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Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game is a dungeon crawling board game that Parker Brothers, then a division of Hasbro, released in 2002. It adapts the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game created by Wizards of the Coast into a boxed tabletop format meant for two or more players. Each participant controls a pre generated adventurer with its own abilities rather than building a character from scratch, and combat, trap detection and the turning of undead creatures are resolved with a set of specialized dice rather than the traditional polyhedral dice used in the source role playing game. Players can work through printed quest scenarios included in the box or use a blank map template to lay out their own dungeon and write their own adventure. The set was distributed only in European markets rather than receiving a general release in North America, making it a comparatively uncommon entry point into the D&D board game line for collectors and players outside Europe.

Facts
Origin Year
2002 1
Playing Time
60 2
Designer
Amanda Birkinshaw 2
Designer
Barry Yearsley 2
Publisher
Hasbro 2
Publisher
Parker Brothers 2
Publisher
Parker Spiele 2
Publisher
Wizards of the Coast 2
Game Category
Adventure 2
Game Category
Exploration 2
Game Category
Fantasy 2
Game Category
Fighting 2
Game Category
Miniatures 2
Game Mechanic
Dice Rolling 2
Game Mechanic
Grid Movement 2
Game Mechanic
Modular Board 2
Game Mechanic
Role Playing 2
Game Mechanic
Team-Based Game 2
Game Mechanic
Variable Player Powers 2
Minimum Players
2 2
Maximum Players
5 2
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
Player Count
Large Group or Variable 1
Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
Sources
1. Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game (Wikipedia)
  • Article title
    The Fantasy Adventure Board Game
  • Lead, opening sentence
    released in 2002 by Parker Brothers, a division of Hasbro
  • Infobox: players
    2 or more players
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2. Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game (BoardGameGeek)
  • Playing Time: 60
  • Designer: Amanda Birkinshaw
  • Designer: Barry Yearsley
  • Publisher: Hasbro
  • Publisher: Parker Brothers
  • Publisher: Parker Spiele
  • Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
  • Game Category: Adventure
  • Game Category: Exploration
  • Game Category: Fantasy
  • Game Category: Fighting
  • Game Category: Miniatures
  • Game Mechanic: Dice Rolling
  • Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
  • Game Mechanic: Modular Board
  • Game Mechanic: Role Playing
  • Game Mechanic: Team-Based Game
  • Game Mechanic: Variable Player Powers
  • Minimum Players: 2
  • Maximum Players: 5
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