20 Strong: Tanglewoods

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ESTIMATED RELEASE: DECEMBER 2025

20 Strong is a new deck-based solo game system capable of being played in about 30 minutes or less. 

The object of a game of 20 Strong is to progress through a shuffled deck of cards, each card bearing a unique challenge. This challenge could be in the form of an enemy, a unique scenario, or some other requirement. Challenges usually require a certain number of successes to complete, which you earn by rolling a set of 17 dice with different odds for a hit (these dice, along with three adjustable stat dice, make up the “20” in 20 Strong).

If you roll enough successes, you complete a card’s challenge and gain its rewards. If you don’t, you take damage and move on to the next card – unless, of course, your HP stat is reduced to 0, costing you the game. If you manage to make it through an entire deck, you take on one of the deck’s final bosses, attempting to score enough hits against this powerful enemy to claim ultimate victory.

Of course, it’s never so easy that you’d want to spend all of your dice on a single card. In addition to your HP Stat, you’re also keeping track of your Strategy (which controls how many rerolls and items you have) and your Recovery, which controls how many dice return to your pool after taking on a challenge. If you roll more dice than your Recovery, those dice are exhausted, lowering your pool for your subsequent challenges. It’s a game of pressing your luck, strategic decision-making, and resource management.

Enter a world where fairy tale characters navigate an ever-changing forest, battling and bribing enemies to confront their ultimate nemesis. The game features flippable cards that reveal different gameplay elements depending on which side is faceup.

This is a new core box, containing everything needed to play, including the base rules, 20 dice, a magnetic chip tracker, and the Tanglewoods Red deck, all packaged with red foil accents. Players will navigate the forest, avoid the Big Bad Wolf's pack, and face the woodland's treacherous denizens on their way to grandmother's house. After mastering the Tanglewoods Red deck, players can explore other 20 Strong decks for fresh adventures.