A Fast-Paced Sewer Crawl Board Game
By Michael Bielaczyc
Copyright 2025, Lone Wanderer Entertainment and SagaBorn
Overview
Escape the Devouring Ooze is a chaotic, competitive board game set in the dangerous sewers beneath Kowal. You lead a gang of boggarts trying to outrun a massive, ever-hungry Devouring Ooze. As you race through twisting sewer tiles, you’ll fight rivals, grab loot, and push your luck — only the smartest and fastest gang survives!
Genre: Fantasy Board Game
Players: 2–4
Play Time: 30–60 minutes
Age: 10+
🎲 Game Concept
While scavenging for goods in the dark, slimy sewers under Kowal, your boggart gang disturbs a Devouring Ooze — a horrifying blob that devours everything in its path. There’s only one goal now: get back to the Warrens alive… and rich!
As you escape, you’ll:
- Race through shifting sewer tiles
- Fight rival boggart gangs
- Scavenge valuable supplies
- Avoid being swallowed by the Ooze!
🧌 Choose Your Boggart Gang
Each player selects a gang with 3 boggarts, each with unique stats and abilities:
🧟♂️ Meet the Enemy: The Devouring Ooze
- Moves toward nearest boggart automatically
- Swallows boggarts on contact
- Controlled by knocked-out players or collectively
Photos from our beta test weekend at Midsouthcon:
