D&D General New D&D Boardgame Coming

Spotted at London's Toy Fair by Dicebreaker.com was a new D&D boardgame. The box says “your quick start, quick play entry into the world of D&D”.

New Dungeons & Dragons co-op board game revealed, due out in 2020

A new Dungeons & Dragons co-op board game is due for release this year, Dicebreaker can reveal.

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This was in the catalog (different name, same art but some is rearranged):

 

[Ath-kethin]

My 8-year-old's (he's now 34, by the way) first question, upon seeing the Hero Quest box cover artwork and having the different characters explained to him, was "Why is the Barbarian wearing furry underpants?"

Johnathan

I avoided that question thanks to a showing of Conan the Destroyer. My kid knows EXACTLY why the barbarian is wearing furry underpants.

 

[Mercador]

Is it me or the colors are, well, kinda weird? It seems there's several art directors in DnD and they don't speak the same language.

 

[happyhermit]

Is it me or the colors are, well, kinda weird? It seems there's several art directors in DnD and they don't speak the same language.

Different art styles are great, especially if you are trying to appeal to different audiences. The main books all go through the same hands and are consistent (sometimes I think a little too much so), so it's great to see a little bit of variety in some of these other products.

 

[The Green Hermit]

I wondered the same thing.

For something different and still D&D, I just saw Betrayal at Baldur's Gate at a local game store. It's based on Betrayal at House on the Hill, which is a very fun game.

I've been looking at that. Has anybody played it?

 

[The Green Hermit]

FWIW, I got the Tomb of Annihilation board game (mostly for the minis) and played it twice. I really, really don't enjoy the watered down gameplay. It is simplistic to the point of being boring, for me anyway, and lacks pretty much any of the regular D&D tactics.

Were the minis worth it?

 

[The Green Hermit]

My 8-year-old's (he's now 34, by the way) first question, upon seeing the Hero Quest box cover artwork and having the different characters explained to him, was "Why is the Barbarian wearing furry underpants?"

Johnathan

A very valid question!

 

[Nebulous]

Were the minis worth it?

Well they were unpainted. So 42 miniatures for around $50 or $60, yeah, that's probably worth it. You get an Acererak and four armed gargoyle and the stone juggernaut and others, so that's cool.

 

[Henry]

For those interested in the old Dragonstrike VHS, it’s out there on the Internet if one wants to go looking for it. I won’t post links because:

1) It’s technically still under copyright
2) I wouldn’t want to get anyone in trouble for doing so

I really do miss the old Heroquest game, though. It and its expansions were the perfect amount of adventure, combat, and character improvement between “missions” to introduce people to the basic ideas of RPG mechanics. Heck, it even had a referee/dungeon master in the form of the player assuming the role of the Wizard Zargon who prepared the dungeon layout and ran the opposition. It was perfect for a group of four to five people who wanted some D&D-ish action but only had an hour to kill. I sold mine many years ago during a move, but regret it now, because it would be pretty expensive to replace these days...

 

[Esker]

Shades of Second Edition...Does it have a CD?

Oh man! That game (was it called FirstQuest?) was my first exposure to D&D (after playing HeroQuest and wanting more crunch). I was suuuper excited about it (I think I was around ten, maybe?).

Edit: Looks like it came out in 1994, so I guess I was older than ten.

 

[darjr]

Uh.... if it’s got minis I’ll probably get it for them, and if the game is good BONUS!

I am hopeful!