Clank!: Catacombs Game Review

My first foray into the world of Clank! was through a playthrough of Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure at a mini gaming retreat in Minneapolis. It was a harrowing time as my odds constantly seemed against me as the bag filled up with my previous Clank! cubes. In the end, only half of us made it out alive, but I immediately wanted to play again. Clank!: Catacombs offers a fresh take on the acclaimed series, throwing the players into the treasure-laden dungeon of the skeletal dragon Umbrok Vessna. Does it stand on its own merits? Let's find out.

Clank!: Catacombs Overview

Clank!: Catacombs is a deck-builder where each player starts with the same ten cards. Over the course of the game, players buy cards to add to their decks, hopefully building synergies that will allow them to navigate through the catacombs. The goal is to find an Artifact and return back to the Crypt space without filling up your Health Meter. Once all players have escaped the catacombs or have been knocked out, any players who managed to get an artifact who weren't knocked out in the Depths (the deeper parts of the dungeon) get to tally up their points. Whoever has the most points wins.

Each player starts their turn with five cards in their…

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