Been playing this for a few days now. My personal hack is to have one person play as the dungeon master. This works out better and makes play smoother especially if you are playing with kids. I play the DM and tell a short story for the kids as each encounter happens. They love it and and it keeps them off the Xbox for a couple hours
Iam not familiar with dungeons and dragons but what i have seen it looks a lot like the old Heroes quest. witch did have a dedicated story teller or dungeon master as you call it.
I bought this just to have because I like nerdy things and thought maybe us as a family could play together. I haven't played dnd in 25 years. My wife never has and hated the idea of doing nerdy things. My 5 year old daughter is up for anything that looks cool. We kinda changed the rules and I played as just the dm weaving a story together as we went. This game brought us together and we had so much fun. My 5 year old absolutely loved it. The fun I had creating a story and embellishments of their descitions and adventure cards. We laughed and were amused the whole time. Alot of fun. Im glad I purchased this and put the effort in. My daughter repeatedly asks to play. Just change it up. Be the dm and feed off the adventure cards and spin a funny tale for your children. Im glad I purchased this. It took me back and inspired me to just have fun again pretending. Thank you for this video it helped alot.
It's been a year and we still play. My daughter loves this game. It's allways the first game she brings out on game nights. The pure excitement on her face of the adventure daddy is about take her on sure makes me feel good. 30 bucks and an imagination is all good a time costs. Who knew.
Why all the negativity, they are trying something else with the brand, I think it’s looks great fun and my 8yr old daughter will love it, easy to get out and play with her friends without having to try and teach them 5E.
We have bought this to introduce our boys to D&D. Perfect timing as our household is down with covid. Perfect way to spend isolation with the children to distract them from feeling rubbish. We've laughed and enjoyed embellishing the stories and all had a go at being dungeon master. Brilliant way to bring a smile to everyone's face
I'm all for more people playing DnD. If a more simplified version of them introduces them to the game, I am all for that. If people are negative about this it's because they forgot how daunting learning this game can be. Those of us from the thac0 era understand that this is like HeroQuest. An easily accessable entry into the genre.
Been playing D&D for a few years now and wanted to show my wife and my 9-yo daughter what the heck dad was doing every week. They love playing it! And they now understand the basic mechanics. I do freestyle a bit, playing as DM myself and doing some extra world building. Creative decisions or attacks get a harder difficulty when throwing their D20's and critical fails get dramatic results. Next step would be drawing my own map and going off-world. It's some cool little additions like this that add an extra dimension.
Just ordered this to introduce myself and my kids to Dungeons and Dragons. I’m fairly familiar with it from listening to The Adventure Zone, and I’m loving the idea that my kids can participate and get used to the idea so that when they’re a bit older, we can attack some real campaigns. A great idea, and a low entry price-point. Well done WotC
We bought this 3 days ago. It's fun and easy to learn. We play it with our 10yo. I highly recommend it because it's detailed enough to be intriguing and quick enough to keep the younger kids focused. We really like how the more complex games (like D&D, Catan, etc) are making pared-down family versions. The investment is reasonable to start learning how to play before upgrading to the more intricate boards. Thank you for this tutorial too.
we got the catan junior game at christmas and our 5 and 7 year old loved it. another great game is zombie kidz that is evoloution board game kids love unlocking the new envelopes that basically just build on the rules.
@@themadmoderator8465 Thank you! The Zombie game sounds like one our child would like. He really enjoys D&D and Catan already, so why not? I really appreciate the suggestion!😁👍🏼
The concept is actually cool... Experienced DMs can actually customize and add things in the game... well thats what I did and it actually worked great! It solves the limited replayability problem.
Ahh Kate I hope so. Just bought it for my nephs and neice and this vid, whilst doing an amazingly clear and conscise job, has made me really unsure that it may be too complicated :/ Heyho. We always underestimate kids as adults dont we? Hope it's playable for them :)*
We bought this to play with the kids. Ages 8,10,12 and 15. We all had a blast. ...except my 15 year old lol but she's at that age. Excellent game. We play loads of board games this is still on the top of the stack a year later.
Tried playing D5e with my 5 and 8 year old... it was a bit too complex, this might be perfect to get the family started! I picked up a copy at Walmart.
This is what my wife and I were thinking. We were delving into the starter D&D campaigns but they're just too much for younger kids. I think I'm going to give this one a try.
"All players must get up and dance the dance of their people" - it was at this point I realized the game was not for me :D even though I was looking to play a very light version of D&D boardgame with adults
Your last 2 words revealed the fatal flaw in your plan, friend. This is a great game for a family or with a group of kids (school games club or youth group type deal). Dance the dance of your people, the Charleston for you I would imagine.
