Drillers Strategy Board Game

About this product

Dig deep. Upgrade smart. Know when to surface.

A strategic mining adventure where every card, resource and descent matters.

Explore an abandoned mine, collect valuable minerals, upgrade your mech and push deeper underground, but make sure you can get back out.

Product Description

In Drillers, you take control of a mining mech and descend into an abandoned mine in search of valuable minerals left behind by a forgotten corporation. Every level brings fresh opportunities, but fuel is limited and the deeper you travel, the more carefully you need to plan your return.

Move between floors, collect minerals, excavate corridors and break through barriers while building a stronger deck for your mech. Cards are highly flexible: use them for their main effects, convert them into fuel or hold them for a future turn. When you return to the surface, you can sell minerals, repair your deck, upgrade your fuel and storage capacity and buy new cards to improve your rig.

Every decision can change what becomes available to the other players, making timing and resource management just as important as drilling deeper. And when playing alone, Drillers includes a dedicated solo mode where your mech goes head-to-head against a corporate bot across four levels of difficulty. The rulebook confirms both the card-management system and the surface upgrade cycle, as well as the dedicated solo rules. 

View the Drillers Rulebook (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Every card has choices: Use cards for powerful effects, turn them into fuel or save them for a later turn.
• Build and improve your mech: Buy new cards, expand your storage, increase your fuel capacity and make repairs when you return to the surface.
• Explore deeper underground: Collect minerals, excavate corridors and open new floors as the mine develops throughout the game.
• Resource management matters: Fuel, minerals, cards and upgrades all compete for your attention as you decide how far to push each descent.
• A changing mine to navigate: Floor cards introduce effects as new levels are revealed, keeping the underground journey evolving.
• Dedicated solo play: Take on a corporate bot with four increasing difficulty levels when playing alone.
• Meaningful risk and timing: Going deeper can open greater opportunities, but being caught underground at the end of the game costs points.

Quick Details

• Publisher: Czech Games Edition (CGE)
• Designers: Adam Španěl & Říman
• Game type: Strategy board game
• Players: 1–4
• Age: 12+
• Playing time: Approximately 30 minutes per player
• Solo play: Yes
• Release: Q3 2026
• Contents: 1 game board, 4 player boards, 4 mech miniatures, 12 drone tokens, 33 mine tiles, 4 milestone tiles, 4 card stands, 110 cards, 43 credit tokens, plastic mineral cubes, 12 plastic gauge markers, 16 stickers, rulebook, scoring pad and 4 helpsheets

Good to Know

• Solo mode included: The solo game features four bot difficulty levels.
• Multi-use cards: Cards can be played for their main effects, converted into fuel or saved for later.
• Surface upgrades: Returning to the surface allows you to sell minerals, repair, refuel, upgrade your rig and buy cards.
• Watch your depth: Ending the game while your mech is still underground can cost victory points.
• Mine progression: Opening deeper floors introduces floor cards and additional challenges.
• Optional upgrade available: Drillers – Upgraded Components is available separately for players who want to upgrade their copy of the game.