# Tyrants of the Underdark: Board Game

Tyrants of the Underdark: Board Game is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 90 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 8.3 out of 10 by 55 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $42.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 2.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2021
- **Categories:** Fantasy, Fighting
- **Mechanics:** Variable Set-up, Take That, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Delayed Purchase, Open Drafting, Area Majority / Influence, Connections, Zone of Control
- **Ludoya rating:** 8.3 out of 10, from 55 reviews
- **Owned by:** 140 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 461
- **Unique players:** 549

**Designers:** Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee, Andrew Veen

**Artists:** Craig J. Spearing, Jim Nelson, Jason Engle, Todd Harris, Eva Widermann, Julie Dillon, James Zhang, Ben Wootten, Sławomir Maniak, Marcel Mercado, Damien Mammoliti, Brian Hagan, Tyler Jacobson, Guido Kuip, Rob Alexander, Matias Tapia, Stephen Tappin, Steve Ellis (I), John-Paul Balmet, Ralph Horsley, Vance Kovacs, Carlos Nunez de Castro Torres, Héctor Ortiz, Sam Burley, Jacob Masbruch, Bryan Syme, Adam Paquette, Richard Whitters, Tyler Walpole, Raymond Swanland, Claudio Pozas, Ryan Pancoast, Kieran Yanner, Ilich Henriquez, Francis Tsai, Olga Drebas, Milivoj Ceran, Emily Fiegenschuh, Klaus Pillon (I), Daren Bader, Wayne England, Marco Nelor, Aaron J. Riley, Howard Lyon, McLean Kendree, Tomasz Jedruszek, Alex Aparin, Lars Grant-West, William O'Connor, Jason Juta, Conceptopolis, Arnie Swekel, Marc Sasso, Rick Hershey, Eric Belisle, Jesper Ejsing

**Publishers:** Gale Force Nine, LLC

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cardhaus Games | 42.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/tyrants-of-the-underdark-board-game/ |

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## Rules questions

### Do I need Presence in a location to assassinate there, or can I pay Power from anywhere?

You must have Presence in the location to use the Assassinate action; it also costs 3 Power to perform (see page 13). Power is spent from your resource pool when you take the action (see page 9).

### What’s the difference between Deploy, Move and Supplant — can I just replace an enemy troop when I deploy?

Deploy places a troop from your deck or hand into a space (action: Deploy) and Move shifts your troops between connected spaces; Supplant is a special sequence where you first assassinate an enemy (requiring Presence) and then deploy into that space to remove their troop — you can’t supplant without the assassination step (see pages 14 and 16).

### How does recruiting from the market work and when does the market refill?

You pay Influence to recruit a card from the market row; after a recruit the market is immediately refilled from the recruit deck up to the market limit (see page 15), with initial setup showing the starting market layout (see page 6).

### How do Spies work and how do I return enemy spies or forces?

You place spies with the Place Spy action to gain Presence in a location; returning enemy spies or forces requires Presence and typically costs Power (for example, returning an enemy spy costs 3 Power) — see page 15 for Return forces and page 12 for Presence rules. 

### When does the game end and what triggers final scoring?

The game ends when an endgame trigger occurs (for example, a certain number of total control markers or running out of a deck) and then final scoring is resolved including inner-circle/promote VPs and territory control scoring as described in the Endgame and Final Scoring sections (see pages 16 and 10).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tyrants-of-the-underdark-board-game)
- [Tyrants of the Underdark: Board Game in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/tyrants-of-the-underdark-board-game)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/336847)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-26. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._