2016Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks
- Videos
- 63
- Creators
- 26
1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight

2022Peter Albertson
Some reviews. Forgotten Depths is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Forgotten Depths is a co-op dungeon adventure game that combines unique tile laying and hand management mechanics to deliver a substantial experience of exploration and combat. The goal of the game is to get to the bottom of the dungeon and destroy the powerful entity that resides there. To make it, you'll need to improve your heroes by finding items and buying new abilities with experience points you gain by exploring. Those experience points are in scarce supply and you'll need to balance between saving them for abilities and spending them on the healing and keys you'll also need. The game is played by alternating between two main activities, Exploring and Encountering. You'll start by Exploring, creating the layout of the level as you play, and discovering Ecology Elements. You choose when and where to Encounter the Elements you discover, and you go back to Exploring after each Encounter. The game features: 3 Dungeon Level ‘Ecologies,' each with their own unique Monsters, Features, and hard to find Legendary Locations Character progression. Find and equip items, and purchase abilities and spells with your hard won XP. 30 unique Monsters. Never face the same Monster twice in a playthrough. 30 unique dungeon Features. Never discover the same Feature twice in a playthrough. 12 hard to find Legendary Locations, featuring unique encounters, treasures and effects, including 2 difficult to obtain fabled swords. 6 unique level bosses Final boss with 27 possible configurations -description from the designer
Forgotten Depths has 17 videos from 14 creators: 6 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 2 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 7 other videos. They date from 2019 to September 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "FORGOTTEN DEPTHS (2022) - Frauen im Kerker: eine hübsche Verliesexploration!" by Olaf Buddenberg, which runs 44 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Hungry Gamer Previews The Forgotten Depths" by Hungry Gamer. 6 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Forgotten Depths - 3 Player Gameplay - (Quackalope Games)" by Quackalope, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Star Trek: Frontiers, Mistfall, Aberration or The Dungenerator: Die in a Dungeon, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2022.
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2016Vlaada Chvátil, Andrew Parks
1 - 4 players60 - 240 minVery heavy weight
2015Błażej Kubacki
1 - 4 players120 minVery heavy weight
2025Peter Lee
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2025ROLLINKUNZ!
1 - 2 players20 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Forgotten Depths is a co-op dungeon adventure game that combines unique tile laying and hand management mechanics to deliver a substantial experience of exploration and combat. The goal of the game is to get to the bottom of the dungeon and destroy the powerful entity that resides there. To make it, you'll need to improve your heroes by finding items and buying new abilities with experience points you gain by exploring. Those experience points are in scarce supply and you'll need to balance between saving them for abilities and spending them on the healing and keys you'll also need. The game is played by alternating between two main activities, Exploring and Encountering. You'll start by Exploring, creating the layout of the level as you play, and discovering Ecology Elements. You choose when and where to Encounter the Elements you discover, and you go back to Exploring after each Encounter. The game features: 3 Dungeon Level ‘Ecologies,' each with their own unique Monsters, Features, and hard to find Legendary Locations Character progression. Find and equip items, and purchase abilities and spells with your hard won XP. 30 unique Monsters. Never face the same Monster twice in a playthrough. 30 unique dungeon Features. Never discover the same Feature twice in a playthrough. 12 hard to find Legendary Locations, featuring unique encounters, treasures and effects, including 2 difficult to obtain fabled swords. 6 unique level bosses Final boss with 27 possible configurations -description from the designer
Designer
Peter Albertson
Artist
Marian Churchland
Publisher
Grand Gamers Guild
Categories
Mechanics