# 50 Fathoms Explorer's Edition

50 Fathoms Explorer's Edition is a board game.

- **Complexity:** 3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2011
- **Categories:** Sourcebook (rules/options to enhance play), Scenario / Adventure / Module, Campaign Setting (game world)
- **Mechanics:** Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Level Based (Earn XP and level up), Dice (Various), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Grid-based (uses square terrain for move/combat), Cards (Standard French-suited deck), Dice Step (variable dice vs. static target), Exploding Dice (Die may 'explode' into a second roll)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Paul "Wiggy" Wade-Williams, Shane Lacy Hensley

**Artists:** Peter Bradley, Cheyenne Wright, Richard Clark (I), Miguel Ángel "Cable" Moreno

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/50-fathoms-explorers-edition)
- [50 Fathoms Explorer's Edition in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/50-fathoms-explorers-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/113689)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-11-10. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._