@@RatelHBadger this deserves more likes - I imagine you are an epic DM - the wit and humour in such a concise reply. Love it- "The Dance of my People" I chuckled in the video and pictured me doing the Time Walk .... again :D
This games looks great. I think is a good introduction to RPG game for kids, it has all the right elements & not so complicated as compare to many others i know. Btw, i like the way you explain about the game. Simple & straight forward. Thanks
I just finished playing Adventure Begins as a solo play through, I played with two characters. I got defeated by the final dragon boss. Seems like a legit intro towards D&D. Enjoyed the board game. Will diffidently give it another go!!!
Just ordered this. It's gonna be perfect for transitioning from Dungeon Mayhem. My cousins have opened up to the world of D&D through that simple card game. They preferred team fights over free for all. Now they get to be a party and I will be the DM 👍🏽
This is great. I've always like d&d, watching other people play on UA-cam. But never got to try it, because my country it seems hard to find any friends to play board games. And I'm just too busy to go to a game shop. And they mostly play mtg anyway. I tried learning by myself with some tutorial vids and stuff but it's all too complication without a real person guide. I have no idea what I'm doing more than half the time since I need to be the dm and player at the same time playing by myself. This one will serve well to actually try out.
It looks actually much better than what I would have thought. The prompts for actual roleplay is a nice touch to introduce new players and the fact that the DM change each turn too is a great idea. I'm not even a D&D player (I love OSR RPGs yet like DCC, The Black Hack, etc) but I may consider buying this boardgame for super casual play sometimes with friends totally new into RPGs.
I am interested in checking it out. More geared toward children and people who literally have no idea what D&D is. I hope not all the DM cards are like “Do a silly dance” or “Say a word that rhymes with ‘boat.” Those cards can be for younger kids. Id rather have cards where players a make a decision based on their abilities. Kinda like the encounter cards in Eldritch Horror. Overall, the price is reasonable and gentle gateway to an even bigger, unlimited world of D&D.
I'm sure once it gets popular enough, there will be expansions. I personally would love to see a sci-fi themed set. Alien grey's, THE BLOB, face huggers etc.
Played this last night. It’s ok. Doesn’t really suck me in. I would have titled it My First D&D. Seems to be made for kids. If you have a young one that you would like to introduce to D&D, in a very basic way, this would be a good one.
I think this is grest introduce kids to the games . But like other said the parent should be the DM, and use funny voices and others. Gets the kids really engages
I feel like they need to create a rulebook (or how to create) for this board game because it feels like it's perfect to be endlessly creative I'm in process of buying this game so hopefully I get it soon
It's a really good intro into the feel. The actual game has so much more, try looking into your local game/comic store and see if they have any games open. The d&d community is pretty welcoming for the most part :)
Not familiar with dungeons and dragons ( never played it ) But it looks verry simular to the old Heroquest board game of the 80s. But this looks simular.
I never played DnD but wanted something to dip my toes in and the family and I Love this game. You just have to be good at building a story and creating battles even when it's predetermined. We all have a ton of fun playing it
Does anyone know if the item cards are meant to be turned in again after 1 use or not? We played as 4 players and we have run out of item cards as rewards etc...
So quick question if one of the party fought a monster solo and dies can that hero res? Or does he res back to group in core space ? (Obv solution) or does he res to finish killing monster and if so does monster hp resets ? Or does the moneter gets shuffled threw deck . or can the player roll for continued combat ???
Can I play it online? If I was playing Dungeons and dragons and continue in my adventures after my first one does that mean I have to buy different game boards for different adventures?
No. This is a basic board game. You don't roll characters. There is no expansions. When you get to the end you change the 4 board zones around and select different bosses and you start again.
This game clearly tries to emulate Gloomhaven, and has much more limited replay-ability than the other games of this variant. Enemies always appear in the same order, making for redundant repetitive play, with limited end results, as well it tries to be about "storytelling" which misses the point of D&D. If people are going to try so fervently to remake HeroQuest, then HASBRO has the power to do so, while removing the GW connection, just remaking HeroQuest board game with a new name and without Citadel miniatures. This game proves the ability to make the minis is within HASBRO's power, so they just need to design a new "map" board, and replace Zargon/Morcar with the DM name of their choice.. how about Halaster Blackcloak, and make an endless dungeon out of Undermountain to replicate HeroQuest with? Then you have the HeroQuest gameplay with fully owned HASBRO IP, without trying to be other board games, and it keeps to D&D rather than being some fake storytelling apparatus. For the price of this thing and only able to play it about 4~8 times before it repeats itself, it is very poorly thought out. This concept would have been better for a mobile app like that Tomb of Annihilation game.
