Best "Dungeon Crawl" Board Game(s)?

[Thanee]

Warhammer Quest is by far and wide the best dungeon crawling board game ever!

Just hope that GW will rerelease it like they did with Space Hulk, because it's prohibitively expensive these days.

Bye
Thanee

 

[GlassJaw]

HeroQuest! Old-school but still my favorite, for both fun and sentimental value. The expansion packs are great too if you can land them on ebay.

I do like Descent and Doom as well but for quick setup, teaching beginners, and instant out-of-the-box fun, HeroQuest is still the best.

 

[MerricB]

Castle Ravenloft. It is quite possibly the best ever released.

Cheers!

 

[Holy Bovine]

Castle Ravenloft. It is quite possibly the best ever released.

Cheers!

Oh I dearly have to get this game. You have very similar tastes in boardgames to me I've noticed MerricB. I'm glad Castle Ravenloft has hit a high note it seems.

 

[Felon]

Castle Ravenloft. It is quite possibly the best ever released.

Cheers!

In what venue did you get to play this? And how many times?

Amazon should be shipping these babies out any time now. Descent without all the overhead. Seems like a four-bagger concept to me.

 

[Agamon]

Castle Ravenloft. It is quite possibly the best ever released.

Really? As far as board games go, it's a good game? Looks a lot like DDM: the board game, with some Decent thrown in for good measure. The next one, Wrath of Somethingorother, looks like more of the same.

I thought when I first heard WotC was going to start doing D&D-themed board games, there'd be a little more creativity, like what FF has done with the Warhammer license....

 

[MerricB]

In what venue did you get to play this? And how many times?

At my FLGS during the Dark Sun Game Day. Wizards Australia gave us permission to demo it. We played it four times.

Now that it's out, I've played it more.

Here are some pictorial session reports you may find interesting:

Game 1: To find the Icon of Ravenloft! (pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 2: Hunt the kobold! (pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 3: Doom of the Dracolich (pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 4: Daylight Assault (pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 5: A Brief Report from the Castle (non-pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 6: A Dragonborn is Strahd's Guest! (solo, pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Game 7: The Fastest Wizzard of them all! (solo, pictorial) | Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game | BoardGameGeek

Cheers!

 

[Festivus]

I have Talisman, and it's fun to play with my family when we get together, but it takes a LONG time to play. This is my fall back game when we don't have enough players for D&D.

I have played House on Haunted Hill and found it enjoyable, but the rules were a little confusing and it ran a little longish too.

Ravenloft will probably take a seat as the leader of the pack for two reasons:

1. It's easy to play and understand (I can at least explain how to play it)
2. It's FAST. My wife complains about games that take more than an hour... and I tend to agree with her that a shorter game will get more play... and replay.

 

[Rolflyn]

Warhammer Quest.

 

[jimmifett]

I haven't played the others, but i really want to, esp Arkham. I can however tell you that Ravenloft is tons of fun. Best $45 i've spent in a long time.