Mantic Games Announce The Return Of Dungeon Saga With Origins!
February 24, 2023 by brennon
Mantic Games have announced that they are going back to Dungeon Saga with some of the classic heroes in Origins! This prequel to the original game sees familiar heroes going up against deadly enemies in a brand-new dungeon environment.
Dungeon Saga Origins Kickstarter // Mantic Games
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Madriga, Orlaf, Danor and Rordin are diving into the heart of a new dungeon. The classic dungeon-crawling adventure is still here but with a new Legendary Edition coming to Kickstarter. It is being designed as a good entry point to the series and will feature some great new miniatures.
Adventurers // Dungeon Saga Origins
The relaxed gameplay idea is still at the core of the gameplay in Dungeon Saga but that doesn't mean that you're going to be in for a walk in the park.
Danor // Dungeon Saga
Madriga // Dungeon Saga
Orlaf // Dungeon Saga
Rordin // Dungeon Saga
You will also find challenging scenarios to play, linked campaign games as well as options for using your gold and items between quests to get new equipment. All of this will be handy when talking on more undead foes.
Baddies // Dungeon Saga Origins
These miniatures have had a proper glow-up! I think this is going to be a fun one to dive into, especially as they are looking to tweak the existing rules which were a lot of fun anyway! As well as the return of some classic foes, this is also going to be the first time that we're seeing the Twilight Kin in action with their very own Dungeon Saga expansion.
Twilight Kin // Dungeon Saga Origins
Fun stuff awaits and it will be great to see where Mantic take this revamped and refreshed go at Dungeon Saga. I am all for a proper old-school dungeon crawler and this seems to tick all the boxes.
Will you be giving this a go?
"These miniatures have had a proper glow-up!"
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Dungeon Saga is a great game. Really had a lot of fun with it throughout the years.
However, its gameplay is a little dated compared to some of the newer games that come out since then. Hopefully they address that some what with some updates.
The miniature designs look extremely awesome. Will back just for the miniatures regardless.
Had stacks of fun with the original, so can’t wait to see what Mantic have done to improve it. If the improvement on the minis is any gauge to go by, we could be looking at something special.
Consider me excited!
I’ve just signed up to be notified on launch as I’m very curious about this.
Those look really good.
Ooh I know that one it starts at the fun fair.?
I purchased the game, played it and then sold it all. I am willing to take a second look if they fix the following:
– The rulebook is poorly written and confusing
– The miniatures are low quality and hard to assemble
– The game is too easy for the heroes and too hard for the overlord and there is a point where the heroes cannot lose.
– The game lacks replay value and variety
The game has potential, hopefully, they make it better.
the miniatures are one piece or preassembled, what were you building?
There was one hero that was a multi-part resin kit. A KS exclusive I think.
There’s that pesky squirrel again, diving in at the slightest scent of blood in the water.
Rubbish game, literally. Played it twice over the years. Had no interest in going beyond scenario one. Miniatures were okay, but just okay. The game board pieces were horrendous. Art was too dark, difficult to differentiate. The ridiculous number and shape of the board pieces was a disaster to store. Not worth selling, most of it made it in to the rubbish.
So if they change the rules and the cards and the miniatures and the dungeon board pieces, it should be a good game.
Loved the first iteration, and I am very keen to see it now as Mantic has upped the quality of their minis and the PVC they use so much. Appart from the misprint in the first supplement (the one that gaveyou the massive variety in player options) I was very happy with the supplements too
Good to hear it’s back. IIRC, The president overpromised the advanced rules, and he and the game designer had a falling out. Then the rules went to a community committee, where I assumed it wouldn’t return from. Hope it has mention of solo rules. Dunno if I need *another* dungeoncrawler or *more* generic fantasy miniatures, so we’ll see about the price.
Not sure about the Barbershop supplement. Will it be a KS exclusive? 😀
Great to hear its returning in a “better form”…. i do have a complete KS set off Ebay, Dungeon saga is a mix of things really, you have the dwarf kings quest is a board game, its only with the extra book that allows it to be expanded to be a full game beyond the core box… not everybody has those 2 items… creating a new experience from the ground up will see this as a more complete game… I do love the hero design, combat and magic system very much…
I have the original game and all the expansions, the base game is fully painted and I have played it with different game groups, as evening entertainment at gaming events and even with colleagues with time to kill before a late evening work session. It does mean that I’ve played some of the scenarios many times with different people rather than going through all the scenarios and onto the expansions with any one group, but that’s part of the flexibility of the game. If I’m introducing it to new players, I’m confident we’ll all have a fun time even if… Read more »
Hopefully we’ll see an “add on” for the tiles. My set from the 1st DS game has seen heavy use in games like Frostgrave etc (they were really handy). I doubt I’d look to picking up the game again (although if they do things like they did with the 2nd Edition of Dreadball they’ll do a “upgrade” pledge for just the rules etc).
I wonder if there will be any gameplay videos during the kickstarter?
I heard mixed things about the original
I think there will be, I know there were for LoI and Ronnie said to-day that the rules and expansions are written already