Pretty sure all RPGs are about storytelling. This board game misses the point of that by forgoing the storytelling aspect affecting the outcome. It's a railroad.
@@commandercaptain4664 "Pretty sure all RPGs are about storytelling." No, they are not, and this is a systemic problem in modern gamers that think so. Some are made specifically for telling stories, while others are abused for that purpose by people who have no other idea how how to play them, or who blindly think Critical Role and the trash that Matt Mercer does is what RPGs are about. Trying to force this ONETRUEWAY onto people, is just bigotry towards people who wish to play another way than yourself. RPGs, and D&D itself exist to allow you to explore fantasy worlds and take part in them instead of just reading a "story" like you find in a book. For some that means fighting giant armies, or solving puzzles, but no one way is the right way for everyone, and anything that promote there is only one correct way to play a TTRPG, unless the system is specifically made so that you can only play it one way, is just wrong and a disservice to all games and gamers. Like i said, this game takes one small vocal group on Twitch as the example of what the entirety of D&D is an exponentially tries to enforce that as the right way to play D&D, which causes problems outside of the Twitch and UA-cam universe where real people play the game of D&D. Nothing wrong with this clone of Gloomhaven existing, but calling it D&D rather than saying it is D&D inspired is a tarnishing of the point of D&D. A board game can never represent D&D anymore than a video game can. The sad truth is this thing will be used as an "introduction" to RPGs which will give false views of what to expect since it is nothing but a board game, and not an RPG.
I agree with everything you said about this board game except for when you said D&D isn't about story telling, it's always been about story telling since the white box. The DM gives the setting and the general plot whereas the players drive the story by the actions of the protagonists. It's always been a story telling game, even in the most basic dungeon delve from the earliest beginnings. The DM and players are co-authors of the story..
@@Fnordathoth You might want to read the white box again "Fantastic Medieval Wargame" its a dungeon crawler. the fact people attempted to add story-telling is their own doing, and Gary himself tried to steer away from that and told people flat out it was NOT about story telling. Neither Gary nor Dave created a game for story-telling, they created adventure games with D&D that would continue play from one game to the next. What else they created outside of D&D has no bearing on D&D itself, and WotC are the ones that added "story-telling" as a descriptor in an attempt to avoid the Satanic Panic resurgence when Demons and Devils were added back to the game in their editions.
@@Shadzar "They created adventure games with d&d that would continue play from one game to the next... i.e. a story where the players are the main characters and focus... look we're both dealing in an argument of semantics here. I have a copy of the white box and yeah, D&D in it's infancy was a dungeon crawler but Arnesen definitely was telling a story with Blackmoor and Gygax likewise created the world of Greyhawk with and for OD&D. For either of then to say story wasn't intended by either of them is disingenuous at best.
This game looks terrible. They should've just made a game that used the map building and monster AI from the Dungeons and Dragons board game series they did (Castle Ravenloft/Rise of Ashaldon) and the leveling and scenario systems of the Dragonfire card game. The encounter mechanic and leveling system from the original board games sucked but the board building mechanic and monster AI were good. This game is a useless product.
Totally agree, the Board Game versions of Dungeons and Dragons are a nice way to get into Full blown Dungeons and Dragons (using minis) like *D&D: Dragon Quest* and the others did in the early years (The more recent board games still can't beat those.. except for the minis) Adventure begins though.. it's too simplified and minimized.. But, considering the price range... Sadly, just like with videogames and its RPGs, its all being simplified to make it mainstream, but these changes always seem to become permanent. Not everything has to become mainstream.
@@MichelBoryoku Worse, such limitation might give the wrong impression of the game. Are people meant to jump from this to the Starter Set, and then to the corebooks? Wasn't Adventures League supposed to handle that introductory slack for any newcomers?
They have too come out with things like this to create revenue. Now days nobody buys the books. They just download them online for free. All the cheap 3d printers out there now people make their minis. If your customer base just copy writes everything its hard to stay in business.
