A few weeks ago Blizzard posted on their site about the World of Warcraft boardgame. Being as how we happen to enjoy WoW we thought it might be nice to give the game a shot so we gave the folks over at Fantasy Flight Games a call. They sent us a copy of World of Warcraft The Board Game and we decided to give it a shot …
Like any planned event, we started late, but we were pretty excited. Fantasy Flight Games was kind enough to send us a review copy of their World of Warcraft boardgame, and if there’s anything we love as much as computer games, it’s boardgames.
Right about now you’re probably wondering what a World of Warcraft boardgame would be like. Is it a rebranded Monopoly? Does it play like Risk? You’d probably be surprised. Here’s the concept: Two teams of 2-3 characters, balanced evenly between Horde and Alliance, spend 30 rounds exploring Lordaeron, completing quests, gaining levels, training skills, gathering equipment, and generally preparing for a large battle. There are two ways to win – either one team manages to kill the overlord, essentially a boss mob, or there is a final PvP battle to determine the winner.
Before we dig into the gameplay though, let’s start at the beginning. It all started at 9:30 pm, on Friday…
Check out the full review here (There are pictures too!)
A very special thanks to Fantasy Flight Games for giving us the chance to play this game.
