About coffin canyon
Coffin Canyon is a cursed badland at the edge of civilization—a sun-blasted ravine of silver mines, shattered towns, and half-buried ruins where greed outlived good sense. Once a boomtown frontier, the canyon drew prospectors, mystics, criminals, and scholars alike, all chasing rumors of Thyr, deep silver, and artifacts older than memory.
Something went wrong.
No one agrees on what caused the Catastrophe. Some say the mines ruptured ancient gas pockets and poisoned the land. Others whisper of witch-fire, forbidden rituals, or Monsterologists who dug too deep and called something back. Whatever the truth, Coffin Canyon never recovered. The air turned foul, the ground unstable, and the dead refused to stay quiet.
Now the canyon belongs to scavengers, bandits, desperate factions, and worse. Canyon pirates strip buildings for silver and scrap. Shrine Riders hunt relics under sacred oaths. Monsters stalk the ruins, drawn by lingering corruption and the echo of old magic. Every expedition is a race—grab what you can before the land, the beasts, or rival crews tear you apart.
Coffin Canyon is not a place of heroes. It is a place of survivors, outlaws, and fools chasing fortune — and every dust-choked sunrise asks the same question:
How much are you willing to risk for what’s buried out there?
gameplay
In Coffin Canyon, each player assembles a small crew of 5-15 miniatures, drawn from desperate factions, outlaw gangs, occult agents, and hardened survivors. Games are played on a 4' x 4' board, packed with ruined buildings, mine works, cursed shrines, and hazardous terrain.
Your goal is simple: get in, take what you can, and get out alive—before monsters, rival crews, or the canyon itself finish you. Each Faction has their own specific goals, as well.
Coffin Canyon uses alternating activations, keeping both players constantly engaged. Every movement matters, every shot is dangerous, and no unit is ever truly safe. Reaction abilities, overwatch fire, and situational effects mean that even when it’s not your turn, you’re never just watching.
At the heart of the game is a dice-pool resolution system that emphasizes risk, pressure, and brutal consequences. Attacks, abilities, and special actions roll variable dice pools based on training, equipment, and circumstances. Success is rarely guaranteed—pushing your luck can pay off, but overextending often gets your crew killed.
Unlike traditional wargames, Coffin Canyon is not about clean lines or fair fights. Units can panic, suffer lasting injuries, trigger environmental hazards, or attract unwanted attention. Monsters are not balanced opponents—they are disasters waiting to happen. Some scenarios reward killing, others reward survival, speed, or theft, and many punish crews that linger too long.
Scenarios are objective-driven and asymmetric, featuring extraction runs, relic grabs, escorts, monster hunts, and desperate last stands. Victory is often decided not by who kills the most, but by who knows when to cut losses and run.
Coffin Canyon is fast, lethal, and story-driven. Every game leaves behind scars—on the board, on your crew, and in the growing legend of the canyon itself.
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