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The Night Cage by Smirk and Dagger, a Spooky Cooperative Strategy Game, 1-5 Players Lost in a Dark Maze with only a Candle, Fun Horror Themed Tile Laying and Perfect for Game Night, Adults, Teens 14+

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  • Immersive Cooperative Gameplay: Navigate a dark, ever-changing labyrinth with your teammates, relying on dim candlelight to reveal new paths while old ones disappear into the void.
  • Unique Horror Theme: Experience the tension of a horror-themed tile-placement game where Wax Eaters lurk in the shadows, ready to strike when your light falters.
  • Strategic & Dynamic Challenges: Collect keys, locate the gate, and escape together before the darkness consumes you. Every move reshapes the maze, requiring constant teamwork and planning.
  • Award-Winning Design: Winner of 5 game design awards, including the ION Award, offering a highly thematic and innovative experience that’s easy to learn but challenging to master.
  • Advanced Replayability: Includes an in-box Advanced Game with new monsters and obstacles for increased difficulty and endless replay value.



4.8 out of 5 stars Is Discontinued By Manufacturer No Release date August 25, 2021 Manufacturer Smirk and Dagger

You awaken in the suffocating darkness, your mind blank and your only companion a flickering candle. In "The Night Cage," you and up to four others are trapped in an eerie underground maze, forced to work together to escape its shifting paths and relentless Wax Eaters. This fully cooperative, horror-themed game delivers an immersive tile-laying experience, where players must collect keys, find an exit gate, and escape as a group. The catch? The dim light of your candles illuminates only adjacent tiles, and paths left behind are swallowed by darkness. Every move reshapes the maze, increasing tension and demanding clever strategy. With intuitive rules that can be taught in minutes, "The Night Cage" is accessible to newcomers while offering depth and challenge for experienced gamers. Its unique mechanics and thematic design create a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat experience that’s perfect for game night. Adjustable difficulty levels and an Advanced Game mode keep the thrills alive for endless replayability. Will your candle burn long enough to light the way out, or will the darkness claim you? Key Features: 1-5 players Ages 14+ 40-60 minutes of playtime Includes advanced game challenges Package Includes: 1 Game Board 1 Set of Tiles Player Tokens Rulebook Add "The Night Cage" to your collection today and bring the thrill of cooperative horror to your next game night!


Simon S.
Reviewed in Germany on February 4, 2025
Cool game. Easy to learn. Need a lot of cooperation. Difficulty easy to adjust. Had a blast playing with friends.
Lia
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
I absolutely love the design of this game! It takes a second to read over the rules and understand because you actually work together and not against each other. But, once you learn the rules the game is super easy to play!
Nicole
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025
We are still learning how best to try and win the game but I love that you can play this game with 2 people and it still be fun and challenging. We have not yet played with 5 people or the extra monsters but am ready for that challenge whenever! Would highly recommend this game and we talk about it with our friends and family alot in the 2 weeks that we've had it.The only thing I wish was built a little better or quality wise is the candle card deck. Hopefully they will do expansions for this game or a better candle holder in the future.
Hunter
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
This expansion explodes the base game’s capacity for chaos and strategic problem solving. Me and my friends played with all the monsters in both packs, and assortment of keys, and all the tiles. There were more tiles than the stack could hold, but the chaos was so fun we played the same set up another three times.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2025
Fantastic game. It's easy enough to understand the basic gameplay premise and the additional features to gameplay don't over complicate the game but make it more fun and challenging.
Creative Guru
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2025
Great quality game that is enjoyed a lot. Great visually and good value for money.
A. N.
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2025
Unlike a lot of other games out there, this is a cooperative game - players need to work TOGETHER in order to win. It can be a little stressful when someone else sees something wrong with your next move and shouts out “NOT THAT WAY!”, but I think that half the equation for these games is learning to communicate with the people around you and strategizing together on what the best move for each player would be.However, this game is a little pricey, so I recommend saving up for it, or asking for it for a birthday or the holidays.
eli
Reviewed in Brazil on December 5, 2024
Jogo muito temático e com boa produção. Fácil de entender mas nao fácil de ganhar, possui boa quantidade de personalização dos desafios aumentando a rejogabilidade
Matt R
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
Fun high-quality game, enjoyed many hours playing with family and friends
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2024
This game is well organized, easy to learn, and the pieces are quite physically appealing. Different difficulty modes make for lots of replay. Not too difficult to win the game. It is a co-operative game and can also be played in solo mode. I've brought this to my board game meet up a few times and everyone had fun playing it.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024
The Night Cage is a lot of fun and has great replay value. Have been playing regularly with a friend and we both enjoy the fact that it is a co op board game and is fairly difficult to win. The random tile placement format gives a new experience every time which adds to it's replay value. Would definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys difficult or horror themed board games.
Brittiany
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
I got this game for my hubby for Christmas. This is a fast learning game. It's made with great quality material. It is a quick game and it's art work is so good! It is scary in my opinion ,the artwork, but that is what is advertise for sure. Definitely a fun thrilling game.
Erik
Reviewed in Mexico on March 25, 2023
Este juego es algo extraño de explicar, no en sus reglas (las cuales están bien explicadas) sino en como te hace sentir. Logra transmitir bastante bien una sensación opresiva y en la cual te cuestionas si lo mejor es seguir avanzando con la posibilidad encontrarte con algún ser sobrenatural hostil y ser atacado o quedarte quieto esperando a que tu vida se esfume. Si se combina con la banda sonora (que se encuentra en Spotify), el ambiente se vuelve aún más tenso.Bastante recomendado para personas que les gusten los juegos cooperativos con mecánica de suspenso/terror, o los que les gusten los juegos de laberintos dinámicos.Se recomienda jugar con 4 personas, pero también hay reglas para jugar desde 1 a 5 personas.La re-jugabilidad es bastante buena, ya que contiene un buen número de variantes con la cual puedes ir volviendo el juego más difícil de manera gradual, hasta el punto en el que puede hacer sufrir a todos los jugadores (pero es algo que decides, no algo que el juego te imponga).Punto a favor, es que en Spotify puedes encontrar el soundtrack oficial para colocar mientras juegas (se amplifica la atmósfera si utilizas un buen equipo de sonido).Sobre la calidad, puedo decir que todos los componentes tienen la calidad suficiente que te puedes esperar por un juego de tal precio, aunque la caja no tiene divisiones para colocar los componentes, tampoco es algo grave.Las reglas del juego vienen completamente en inglés, por lo que recomiendo que quien vaya a ser el organizador de las partidas, sepa inglés o se aprenda las reglas. También se pueden encontrar explicaciones en español en YT, pero recomiendo se consulten previo a jugar, ya que puede ser algo tardado hacerlo durante una partida, y mata la atmósfera.En general, un juego bastante sólido desde la calidad de los componentes, como la temática de juego.Un juego que todo entusiasta de los juegos de mesa debe tener en su biblioteca.
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