100 Swords: The Hive Empress's Dungeon Builder Set

Designer	Clayton Grey
Publisher	Laboratory Games
Players	1-2
Playtime	35 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Expansion For	100 Swords: The Blue Mammoth's Dungeon, 100 Swords: The Gold King's Dungeon, 100 Swords: The Red Dragon's Dungeon, 100 Swords: The Silver Queen's Dungeon
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100 Swords is a sword based dungeon crawling micro deck builder! Load up with as much as you can carry and run head first into the dungeon, exploring rooms and revealing monsters, all while keeping track of hidden treasures and swords!

During play, you must efficiently play the 5 cards in your hand for any combination of movement, strength, or energy. Movement advances you deeper into the dungeon allowing you to peek at or reveal the cards along the way. Monsters you find can only be defeated with strength. New items (and swords!) are acquired by spending cards in your hand for energy. Many items have effects that will further expand your tactical options as your deck grows.

As you defeat monsters and pick up loot, do your best to remember where everything is hidden. Treasures and slain monsters are worth gold, so get collecting! Once the dungeon has been thoroughly ransacked, or the boss is defeated, whoever has the most gold wins!

You can use Dungeon Builder Sets to spice up your dungeon. Each set contains 15 cards (including a new Boss) that can be slapped onto a standalone dungeon to lengthen your game and add new challenges and puzzles to solve! The Hive Empress's Builder Set is a good all-around set of cards. It has an interesting variety of new monsters, items, and obstacles.