Looks like 4E resurrected as something more "Essential". What's really needed is a Starter Set for how to DM, to show how unscary being a DM is (and no, the DMG doesn't cut it). 3:30 "Players must engage in actual physical activity and be judged Apples vs. Apples style" RUH ROH. 😴 3:48 Rolling the... DaMn die? 😱 5:11 "... so the group can eventually memorize which cards do what, rendering hiding the information useless in time..." 😏 5:27 NEVAH SPLIT DEH PAHTEE! 5:48 "You encounter the dreaded Gatekeeper: Rules Lawyer! Engage in actual argument against the DM over grappling rules, then engage in actual grappling and end friendship." 7:05 "You roll a 1. Your description was all in vain, and now a fumble happens! What? Whaddya mean no fumble in this game? I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER." 7:15 "For every point of damage the hero inflicted"... You mean, subtract from the HP shown instead of reversing the numbers to track any actual damage? I HAVE TO DO MATH?? *table flip* 7:47 Instruction booklet: If the DM says how much damage you've taken, DO MATH to track your HP instead of tracking damage. 7:51 Players: Are we flanking for extra damag- / DM: NO! GET TO MATHING! 8:03 "Describe what 'the better' means..." 8:22 Instruction booklet: Yep, you're officially playing 4E. NOW GET TO MMOing! 8:49 Player: Um, DM, I forgot to flip the card over... AGAIN. The inanimate object is tired and needed to rest up from being inanimate. Can we replay the last three boards? 9:34 "... that all the players can read anyway, because they can see the winning story." Welp, guess I'm buying this... 😣
this seemed like a simplified version to you? The D&D I play, everything is done in 3 steps. 1. DM describes something, person, place, event, action 2. We describe what we want to do in response to Step 1. 3. DM decides if a roll is needed. If so, we roll and then its back to step 1.
Been playing this for a few days now. My personal hack is to have one person play as the dungeon master. This works out better and makes play smoother especially if you are playing with kids.
I play the DM and tell a short story for the kids as each encounter happens. They love it and and it keeps them off the Xbox for a couple hours
waiting for it to arrive to play with kids that was my plan as well.
Iam not familiar with dungeons and dragons but what i have seen it looks a lot like the old Heroes quest. witch did have a dedicated story teller or dungeon master as you call it.
yeah, hoping this will help keep mine off the tablet for a couple hours lol
couple of hours 😂
I bought this just to have because I like nerdy things and thought maybe us as a family could play together. I haven't played dnd in 25 years. My wife never has and hated the idea of doing nerdy things. My 5 year old daughter is up for anything that looks cool. We kinda changed the rules and I played as just the dm weaving a story together as we went.
This game brought us together and we had so much fun. My 5 year old absolutely loved it. The fun I had creating a story and embellishments of their descitions and adventure cards. We laughed and were amused the whole time. Alot of fun. Im glad I purchased this and put the effort in. My daughter repeatedly asks to play. Just change it up. Be the dm and feed off the adventure cards and spin a funny tale for your children. Im glad I purchased this. It took me back and inspired me to just have fun again pretending. Thank you for this video it helped alot.
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It's been a year and we still play. My daughter loves this game. It's allways the first game she brings out on game nights. The pure excitement on her face of the adventure daddy is about take her on sure makes me feel good. 30 bucks and an imagination is all good a time costs. Who knew.
Thats awsome dude. Enjoy. 👍
@@hellohello8556 we still play. The dancing card seems stupid but it really is alot of fun.
@TheLoyalSnake it was on sale. I got it for 25 bucks on Amazon. It's regular 30 I think.
Why all the negativity, they are trying something else with the brand, I think it’s looks great fun and my 8yr old daughter will love it, easy to get out and play with her friends without having to try and teach them 5E.
This is a great game for kids. I’ve found that it’s better if I play the DM for the whole game.
@@billome4921 totally agree Bill and I love creating the world for the players so they can populate it with their ideas.
Because the brand doesn't need anything else.
@@h347h not everything needs to be for you
@@mmavcanuck This is exactly why you have to gate keep. Because people like you come into the hobby and ruin it for the people that are already here.
We have bought this to introduce our boys to D&D.
Perfect timing as our household is down with covid. Perfect way to spend isolation with the children to distract them from feeling rubbish. We've laughed and enjoyed embellishing the stories and all had a go at being dungeon master. Brilliant way to bring a smile to everyone's face
I'm all for more people playing DnD. If a more simplified version of them introduces them to the game, I am all for that. If people are negative about this it's because they forgot how daunting learning this game can be. Those of us from the thac0 era understand that this is like HeroQuest. An easily accessable entry into the genre.
Been playing D&D for a few years now and wanted to show my wife and my 9-yo daughter what the heck dad was doing every week.
They love playing it! And they now understand the basic mechanics. I do freestyle a bit, playing as DM myself and doing some extra world building. Creative decisions or attacks get a harder difficulty when throwing their D20's and critical fails get dramatic results. Next step would be drawing my own map and going off-world. It's some cool little additions like this that add an extra dimension.
