The Goonies: Under the Goondocks – A Never Say Die Expansion Review

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We review The Goonies: Under the Goondocks, an expansion for the Goonies Never Say Die Board Game. Published by Funko Games, The Goonies: Under the Goondocks adds new characters and missions to the Goonies board game.

Let me take you back to a glorious time, one filled with magic and the wide-eyed wonder of youthful ignorance. The date was August 19, 2021 and my review of The Goonies: Never Say Die had just been published right here on Board Game Quest. I liked the game quite a bit, but more importantly the reviews of my review were outstanding. People from all corners of the internet were clamoring for more and I told them, humbly, “You’ll get more when there is more to be gotten.”

Well here we are: six months later and finally, everyone can get more gotten by me. (Or something like that. Editor, please fix that so I still sound brain-strong or whatever that word is.)

The Goonies: Under the Goondocks – A Never Say Die Expansion adds new characters, villains, and adventures to the mix. Is the expansion a necessary addition to the base game? Will this review be as well-received as the one I wrote for the base game? You’re just a few short paragraphs away from finding out the answer to both questions.

The Goonies: Under the Goondocks – A Never Say Die Expansion doesn’t change the gameplay from the base set, but rather includes additional heroes to choose from and introduces new villains as well as a few game concepts over the course of its three adventures. Without going into too much detail: the villains can now poison the heroes and one of the boss-level baddies can mutate and change forms. The first adventure in this set also has a fun searching objective that was different than anything found in the base game. (I’ll