Legend of Drizzt Unboxing

Don't you fail me now Drizzt!!!

So yeah, when I first looked at getting some Dungeon Crawlers a few months back I turned to the Dungeons and Dragons Adventure System Games, Castle Ravenloft and Wrath of Ashardalon, they're not terrible games, but neither are they brilliant games. No, I'd say they were average I guess. I even inflicted them on girls, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. So I really did give the first two games a thorough going over, and despite them having pretty solid mechanics and components the whole experience fell some way short of actually what we as a group of gamers wanted. They also felt a little bit soulless,  a devoid of flair or character. So I'm hoping the third in the series of D&D Adventure Games, 'Legend of Drizzt' can address some of the issues that I personally had with the first two games, in short I'm hoping it's third time lucky for Wizards of the Coast.

After removal of the lid, you are rewarded with this view

Take the 2 rulebooks out and the first 5 card sheets and you'll see this

Remove the plastic box divider and you'll see the remaining 8 card sheets

All 13 card sheets, containing floor tiles and tokens

The game has two decks of cards, normal and advanced

All 33 bad guys. These look slightly better than the previous games.

There appears to be a wider selection of good guys!

Right, I know I haven't played the game yet, but there are a number of things that have got me a little bit excited for this latest D&D Adventure System Game:

1. The wider selection of characters is a bonus. The lack of choice in the other two games did let them down. Sure it's not the 20 odd options you get with Descent, but it is a welcom boost nontheless.
2. The floor tiles. In the previous two games, Castle Ravenloft and Wrath of Ashardalon, I criticised the floor tiles for quite frankly being bland, and totally devoid of any character. The floor tiles in this box are actually quite characterful a detailed. I can't stress enough how important a good looking board is to the enjoyment of a game.
3. The inclusion of two decks, one normal and one advanced should hopefully solve the issues I had of Castle Ravenloft being too easy and Wrath of Ashardalon being spot on, in terms of challenge but totally devoid of the character Ravenloft had.

Yeah, I think Wizards of the Coast could possibly have listened to various criticisms and maybe, just maybe they've got the mix right with this one. We can but hope, and after some rigorous Dungeon Crawling I'll let you all know. Peace out!