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The Epic Sci-Fi Dungeon Crawler is coming back to Kickstarter in 2025!
A Wonderfully Weird Co-Op Adventure spanning six levels for one to five players!
Command a team of extraordinary misfits who have just awoken from cryogenic sleep in the heart of a perilous underground base. Each hero, ranging from a brilliant astronaut to a two-headed psychic cow, must navigate the complex, multi-leveled facility gathering weapons and unearthing secrets.
As the players delve deeper into the base, they will confront escalating dangers, solve intricate puzzles and face elite soldiers, menacing robots, cunning aliens and horrific mutants. The ultimate goal is to reach the final level and confront the sinister Man in Black, the mastermind behind their imprisonment.
With intense combat, strategic exploration, and a gripping storyline, Escape from Dulce promises an adrenaline-fueled tabletop adventure where every decision could mean the difference between escape and doom. The fate of the heroes — and their chance at freedom — depends on you.
File Folders
File Folders
Each of the eight unique playable characters has their own file folder to keep track of important info, like skills, health, armor, XP and character level.
You’ll also use this to allot potential Strength, Mental, Accuracy and Speed stat upgrades as your character progresses from level one to ten.
The lower portion of the file folder is for your characters’ inventory. Slot in loot cards for your equipped weapon or weapons, armor, and ability. There’s also a backpack slot for carrying extra gear like healing items, grenades or sqeaky toys to distract Mutant Hounds!
Encounter Cards
Encounter Cards
There are 109 encounter cards split between four decks and your party will draw one of these every time you enter a new room. The top portion tells you what you find in the room and any modifiers that might apply to the encounter.
Maybe you’ll find some Lizard Men worshipping an old boom box, or a Sasquatch gorging himself on peanut butter. Strange things happen at Duclce Base!
The bottom portion shows you what enemies you find in the room, determined by number of players and whether the Alarm Level is currently in green, yellow or red.
Loot Cards
Loot Cards
There’s a lot of them! 243 to be precise, broken up into three separate decks. A huge variety of weapons, pieces of armor, different abilities, and strange items are all waiting to be found
Not every character is going to be able to use everything, so pay attention to the icon in the upper right corner of each loot card.
While players can search almost every room for loot, and get guaranteed cards from supply caches, you’re not going to be able to carry everything. Inventory management is a big part of the game, and deciding what to take and what to leave behind is going to be crucial to your party’s success.
Enemies
Enemies
Your party will have to fight a variety of enemies to escape Dulce Base — from the moderately easy Lizard Men and Dulce Guards, to the more challenging Grey Aliens, Mutant Hounds and super tanky Robots!
In addition to these “normal” enemies, there are much more difficult versions of each enemy type, known as Commanders, as well as the dreaded Man in Black!
You’ll have to defeat at least one of these Commanders at the end of every game level to progress, but if you’re unlucky they can also show up in normal encounters.
Custom Engraved Dice
Custom Engraved Dice
Players and enemies roll the red, chunky stat check dice to see if they land an attack.
The smaller dice are then rolled to detemine damage. Each color represents a weapon class; White for melee weapons like swords, green for ballistic weapons like pistols and rifles, blue for alien weapons like laser pistols, grey for experimental weapons like the Acid Blaster and pink for psi attacks.
You’ll roll the color and number of dice shown on the loot card.
Allies
Allies
While you’ll fight a lot of enemies in Dulce Base, you might actually make some new friends if you play your cards correctly!
That’s right, there are four potential allies you might come across on you adventure – Blurry the Sasquatch, Mikey the Goatboy, Maury the Mothman and Kaltar the Atlantean!
Find them via Encounter Cards or collect things they crave, like jars of Peanut Butter or VHS tapes of Richard Gere movies.
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
The Adventure Starts Here
Secret Unknown Stuff: Escape from Dulce
A wonderfully weird table top board game with a co-op sci-fi dungeon crawler theme and loads of strangeness and humor.
Choose from one of 8 hilariously bizarre characters, who have been imprisoned on the bottom level of Dulce Base and have just awoken after a Cryo-Pod malfunction. The players must blast their way through a base full of self strategizing human and non-human enemies, as they attempt to traverse the seven nefarious levels of Dulce and escape to freedom.
- Dulce Base multi-level game board
- 18 minis
- 25 custom engrave dice
- 48 page game manual
- 1 short campaign and 1 epic campaign
- 8 special missions
Expansion Packs
THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES
Escaping from Dulce Base is just the start of your misfit party’s adventures!
These expansions give you two new adventures per pack along with new playable characters and a ton of new cards that will add hours of additional gameplay to an already massive game!
Each expansion can be added on to the existing campaigns, or played as stand alone adventures.
Characters
Choose from one of 8 hilariously bizarre characters who have been imprisoned on the bottom level of Dulce Base and have just awoken after a Cryo-Pod malfunction. The players must blast their way through a base full of self strategizing human and non-human enemies, as they attempt to traverse the seven nefarious levels of Dulce and escape to freedom.
