# Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition

## General Info
- **Year Published**: 2023
- **BGG Rating**: 7.5
- **BGG Rank**: #5826
- **Players**: 1-4 (Best with: 1)
- **Duration**: 60 min
- **Weight**: 3.20 / 5
- **Designers**: Tom Stasiak
- **Artists**: Adam Kabalak, Bartosz Pławecki, Marcin Rubinkowski, Michał Grochalak, Przemysław Geremek, Tom Stasiak, Tomasz Florkiewicz
- **Publishers**: Beautiful Disaster Games, Grimspire
- **Categories**: Adventure, Dice, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting
- **Mechanics**: Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Events, Re-rolling and Locking, Worker Placement with Dice Workers

## Verdict
If you're into cooperative fantasy games with a roguelike twist and tactical dice combat, Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition is a fantastic pick! The experience is challenging, offers tons of replayability, and delivers an epic adventure feel with every play. It's perfect for those who love to strategize every move and aren't afraid of a good dose of dark humor.Tactical and strategic combatHigh replayabilitySatisfying hero progressionDry and fun humorIntegrated expansionsCan be punishingSteep learning curveLanguage dependentHIGHLY RECOMMENDED

## Description
Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition is the definitive and completely rebuilt version of this acclaimed cooperative fantasy game. Get ready for a roguelike adventure for 1 to 4 players, where you and your friends form a party of unique heroes to face perils in a three-act campaign full of dry humor, deadly encounters, and intense tactical battles. Each act is divided into two phases: Adventure and Battle. In the Adventure phase, you explore a procedurally generated map, uncovering secret areas, visiting strange locations, and managing your limited time to collect powerful items and synergistic abilities. Calculated risks are rewarded, but lack of preparation can be costly. Combat in Doomrock is gridless and dice-driven, focusing on initiative, positioning, ability synergy, and minimal output randomness. You roll and assign dice to your ability cards, activating combos and reacting to enemy AI, utilizing mechanics like Provoke, Stealth, Activation Cubes, and even pets. This edition integrates all content from previous expansions and introduces a revamped battle system with enemy activation decks, custom dice, poker chips, a redesigned campaign structure and rulebook (v4.0), plus new heroes, pets, secret areas, and modular expansions. Replayability is a strong point, with scenarios generated from a vast amount of cards, ensuring each journey is unique. Victory is achieved by defeating the Act III boss at Doomrock, but defeat can come swiftly through time mismanagement, poor coordination, or simply being unprepared for what awaits in the next ominous mountain pass.

## FAQ
### How many players can play Assault on Doomrock: Ultimate Edition?
The game is designed for 1 to 4 players, meaning you can embark on an adventure solo or with a group of friends!

### What is the average playtime for a game?
A full game typically takes between 60 to 60 minutes, but as it's a three-act campaign, it might vary slightly depending on your strategy and group's pace.

### Is it a complex game to learn?
Assault on Doomrock has a BGG weight of 3.2/5, which indicates a medium-high complexity. It rewards experienced players and has a learning curve, but the v4.0 rulebook has been redesigned to improve clarity.

### Does the game involve a lot of luck?
While it uses dice rolling (and a re-rolling/locking mechanic), combat is designed to have minimal 'output randomness,' focusing more on tactics, positioning, and ability synergy. Your decisions are more crucial than pure luck.

### What's the main difference in this 'Ultimate Edition'?
This edition is a completely rebuilt and expanded version, integrating all previous expansion content, plus a revamped battle system, new heroes, pets, secret areas, and an improved rulebook. It's the definitive version of the game!

### Do I need a lot of table space to play?
With map exploration and combat components, it's good to have a decent amount of space. It's not a 'small table' game, but it doesn't require a banquet hall either. Think of a standard dining table.

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