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{{about|board game}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Trogdor (disambiguation)}}
{{about|board game}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Trogdor (disambiguation)}}
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'''[[Trogdor]]!! The Board Game''' (shortened to '''Trogdor!!''') is an upcoming [[board game]] adaptation of [[TROGDOR!]], made by [[The Brothers Chaps]] ([[Boardelectrix]]) and [[wikipedia:James Ernest|James Ernest]]. The box art, game tiles, and Keeper cards are drawn by Chris Schweizer. The miniature game pieces are sculpted by Rick Van Velsor, the person who sculpted the [[Store#figurines set one|collectible figurines]]. It was put on [[wikipedia:Kickstarter|Kickstarter]] on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 with a goal of $75,000, which has been surpassed in the first few hours. The game's shipping date is estimated to be around July 2019.
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'''[[Trogdor]]!! The Board Game''' (shortened to '''Trogdor!!''') is an upcoming [[board game]] adaptation of [[TROGDOR!]], made by [[The Brothers Chaps]] ([[Boardelectrix]]) and [[wikipedia:James Ernest|James Ernest]]. The box art, game tiles, character cards, and item cards are drawn by Chris Schweizer. The [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game campaign] was put on [[wikipedia:Kickstarter|Kickstarter]] on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 with a goal of $75,000, which has been surpassed in the first few hours. The game's shipping date is estimated to be around July 2019. A print-and-play version can be made [[hr:printandplay|here]].
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Trogdor!! is a cooperative puzzle area control game in which the players work together to burninate all of the game tiles, [[thatched-roof cottages]], and [[peasants]]. Every player controls Trogdor, assuming the role of one of the twelve [[The Three Keepers of Trogdor|Keepers of Trogdor]]. Each Keeper has unique powers and items, both decided by cards. The game is for two to six players, and play time is 30 to 45 minutes with variable levels of difficulty the players can set. The recommended age is 14+. The board is a 5-by-5 grid of flippable green square tiles with rounded edges, resembling locations in [[Peasantry]].
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Trogdor!! is a cooperative puzzle area control game in which the players work together to burninate all of the game tiles, [[thatched-roof cottages]], and [[peasants]]. Every player controls Trogdor, assuming the role of one of the twelve [[The Three Keepers of Trogdor|Keepers of Trogdor]]. Each Keeper has unique powers and items, both decided by cards. The game is for two to six players, and play time is 30 to 45 minutes with variable levels of difficulty the players can set. The recommended age is 14+.
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It is available in two main levels: Wingaling Level ($40 on Kickstarter) with wooden meeples, and Burninator Level ($60 on Kickstarter) with plastic miniatures sculpted by Rick Van Velsor, the person who sculpted the [[Store#figurines set one|collectible figurines]]. Through a partnership with [https://wyrmwoodgaming.com/ Wyrmwood Gaming], there are also Wyrmwood Beefy, Majesty, and Consummate Levels ($200, $500, and $1800, respectively), each with extra features and accessories. Due to all six Kickstarter stretch goals having been met, there will be a "[[Malloween Commercial|Stack 'Em To The Heavens]]" mini-game featuring the meeples, a soundboard website, and alternate Trogdor meeples of [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]], [[Strong Bad]]'s original Trogdor drawing, [[Strong Mad]]'s [[Dragons#Strong Mad's Attempt|"DAGRON" attempt]], [[Wormdingler]], and [[Strong Sad]]'s [[Dragons#Strong Sad's Dragon|chiaroscuro dragon]]. A "backer burnination Bingo" was also completed, in which people can submit their Trogdor fanstuff to complete a Bingo board and unlock a live stream of [[Matt Chapman]] playing [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] episode [[Homestar Ruiner]] and doing the voices live.
==Website==
==Website==
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===Fun Facts===
===Fun Facts===
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*If you type "tothelimit" and click the page, the Trogdor meeple turns into a green [[Atari Dragon]].
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*If someone types "tothelimit" and clicks the page, the Trogdor meeple turns into a green [[Atari Dragon]].
==History==
==History==
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On September 29, 2017, [[Strong Bad]] posted a cottage being 3D-printed on his [[Instagram]] account, the first indication of the board game. He later posted a [[3D Character Variations|CG model]] of Trogdor being rendered. After that, he posted small pictures of the game board. A "Slantwise" card was revealed on January 24, 2018, in [[The Deleteheads Download]] Vol. 1.
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[[File:Instagram3DCottage.png|thumb|The first hint at the board game]]
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The idea first came up after [[The Brothers Chaps]] started playing more board games with their kids and friends. They made a prototype with 3D-printed and painted pieces, and contacted [[wikipedia:Patrick Rothfuss|Patrick Rothfuss]], who introduced them to [[wikipedia:James Ernest|James Ernest]] of [https://cheapass.com/ Cheapass Games]. James helped make and playtest the game.
