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(More customer reviews)Having played (and enjoyed!) FFG's other World of Warcraft boardgame (henceforth WoWBG) many times, we thought we'd give the Adventure Game version (henceforth WoWTAG) a try. It was a lot more than just a pared down retranslation of the larger game; in fact, WoWTAG was an entirely different kind of game.
Both games tackle different aspects of the online game whose name they borrow. WoWBG fantastically implemented the different character classes: the feeling of leveling up characters, learning spells, and evolving one's talent tree. Teamwork was also a big emphasis and mobs were all represented with little plastic figurines (or dolls, if you like). Questing, however, solely involved kill quests.
WoWTAG involves less of the minutiae of character management and focuses more on translating the feeling of Azeroth's atmosphere. There are travel quests, kill quests, and pvp quests. And the rewards one picks up are much more diverse. The game uses a system of limiting one's geographical boundaries based on one's character's level (much as the online game does) - we found this helpful for keeping us from biting off more than we can chew.
Having played all four character classes, we're happy at how differently they play and yet how they really do seem to balance well. We're looking forward to the release of other character packs as expansions next month--which we're also hoping will allow us to bump the max number of players up from four to around six (four tends to limit who we can play with). WoWTAG also moves at a much quicker clip than WoWBG, which tends to bog down in later rounds when players become embroiled in much more complicated fights.
When comparing the two games, my wife (who's never played the online game) prefers WoWTAG--as WoWBG is slightly more complicated than she'd prefer. I personally prefer WoWBG (though not by a huge margin) mostly because I really enjoy the character-building aspect of that game (and like putting together a nice frost mage or a feral durid!).
And of course, both of us prefer Puerto Rico! (but since you can't always play the same game, both WoW boardgames have found happy places in our round of backups.
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World of Warcraft: the Adventure Game is an exciting and fast-paced journey through the world of Azeroth for 2 to 4 players. Choose your favorite hero and embark on an epic journey from humble beginnings to immense power, battling vicious monsters, powerful overlords, and your treacherous fellow players! Will you be the mightiest hero in all the land?
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