The 2009 dungeon-crawl cult favourite Claustrophobia is back with a third edition, and this time it's Devir Games putting it on the table. Claustrophobia 1692 went live on Gamefound on 14 April, and it's notable on two fronts. It's a ground-up refresh of a game that still sits in BoardGameGeek's top 600 seventeen years after release, and it's Devir's first ever crowdfunding campaign.
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Set up your group for freeIf you missed the original, Claustrophobia is an asymmetric two-player scrap in the tunnels beneath New Jerusalem. One player leads a small, doomed brotherhood of condemned warriors under a Redeemer who uses dice placement to activate them. The other plays the endless infernal legions clawing up from Hell, whose attacks are quick, cheap and relentless. Scenarios play out across modular tiles with brutal, pulpy objectives, and most matches end with half the heroes dead and the other half wishing they were.
Designer Croc, the same mind behind the original and its 2019 retread Claustrophobia 1643, is back on the box, working alongside Devir to deliver new miniatures, fresh artwork, revised rules and new campaign scenarios. Devir has been explicit that this is not a bloated all-in stretch-goal fest. "This is no ordinary reprint: this is the rebirth of a masterpiece," publisher David Esbrí said at launch. The campaign has a deliberately slim add-on list, with miniatures only for what the game actually needs.
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Find events near youThat restraint is welcome for a genre where pledge managers routinely tip into four figures. Devir licensed the property from Monolith, the previous custodians (better known for their Conan board game), and the deal gives Spanish-speaking gamers their first proper Claustrophobia release alongside English and French editions.
The original Claustrophobia holds a 7.5 average on BGG, a strong number for a niche two-player dungeon crawl that has been in circulation for nearly two decades. Expect 1692 to land in backers' hands in late 2026.
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