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The game was confirmed on March 19, 2018, by both the [[Index Page]] and the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account, with a photo of the board. More cards were revealed on @StrongBadActual the same day in a reply. It was playable every day from 12 PM to 2 PM in Kickstarter Couchland (room 103) of [[PAX - 8 Apr 2018|PAX East]]. During The Brothers Chaps' panel at PAX East, they revealed much more information about it. An advertisement video was posted on @StrongBadActual on June 12, 2018, announcing the release date of July. A dedicated [http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com webpage] was made for it on June 29, 2018, and it was put on Kickstarter on July 17, 2018. There will also be a playtest at [[wikipedia:Gen Con|Gen Con]].
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On September 29, 2017, a video of a cottage being 3D-printed was posted on Strong Bad's [[Instagram]] account, the first indication of the board game. He later posted a [[3D Character Variations|CG model]] of Trogdor being rendered. After that, he posted small pictures of the game board. A "Slantwise" card was revealed on January 24, 2018, in [[The Deleteheads Download]] Vol. 1.
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The game was confirmed on March 19, 2018, by both the [[Index Page]] and the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account, with a photo of the board. More cards were revealed on @StrongBadActual the same day in a reply. It was playable every day from 12 PM to 2 PM in Kickstarter Couchland (room 103) of [[PAX - 8 Apr 2018|PAX East]]. During The Brothers Chaps' panel at PAX East, they revealed much more information about it. An advertisement video was posted on @StrongBadActual on June 12, 2018, announcing the release date of July. A dedicated [http://trogdorboardgame.homestarrunner.com webpage] was made for it on June 29, 2018, with a Twitter account ([[twitter:trogdorgame|@trogdorgame]]) and a Facebook account ([https://www.facebook.com/trogdortheboardgame/ trogdortheboardgame]) created the same day. It was put on Kickstarter on July 17, 2018. There was a playtest at [[wikipedia:Gen Con|Gen Con]] on August 2 and 3, 2018.
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==Instructions==
==Instructions==
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The goal is to burninate the countryside. The tiles can be burninated by flipping them over, and the burninated side is black and fiery. The cottages can be burninated by flipping the roof, which has a flame underneath. The peasants can be burninated by putting a flaming helmet on them, and they leave a flaming path when they're moved. There are three cottages on the board, and one peasant on each cottage tile. Before a cottage is burninated, the surrounding tiles must be burninated. If an unburninated peasant walks into a burninated cottage or another burninated peasant, the unburninated peasant is burninated. The player has a choice to eat or burninate peasants (although a peasant can't be eaten until its tile has been burninated). If a peasant is burninated, it leaves a flaming trail around the board before disappearing. If a peasant is eaten, it will be added to the "Trog-meter" (originally called "[[theme park|The Bowels of Trogdor]]"), which represents Trogdor's health. It starts with four peasants, but can hold up to seven. If Trogdor is hurt, a peasant will be removed (causing his health to decrease). If the Trog-meter decreases to zero, the game is over, and the players have one last chance to try to destroy everything. Trogdor can be harmed by the two [[The Red and Blue Knights|knights]], and the archers [[Mendelev]] and [[Dongolev]]. After three "Trog-Hammer" cards are drawn from the Action card pile, a third knight comes out and makes the game more difficult. The Trog-Hammer knight is placed in the center of the board. If a knight is already occupying that space, a movement card is drawn and the first knight is moved immediately.
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===Components and Setup===
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[[File:gameGallery5.jpg|thumb|The map, cards, pieces, and Trog-Meter]]
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The goal is to burninate the countryside. The player must burninate all 25 tiles, get rid of all the peasants, and burninate all three thatched-roof cottages. Place the 25 cottage tiles, unburninated, in a 5-by-5 grid. The tiles are green with rounded edges, resembling locations in [[Peasantry]], each with a burninated and unburninated side. Place the cottages and peasants, unburninated, on the three cottage tiles. Cottages can be burninated by flipping the roof piece, and peasants can be burninated by putting the flame helmet on them. Place the "Trog-meter" board above the game board. The Trog-meter represents Trogdor's health, and starts with four peasants, but can hold up to seven. The Troghammer and flame helmet are also on the Trog-meter.
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The Trog Deck provides the players with their actions and special abilities each turn, containing 28 action cards and 7 Troghammer cards. Remove all the Troghammer cards, shuffle the deck, and deal one card to each player, face up. Place the deck beside the board, with space for a discard pile beside it. The movement deck, containing 50 cards, directs the actions of the board elements, including the Peasants, [[The Red and Blue Knights|Knights]], and the Archer. Again, shuffle this deck and place it beside the board, with space for a discard pile beside it. The character cards and item cards are given to each player at the start of the game, and there are twelve of each. These may be distributed randomly, or players may choose their favorites. Each character and item card has a special power. Character​ powers are always active, and they are effective ''on the players' turn only'' unless otherwise stated. Items​ can be used no more than once per turn, and must be recharged before they can be used again. Items start charged. To recharge the Item, the player must satisfy whatever condition is indicated on the card ''during their own turn''.
