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World of Warcraft Board Game

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Take on the role of a chivalrous paladin or a wise shaman, a holy priest or a vile warlock, a mighty mage or a crafty rogue. Play as a savage orc, a mighty tauren, a tribal troll, or one of the Forsaken undead; become an ingenious gnome, a doughty dwarf, a mysterious Night Elf, or a noble human. Based on the popular World of Warcraft Massively Multiplayer Online Game from Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft: the Board Game invites the players to choose from 16 characters, drawn from the eight races and nine character classes of the Warcraft universe, and take up arms for the glory of the Horde... or the Alliance. Travel across Lordaeron, vanquish monsters, gain experience and power, and earn honor for your faction. World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a team-based fantasy adventure. The Horde and the Alliance factions must compete to be the first to defeat the invincible Overlord -- be it the lich-king Kel'Thuzad, the dragon Nefarian, or the demon Kazzak -- or, failing that, to be the last faction standing when it comes to all-out war!

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Product Details

Product Length:	23.25 inches
Product Width:	4.25 inches
Product Height:	11.75 inches
Product Weight:	12.0 pounds
Package Length:	23.3 inches
Package Width:	11.6 inches
Package Height:	4.1 inches
Package Weight:	9.2 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 8 reviews

Features

More than 125 plastic figures crafted from 29 individual sculpts
More than 1,000 high-quality componets!
World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a fantasy adventure board game for 2-6 players, playable in 2-4

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 4.0

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World of Warcraft Board Game Dec 18, 2007
World of Warcraft boardgame seems at first to be ultra-expensive. But for what you get, and the outstanding quality of the pieces and components, it is a fair price. It's a great game. Takes about 4 - 6 hours for 2 - 6 players to complete. Great companion to the on line game.

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Good for the first hour... or two... Dec 17, 2007
The WOW board game is a well put together game overall, and relatively fun to play... at first.

I'm not going to rehash the points made by the other reviewers, as they are valid, but the overall experience is what leads me with a middle of the road review.

The game is great from the standpoint that you incorporate RPG elements in "building" your character... the quests and items all lend a distinct flavor to the game, but the mechanics of the game are what drag down the rating.

From a fun factor standpoint (which is why we play GAMES, no?) the game drags you along for a 4+ hour ride. At first, it is relatively enjoyable.. but eventually the game wears thin and gets repetitive. VERY repetitive, despite the various quests.

Eventually it becomes not much more than a turn-swapping, roll massive amounts of dice ordeal. Combine this with one "slow" player or a "tactically slow/meticulous" player and you could find yourself waiting in excess of 20 minutes for a turn to come up.

The beginning of the game moves quickly, but as the mechanics stay the same and the game does not mature with the character progression, the game is doomed by folks waiting on line for a turn. It almost seems as if the game can be played independently from the other players save when a PvP element is introduced into play. Based on this standpoint, luck is often the determining factor in who is the victor (who drew the better cards, strategy aside).

So it's good, it's long, and then it gets strained... and eventually the strain saps the fun out a promising idea.

5 of 6 found the following review helpful:

Just play the computer game Aug 26, 2007
Just play the computer game. This game is long, contains hundreds of little cardboard bits (but not enough of certain ones), and has way too many rules. If you like games with those values, it is a good game. I didn't find it particularly enjoyable. The rules are VERY well crafted, there were no "rule says this, no it doesn't" fights. For as many as there are, they were straight forward and easy to understand. But good mechanics do not change the tedious nature of the game play. We spent 6 hours playing the 30 rounds of the game, and I left before the PVP section started.

One thing that really needs to change is the way the blue monsters are handled. Only quests give you anything and blue monsters aren't associated with quests, so everyone avoids them and they become pointless roadblocks everywhere.

For the price, the minis should have been painted. They are well sculpted but many were badly molded and trimmed. The Wizards minis are farm better quality.

This game is made by the same company that did Arkham Horror, and they are rather similar. WOW has better rules, but Arkham Horror is far more fun (subjectively speaking, that one still takes forever too but I enjoy it much more).

9 of 9 found the following review helpful:

Skeptical about a WoW board game? Believe it, they pulled it off. Feb 10, 2007
I had first read about the World of Warcraft board game in an issue of Game Informer. How could a game as epic as WoW could be made into a board game? What about all the small details everyone loves from the PC game? PvP? Raids? Loot? Rest assured, it's all here.

This game is HUGE. That's the only word for it. There are over 1,000 pieces. Anyone curious about the steep price tag, trust me, you get what you pay for. The pieces are very well sculpted. The character pieces are not painted (would have been nice), and the monsters could not be painted. Monsters are a fairly unattractive array of blue, green and red. Everything else in the box (including the box itself) looks great. The amount of graphics from the PC game are endless. Fans will love to see how much graphic detail was put into the visuals of this game.

Like many of FFG's games, there are a ton of rules. They aren't hard, there's just alot. I won't go into detail on them, but instead say what I don't like. The setup time for this game takes forever. There's just so many pieces and cards that need to be set up and distributed. If you have several players and everyone helps, it isn't so bad. But if it's just two players, get ready for 30-45 minutes of setup.

The game is extremely long. Not really a bad thing, since it is alot of fun, but the downtime between each player's turn can make for some boredom. The more players, the worse it is.

And my third and final gripe is that there really isn't an incentive to fight independent monsters. Some monsters are fought to complete quests, but random monsters are "generated" with each new quest card. And independent monsters are tough! It's mandatory to fight them if you encounter them, and being as difficult as they are, some reward should have been given. This problem is addressed in the expansion "Shadow of War."

Fans of the PC game curious about the game shouldn't be deterred by my comments however. This is a great buy for any WoW fan with alot of time to kill. It's not perfect, but impressive none the less.

3 of 4 found the following review helpful:

Impressed.... Jan 20, 2007
Regarding the vendor, fast speedy delivery. I put my order in late- but still managed to receive it the day after Christmas, which was perfect. As for the game itself, quality materials- it doesn't feel cheaply made. They really did 'go all out' on it. It is also a very fun game, in many ways feels more rewarding than playing the online version because it engages you more than pressing a few buttons. You feel the accomplishment of finishing a quest and defeating your enemies and quest rewards are great. Also the stories on the quest card, when read out loud really makes you feel like you're roleplaying at the same time :) Awesome game- I definiately recommend it for those burnt out of the online version and for those that love the online version.