Just ordered this to introduce myself and my kids to Dungeons and Dragons.
I’m fairly familiar with it from listening to The Adventure Zone, and I’m loving the idea that my kids can participate and get used to the idea so that when they’re a bit older, we can attack some real campaigns.
A great idea, and a low entry price-point.
Well done WotC
This is an extremely well produced, clear, and concise informational video, great work! 😁
We bought this 3 days ago. It's fun and easy to learn. We play it with our 10yo. I highly recommend it because it's detailed enough to be intriguing and quick enough to keep the younger kids focused. We really like how the more complex games (like D&D, Catan, etc) are making pared-down family versions. The investment is reasonable to start learning how to play before upgrading to the more intricate boards. Thank you for this tutorial too.
we got the catan junior game at christmas and our 5 and 7 year old loved it. another great game is zombie kidz that is evoloution board game kids love unlocking the new envelopes that basically just build on the rules.
@@themadmoderator8465 Thank you! The Zombie game sounds like one our child would like. He really enjoys D&D and Catan already, so why not? I really appreciate the suggestion!😁👍🏼
The concept is actually cool... Experienced DMs can actually customize and add things in the game... well thats what I did and it actually worked great! It solves the limited replayability problem.
This is the best introduction to the genre I'd ever get. I'm so happy
This is a nice way to introduce young children to role playing terms and D&D names.
Ahh Kate I hope so. Just bought it for my nephs and neice and this vid, whilst doing an amazingly clear and conscise job, has made me really unsure that it may be too complicated :/
Heyho. We always underestimate kids as adults dont we? Hope it's playable for them :)*
@@baybolet2683 did they figure it out?
Lol yes def not buying it for myself !
THIS WAS THE MOST HELPFUL THING ON THE INTERNET THANK YOU SO MUCH I CAN PLAY IT RIGHT NEXT TIME
Love this game, as a beginner getting into dnd a pile of complicated books really overwhelmed me so this is a good beginning.
We bought this to play with the kids. Ages 8,10,12 and 15. We all had a blast. ...except my 15 year old lol but she's at that age. Excellent game. We play loads of board games this is still on the top of the stack a year later.
This has been a fantastic way for me to introduce new players to D&D
Tried playing D5e with my 5 and 8 year old... it was a bit too complex, this might be perfect to get the family started! I picked up a copy at Walmart.
This is what my wife and I were thinking. We were delving into the starter D&D campaigns but they're just too much for younger kids. I think I'm going to give this one a try.
My seven year old really likes it.
"All players must get up and dance the dance of their people" - it was at this point I realized the game was not for me :D even though I was looking to play a very light version of D&D boardgame with adults
Your last 2 words revealed the fatal flaw in your plan, friend. This is a great game for a family or with a group of kids (school games club or youth group type deal). Dance the dance of your people, the Charleston for you I would imagine.
Hey this game got my kid into d&d. Nuff said
@@LO-gg6pp exactly
@@RatelHBadger this deserves more likes - I imagine you are an epic DM - the wit and humour in such a concise reply. Love it- "The Dance of my People" I chuckled in the video and pictured me doing the Time Walk .... again :D
@@darkphantomtouch2551 Just a jump to the left....
Never been in interested in dnd until my friend showed me this at party and I’ve never had so much fun would definitely buy and not feel ripped
I made a new thing for this game called “rage mode” exclusive to the boss. When boss reach half hp, it enter rage mode and all attacks deal 2x damage.
I actually just got this for Christmas today. Though I don't have a lot of friends to play with I'm sure I can make it work solo.
I'm actually played solo for a bit. It's fun
Same my brother got it for christmas and this video really helped us out :)
This games looks great. I think is a good introduction to RPG game for kids, it has all the right elements & not so complicated as compare to many others i know. Btw, i like the way you explain about the game. Simple & straight forward. Thanks
I just finished playing Adventure Begins as a solo play through, I played with two characters. I got defeated by the final dragon boss. Seems like a legit intro towards D&D. Enjoyed the board game. Will diffidently give it another go!!!
Just ordered this. It's gonna be perfect for transitioning from Dungeon Mayhem. My cousins have opened up to the world of D&D through that simple card game. They preferred team fights over free for all. Now they get to be a party and I will be the DM 👍🏽
Epic!!!! I m goba buy this for me and my kids
Just ordered this today, and I'm pretty sure it will be a hit after watching this tutorial. GJ! Can't wait to play it with my daughter :)
This is great. I've always like d&d, watching other people play on UA-cam. But never got to try it, because my country it seems hard to find any friends to play board games. And I'm just too busy to go to a game shop. And they mostly play mtg anyway.
