2023Emily Willix, Felix Falk, James Gjaltema, Evan Halbert, Duncan Hecht, Koyomi Kawasumi, Pedro Kerouac, Galen McCown, Jan Spodek, Chris Stone (II), Ren Vice, David Waldman, Clark Willix
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1 - 12 players15 - 45 minMedium weight

2024Emily Willix
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Working as a monster in an evil wizard's dungeon isn't easy. It's dark, damp, and your boss has a habit of turning employees into frogs during annual performance reviews. But perhaps the worst thing is the boredom. Sure, it's exciting when the occasional hero stumbles past and you have a bit of a scuffle. However, most of the time you're just hanging about watching mould grow on the walls. Deep in the depths of Hoodez Dungeon, Toothache the Troll and Gumrot the Goblin became fed up of sitting around doing nothing. Borrowing the jaws of a nearby skeleton (asking politely first, of course) and some gems they found in a treasure chest, they invented a fun new game of teeth collecting which made the hours between battling adventurers just fly by. In Battle Dentale, you play either Gumrot the Goblin or Toothache the Troll, competing to collect the best collection of teeth from a jawbone. Toothache favors the cleaner teeth because they're shiny, while Gumrot likes the decaying ones as the smell reminds them of their mum. Winning requires strategy, efficient decision-making, and sometimes evil moves to sabotage your opponent! To win, gather a more highly valued collection of teeth than the other player.
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Battle Dentale has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from 2024 to March 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Bright Eye Games" by 보드라이브 BoardLiveGame, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Battle Dentale Review: Quick Take with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower.
If you like it, try Bah! Humbug! and the 12 Games of Christmas and Bah! Humbug!: A Twelve Days of Christmas Bluffing Game, also by Emily Willix, or Emberleaf and Dead Man's Draw, which share several of its mechanics.
2023Emily Willix, Felix Falk, James Gjaltema, Evan Halbert, Duncan Hecht, Koyomi Kawasumi, Pedro Kerouac, Galen McCown, Jan Spodek, Chris Stone (II), Ren Vice, David Waldman, Clark Willix
1 - 12 players15 - 45 minMedium weight
2021Emily Willix
2 - 4 players10 - 30 minLight weight
2025James Tomblin, Frank West
1 - 5 players90 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Working as a monster in an evil wizard's dungeon isn't easy. It's dark, damp, and your boss has a habit of turning employees into frogs during annual performance reviews. But perhaps the worst thing is the boredom. Sure, it's exciting when the occasional hero stumbles past and you have a bit of a scuffle. However, most of the time you're just hanging about watching mould grow on the walls. Deep in the depths of Hoodez Dungeon, Toothache the Troll and Gumrot the Goblin became fed up of sitting around doing nothing. Borrowing the jaws of a nearby skeleton (asking politely first, of course) and some gems they found in a treasure chest, they invented a fun new game of teeth collecting which made the hours between battling adventurers just fly by. In Battle Dentale, you play either Gumrot the Goblin or Toothache the Troll, competing to collect the best collection of teeth from a jawbone. Toothache favors the cleaner teeth because they're shiny, while Gumrot likes the decaying ones as the smell reminds them of their mum. Winning requires strategy, efficient decision-making, and sometimes evil moves to sabotage your opponent! To win, gather a more highly valued collection of teeth than the other player.
Designer
Emily Willix
Artist
Jamie Noble
Publisher
Bright Eye Games
Categories
Mechanics