This is not your typical dungeon crawl. Unique and intuitive Euro-style mechanics combined with strong co-operation and a dark and deeply immersive theme put Perdition’s Mouth in its own category. It combines the tactical elements seen in blockbusters such as Gloomhaven, the struggle to survive from Posthuman, and the awesome dungeon crawling of Descent.

No dice? Rondels? No gamemaster? Hand management? Crucial cooperation? All in a dungeon crawl? Yes! Keep reading and see...

The game designers of Perdition's Mouth: Abyssal Rift (Timo Multamäki, Thomas Klausner, and Kevin Wilson) set out to implement a new kind of dungeon crawl. One that embraces the European school of game design with clever mechanisms which emphasize strategy and minimizing luck. Cooperation, planning and the enemy response deck eliminate the need for chucking dice, creating a tense combat environment with meaningful decisions! The rondels provide another tactical layer, including the enemy’s devious and challenging AI.

Kevin Wilson, famed designer of Arkham Horror and Descent: “The way the rondel worked, the unique feel of each hero, and the gritty horror fantasy theme all appealed to me, as there was nothing else like it on the market. I think this is a real winner!

The game combines strong tactical play with a level of challenge in a co-op that even Arkham Horror fans will appreciate. Best of all, it all comes together in a simple but very satisfying way. In other words, it's a project I'm delighted to have been involved in!”.

One more thing that makes Perdition’s Mouth appealing is the easy-to-learn rules. We’ve spent over four years working hard to make them straightforward and understandable so the game plays smoothly without being fiddly. Typically game testers and demo participants learn to play in 15 minutes. A usual game round takes less than 10 minutes, even with 6 players. But don’t let the ease of learning make you think there’s not much there. Deep, strategic cooperation will be required for your band of heroes to make it through to the Abyssal Rift and maybe even come back alive. All the players are active throughout each round as they can play cards outside their own turn to help the current player.

The heroes you’ll play are not the usual bland, stereotypical adventurers you’ll find in most fantasy settings. These are imperfect individuals, each with their strengths and weaknesses, and they will have to prove that they are heroes through their actions and not through their boasting.

All miniatures are delivered UNPAINTED, but PRE-ASSEMBLED. You can find more art and details about the game’s characters on our website.

As this is an existed, tested and true game, we have plenty of material on how the game plays. But nothing is better than Catweazle's excellent "Learn to play" series of videos. Enjoy!

And of course we do have a rulebook, which we are frequently updating, but for the Revised Edition we're following the example of slightly bigger brands: We will break the rulebook in to two: the actual rules and examples will be two separate booklets.

We want to make it as easy as possible for you to find out everything you want about the game, so here are some other videos that might help you:

Rahdo - Final Thoughts (Prototype)

 Rahdo - Playthrough (Prototype)

Ricky Royal/Box of Delights - Playthrough (Prototype)

 Doug Herring - Playthrough

Paul Darcy - Playthrough

Robert Oren - Playthrough

Dice Craft (Italian) - Playthrough

Yo soy tu padre friki (Spanish) - Review

Brettspiel (German) - Unboxing

Robert Oren - Painting our miniatures (perhaps skip the first 8½ minutes!)

Dragon Dawn Productions has an unique structure in the board game industry. The brainchild of Timo Multamäki and his wife, Tiinaliisa, is a consortium of people based in different countries who are passionate about the games we produce. The consortium uses digital technologies to collaborate on all aspects of the game: development, production and promotion.

The different tasks and responsibilities are shouldered voluntarily by those best suited according to skill and time availability. We are all actively engaged in the board game world and walk among you on social media.

DDP team is open to anyone who shares our passion. Let us know, how’d you like to contribute.