I tried learning by myself with some tutorial vids and stuff but it's all too complication without a real person guide. I have no idea what I'm doing more than half the time since I need to be the dm and player at the same time playing by myself. This one will serve well to actually try out.
Played it last night never played dnd but this introduction got me interested.
I mean dnd is a roleplaying game so very diffrent but u can defo go for it
Dude you made the boardgame seem so much BADASS! With your camera work! But the game is fun I bought it I wish there was more cards
It looks actually much better than what I would have thought. The prompts for actual roleplay is a nice touch to introduce new players and the fact that the DM change each turn too is a great idea.
I'm not even a D&D player (I love OSR RPGs yet like DCC, The Black Hack, etc) but I may consider buying this boardgame for super casual play sometimes with friends totally new into RPGs.
I've seen it in the shops. I like the art on the box cover.
When you were too distracted thinking the voice was Seth Meyers and you forgot to listen to the rules. LOL
I am interested in checking it out. More geared toward children and people who literally have no idea what D&D is. I hope not all the DM cards are like “Do a silly dance” or “Say a word that rhymes with ‘boat.” Those cards can be for younger kids. Id rather have cards where players a make a decision based on their abilities. Kinda like the encounter cards in Eldritch Horror. Overall, the price is reasonable and gentle gateway to an even bigger, unlimited world of D&D.
Otto’s irresistible dance is actually a spell in the game dating back at least to the 1989 second edition.
This game looks like a lot of fun
A really nice game for introducing new, younger d&d players. Quite intertaining too. Just wish for a character or two more and more item cards...
I'm sure once it gets popular enough, there will be expansions.
I personally would love to see a sci-fi themed set. Alien grey's, THE BLOB, face huggers etc.
Man this is the best explanation ever thanks very much. 😎
My daughter is 9 and loved this that’s saying a lot in a world of ipads worth the buy if you have kids imo
I feel so left out I wanna start playing this but I’m so confused
Played this last night. It’s ok. Doesn’t really suck me in. I would have titled it My First D&D. Seems to be made for kids. If you have a young one that you would like to introduce to D&D, in a very basic way, this would be a good one.
Its called adventure begins, your fun fast entry into the world of d and d. Lol
Will it be released in French version ?? Pleaaaase 😊🙏
I think this is grest introduce kids to the games . But like other said the parent should be the DM, and use funny voices and others. Gets the kids really engages
Dude that like helped me
Wondering has anyone out there thought of or made their own extra levels, monsters, item cards and characters etc?
I feel like they need to create a rulebook (or how to create) for this board game because it feels like it's perfect to be endlessly creative
I'm in process of buying this game so hopefully I get it soon
Nicely explained, thank you.
This looks fun. Only 4 bosses seems limited though.
Dahnaroo unless you count the sub bosses then there’s 16 total
You can homebrew more cards simply enough
I want to start playing Dungeons and dragons is this a good way to start?
It's a really good intro into the feel. The actual game has so much more, try looking into your local game/comic store and see if they have any games open. The d&d community is pretty welcoming for the most part :)
what are the specifics of how the 10 sided die roll determines the damage that the monster does to the hero?
Bought this because of stranger things. It's good fun with family.
Does rolling a 20 have any effect?
When we reset an enemy's life, does he still make the last counterattack?
I love this game ^^ I've been painting the figures though to give them more life
On the hydra if you role an 8 what the heck do you do???
No armour rolls?
thanks for helping!
I’m confused about the note it says on page 10 does anyone know what it means I need help also how does the monster path work
Not familiar with dungeons and dragons ( never played it ) But it looks verry simular to the old Heroquest board game of the 80s.
But this looks simular.
I agree to these terms.
I never played DnD but wanted something to dip my toes in and the family and I Love this game.
You just have to be good at building a story and creating battles even when it's predetermined. We all have a ton of fun playing it
Is it possible for a fifth person to be a DM while the other 4 play? Just curious.
I don’t see why not
Does anyone know if the item cards are meant to be turned in again after 1 use or not? We played as 4 players and we have run out of item cards as rewards etc...
No, you keep them for the entire game. We also ran out playing with 4. Perhaps you could draw up your own items?
I think in the rules it says they can be used once per zone
Gloomhaven for everrrrr
Where can I get this set ?
eBay £14 an up
Anybody have any sources for custom content in this game like a paladin or monk class cards???
