Dungeon Crawlers

They kept descending, deeper and deeper down the stairs, through the air filled with silent distant cries, until they found themselves in front of a big sinister door. The lantern cast the shadow upon it, making the cuts in wood look like scars on a creature, slowly moving with the light. They looked each other, gave a quick nod of encouragement and pushed through the door...

Dungeon crawler games stand somewhere in between RPGs and regular board games. They offer a mix of adventure, exploration, fighting and party building which are usually either cooperative or one vs all. Dungeon crawlers are mostly fantasy themed. Yes, of course, Star Wars is a fantasy too! - Star Wars: Imperial Assault

A lot of dungeon crawler games came out lately, including a bunch miniature games from Fantasy Flight and Cool Mini Or Not. We also saw a lot of dungeon crawlers on Kickstarter, like Gloomhaven, a monster of the game that is shipping to KS backers at the moment and also hitting retail. Reviews for Gloomhaven are pretty positive and it's climbing pretty fast up the BGG all time top list, being on a top of a hotness list for quite some time.

Some other notable dungeon crawler games are Descent: Journeys in the Dark 2nd edition, Claustrophobia, HeroQuest, Massive Darkness, Arcadia Quest and Gears of War: The Board Game.

If you are still not convinced about trying dungeon crawlers, check out Geek & Sundry's 3 Reasons You Need to Play A Dungeon Crawler Miniature Game.