2025Hayden Dillard, Johnny O'Neal
- Videos
- 29
- Creators
- 22
1 - 4 players30 minMedium weight

2013Johnny O'Neal, Chris O'Neal, Christopher O'Neal
Mainly reviews. Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 5 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Inspired by a love of classic video games, Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game pits 2-4 players in a competition to build the ultimate side-scrolling dungeon. Players compete to lure and destroy hapless adventurers, racing to outbid one another to see who can build the most enticing, treasure-filled dungeon. The goal of Boss Monster is to be the first Boss to amass ten Souls, which are gained when a Hero is lured and defeated - but a player can lose if his Boss takes five Wounds from Heroes who survive his dungeon. Playing Boss Monster requires you to juggle two competing priorities: the need to lure Heroes at a faster rate than your opponents, and the need to kill those Heroes before they reach your Boss. Players can build one room per turn, each with its own damage and treasure value. More attractive rooms tend to deal less damage, so a Boss who is too greedy can become inundated with deadly Heroes. Players interact with each other by building rooms and playing Spells. Because different Heroes seek different treasure types, and rooms are built simultaneously (played face down, then revealed), this means that every "build phase" is a bidding war. Spells are instant-speed effects that can give players advantages or disrupt opponents. As a standalone card game with 155 cards, Boss Monster contains everything that 2-4 players need to play.
Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game has 10 videos from 8 creators: 5 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 unboxing and 3 other videos. They date from 2014 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Boss Monster" by A Bored Gamer, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Boss Monster: My Favorite Mechanism" by Stonemaier Games. 5 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Super Boss Monster, Adulthood, The Dragon Prince: Battlecharged and Call to Adventure, also by Johnny O'Neal.
2025Hayden Dillard, Johnny O'Neal
1 - 4 players30 minMedium weight
2024Johnny O'Neal
1 - 4 players45 minMedium weight
2021Johnny O'Neal
2 - 6 players15 - 30 minMedium weight
2019Johnny O'Neal, Christopher O'Neal
1 - 4 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Inspired by a love of classic video games, Boss Monster: The Dungeon Building Card Game pits 2-4 players in a competition to build the ultimate side-scrolling dungeon. Players compete to lure and destroy hapless adventurers, racing to outbid one another to see who can build the most enticing, treasure-filled dungeon. The goal of Boss Monster is to be the first Boss to amass ten Souls, which are gained when a Hero is lured and defeated - but a player can lose if his Boss takes five Wounds from Heroes who survive his dungeon. Playing Boss Monster requires you to juggle two competing priorities: the need to lure Heroes at a faster rate than your opponents, and the need to kill those Heroes before they reach your Boss. Players can build one room per turn, each with its own damage and treasure value. More attractive rooms tend to deal less damage, so a Boss who is too greedy can become inundated with deadly Heroes. Players interact with each other by building rooms and playing Spells. Because different Heroes seek different treasure types, and rooms are built simultaneously (played face down, then revealed), this means that every "build phase" is a bidding war. Spells are instant-speed effects that can give players advantages or disrupt opponents. As a standalone card game with 155 cards, Boss Monster contains everything that 2-4 players need to play.
Designers
Johnny O'Neal, Chris O'Neal, Christopher O'Neal
Artists
Beau Buckley, Francisco Coda, Katrina Guillermo, Kyle Merritt, David Nyari, Alexander Olsen, Andres Sanabria
Publisher
Brotherwise Games
Mechanics