Bardsung: Legend of the Ancient Forge Review

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We review Bardsung: Legend of the Ancient Forge, a dungeon crawler board game published by Steamforged Games. In Bardsung: Legend of the Ancient Forge, players are taking their heroes on a quest through the chapter's story.

“Halt!” called out the border guard. I stopped my cart, ignoring my horse’s protests.

A guard with “Hello, my name is TONY” sewn into his leather jerkin stepped out of the guardhouse. “You are attempting to leave our blessed land of Dicearefunville. I cannot allow it!”

“Why is that?” I queried.

“War has erupted in the neighboring land of Boringcubeopolis! The twin brothers Andrew and Chris cannot agree on the perfect cube size. It is not safe for you to pass!” Before I could ask another question, he disappeared into the guardhouse, quickly reappearing with a giant box in his hand.

“What is… Bardsung?” I asked, squinting to read the name on the box.

“It is a game that will not only entertain you but will also dissuade you from ever entering Boringcubeopolis again.” He leaned in conspiratorially and whispered, “It is said those that enter fall into an endless dreaming state of converting resources and moving cubes… I would not wish that upon my worst enemy!”

He handed me the enormous box and stepped back. My cart sunk into the dirt.

“So, in the name of Dicearefunville, please accept this gift and return home.” I complied, my horse neighing angrily at the added weight of the cart.

That is the true story of how I received my copy of Bardsung.

Bardsung is a cooperative fantasy campaign dungeon crawler for one to five players. For this review, I played games with three players.

The campaign is sprawling, with choices leading to different Chapters (quests), so all 31 Chapters will not be experienced in a