Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins Review: D & Don't

Roy Cannaday takes a look at Dungeons & Dragons: Adventure Begins!

Intro 0:00
Overview 0:44
Review 7:02

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[jasonmosley]

I understand your point of view and some of your feed back is valid but I had a blast playing this with my kids. And it was the gateway I needed to get them on to RPGs. We played through it a few times before it got old.

[thelobsylife]

I mean, i dont think this is for rpg vets. I think its for people who are interested into trying out dnd without fully committing to it

[lungeranon]

I think its good for much younger kids, 4-7. Making decisions with the odd encounters is fun and demonstrates cause/effect and consequences for kids. The reactions to traps, etc. while using whats in your backpack sparks creativity with kids. We had a laugh at the cards and the silly item cards. It got some chuckles with the dad joke puns in the game.
The “game” of just dice chucking gets old fast, so the encounter decisions breaks it up.
Also, its easy to modify it to shorten the length. No reason you need to go through all 4 levels.
Its a game for a parent to play with young kids. The 10+ on the box is misleading.
I’ve never played D&D, though I crushed the Baldurs Gate Saga in my youth.
Its a good young kids game. Grade it on that scale and its solid.

[IanTanLK]

It’s pretty streamlined just to get to where the boss is but the ‘semi-coop’ feel is discouraging.

[DocRobotnik]

Turns out a beginner game for families and young people is a beginner game for families and young people. Who knew 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[realjeremybrooks]

Enjoyed your "welp" face right before you went to the overview! Too funny

[TheRASDEL]

I was hoping for a "Jaws of the Lion" treatment of the big games (Legend of Drizzt, Wrath of Ashardalon, Castle Raventloft, etc). A simpler, cheaper versión but with similar mechanics... This is just... Way to simple 😅

[babulthegreat]

Bought this for a family night. I agree with this review.

[BobLee-dfzh]

Why do people insist on reviewing this game as something it's not? There is no shortage of full fledged "kid friendly" TTRPGs if that's what you're looking for. This isn't that, so why are people expecting it to be?

[ianoble]

My kids and I have fun with this as light RPG.

[TerrierHalo]

A Gamma World dungeon crawler would be fun, as long as there’s a hoop fighting you in there.

[Mikeybk]

I disagree. As a first game for my 10yo he loved it. You obviously went into this review wanting to hate the game. Maybe from your advanced dungeons and dragons experience you don't appreciate a game with colourful artwork, fun tasks and easy to learn game mechanics.

[hellohenry]

Point of view is one thing. But in the context of a well delivered review it’s beneficial to take into account the level someone enters the game through. Would I play it with serious D&D fans no, have I played it with my kids who absolutely loved it, absolutely! Any chance to get them started on the path.

Step back a minute, take yourself less seriously and ask yourself who the intended market was. They could do a version that was way truer to form. Also they could have done nothing and expected kids to jump in to the full game how we did. Unfortunately their brains are running at a different speed and sometimes a few hours of solid gameplay is all you can ask.

Don’t hate your review, just dislike the narrowness of it.

[ironwolf]

WotC is just knocking it out of the park lately ain't they? (yes this is deep sarcasm for anyone confused).

[Musuclubu]

When we reset an enemy's life, does he still make the last counterattack?

[juvigoat]

I appreciate your review and always interested to hear your opinion. For a minute there I thought you were about to recommend an alternative. Did I miss it?

[BoardGamesBricksHobbies]

Wow, Hasbro has really milking their D&D and Magic licences lately. Is there anything they won't slap it on to at this point?

[tylerdurden]

Great game for kids 10 and under to get them started to table top role playing, very silly entry level and that's all it needs to be. If it was any more complicated than this, my small child wouldn't be able to play... my 8 year old has really been enjoying it. When she's a few years older, I'll grab the D&D starter kit and upgrade the experience.

[johnsmith]

I bought this when it came out, hoping it would be a gateway for D&D with my son. I read the rules and saw that it’s essentially a race to the “boss.” Too formulaic and essentially shows that you don’t fight strong monsters until “the end”, which I personally detest. Anyway, after reading the rules, I shelved it. I decided the best way to get him into D&D is to…PLAY D&D!

[lancourt]

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