We review Tales from the Red Dragon Inn, a dungeon crawling board game published by Slugfest Games. Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is a light dungeon crawler for fans of the genre.
Ok. I am one and done with my break from cooperative fantasy games. Thank you, River of Gold!
As a reminder, I recently reviewed a fantasy boss battler, Kinfire Chronicles: Night’s Fall, to which I gave a glowing 4.5 stars.
This was followed up with another 4.5 star review with the fantasy adventure game Euthia: Torment of Resurrection.
It is now time for a fantasy dungeon crawler. I present to you Tales from the Red Dragon Inn!
Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is set in the Red Dragon Inn universe, created by Slugfest Games. Previous games were centered around the titular inn and the shenanigans between adventurers after they have returned from questing. This game focuses on the actual dungeon crawling.
Did Tales from the Red Dragon Inn continue the streak of great fantasy games I have reviewed this year? Or are the Tales simply drunken boasts that do not live up to the hype?
NOTE: This will be a spoiler-free review
Tales from the Red Dragon Inn is a cooperative fantasy dungeon crawler for one to four players. It is also a campaign game, with 25 scenarios split across five chapters. Each scenario lasts between an hour and 90 minutes with two players, increasing up to two hours with higher player counts and/or scenario complexity.
Each scenario has its own win and loss conditions. The round structure is split across three phases; however, each scenario might have steps unique to that scenario. The basic round structure is as follows:
Rounds are repeated until either the win or loss condition is met.
What made me want to slay more monsters and drink more mead
My favorite aspect of Tales From the Red Dragon Inn is its streamlined combat. Slugfest clearly wanted to focus on the fun of a dungeon crawl. Most importantly, every attack hits. No whiffs. No frustration. You attack, you hit. You
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