Dungeon Petz Board Game

About this product

Raise magical monster pets, keep them happy-ish, and sell them to dungeon lords for glorious reputation.

A curated Afrishon World strategy pick for players who love clever planning, funny chaos and wonderfully weird fantasy worlds.

Dungeon Petz is a quirky worker-placement strategy game where you run an imp-owned pet shop for dungeon lords.

Product Description

Welcome to the monster pet business — where cute, strange little creatures need food, playtime, clean cages and just the right amount of magical chaos.

In Dungeon Petz, each player leads a family of imps trying to raise and sell unusual petz to demanding dungeon lords. You’ll buy baby monsters, build cages, gather food, manage their needs, enter exhibitions and sell your best-grown creatures to customers for reputation.

It is funny, strategic and full of personality. One round you are planning the perfect sale, the next you are cleaning cages, calming angry pets or hoping your creature does not mutate at the worst possible moment. Classic pet-shop problems, really.

Why you’ll love it

• Run a fantasy pet shop — manage an imp family breeding monster pets for dungeon lords.
• Clever worker placement — secretly group your imps and gold, then compete for the best actions.
• Pets have real needs — feed them, entertain them, control their anger, handle magic and clean up messes.
• Funny but strategic gameplay — the theme is silly, but the decisions are satisfyingly clever.
• Plan for exhibitions and customers — prepare your pets for upcoming shows and buyers.
• Strong replay value — different pets, customers, exhibitions and choices make each game feel fresh.
• Standalone game — set in the Dungeon Lords universe, but no other game is needed to play.
• Great for strategy gamers — ideal for players who enjoy planning, timing and controlled chaos.

Quick Details

• Players: 2–4 players
• Age: 10+
• Play time: 90 minutes
• Game type/category: Strategy board game
• Main mechanics: Worker placement, resource management, hand management, planning, auctions/turn order pressure
• Theme: Fantasy pet shop, dungeon lords, monster care, imp management
• Standalone game: Yes
• Designer: Vlaada Chvátil
• Publisher: Czech Games Edition

Good to Know

• Dungeon Petz is a standalone game in the Dungeon Lords universe.
• You do not need Dungeon Lords to play.
• Players win by earning the most reputation.
• The game includes planning, resource use, pet care and customer matching.
• Pets can become difficult to manage if their needs are not handled well.
• The humour is playful and weird, but the strategy has real depth.
• The how-to-play video is worth embedding because it helps customers understand the game flow faster.

What’s in the Box

• 1 two-sided central board
• 1 two-sided progress board
• 4 burrow boards in 4 colours
• 4 pet display boards
• 18 pets with rotating wheels
• 20 plastic fasteners for assembling pets
• 11 cage tiles
• 6 addon tiles
• 10 artifact tiles
• 8 exhibition tiles
• 8 customer tiles
• 104 need cards of four types
• 5 potion cards
• 8 wooden minion figures in 4 colours
• 40 plastic imp figures in 4 colours
• 4 achievement tiles in 4 colours
• 40 wooden gold tokens
• 14 wooden vegetable tokens
• 11 wooden meat tokens
• 30 wooden manure tokens
• 20 plastic suffering tokens
• 8 cardboard mutation tokens
• 1 progress marker
• 1 starting player token
• 1 rulebook

Care & Maintenance

Keep boards, cards and tokens dry and store all small pieces safely after play.
Use small bags or organisers for the many tokens and pet pieces — your future self will thank you like a well-fed imp.