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Place the two regular Knights and the Archer on the board, as indicated by the map being used. Place Trogdor in the center space. Any method can be used to determine who goes first.
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===Turns===
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[[File:gameGallery7.jpg|thumb|A turn being played with meeples]]
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Each turn consists of two phases. In the first phase, the player controls Trogdor. In the second phase, the Knights, Archers, and Peasants move.
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====Phase One====
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In the first phase, the player should begin each turn with one Action Card, either from the starting deal, or left over from the previous turn. The player starts by drawing an Action Card from the Trog Deck, and placing it beside the player's current one. Choose one of the two Action Cards and play it. The card will grant a number of Action Points (APs) as well as a special ability that can be used for this turn. Discard the Action card that is used, and keep the other. If the player doesn't like either Action Card, they may discard one of them, and gain 5 AP with no special ability. Not all Action Points must be used. Action Points can be spent for many different things:
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*'''Move''' — Trogdor takes one step to an adjacent tile. Normally, Trogdor can only move orthogonally (not diagonally) and can't wrap around the edges of the board. Many Action cards will grant Trogdor additional types of movement, like diagonal and wraparound movement. If Trogdor moves into a Knight, Trogdor takes one point of damage.
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*'''Eat''' — Trogdor can devour a Peasant who is on the same tile. The Peasant goes into the Trog-Meter.
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*'''Burninate''' — ​Trogdor can burninate a tile, Peasant, or Cottage, if he's on the same tile.
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**The Lake can't be burninated unless all four (or fewer if the Lake is at an edge or a corner) orthogonally adjacent tiles are burninated
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**Cottage tiles can be burninated like any other tile; the Cottage itself, however, can't be burninated unless its own tile and all eight surrounding tiles are burninated. This requirement does not "wrap around", so a Cottage in a corner or at the edge of the board is easier. If one of the surrounding tiles becomes unburninated, this doesn't automatically repair the Cottage, but it does make it harder to re-ignite.
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**Action Cards that allow long-range burnination ignore the usual restrictions; for example, the Lake can be burninated. However, these cards apply only to tiles unless stated otherwise.
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*'''Jump''' —​ Trogdor can jump from one Tunnel tile to the other Tunnel tile.
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*'''Hide''' — Trogdor can hide on a Mountain tile. This makes him invincible during the second phase of the turn. Lay Trogdor down to show that he is hiding.
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[[File:gameGallery1.jpg|thumb|A burninated peasant]]
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When a Peasant is burninated (either by Trogdor, by walking into a burninated cottage, or by another burninated peasant), start by crowning him with the Flame Helmet. Draw a card from the Movement Deck and use the movement path on the right (not the Peasant arrow). The burning Peasant moves along that path, burninating every tile and eligible Cottage along the way (including its starting tile). If the Peasant runs into the Lake (regardless of the Lake's burnination), the Peasant stops burninating and survives. The peasant doesn't burninate the Lake tile. If a burning Peasant walks into a space with another Peasant, the second Peasant is also burninated, even if they both started on the same space. Draw a different movement path for each Peasant, and deal with them one at a time. After burning, unless he is saved by the Lake, the burninated Peasant leaves the game and goes into "the Void". With the exception of one special Item, the Disk of Healing, there is no way to bring Peasants back from the Void.
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====Phase Two====
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After all of Trogdor's actions, the second phase begins. To begin, draw a card from the Movement Deck. The first step is peasant spawning. Count the Peasant icons in the upper left corner of the Movement Card. If the board has less Peasants than the amount of icons, more must be added by spawning new Peasants at non-burninated Cottages from the Trog-meter. Each Cottage can spawn only one Peasant, and only if it is non-burninated. If not all Cottages are producing a Peasant, the player may decide where the new Peasants come out.
