Dungeon Saga/Origins

Dungeon Saga is a board game set in the Kings of War universe by Mantic Games.

Dwarf King's Hold

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In 2011 Mantic released a tie-in board game called Dwarf King's Hold: Dead Rising. This game was intended to represent fighting inside the ancient halls of an underground Dwarf city. One player controlled the forces of the necromancer Mortibris while the other controlled Dwarven adventurers attempting to reclaim their home. Six scenarios were included with the base game, but they were all standalone with no carry over of characters or items between them. Characters from this release, and the two future expansions, were also eventually added to Kings of War as living legends in the first edition supplements.

A standalone expansion was released later that year called Dwarf King's Hold: Green Menace that had forces for Elves and Orcs fighting in Dwarven ruins. This too had six scenarios, but again no carry over between games.

A second expansion was released in 2012 called Dwarf King's Hold: Ancient Grudge. This added four new scenarios intended for three to five players using components from the other two sets and Mantic miniatures. It also included several new tiles for these scenarios, such as a series of ice caves. It also included points costs and army building tools for using any of the four warbands in any of the scenarios, as well as rules for new units released in Kings of War not included in the original release.

Dungeon Saga

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In August 2014 Mantic redone the board game and incorporate more RPG elements and simulate more of a dungeon crawling experience. This relaunch was titled Dungeon Saga: Dwarf King's Quest. The initial release retells the story of the first Dwarf King's Hold set, but instead of a party of Dwarfs raiding the city, a party of adventurers is venturing into the ruins seeking treasure and glory by defeating Mortibris. Several modules and supplements were produced in accordance with the Kickstarter stretch goals.

Instead of being a skirmish game, now the game has one to six players take the roles of heroes in a dungeon while one player takes the role of overlord and tries to stop them in pursuing their goals. The hero players work cooperatively to complete the tasks set by the scenarios while the overlord is often tasked with either killing the heroes or running out the game turn clock to win. The first supplement book, The Adventurer's Companion, has additional rules for creating heroes, leveling up, and making our own campaigns as the overlord.

Adventurer's Companion

A supplement released to allow players to create their own heroes that can level up and gain new abilities. It also includes monster stats and advice for overlords to make their own dungeons and quest lines. Includes no miniatures, but about a hundred cards for items, spells, abilities, and what not.