark

Custom Cities and Locations Inspired by Tyrants of The Underdark

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davekoala 17

Tyrants of the Underdark (2e) Insert

Tyrants of the Underdark (2e) Insert

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Maroma 15

Tyrants of the Underdark second edition - insert for base game with expansion - cards are sleeved

Tyrants of the Underdark second edition - insert for base game with expansion - cards are sleeved

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grzlus 15

Tyrants of the underdark E1 insert

Tyrants of the underdark E1 insert

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supershiu 11

Tyrants of the Underdark (2021) Board Game Token Inserts

Tyrants of the Underdark (2021) Board Game Token Inserts

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Beaver 11

Custom Insert V2.0 for Tyrants of The Underdark 2nd Edition with Extra Figure Space

Custom Insert V2.0 for Tyrants of The Underdark 2nd Edition with Extra Figure Space

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(Old) Custom Insert for Tyrants of The Underdark 2nd Edition

(Old) Custom Insert for Tyrants of The Underdark 2nd Edition

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Tokens Tyrants of the underdark

Tokens Tyrants of the underdark

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4 Player Board suitable for a board game Tyrants of the Underdark

4 Player Board suitable for a board game Tyrants of the Underdark

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Tyrants of the Underdark 1st Ed Board Game Insert

Tyrants of the Underdark 1st Ed Board Game Insert

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Tyrants of the Underdark first edition insert

Tyrants of the Underdark first edition insert

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Tyrants of the Underdark boardgame insert

Tyrants of the Underdark boardgame insert

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Tyrants of the Underdark Insert

Tyrants of the Underdark Insert

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EoHorus 5

Tyrants of the Underdark Organizer Set

Tyrants of the Underdark Organizer Set

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Kenet Color Lab 3

Tyrants of the Underdark Insert

Tyrants of the Underdark Insert

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Dejm0N 3

(Commercial) Custom Cities and Locations Inspired by Tyrants of The Underdark

(Commercial) Custom Cities and Locations Inspired by Tyrants of The Underdark

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Tyrants of the Underdark: Expansion Decks – Aberrations & Undead

Tyrants of the Underdark: Expansion Decks – Aberrations & Undead

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