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The second step is peasant movement. The arrow in the lower left of the Movement Card shows a direction. Move all Peasants one step in that direction. Everyone except Trogdor has wrap-around movement, which means if they move off the board, they return on the opposite side. If the Peasant arrow says "Repair", then the Peasants also unburninate any burninated tiles where they stop.
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The third step is Knight movement. The Knights (including the Troghammer, if he is in play) use the movement path on the right side of the card. If a Knight touches a space with a burninated Cottage, the Cottage is repaired. ​If a Knight moves through Trogdor's Space, or stops in it, Trogdor takes one point of damage. Move one Peasant from the Trog-Meter into the Void (out of play). If Trogdor has no Peasants left, then the point of damage kills him. If a Knight starts on the same space as Trogdor, the damage was already done when Trogdor moved into the space, so it doesn’t happen again. Trogdor takes damage only when he is hit by a Knight or Archer. Losing a Peasant when it spawns into the board is not damage, so the effects that are triggered by damage (such as shuffling the Troghammer cards into the deck) are not triggered when a Peasant spawns. If Trogdor is hiding, he takes no damage.
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The fourth step is moving the Archer. The Archer uses the same movement path as the Knights. It doesn't harm Trogdor by moving into the same space, but when he stops, the Archer fires an arrow, forward and backward along the direction of his last step. Trogdor takes one point of damage from an arrow that hits him. The Arrow path does not include the space where the Archer is standing.
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Each player starts with one Action card. Each turn, the player draws another Action card, and chooses between using their banked card or their new card. If the banked card is chosen, the new card becomes the banked card. Each Action card has a number of "action points" and a special ability (for example, moving diagonally). Action points can be used to move, burninate the tile Trogdor occupies, or use the Action card ability. Trogdor can only move one tile at a time, and can't move diagonally (without a specific Action card). If Trogdor is on a mountain tile, he can use an Action point to hide in the mountains (with the Trogdor game piece lying down). If Trogdor is on a tunnel tile, he can use an Action point to warp to the other cave.
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The Troghammer is a third, more powerful Knight, absent from the game at the beginning. The Troghammer cards are part of the Trog Deck, removed at the start of the game, and shuffled back in the first time Trogdor takes damage. The first time a Troghammer card is drawn, place him in the center space, then draw another card from the Trog Deck. He moves each additional time a Troghammer card is drawn. To move the Troghammer, draw a card from the Movement Deck and use its movement path. Ignore the rest of this card, since it was only drawn for moving the Troghammer. If the Troghammer stops on another knight or archer, move him again. If more than one Troghammer card is drawn on the same turn, continue doing the same thing.
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After each turn, the player draws a movement card. Each movement card has directions for unburninated peasants (usually one or two moves, such as "north" or "north, west"), and directions for burninated peasants, knights, and archers (three or four moves, such as "north, east, north" or "west, south, south, west"). If a peasant, knight, or archer reaches the end of the board, they wrap around to the other side. When the archers' movement is finished, they shoot arrows along and opposite the direction of their last movement (so if their last movement was "west", they'd shoot arrows west and east), hurting Trogdor if he is in their path, but not harming peasants or knights. Trogdor is not harmed if he is on the same tile as the archers when they shoot. Peasants can regenerate at unburninated cottages (taken from the Trog-meter) if the number of peasants on the movement card is higher than the number of peasants on the board. If a movement card has a green arrow and says "move and repair", peasants and knights can repair any burninated cottage tiles they land on. If a movement card has a red arrow, burninated cottages aren't repaired.
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Trogdor only dies if he takes damage when he is ''already at zero health''. After this point, there is a special phase called "Trogdor's Fiery Rage".​ Deal five movement cards for Trogdor, and move him along those five movement
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paths in order, burninating Cottages, Peasants, and tiles, just by walking into them. Cottages and Lakes do not have to qualify, and Peasants and Knights (not the Archer) are erased upon impact.
==Tiles==
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File:BurninatedCottageGamePiece.png|The uncolored burninated cottage game piece
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===Website===
===Website===
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File:meeples trogdor off.png|The Trogdor meeple
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*Trogdor!! The Board Game Kickstarter campaign and [[:Category:Kickstarter Videos|promotional content]]
==External Links==
==External Links==

