Wrath of Ashardalon

[Blastin]

Just played this for the first time last week and got my copy in the mail today.

Cool game in my limited play. I did notice that it appears to be pretty hard. We got our butts stomped playing with 5 characters and an extra surge.

Anyone else have an experience with it?

 

[Rhun]

I don't have any experience with it, but have been thinking about getting it. Worth it, in your opinion?

 

[Blastin]

worth it just for the mini's, especially if you don't have stuff from the older sets, like the huge red dragon.

 

[Jhaelen]

Anyone else have an experience with it?

So far I've played the first eight scenarios excluding the mini-campaign.

Solo hero play is extremely difficult - much more so than in Castle Ravenloft. The number of monsters is simply overwhelming and many hero powers don't work well with a single hero.

Group play, however, is very easy compared to Castle Ravenloft. The encounters are more forgiving and treasure is a lot better. So far I've beaten every group scenario in the first attempt (with two heroes each).

It's fun and I appreciate the new ideas (sentry monsters, doors, long corridor tiles, chamber cards, etc.) but so far I've enjoyed Castle Ravenloft more simply because it was more challenging - my success rate after playing all 13 scenarios was almost exactly 50:50.

I expect to enjoy combining the games, though.

Both games are money well spent if only for the game components, imho. Also, the options to customize the game are endless. BGG already has lots of fan-created material to keep you busy after completing the official scenarios.

 

[Rhun]

Both games are money well spent if only for the game components, imho. Also, the options to customize the game are endless. BGG already has lots of fan-created material to keep you busy after completing the official scenarios.

Sounds pretty good!

 

[Marius Delphus]

Indeed, I have been very happy with Castle Ravenloft + BGG scenarios, and now that Wrath has arrived in the mail I expect many more nights of tiley goodness.

From what I can tell after a brief read through the Wrath rules (and a brief pawing over the components), the "twists" it offers on Castle Ravenloft are going to be things we want to port back....

 

[Blastin]

I always forget about BBG (board gaming geeks). I'll have to check it out.
Thanks for the replies.

 

[Mark CMG]

The interlocking tiles and minis might be enough to justify the price for me (I buy enough from Amazon yearly to make the free two day shipping worthwhile, $46.53 & eligible for free shipping with Amazon Prime), though some might balk due to the unpainted state of the minis. Is there a list of the minis anywhere?