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Adventure, American West, Exploration
by Jason C. Hill
Score
Ratings
4,094
Published
2014
Players
1–4 players
BGG community rating
Ranked #661 on BoardGameGeek
Complexity
3.4
Medium
Best with
4
players
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Information
Players
1–4 players
Best with
4 players
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.4 / 5 · Medium
BGG Rank
#661
Published
2014
Designer
Jason C. Hill
Artists
Gaël Goumon, Jack Scott Hill, Ralph Horsley, Tomasz Jedruszek
Publisher
Flying Frog Productions
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About
Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients is a fast-paced, fully cooperative, dungeon-crawl board game set in the Old West, with a heavy dose of unspeakable horror! Players create characters, taking on the role of a classic Western Hero Archetype, such as the Law Man, Gunslinger, or Saloon Girl. Forming an adventuring posse, the Heroes venture down into the dark mines, overrun with all manner of ancient demons and foul creatures from another world. With tactical gameplay, lots of dice, and a robust card-driven exploration system, no two games are ever the same as the heroes explore the mines finding new enemies to fight, new loot to collect, and new dangers to overcome. Players can even find portals to other worlds, stepping through to continue their adventures on the other side! An exciting campaign system allows the players to visit local frontier towns between adventures, spending their hard-earned loot and building their characters from game to game! As players find fantastic gear and artifacts to equip their heroes, they also gain experience from their adventures. This experience is used to level up, guiding the hero's path through an expansive, class-specific upgrade tree of new skills and abilities, allowing each player to develop their hero to fit their own play style. In City of the Ancients, players will encounter portals to the otherworld on the Plains of Targa, finding an ancient frozen city whose living inhabitants are nowhere to be found. Instead, great mechanical keepers wander the city going about their duties - until interrupted by the arrival of the players' characters! So load up yer' six shooter, throw on yer' hat and poncho, and gather the posse as the darkness is coming, and all hell's about to break loose...in the Shadows of Brimstone! Can be used together with Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death to raise the maximum players to 6.
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Buy from $45on the BGG marketplace →Resale listings from the BoardGameGeek marketplace — prices vary.
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Flying Frog DiceFest 2020 Goody Box
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Flying Frog DiceFest 2021 Goody Box
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Flying Frog DiceFest 2023 Goody Box
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Flying Frog Roll-to-Move 2022 Goody Box
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Shadows of Brimstone: 2 Elemental Dragons Promo Card
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Shadows of Brimstone: 2023 Roll to Move Goody Box
Shadows of Brimstone: 2024 Dicefest Exclusive promos
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Shadows of Brimstone: 2024 Roll to Move Goody Box
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Shadows of Brimstone: 2025 Roll to Move Goody Box
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Shadows of Brimstone: 4th of July 2020 Sale Promo Cards – (P331 & P332)
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Shadows of Brimstone: A Cunning Disguise
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