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This article is about the board game. For other uses, see Trogdor (disambiguation).

Trogdor!! The Board Game (shortened to Trogdor!!) is an upcoming board game adaptation of TROGDOR!, made by The Brothers Chaps (Boardelectrix) and James Ernest. The box art, game tiles, character cards, and item cards are drawn by Chris Schweizer. The campaign was put on Kickstarter on Tuesday, July 17, 2018 with a goal of $75,000, which has been surpassed in the first few hours. The game's shipping date is estimated to be around July 2019. A print-and-play version can be made here.

Trogdor!! is a cooperative puzzle area control game in which the players work together to burninate all of the game tiles, thatched-roof cottages, and peasants. Every player controls Trogdor, assuming the role of one of the twelve Keepers of Trogdor. Each Keeper has unique powers and items, both decided by cards. The game is for two to six players, and play time is 30 to 45 minutes with variable levels of difficulty the players can set. The recommended age is 14+.

It is available in two main levels: Wingaling Level ($40 on Kickstarter) with wooden meeples, and Burninator Level ($60 on Kickstarter) with plastic miniatures sculpted by Rick Van Velsor, the person who sculpted the collectible figurines. Through a partnership with Wyrmwood Gaming, there are also Wyrmwood Beefy, Majesty, and Consummate Levels ($200, $500, and $1800, respectively), each with extra features and accessories. Due to all six Kickstarter stretch goals having been met, there will be a "Stack 'Em To The Heavens" mini-game featuring the meeples, a soundboard website, and alternate Trogdor meeples of The S is for Sucks Dragon, Strong Bad's original Trogdor drawing, Strong Mad's "DAGRON" attempt, Wormdingler, and Strong Sad's chiaroscuro dragon. A "backer burnination Bingo" was also completed, in which people can submit their Trogdor fanstuff to complete a Bingo board and unlock a live stream of Matt Chapman playing Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People episode Homestar Ruiner and doing the voices live.

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Fun Facts

  • If someone types "tothelimit" and clicks the page, the Trogdor meeple turns into a green Atari Dragon.

History

The first hint at the board game

The idea first came up after The Brothers Chaps started playing more board games with their kids and friends. They made a prototype with 3D-printed and painted pieces, and contacted Patrick Rothfuss, who introduced them to James Ernest of Cheapass Games. James helped make and playtest the game.

On September 29, 2017, a video of a cottage being 3D-printed was posted on Strong Bad's Instagram account, the first indication of the board game. He later posted a CG model of Trogdor being rendered. After that, he posted small pictures of the game board. A "Slantwise" card was revealed on January 24, 2018, in The Deleteheads Download Vol. 1.

