2022Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
- Videos
- 28
- Creators
- 14
1 - 6 players60 - 180 minHeavy weight

2017Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
Mainly playthroughs. HEXplore It: The Valley of the Dead King is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 12 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 31 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
HEXplore It is a hero building adventure board game. Enter a realm teeming with fantasy creatures, heroes and villains. Select your hero by combining two character options: your Role and Race. Your Role is your profession and your Race is your heritage and species. This combination drives your Hero's strengths, weaknesses and defines their special abilities. You'll use dry erase markers to keep track of your hero's strength. Travel across the map earning power ups by completing quests and battling opponents of several different types. Move carefully to avoid multiple dangers and travel from city to city, visiting shrines and ruins along the way. Gain power quickly, for the Dead King also moves... He takes away your cities as you play the game. For each city he destroys, he gains more power. The object of HEXplore It is to power up your heroes as quickly as possible, to eventually defeat the Dead King himself. The game is won if you confront and defeat him, bringing light back to the Valley.
HEXplore It: The Valley of the Dead King has 61 videos from 30 creators: 12 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 31 playthroughs, 6 unboxings and 5 other videos. They date from 2017 to July 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Hexplore It Preview Video" by Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews, which runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Hexplore It Valley of the Dead King Review" by Board to Death TV - Board Game Reviews. 11 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "HEXplore It: The Valley of the Dead King | Guardian & Summoner | Part #1" by Rolling Solo, one of 31 playthroughs.
If you like it, try HEXplore It: The Domain of Mirza Noctis, HEXplore It: The Mountains of Godai, Netherwatch: Loyal Vigil and HEXplore It: The Forests of Adrimon, also by Kat Kimoundri.
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2022Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
1 - 6 players60 - 180 minHeavy weight
2025Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
1 - 4 players180 - 360 minVery heavy weight
2027Frank Calcagno Jr, Kat Kimoundri, Renee LeCompte, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci, James Spaid
1 - 4 players60 - 90 min
2019Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
1 - 7 players60 - 180 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
HEXplore It is a hero building adventure board game. Enter a realm teeming with fantasy creatures, heroes and villains. Select your hero by combining two character options: your Role and Race. Your Role is your profession and your Race is your heritage and species. This combination drives your Hero's strengths, weaknesses and defines their special abilities. You'll use dry erase markers to keep track of your hero's strength. Travel across the map earning power ups by completing quests and battling opponents of several different types. Move carefully to avoid multiple dangers and travel from city to city, visiting shrines and ruins along the way. Gain power quickly, for the Dead King also moves... He takes away your cities as you play the game. For each city he destroys, he gains more power. The object of HEXplore It is to power up your heroes as quickly as possible, to eventually defeat the Dead King himself. The game is won if you confront and defeat him, bringing light back to the Valley.
Designers
Kat Kimoundri, Nathan Loos, Jonathan Mariucci
Artist
Yanis Cardin
Publisher
Mariucci J. Designs, LLC
Categories
Mechanics