Snippy Von Bell
Bovine Weapon of Mass Destruction
Snippy Von Bell, a two-headed psychic cow with distinct and separate personalities, is the sole survivor of the 2nd “Bovine Weapons of Mass Destruction Program,” initiated at the start of World War II to counter Nazi super weapons. This program, a collaborative effort between the United States and British governments, aimed to create a regiment of Bovine Super Weapons to combat the Third Reich's most formidable creation, the Uber Robotor. After successfully completing over forty-two missions during the war, Snippy participated in the final confrontation against the super robot. Following their defeat, Snippy and the Uber Robotor were cast into the icy waters of the North Sea where they were preserved in a state mimicking cryo-tubes until discovered in years later by the Man in Black and his operatives. Snippy was subsequently brought back and cloned for nefarious purposes. The two-headed subject has a notable fondness for English Breakfast tea and reminisces about their favorite TV show, a popular 1940s BBC live variety program called Cabaret Cruise.
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Hey, Cow Army! We’re proud to announce our partnership with our old friends at Noble Dwarf!
We met Noble Dwarf's main man Mark Reed, his awesome mom and his dogs at our local game con back when we were both starting out. Over the years we’ve helped, supported and encouraged each other. They’re not only going to be operating the online store for a handful of Sentient Cow's games and expansions from the original ‘Escape from Dulce’ Kickstarter, but also producing minis and statues of all our characters!
Need a 14-inch Sasquatch to liven up your mantle? Maybe a 6-inch Jersey Devil to adorn your desk? Or how about half a dozen Lizard Man Commander minis for a D&D campaign you’re running? Noble Dwarf will take care of you!
Please peruse the plethora of plurality we have to dispense!
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Our Story
A Message from the Creators
Meet the Team
Sentient Cow Games was born from three friends love of games and built on the belief that with passion and hard work any dream is possible to achieve. With over 30+ years of combined experience in visual arts, brand development and storytelling, the Sentient Cow team promises to deliver our fans the table top gaming experiences of a lifetime.
Craig E. Sawyer
Co-Creator
Donna Ackerson
Co-Creator
Chris Weller
Co-Creator
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FAQ
Yes. The game can be played solo with a single player running two characters.
No. The game runs itself via Encounter Cards and Enemy Cards. Every time your party enters a new room, draw an encounter card, which will dictate how many and what kind of enemies you find, as well as any possible modifiers to the encounter. Each Enemy Card will dictate which player they target and what attack they will use, as well as possible movement if that enemy is making a melee attack.
The players decide, but are limited to the weapons and armor their character can equip. So, Adam Starblaster would not be able to equip the Army Fatigues because he can’t use Light Armor, and Snippy Von Bell would not be able to equip a Rusty Pipe because they can’t use Melee Weapons. Check the icon shown in the top left of the Weapon, Armor of Ability cards. If it matches an icon shown on the player character’s file folder, they can equip it. Even if you can’t equip something, your character can still carry it in their backpack.
Normally a character must have a weapon equipped to damage an enemy, but there are two exceptions. Raylock G’ylax can use his Stun Blast once per encounter and Snippy Von Bell can kick enemies and use their Psi Blast once per encounter.
Snippy needs to get one of three different types of gun harnesses found in the game to be able to equip guns. Until then, Snippy is limited to their Psi Blast and kicking enemies to death!
The players decide.
Yes, so choose wisely.
When starting a new encounter, each player rolls one red stat check die and adds that to their speed. The enemies’ initiative is displayed on their own card. Place the players’ and enemies’ combat tracker tokens on the appropriate space on the Combat Tracker. If there is a tie between a player and an enemy, the player will always go first. If there is a tie between players, you decide who will go first.
When a player or enemy rolls a one on the red stat check die while making any attack, this is considered a critical hit. When rolling for damage that player or enemy can roll one extra damage die of the appropriate type. Example: If a player equipped with a Rusty Pipe makes a critical hit, they will roll two of the white melee dice to determine damage instead of the usual one die.
On a critical hit, some types of attacks and weapons will stun the target. It is indicated by the stun icon shown after the attack’s damage die or dice. The target is stunned for the number of turns indicated in the icon. Flip the target's Combat Tracker Token to the red side and they will have to skip the appropriate number of turns.
Players gain 1 XP for every normal enemy killed. XP only goes to the player that lands the killing blow on a normal enemy. If players kill a Boss Commander, all players gain 5 XP, regardless of who lands the killing blow. At the end of every encounter, all players gain additional XP shown on the bottom of the Encounter Card.
Yes, trading loot cards and making sure everyone is using the best gear possible is going to go a long way to helping you beat the game. Trading loot cards is best done after an encounter. If you are not in combat, trading is free and doesn’t cost players any actions. If you must trade cards during combat, the player who hands off the card loses an action. A player will also lose an action by moving a card from their backpack to the Weapon, Armor, or Ability section on their file folder.