The game was confirmed on March 19, 2018, by both the Index Page and the @StrongBadActual Twitter account, with a photo of the board. More cards were revealed on @StrongBadActual the same day in a reply. It was playable every day from 12 PM to 2 PM in Kickstarter Couchland (room 103) of PAX East. During The Brothers Chaps' panel at PAX East, they revealed much more information about it. An advertisement video was posted on @StrongBadActual on June 12, 2018, announcing the release date of July. A dedicated webpage was made for it on June 29, 2018, with a Twitter account (@trogdorgame) and a Facebook account (trogdortheboardgame) created the same day. It was put on Kickstarter on July 17, 2018. There was a playtest at Gen Con on August 2 and 3, 2018.

Instructions

Components and Setup

The map, cards, pieces, and Trog-Meter

The goal is to burninate the countryside. The player must burninate all 25 tiles, get rid of all the peasants, and burninate all three thatched-roof cottages. Place the 25 cottage tiles, unburninated, in a 5-by-5 grid. The tiles are green with rounded edges, resembling locations in Peasantry, each with a burninated and unburninated side. Place the cottages and peasants, unburninated, on the three cottage tiles. Cottages can be burninated by flipping the roof piece, and peasants can be burninated by putting the flame helmet on them. Place the "Trog-meter" board above the game board. The Trog-meter represents Trogdor's health, and starts with four peasants, but can hold up to seven. The Troghammer and flame helmet are also on the Trog-meter.

The Trog Deck provides the players with their actions and special abilities each turn, containing 28 action cards and 7 Troghammer cards. Remove all the Troghammer cards, shuffle the deck, and deal one card to each player, face up. Place the deck beside the board, with space for a discard pile beside it. The movement deck, containing 50 cards, directs the actions of the board elements, including the Peasants, Knights, and the Archer. Again, shuffle this deck and place it beside the board, with space for a discard pile beside it. The character cards and item cards are given to each player at the start of the game, and there are twelve of each. These may be distributed randomly, or players may choose their favorites. Each character and item card has a special power. Character​ powers are always active, and they are effective on the players' turn only unless otherwise stated. Items​ can be used no more than once per turn, and must be recharged before they can be used again. Items start charged. To recharge the Item, the player must satisfy whatever condition is indicated on the card during their own turn.

Place the two regular Knights and the Archer on the board, as indicated by the map being used. Place Trogdor in the center space. Any method can be used to determine who goes first.

Turns

A turn being played with meeples

Each turn consists of two phases. In the first phase, the player controls Trogdor. In the second phase, the Knights, Archers, and Peasants move.

Phase One

In the first phase, the player should begin each turn with one Action Card, either from the starting deal, or left over from the previous turn. The player starts by drawing an Action Card from the Trog Deck, and placing it beside the player's current one. Choose one of the two Action Cards and play it. The card will grant a number of Action Points (APs) as well as a special ability that can be used for this turn. Discard the Action card that is used, and keep the other. If the player doesn't like either Action Card, they may discard one of them, and gain 5 AP with no special ability. Not all Action Points must be used. Action Points can be spent for many different things:

  • Move — Trogdor takes one step to an adjacent tile. Normally, Trogdor can only move orthogonally (not diagonally) and can't wrap around the edges of the board. Many Action cards will grant Trogdor additional types of movement, like diagonal and wraparound movement. If Trogdor moves into a Knight, Trogdor takes one point of damage.
  • Eat — Trogdor can devour a Peasant who is on the same tile. The Peasant goes into the Trog-Meter.
  • Burninate — ​Trogdor can burninate a tile, Peasant, or Cottage, if he's on the same tile.
    • The Lake can't be burninated unless all four (or fewer if the Lake is at an edge or a corner) orthogonally adjacent tiles are burninated
    • Cottage tiles can be burninated like any other tile; the Cottage itself, however, can't be burninated unless its own tile and all eight surrounding tiles are burninated. This requirement does not "wrap around", so a Cottage in a corner or at the edge of the board is easier. If one of the surrounding tiles becomes unburninated, this doesn't automatically repair the Cottage, but it does make it harder to re-ignite.
    • Action Cards that allow long-range burnination ignore the usual restrictions; for example, the Lake can be burninated. However, these cards apply only to tiles unless stated otherwise.
  • Jump —​ Trogdor can jump from one Tunnel tile to the other Tunnel tile.
  • Hide — Trogdor can hide on a Mountain tile. This makes him invincible during the second phase of the turn. Lay Trogdor down to show that he is hiding.
A burninated peasant

