Ravenloft Boardgame?
- Thread starter Jor-El
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Name a few.!
Descent is pretty solid, although it doesn't have the same Horror feel that a good Ravenloft BG should have. There are others but Descent is the one I've played a lot of. I'm curious to try the Ravenloft game, but I suspect there are several other games on my list to acquire that will be ahead of it (Small World for one.)
I really enjoy Descent - indeed, I have all the expansions - but it has a major problem: 3-4 hour playing time. It - unfortunately - falls into that dilemma of "why aren't I playing 4e instead?"
Castle Ravenloft fits into that really nice gametime of 60-90 minutes from what I hear: good when waiting for a late player to turn up, or as one of an afternoon of boardgames.
Cheers!
malraux
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FWIW, this hasn't really struck me as a very Ravenloft the campaign setting sort of work and much more of an I6 Ravenloft the module sort of thing. IE, its a castle, with a vampire at its center, and not a realm of dread and despair.
SteveC
Doing the best imitation of myself
The other important thing about Ravenloft is that it's a co-op game, which is very distinct from most other games of this type. In many ways, it seems to take the mechanics from Warhammer Quest, which if you know me, is a very good thing. I'm definitely picking it up, which is good because I haven't bought something from WotC in quite a while...
malraux
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IIRC, the 17th. Though my amazon pre-order ships on the 23rd.
edit: boardgamegeek is saying end of the month.
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JiffyPopTart
Bree-Yark
Name a few.
Cheers!
Warhammer Quest: Most like the Ravenloft game but sadly out-of-print.
Descent: More expensive and crunchier than Ravenloft.
Dungeonquest: Just re-released in non-Games-Workshop form. Fills the "Waiting for someone to show" slot and requires less in the way of setup than Ravenloft.
Runebound: Technically not a dungeoncrawl as much as a mapcrawl game, but fills the same genre of heroes w/items kill monsters and take their loot.
Betrayal at House on the Hill: Technically dungeoncrawl is replaced with hauntedhousecrawl, but the elements of a fun dungeon crawl game are all in there.
These are just the games I have played...there are more out there.
DS
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darjr
I crit!
The wizards gencon news page has an update with a new video unboxing by Mike Mearls, and in it he says the rule book is posted on line as well.
GenCon News
Castle Ravenloft Boardgame page with link to the rule book in pdf
GenCon News
Castle Ravenloft Boardgame page with link to the rule book in pdf
I played this with some of the WotC guys at a bar at Gen Con, and I had an absolute BLAST.
I thought this was really, really, really fun, and that's coming from someone who is by no means a fan of 4th edition.
I broke it down like this: D&D + Dungeon! + Betrayal at House on the Hill + 42 minis in one box = WIN.
I am definitely going to buy this game and probably the next one in the series as well. I really had a good time with it.
--Erik
I thought this was really, really, really fun, and that's coming from someone who is by no means a fan of 4th edition.
I broke it down like this: D&D + Dungeon! + Betrayal at House on the Hill + 42 minis in one box = WIN.
I am definitely going to buy this game and probably the next one in the series as well. I really had a good time with it.
--Erik
