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3 years ago ::
Oct 05, 2010 - 5:01PM
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What does everyone think of the game. Is it worth it
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3 years ago ::
Oct 05, 2010 - 5:17PM
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Date Joined:
Sep 20, 2004
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It is amazing. One of the best products I have put my money towards. I have convinced a large number of people to play, including people that don't play D&D, and they all love it.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 05, 2010 - 5:25PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 29, 2003
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I have been looking forward to this game since it was announced. It is a great buy, I do have to admit I wish that the minis where prepainted like DDM but understand its a cost thing. I do hope WOTC plans on expanding this game. The second release so far looks like more of the same. This game seems to have many possibilities I do hope they are explored.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 06, 2010 - 2:14AM
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Date Joined:
Jul 11, 2008
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It is amazing. One of the best products I have put my money towards. I have convinced a large number of people to play, including people that don't play D&D, and they all love it.
I'm too sleepy to type something of my own, so I will just agree in full with Cyber-Dave. The game is awesome. Staying up too late playing it is actually the reason I'm so sleepy right now.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 06, 2010 - 2:17AM
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Date Joined:
May 20, 2007
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i do have questions for those who played the game, initially i was very excited about this product becuase im am a huge ravenloft fan.
after watching the vids posted on u tube however, it didn't match what i thought would be in my head.
so the top three questions i have are;
1: can the game be played from start through finish and level the players far beyond 2?
2: i have heard this game is a great gateway to 4th edition, but, what about as a game that can stand on its own merits? such as for a group that isn't fond of 4th, can they still play this and have just as much fun?
3: how does the puzzle piece board translate as a set of maps for castle ravenloft? this is the part i need help with the most, not trashing it... just cant see it.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 06, 2010 - 3:03AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 10, 2010
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1: Sort've, and no. You could play through the adventures in order, but it's not really structured like a campaign. However, nothing carries over from one game to the next.
2: Can't speak for everyone, but a friend from work who has never played D&D of any kind, and has absolutely no interest in playing, had a great deal of fun with Ravenloft.
3: Basically, if you end your Hero phase at the edge of a tile that can potentially continue on open hallway, open room, etc.) you can choose to explore further and draw a random tile. It's basically a random dungeon generator, with some guidelines depending on the adventure you're playing. For example, most of the scenarios I've played tell you to pull out a specific location (the Laboratory for example), mix it with three other tiles randomly, and then place those four tiles eight tiles down in the random stack. That way the final goal will appear somewhere between the 9th and 12th tile.
The random dungeon generation is one of the best things about the game, it keeps it from always being the same.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 07, 2010 - 5:41PM
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Date Joined:
Nov 27, 2006
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1: can the game be played from start through finish and level the players far beyond 2?
You can play them in order, but nothing carries over from scenario to scenario.
2: i have heard this game is a great gateway to 4th edition, but, what about as a game that can stand on its own merits? such as for a group that isn't fond of 4th, can they still play this and have just as much fun?
It works perfectly well as a stand alone board game (because it is).
That said, if the people you play with don't like 4e? They almost certainly won't like this game. It IS 4e - simplified a few degrees & made into board game form....
3: how does the puzzle piece board translate as a set of maps for castle ravenloft? this is the part i need help with the most, not trashing it... just cant see it.
NOT AT ALL. You will not get a set of tiles representing the classic Castle Ravenloft map in this box.
What you will get are a bunch of square, generic looking, tiles that have piles of bones on some squares & in some places coffins labled with familiar names.
Sure, you could use these in a Ravenloft RPG session. But you'll never build that castle out of them.
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3 years ago ::
Oct 08, 2010 - 12:43AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 15, 2007
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This is the first real full coop dungeon crawl since Warhammer Quest that I know of and I had great expectations. They have been fulfilled. It's fast - it's fun and the scenarios are well designed - we even convinced a former non-fantasy game guy to play with us regularely now. If you compare it to Descent from FFG it does not have as much depth in gameplay, but that is due to having no "evil overlord" controlling the monsters. On the other hand I'll play CR all day over Descent because it is MUCH faster and smoother. (In my opinion CR still offers me enough tactical decisions to enjoy my self - it's easy to learn, not hard to improve your playstyle but in my opinion very hard to master (get a perfect run with perfect positioning of the monsters and players to get the most out of your abilities and moves each time) The only thing that disappoints me a bit at the moment is the lack of official material (new scenarios and heros or stuff), but then again it is only out since 1 or 2 months so I guess I'll have to give wizards some time  How could they push Wrath back to February... I'm so addicted 
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3 years ago ::
Oct 08, 2010 - 5:24AM
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Date Joined:
May 20, 2007
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thank you amnesiac and ccs, both of you have helped me and my rpg bank on to purchase =]
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3 years ago ::
Oct 08, 2010 - 9:47AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 28, 2009
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My wife (whom I've been trying to get to play D&D with me for about 10 years) played it and loved it. She was even recapping the action for her sister and her husband, sharing war stories such as "we entered the chapel and there was a ghoul. I sliced it open with one attack and got the Icon!"
I think it's super fun and a great value. The components are high quality, the adventures are a blast, and the rules are easy even for a new player.
I wholeheartedly recommend it to any fan of adventure games.
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