When a Peasant is burninated (either by Trogdor, by walking into a burninated cottage, or by another burninated peasant), start by crowning him with the Flame Helmet. Draw a card from the Movement Deck and use the movement path on the right (not the Peasant arrow). The burning Peasant moves along that path, burninating every tile and eligible Cottage along the way (including its starting tile). If the Peasant runs into the Lake (regardless of the Lake's burnination), the Peasant stops burninating and survives. The peasant doesn't burninate the Lake tile. If a burning Peasant walks into a space with another Peasant, the second Peasant is also burninated, even if they both started on the same space. Draw a different movement path for each Peasant, and deal with them one at a time. After burning, unless he is saved by the Lake, the burninated Peasant leaves the game and goes into "the Void". With the exception of one special Item, the Disk of Healing, there is no way to bring Peasants back from the Void.

Phase Two

After all of Trogdor's actions, the second phase begins. To begin, draw a card from the Movement Deck. The first step is peasant spawning. Count the Peasant icons in the upper left corner of the Movement Card. If the board has less Peasants than the amount of icons, more must be added by spawning new Peasants at non-burninated Cottages from the Trog-meter. Each Cottage can spawn only one Peasant, and only if it is non-burninated. If not all Cottages are producing a Peasant, the player may decide where the new Peasants come out.

The second step is peasant movement. The arrow in the lower left of the Movement Card shows a direction. Move all Peasants one step in that direction. Everyone except Trogdor has wrap-around movement, which means if they move off the board, they return on the opposite side. If the Peasant arrow says "Repair", then the Peasants also unburninate any burninated tiles where they stop.

The third step is Knight movement. The Knights (including the Troghammer, if he is in play) use the movement path on the right side of the card. If a Knight touches a space with a burninated Cottage, the Cottage is repaired. ​If a Knight moves through Trogdor's Space, or stops in it, Trogdor takes one point of damage. Move one Peasant from the Trog-Meter into the Void (out of play). If Trogdor has no Peasants left, then the point of damage kills him. If a Knight starts on the same space as Trogdor, the damage was already done when Trogdor moved into the space, so it doesn’t happen again. Trogdor takes damage only when he is hit by a Knight or Archer. Losing a Peasant when it spawns into the board is not damage, so the effects that are triggered by damage (such as shuffling the Troghammer cards into the deck) are not triggered when a Peasant spawns. If Trogdor is hiding, he takes no damage.

The fourth step is moving the Archer. The Archer uses the same movement path as the Knights. It doesn't harm Trogdor by moving into the same space, but when he stops, the Archer fires an arrow, forward and backward along the direction of his last step. Trogdor takes one point of damage from an arrow that hits him. The Arrow path does not include the space where the Archer is standing.

The Troghammer is a third, more powerful Knight, absent from the game at the beginning. The Troghammer cards are part of the Trog Deck, removed at the start of the game, and shuffled back in the first time Trogdor takes damage. The first time a Troghammer card is drawn, place him in the center space, then draw another card from the Trog Deck. He moves each additional time a Troghammer card is drawn. To move the Troghammer, draw a card from the Movement Deck and use its movement path. Ignore the rest of this card, since it was only drawn for moving the Troghammer. If the Troghammer stops on another knight or archer, move him again. If more than one Troghammer card is drawn on the same turn, continue doing the same thing.

Trogdor only dies if he takes damage when he is already at zero health. After this point, there is a special phase called "Trogdor's Fiery Rage".​ Deal five movement cards for Trogdor, and move him along those five movement paths in order, burninating Cottages, Peasants, and tiles, just by walking into them. Cottages and Lakes do not have to qualify, and Peasants and Knights (not the Archer) are erased upon impact.

