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… with as many scavenged goods as you can carry!
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
Escape! The Devouring Ooze is an indie board game produced mainly in the USA (everything but the dice).
Includes:
- 9 Boggart Minis (3d printed)
- 1 Devouring Ooze Mini (3d printed)
- 3 SagaBorn Battle Dice
- 27 Action Cards
- 20 Tile Cards
- 10 Player Cards
- 5 Doubled-sided Sewer Tiles
- 9 Injury Tokens (3d printed)
- 12 Shield Tokens (3d printed)
- 20 Scavenged Goods Tokens (3d printed)
The Boggarts and Ooze were sculpted by Brian Hulsey and Michael Bielaczyc. They are printed in house in Nashville TN.
Photos from our beta test weekend at Midsouthcon:
