Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto
- Players
- 1-2
- Best withThe player count this game plays best at.
- 2 players
- Play timeHow long a full game runs once everyone knows the rules.
- 60 min
- AgeThe minimum age printed by the publisher.
- 14+
- ComplexityHow demanding the rules are, from 1 (very light) to 5 (very heavy).
- 2.2 / 5
- Year
- 2023
About the game
Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto is a cooperative, dice-driven card game in which Seekers battle through a deck of challenge cards to confront Vainglory, master of a mysterious well. Players play matching skill cards and roll dice to overcome challenges, earning rewards for success or suffering setbacks like lost health and discarded cards on failure. Even off-turn, players can spend cards from their hand to support a teammate, though emptying your hand brings its own risks. After clearing 57 challenge cards, the team faces Vainglory's climactic multi-stage gauntlet. Its tight card-and-dice loop delivers a tense, cooperative dungeon-delving experience in a compact format.
Hobbli's Notes
Hobbli's team finds Kinfire Delve's push-your-luck hand management an engaging twist on cooperative card-battlers, with meaningful tension around when to spend your last cards to help a teammate. The escalating threat of exhaustion keeps every decision weighty. Its compact format makes it approachable for shorter cooperative sessions. As a smaller-scale entry in the Kinfire universe, it may feel less expansive than larger dungeon crawlers.
What we like
- Tight cooperative loop rewards careful hand and resource management.
- Multi-stage boss gauntlet delivers a satisfying climax.
- Supports both solo and two-player play well.
- Compact playtime suits shorter game sessions.
Keep in mind
- Limited to a maximum of two players.
- Smaller scope than larger dungeon-crawl games in the same family.
- Fixed challenge deck may reduce long-term replay variety.
Who it's for
Suited to cooperative game fans aged 14+ who enjoy tactical card-and-dice dungeon delving, solo or with one partner.