That is a good idea. Make your own bud. It shouldn't be too hard. It's pretty basic.
Can u play this solo? Because the site says 2-4
So quick question if one of the party fought a monster solo and dies can that hero res? Or does he res back to group in core space ? (Obv solution) or does he res to finish killing monster and if so does monster hp resets ? Or does the moneter gets shuffled threw deck . or can the player roll for continued combat ???
I think this one will require to to develop your own house rules!
Awesome Thx
Can I play it online? If I was playing Dungeons and dragons and continue in my adventures after my first one does that mean I have to buy different game boards for different adventures?
No. This is a basic board game. You don't roll characters. There is no expansions. When you get to the end you change the 4 board zones around and select different bosses and you start again.
Kids of the 70s and 80s never had the luxury of fantasy video games so they had to use their imagination.
What if d&d was a miniature wargaming?
What if miniature wargaming is curse like jumanji?!
I am here because of Big bang theory!
Ik it's been 2 years, but this isn't what real dnd is..... It's a adaptaion
Wow
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I thought d n d was an online rpg multiplayer game
Jesus christ there's trailers for board games
This is a huge step down from the adventure system games.
Красиво придумали, d&d на минималках. Одно плохо, текста много, сейчас все больше востребованна инфографика...
Exactly!
Meh too different from normal rules to be useful as an introductory game.
This game clearly tries to emulate Gloomhaven, and has much more limited replay-ability than the other games of this variant. Enemies always appear in the same order, making for redundant repetitive play, with limited end results, as well it tries to be about "storytelling" which misses the point of D&D.
If people are going to try so fervently to remake HeroQuest, then HASBRO has the power to do so, while removing the GW connection, just remaking HeroQuest board game with a new name and without Citadel miniatures. This game proves the ability to make the minis is within HASBRO's power, so they just need to design a new "map" board, and replace Zargon/Morcar with the DM name of their choice.. how about Halaster Blackcloak, and make an endless dungeon out of Undermountain to replicate HeroQuest with? Then you have the HeroQuest gameplay with fully owned HASBRO IP, without trying to be other board games, and it keeps to D&D rather than being some fake storytelling apparatus.
For the price of this thing and only able to play it about 4~8 times before it repeats itself, it is very poorly thought out. This concept would have been better for a mobile app like that Tomb of Annihilation game.
Pretty sure all RPGs are about storytelling. This board game misses the point of that by forgoing the storytelling aspect affecting the outcome. It's a railroad.
@@commandercaptain4664 "Pretty sure all RPGs are about storytelling." No, they are not, and this is a systemic problem in modern gamers that think so. Some are made specifically for telling stories, while others are abused for that purpose by people who have no other idea how how to play them, or who blindly think Critical Role and the trash that Matt Mercer does is what RPGs are about.
Trying to force this ONETRUEWAY onto people, is just bigotry towards people who wish to play another way than yourself.
RPGs, and D&D itself exist to allow you to explore fantasy worlds and take part in them instead of just reading a "story" like you find in a book. For some that means fighting giant armies, or solving puzzles, but no one way is the right way for everyone, and anything that promote there is only one correct way to play a TTRPG, unless the system is specifically made so that you can only play it one way, is just wrong and a disservice to all games and gamers.
Like i said, this game takes one small vocal group on Twitch as the example of what the entirety of D&D is an exponentially tries to enforce that as the right way to play D&D, which causes problems outside of the Twitch and UA-cam universe where real people play the game of D&D. Nothing wrong with this clone of Gloomhaven existing, but calling it D&D rather than saying it is D&D inspired is a tarnishing of the point of D&D. A board game can never represent D&D anymore than a video game can. The sad truth is this thing will be used as an "introduction" to RPGs which will give false views of what to expect since it is nothing but a board game, and not an RPG.
I agree with everything you said about this board game except for when you said D&D isn't about story telling, it's always been about story telling since the white box. The DM gives the setting and the general plot whereas the players drive the story by the actions of the protagonists. It's always been a story telling game, even in the most basic dungeon delve from the earliest beginnings. The DM and players are co-authors of the story..
@@Fnordathoth You might want to read the white box again "Fantastic Medieval Wargame" its a dungeon crawler. the fact people attempted to add story-telling is their own doing, and Gary himself tried to steer away from that and told people flat out it was NOT about story telling. Neither Gary nor Dave created a game for story-telling, they created adventure games with D&D that would continue play from one game to the next.
What else they created outside of D&D has no bearing on D&D itself, and WotC are the ones that added "story-telling" as a descriptor in an attempt to avoid the Satanic Panic resurgence when Demons and Devils were added back to the game in their editions.
