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Originally Posted by dsavillian
The D&D theme is not really necessary to the game at all, but for those who are familiar with the genre it adds a bit extra to the game.
It's a much easier game compared to Agricola and we found that it was less "multiplayer solitaire" than Agricola.
The concept of the game is as follows:
- Each player is a Lord/Lady trying to gain favor in Waterdeep
- Each player gets agents to send around the city doing work for them. Usually this involves collecting "adventurers" aka. those little wooden cubes that are called Thieves/Clerics/etc.
- Each action square on the board can only be used by one player per round, so there is direct conflict over the limited resources available
- Each player has a series of quests to complete. You complete a quest by spending a combination of wealth and adventurers. Quests often reward victory points and usually offer some additional benefit as well.
- You earn bonus points for completing quests that match your Lord's persona
- You can also build extra buildings around town to unlock new actions for your agents. The owners of these buildings get a benefit if someone else uses them.
- Each player has a hand of cards that they can use to help themselves or hinder their opponents.
The game is really easy to learn. It only took my wife an I an hour and a half to finish our first game (set up, learning and completion).
The theme isn't necessary at all (my wife kept calling the wizards the "purple guys") but if you want to participate in the theme you can.
It's $50, so it might be a "try before you buy" game if you don't have a lot of experience with games like this one. If your group is new to games like Agricola, I'd recommend this game over Agricola 9 times out of 10.
I should also mention that my wife hates Agricola, but she really enjoyed this game.
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Reading on BGG, it seems to play quite differently with 2 players than it does with 3 or 4. That may be something to take into consideration before buying it.
It's getting some pretty great word-of-mouth.