The Mysterious Chamber
Wrath of Ashardalon Excerpts
The lands around Firestorm Peak have grown restless. The few villages near the volcano have been besieged by marauding bands of orcs and kobolds, and more dangerous horrors lurk in the shadows. Worst of all, a new villain calls the mountain home—the terrifying red dragon Ashardalon has turned the volcano into its lair.
Hope appears in the form of a band of Adventurers that arrive in the village of Longbridge, hidden away in the foothills of Firestorm Peak. They are welcomed, but the village elders have little hope that their plight will change. Brave Heroes regularly attempt to destroy the evil within Firestorm Peak, but none have ever returned from the dungeon beneath the volcano. Perhaps these new Heroes will be the ones to stop the red dragon Ashardalon and save the village of Longbridge….
The Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game is a cooperative adventure game—with rules familiar to fans of the Castle Ravenloft Board Game. You and your fellow Heroes work as a team to succeed in the adventures that unfold within the dungeon beneath the volcano. You either win together or lose together.
Each player selects a Hero, who has come to Firestorm Peak to seek fame and fortune or to fight the evil hiding below the mountain. Choose from the Dragonborn Wizard, Human Cleric, Elf Paladin, Half-Orc Rogue, and Dwarf Fighter in this box, or a Hero from the Castle Ravenloft Board Game. The Heroes explore the dungeons below the mountain, find treasure, fight monsters, and uncover mysterious chambers.
With a little help from you, the game chooses the monsters you battle, the encounters you meet, and the halls you explore.
In today’s preview, we wanted to showcase one of the scenarios from Wrath of Ashardalon, including new optional rules unique to this board game.
Now if they released a Dark Sun or Gamma World box featuring the same rules, i'd be doing backflips.
More classes would be great and I would love to see an article on DDI on how to convert a character from the RPG.
The minis also look great in this set, probably even better than those in Ravenloft.
The other thing I would love to see if campaign rules so you can take a character through Ravenloft and then Wrath keeping treasure and gaining levels.
I don't think that would be part of this set but it could easily be a mini expansion.
Does this one have different classes than Ravenloft? If they use the same base rules, it'd make there even more incentive to buy both.
The article lists the new characters
"Dragonborn Wizard, Human Cleric, Elf Paladin, Half-Orc Rogue, and Dwarf Fighter"
So new race/class combinations, but only one actual new class (Paladin).
Ah, I missed that.
Luckily, I'm a paladin fan.
Odd to see a d-born wizard though, surprised it wasn't a sorceror.
I think they are doing a Neverwinter version as well. Notice the Neverwinter blurb on the main page from 4 months ago mentions they are doing a RPG & Boardgame to go with the novels and computer games.
I hope it is a boardgame like Ravenloft/Ashardalon!
There was supposed to be a neverwinter book that gave us the Bladesinger. It was one of the books that got cancelled.
The Neverwinter Campaign book was not cancelled.
My apologies.