2005Richard Launius, Kevin Wilson
- Videos
- 116
- Creators
- 38
1 - 8 players120 - 240 minHeavy weight

2023Kevin Wilson
Mainly reviews. Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 30 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto is a tactical and cooperative card game. As Seekers, you will fight your way through the well deck of challenge cards to reach Vainglory, the master of the well, and face her in an epic final battle. To defeat Vainglory, you'll battle and puzzle your way through her well deck of 57 challenge cards before facing her final gauntlet. On your turn, attempt a challenge by playing a matching skill card and rolling the dice. Add enough progress tokens to a challenge and you'll be richly rewarded. But fail and you'll face the penalty by losing health, discarding cards, or being forced to return cards to the well deck. Even when it's not your turn, the cards in your hand can be played to boost your teammate's action. But be cautious-emptying your hand means gaining exhaustion and suffering effects that can lose you the game. Survive long enough to reach the bottom of the well and reveal Vainglory's final form. Break through her gauntlet of protectors in order to face and defeat her once and for all and win the game. -description from publisher
Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto has 62 videos from 52 creators: 30 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 15 playthroughs, 6 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2023 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Tutorial & Solo Playthrough of Kinfire Delve Vainglory's Grotto - Solo Board Game" by Tabletop For One, which runs 53 min. For a quicker teach, "Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto | Solo Playthrough | How To Play | Boss Finale" by Rolling Solo runs 24 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Kinfire Delve review | Review copy provided" by One Stop Co-op Shop. 29 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto - BGG Solo-Mode w/ Foster the Meeple" by BoardGameGeek, one of 15 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Arkham Horror, Kinfire Chronicles: Night's Fall, A Gentle Rain and Arkham Horror (Third Edition), also by Kevin Wilson. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2023.
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2005Richard Launius, Kevin Wilson
1 - 8 players120 - 240 minHeavy weight
2023Kevin Wilson, Darrell Hardy, Adela Kapuścińska, Brandon Perdue
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2018Nikki Valens, Richard Launius, Kevin Wilson
1 - 6 players120 - 180 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto is a tactical and cooperative card game. As Seekers, you will fight your way through the well deck of challenge cards to reach Vainglory, the master of the well, and face her in an epic final battle. To defeat Vainglory, you'll battle and puzzle your way through her well deck of 57 challenge cards before facing her final gauntlet. On your turn, attempt a challenge by playing a matching skill card and rolling the dice. Add enough progress tokens to a challenge and you'll be richly rewarded. But fail and you'll face the penalty by losing health, discarding cards, or being forced to return cards to the well deck. Even when it's not your turn, the cards in your hand can be played to boost your teammate's action. But be cautious-emptying your hand means gaining exhaustion and suffering effects that can lose you the game. Survive long enough to reach the bottom of the well and reveal Vainglory's final form. Break through her gauntlet of protectors in order to face and defeat her once and for all and win the game. -description from publisher
Designer
Kevin Wilson
Artists
Katarzyna Bekus, Sandra Chlewińska, Wiktor Kozyra, Vesna "vesner" Redesiuk
Publisher
Incredible Dream Studios
Mechanics