Dungeons and Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game
July 13, 2014 - Comment
Dungeons and Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game Product Features For 1-5 players Challenging quests Tons of replay value Multiple scenarios Cooperative game-play
Dungeons and Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game
Product Features
- For 1-5 players
- Challenging quests
- Tons of replay value
- Multiple scenarios
- Cooperative game-play
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A Mist is Rising… Caveat: I played this game at GenCon (Indianapolis; August 4 – 8, 2010) however, as of this writing, the game is not yet available. At the time it was a complete shrink-wrapped game box and package as one would purchase and I am inclined to believe that it is the finished product, pending any severe issues that may have come up during the course of people playing it at the convention.Now, on with the review:The components of this game are many. There are several sheets of punch tiles that comprise the game boards, character cards, status modifiers, health pips, coffins, etc. The box, itself, makes for a poor means to store all of these bits and pieces and you may consider baggies, counter trays, or other means of keeping certain tokens from intermingling between sessions to make set-up go a little more smoothly. The parts themselves are very sturdy wood-stock bits (similar to those used by Fantasy Flight Games – for those familiar with their board game offerings) and…
Fun was had by all! After reading many positive comments about this game and watching the “unboxing” video on the WotC web site [...] I decided that this would be the perfect introduction to DnD for my daughters (ages 11 and 12). The general consensus that I got from reading up on the game was that it plays very much like DnD 4th Edition with the role of the GM played by the careful, but brief rule system. The box contains a rule booklet (available as a PDF download from the game site), and an adventure booklet that contains several 1-page adventures, each of which customizes the rules of the game towards a specific scenario. Additionally, WotC provides a couple of supplemental adventures as downloads from the Castle Ravenloft site.the only drawback to the game is that it requires a LOT of table space. Depending on the adventure you choose, and the direction that your players choose to explore throughout the randomly generated dungeon, you can quickly create a large, unwieldy dungeon that…