Dungeons & Dragons will be the focus of the next Horrified, a popular tabletop game published by Ravensburger. Dungeons & Dragons is both a brand and a tabletop RPG focused on fantasy adventure. The overall franchise has grown tremendously in recent years, buoyed by appearances on shows like Stranger Things and interest from celebrities. D&D’s parent company Hasbro has also been building up the D&D brand with a series of crossovers, ranging from collaborations with LEGO and Converse to new video games and even tabletop games made by other publishers.
Ravensburger has announced via Polygon that it will be releasing a new installment of its Horrified board game franchise based on Dungeons & Dragons. The game, aptly named Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons, will feature players working together to defeat iconic D&D monsters. Few other details were provided about the new game but it will feature the beholder as one of the monsters needing to be vanquished. The game will also use a D20 in some fashion, a first for the Horrified game franchise. The new game will be released this summer.
How Horrified: Dungeons & Dragons Works
Horrified Involves Collecting Items And Dodging Monsters
The Horrified franchise has several common elements between games, with players traveling between locations on a board to avoid monsters and collect items. Each monster has a different win condition of some kind, which usually involves collecting specific kinds of items or securing objectives on different parts of the board. Monsters can attack players, although players can negate damage by sacrificing items. When players are successfully hit by a monster, a doom tracker advances, signaling that the monsters are one step closer to victory.
Complicating matters are NPCs that need to be escorted across the board. If a monster attacks the NPC, they are automatically defeated (thus advancing the doom tracker.) However, if an NPC reaches their destination, players get valuable one-use perks that can be used to skip over monster phases or move a player to a specific location of their choosing. Players win if all monsters are defeated, while they lose if the doom tracker reaches its final destination.
Our Take: Dungeons & Dragons And Horrified Are A Good Pairing
Iconic D&D Monsters Should Go Well With Horrified’s Game Mechanics
Horrified is one of my favorite semi-casual games (and is perfect for Halloween) and I own every installment. The games are generally balanced and exciting, with many games coming down to a critical turn to determine victory or defeat. Dungeons & Dragons is actually a good fit for Horrified, with unique monsters that should provide plenty of room for unique win conditions.
I’m curious how the D20 will be factored into the game, since previous Horrified games already have a ton of components but relatively easy-to-understand rules. I’m looking forward to getting full details of this new Dungeons & Dragons game this summer.
Source: Polygon
Dungeons and Dragons
- Original Release Date
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1974
- Publisher
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TSR Inc., Wizards of the Coast
- Designer
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E. Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson
- Player Count
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2-7 Players
