
2019Brian Garber
Mostly playthroughs and reviews. Puzzle Dungeon is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 8 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Puzzle Dungeon is a solitaire hand management, modular board, set collection game in which you control a monster hunter making their way through a dungeon filled with several types of monsters and their kings. In Puzzle Dungeon, the player uses the limited cards in their hand and cards they deal into play from a deck to defeat enemies which are dealt randomly each game to form a unique board. Players are limited by the order in which their cards are dealt and the order of the monsters in the dungeon, so a strong strategy is required to win. Puzzle Dungeon features twenty double-faced monster cards. The front of each monster card features an average monster of that type: a vampire, a goblin, or haunted armor. The back of each monster card depicts that monster as a monster king. There are four of each type of monster. When the third monster of a type is defeated, the fourth is flipped over to the monster king. Monster kings have punishing abilities and a strong effect on the game. -description from the designer
Puzzle Dungeon has 23 videos from 13 creators: 7 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 8 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2019 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Puzzle Dungeon Playthrough Part 1" by MalStorm Gaming, which runs 23 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Hungry Gamer Reviews Puzzle Dungeon" by Hungry Gamer. 5 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Live Replay Solo Playthrough of Puzzle Dungeon | Danicha" by DaniCha, one of 8 playthroughs.
If you like it, try The Breach, Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum, Maple Valley or Iliad, which share several of its mechanics.
8 of 13
2023Pauline Kong, Haymen Lee, Marie Wong
2 - 5 players40 - 60 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Puzzle Dungeon is a solitaire hand management, modular board, set collection game in which you control a monster hunter making their way through a dungeon filled with several types of monsters and their kings. In Puzzle Dungeon, the player uses the limited cards in their hand and cards they deal into play from a deck to defeat enemies which are dealt randomly each game to form a unique board. Players are limited by the order in which their cards are dealt and the order of the monsters in the dungeon, so a strong strategy is required to win. Puzzle Dungeon features twenty double-faced monster cards. The front of each monster card features an average monster of that type: a vampire, a goblin, or haunted armor. The back of each monster card depicts that monster as a monster king. There are four of each type of monster. When the third monster of a type is defeated, the fourth is flipped over to the monster king. Monster kings have punishing abilities and a strong effect on the game. -description from the designer
Designer
Brian Garber
Artist
Brian Garber
Publisher
Self-published
Mechanics