Escape: The Curse of the Temple

Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative game in which players must escape (yes...) from a temple (yes...) which is cursed (yes...) before the temple collapses and kills one or more explorers, thereby causing everyone to lose.

The initial game board consists of a row of three square tiles, each showing a combination of two symbols, say, two green adventurers or one green adventurer and one blue key in one corner of the tile. All of the explorers start in the center tile – the safe room – and each player starts with a hand of five dice. Each die has five symbols:

• A cursed mask – this die is set aside when rolled.
• A golden mask – each such symbol counteracts two cursed masks, either your own or those of another explorer in the same room.
• A red torch or blue key – these are used to enter rooms, access treasure, or activate gems.
• A green adventurer, which appears twice on the die – you need these to move from room to room, and to activate some gems.