@@Shadzar "They created adventure games with d&d that would continue play from one game to the next... i.e. a story where the players are the main characters and focus... look we're both dealing in an argument of semantics here. I have a copy of the white box and yeah, D&D in it's infancy was a dungeon crawler but Arnesen definitely was telling a story with Blackmoor and Gygax likewise created the world of Greyhawk with and for OD&D. For either of then to say story wasn't intended by either of them is disingenuous at best.
This game looks terrible. They should've just made a game that used the map building and monster AI from the Dungeons and Dragons board game series they did (Castle Ravenloft/Rise of Ashaldon) and the leveling and scenario systems of the Dragonfire card game. The encounter mechanic and leveling system from the original board games sucked but the board building mechanic and monster AI were good. This game is a useless product.
Totally agree, the Board Game versions of Dungeons and Dragons are a nice way to get into Full blown Dungeons and Dragons (using minis) like *D&D: Dragon Quest* and the others did in the early years (The more recent board games still can't beat those.. except for the minis)
Adventure begins though.. it's too simplified and minimized.. But, considering the price range...
Sadly, just like with videogames and its RPGs, its all being simplified to make it mainstream, but these changes always seem to become permanent. Not everything has to become mainstream.
@@MichelBoryoku Worse, such limitation might give the wrong impression of the game. Are people meant to jump from this to the Starter Set, and then to the corebooks? Wasn't Adventures League supposed to handle that introductory slack for any newcomers?
They have too come out with things like this to create revenue. Now days nobody buys the books. They just download them online for free. All the cheap 3d printers out there now people make their minis. If your customer base just copy writes everything its hard to stay in business.
Looks like 4E resurrected as something more "Essential". What's really needed is a Starter Set for how to DM, to show how unscary being a DM is (and no, the DMG doesn't cut it).
3:30 "Players must engage in actual physical activity and be judged Apples vs. Apples style" RUH ROH. 😴
3:48 Rolling the... DaMn die? 😱
5:11 "... so the group can eventually memorize which cards do what, rendering hiding the information useless in time..." 😏
5:27 NEVAH SPLIT DEH PAHTEE!
5:48 "You encounter the dreaded Gatekeeper: Rules Lawyer! Engage in actual argument against the DM over grappling rules, then engage in actual grappling and end friendship."
7:05 "You roll a 1. Your description was all in vain, and now a fumble happens! What? Whaddya mean no fumble in this game? I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER."
7:15 "For every point of damage the hero inflicted"... You mean, subtract from the HP shown instead of reversing the numbers to track any actual damage? I HAVE TO DO MATH?? *table flip*
7:47 Instruction booklet: If the DM says how much damage you've taken, DO MATH to track your HP instead of tracking damage.
7:51 Players: Are we flanking for extra damag- / DM: NO! GET TO MATHING!
8:03 "Describe what 'the better' means..."
8:22 Instruction booklet: Yep, you're officially playing 4E. NOW GET TO MMOing!
8:49 Player: Um, DM, I forgot to flip the card over... AGAIN. The inanimate object is tired and needed to rest up from being inanimate. Can we replay the last three boards?
9:34 "... that all the players can read anyway, because they can see the winning story."
Welp, guess I'm buying this... 😣
or I can play DND
Not if u have kids under 10 m'dude
@@LO-gg6pp Never too early to learn
@@summermermaidstar756 ever tried teaching d&d to a bunch of 1st graders ? 😏
@@LO-gg6pp I've learned harder games in first grade, just give them a class that is simple enough to play and offer guidance.
@@summermermaidstar756 it's a no then 😆
popmie
bad argumnen bro
I’m here from stranger things
Wtf this game is being playing by lots of dads lol.
This game is waaaaay too complicated
...it'll be easier to get kids to learn D&D 5e
😂 5e is way easier and less complicated
As a parent who has never played this is way easier than learning 5e then trying to teach me kids with no knowledge
lame
So, d&d for the short-bus children...?
this seemed like a simplified version to you? The D&D I play, everything is done in 3 steps.
1. DM describes something, person, place, event, action
2. We describe what we want to do in response to Step 1.
3. DM decides if a roll is needed. If so, we roll and then its back to step 1.
this BGAY... HEROQUEST
Its pretty lame I'm sorry
Ugh those minis are awful. I guess if I got this on sale I could use some of my more elaborate minis for this game.
Insert picture of Winnie-the-Pooh
in a tux with monocle and top hat here.
@@explodingevo yes
Duh obviously they're awful, its a children's gameb