Tiles

  • A broken fence (x3)
  • Green tree 1
  • Mountains (x2)
  • An orange tree (x2)
  • A tunnel (x2)
  • A tree stump (x2)
  • Green tree 2 (x3)
  • Forest (x4)
  • Boulders (x2)
  • Flowers (x2)
  • Green tree 3
  • A lake

Cards

Action Cards

Image Name Description AP
Consummate V's Consummate V's Trogdor
has diagonal
movement for
this turn! 		4
Four shaded tiles adjacent to Trogdor being flipped Flip 'em Up Dan! After all Trogdor's
actions, you may flip
all 4 adjacent tiles,
regardless of their
burnination status. 		5
Four shaded tiles diagonal to Trogdor being flipped Flip 'em Up Fran! After all Trogdor's
actions, you may flip
all 4 diagonal tiles,
regardless of their
burnination status. 		5
Trogdor making a peace sign Trog-Burst Behold the field in
which I grow my
Action Points. See
how it is rich in
nutrients and loam. 		7
Trogdor, drawn with dotted lines, behind a knight Invisibility! Trogdor can't be
hurt by Knights
during his actions.
Does not apply to
Knights' movement. 		4
The Jhonka whacking a peasant with a spiked club Jhonka Help Before Trogdor's
actions, he may
devour any Peasant
on the board for free. 		6
Trogdor in front of the board, surrounded by majesty lines Majesty! 1 AP: Burninate
any tile on the
board. 		5
Trogdor burninating a path of tiles (east, east, north, east, east) Path o' Burnination Skip the whole turn!
Draw one movement
card to give Trogdor
a burnination path.
He burns only tiles. 		0
Shot Put Shot Put After all Trogdor's
actions, you may
burninate from 2 tiles
away. Includes eligible
cottages! 		5
Trogdor burninating an adjacent tile Sidewise Once during Trogdor's
actions, he may
burninate an
orthogonally adjacent
tile for free. 		6
Slantwise! Slantwise At any point during actions,
burninate a diagonal
tile. Not an action 		Unknown
Trogdor surrounded by flowers Smell the Daisies If Trogdor ends
this turn on a
flower tile, the next
player gets 3 extra
action points. 		4
Wingaling Wingaling Trogdor may start
this turn from any
countryside tile. 		4
Trogdor on the left side of the board, with an arrow wrapping around to the right side Wraparound Trogdor has
wraparound
movement for
this turn! 		5

Character Cards

Image Name Description
Galgabudge Galgabudge You can treat Mountain tiles
as if they were also Tunnels.
Cranjegg Cranjegg You may move diagonally.
Hegeltha Hegeltha You can use the "hide"
action on any tile that
does not contain a cottage.
Stonklar Stonklar You have wraparound
movement.
Worchex Knights cannot repair
cottages during your turn.
Yubbitz You can trade Action cards
with other players, either
on your turn or theirs.
Crangolev Each turn you get one
extra Action point.
Brovelade Peasants can not repair
burninated tiles during your turn.
Hardybardy You have no special
powers whatsoever.

Item Cards

Image Name Use Recharge
a flask Ye Flask of Dennis Use burninated peasant
to add to Trogdor's health 		When Trogdor visits
the lake
a pouch Distracto's Pouch After the movement card is
drawn, if you do not like the
direction of the Peasant movement,
you may choose a different direction. 		When Trogdor
takes damage
That Dog Tennis Ball Thing, 'cept with Fireballs That Dog Tennis Ball Thing, 'cept with Fireballs Burninate any eligible tile
or cottage on the board. 		When a Peasant
repairs a burninated tile.
Ring of Voip Ring of Voip Jump to any tile When a cottage or
cottage space is burninated
Two Gross Beans Two Gross Beans You get +2 Action points When Trogdor visits
a Forest tile
A cracked stone shaped like a diskette Disk of Healing Return a Peasant from the
void to Trogdor's Health 		None
Shield of Cumberdale Shield of Cumberdale Prevent Trogdor from
taking one Knight damage. 		When Trogdor
gains health
The Super Trinket from Peasant's Quest Super Trinket Prevent Trogdor from
taking Archer damage. 		When Trogdor visits
the Archer
Various baubles and gems Baubles of Astray During Trogdor's actions,
move a Knight to an empty space. 		When Trogdor visits
a Tunnel

"Turn Steps" Card

Turn Steps
  1. DRAW a card from the
    Trogdeck
  2. Take your ACTIONS
  3. DRAW a card from the
    Movement Deck
  4. SPAWN a Peasant?
  5. MOVE Peasants
  6. MOVE Knights
  7. MOVE Archer & Shoot
  8. SAVOR the HAVOC

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