Remove one of the Player Clone Tokens from the bottom of the Combat Tracker and your character will respawn at the nearest Cryo Pod Token, or if no Cryo Pod has been found yet your character will respawn in the starting room on Level 6. If a player character is killed and there are no Player Clone Tokens left, it is game over for everyone!
Oh, yes! You discard all your Weapon, Armor, Ability and Item cards, and reduce your XP tracker to zero. Your character level is not affected. If you are killed on game level 5 or 6 you will respawn with only a Rusty Pipe. If you are killed on game level 3 or 4, you will respawn with the weapon or weapons shown for your character in Equipment Set 2, seen on page 15 of the game manual. If you are killed on game level 1 or 2, you will respawn will ALL the items shown for your character in Equipment Set 2. If Snippy Von Bell is killed on game level 5 or 6 they respawn with nothing. If Snippy is killed on game level 1-4 they will respawn with two Pistols and a Gun Mount Harness.
The Man in Black enters play and you’re all going to be in big trouble! Draw one of the four Man in Black Enemy Cards. Place the MIB token on the appropriate space on the Combat Tracker and the MIB mini in the room on that level containing a Spawn Point Token. If you manage to defeat the Man in Black, the Alarm Tracker resets to the very first green space and play continues.
Reach the last level in Dulce and defeat the Man in Black.
If a player is killed and there are no Player Clone Tokens left on the bottom of the Combat Tracker, then it’s game over for everybody.
Yes, we were. Then the Covid pandemic happened. Costs for everything tripled and supply chains were backed up across the globe. We didn’t think anyone would be willing to pay $240 for a copy of the game plus an extra $100 for shipping. So we decided to wait until costing and shipping went back down.
For a myriad of reasons. Two of us had to go back to working full time jobs. Craig’s stepfather passed away during the pandemic and my father passed in June 2021. We all had to put everything on the back burner for the better part of a year to help our mothers and other family members, and in 2023, Donna and I moved back to the East Coast to be closer to my mother.
If everything goes according to plan, sometime in 2025.
No. There are some new things we are adding like the new story companion manual, “The Book of Carl”, a new ally named Dr. Lightman and updated enemy cards that will increase the difficulty of the second half of the game. There also might be some things we have to take out of the game depending on how costing comes back. The minis might end being an add-on, as well as the 3-D tower legs.
Of course! “The Book of Carl” and the Dr Lightman ally card are both listed in the downloads section of our website, so you can check those out right now. As part of the next Kickstarter, you’ll be able to purchase an upgrade pack with physical copies of “The Book of Carl”, Dr Lightman ally card and updated enemy and enemy commander card decks.
In addition to Version 2.0 of Escape from Dulce, we’ll also be releasing an expanded and updated set of our first two expansion adventures, More Mayhem in New Mexico. The brand new 2-in1 adventure set, The League of Evil Somethings, Part 1 will also release as part of this Kickstarter, with The League of Evil Somethings Part 2 coming out in 2026 or 2027.
A lot! After Escape from Dulce and it’s six expansion adventures, we’re moo-ving on to the second game in the Secret Unknown Stuff trilogy, The Hollow Moon. This will introduce a whole new set of strange yet lovable characters, new dangers and a new locale! We have another series of expansion adventures planned for The Hollow Moon, taking our new heroes from the moon to the very edge of our galaxy. The final game in the trilogy, Lost in Time, sees a new group of heroes bouncing through time as they navigate a black hole for an epic final showdown with the creatures controlling the Man in Black, Grey Aliens and all the other baddies! Then they all go get shawarma.
Details, no. Hints, lots! Everything at the "Hint" link below ties into something we currently have planned. Easter eggs abound! Zoom in, pick it apart, and post or email us your theories. We might even tell you if you’re on the right track.
HINT-HINT
We didn’t have any copies left, at least complete copies. We had a bunch of games that weren’t complete, games that we opened to pull a component or two out of and send off to someone as replacement parts. Our shipping and warehousing partner, Quartermaster, had a handful of these parts games as well. Last year we asked them to ship us the remainder of our stock and in addition to those parts games we got like 12 huge boxes of extra components; overages of the print run that came from the factory that made the game. Going through everything we realized we had replacement components for all those parts games, and one by one, made them whole again.
The majority of the games are like new and 99% complete. The only thing they are missing is the shrink wrap. There are 5 copies that are complete (except for the shrink wrap), but have damaged and / or dirty boxes, which we are selling at a reduced price. We also have 2-3 complete games, but do not have boxes that are priced accordingly.
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Man vs Meeple Preview
Dungeon Dive Review
Unfiltered Gamer Review
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ESCAPE FROM DULCE VERSION 2.0 MOO-VING TO KICKSTARTER IN 2025!
Are you game for a wonderfully weird table top experience with a co-op sci-fi dungeon crawler theme and loads of strangeness and humor?
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
MEET THE CHARACTERS
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