Fans of the cult dice-roguelike Die in the Dungeon, the indie video game where you build a deadly dice engine instead of a card deck, finally have a tabletop version to dig into. Roomiz Games has turned it into a co-operative board game, and the Kickstarter is in its final days, wrapping up around 18 June.
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Find events near youLike the video game, the board game makes dice your actions rather than cards. You draw dice from a bag and place them on a battle board, where each one can attack, block, boost or heal, and the real game is chaining them into synergies. Between fights you forge and evolve your dice, hunt for relics and push deeper into a dungeon that can end your run if you misjudge a single placement. The setting carries over too: a world of advanced animal civilisations undone by a forbidden mineral, where heroes wield magical dice as the only way to survive what waits below.
The source material has a serious following. On Steam, where it left early access for a full release on 1 May 2026, Die in the Dungeon holds a "Very Positive" rating, with 93% of nearly 1,800 reviews in its favour. The video game, from developer ATICO, is known for its four frog warriors, each with a distinct dice set and play style, and the board game keeps that same push-your-luck loop front and centre.
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Start organising for freeThe campaign has already cleared its funding goal. If the dice-building hooks your group the way it hooked video-game players, find a game night to break it out at.
Sources: Roomiz Games | Steam | Big Red Barrel | Board Game Quest
