World of Warcraft: The Board Game

World of Warcraft: The Board Game
Designer(s)	Christian T. Petersen
Artist(s)	Jesper Ejsing; John Goodenough; Andrew Navaro; Scott Nicely; Brian Schomburg
Developer(s)	Fantasy Flight Games
Publisher(s)	ADC Blackfire Entertainment; Delta Vision Publishing; Devir; Fantasy Flight Games; Gozoku; Heidelberger Spieleverlag; Nexus; PS-Games; Ubik
Published	2005
# of players	2- 6
Retail price	US: N/A; EU: N/A; UK: N/A

Not to be confused with World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game.

World of Warcraft: The Board Game is a board game based on World of Warcraft. The game was developed by Fantasy Flight Games and released in 2005. It is not to be confused with the earlier Warcraft: The Board Game released in 2003 or the World of Warcraft: The Adventure Game released in 2008 (also developed by Fantasy Flight Games).

In World of Warcraft: The Board Game, players take the roles of various characters such as hunters or warlocks of either the Alliance or Horde faction. The object of the game is to defeat a powerful [Overlord]. The game is timed to thirty turns; at the end of that time, if the Overlord has not been defeated, the game is settled by a massive player versus player battle between the two factions. Unlike most games of this type, play is (usually) cooperative between the members of each faction.

About

From the developer's site: Take on the role of a chivalrous paladin or a wise shaman, a holy priest or a vile warlock, a mighty mage or a crafty rogue. Play as a savage orc, a mighty tauren, a tribal troll, or one of the Forsaken undead; become an ingenious gnome, a doughty dwarf, a mysterious Night Elf, or a noble human.

Based on the popular World of Warcraft Massively Multiplayer Online Game from Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft: the Board Game invites the players to choose from 16 characters, drawn from the eight races and nine character classes of the Warcraft universe, and take up arms for the glory of the Horde ... or the Alliance. Travel across Lordaeron, vanquish monsters, gain experience and power, and earn honor for your faction.

World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a team-based fantasy adventure. The Horde and the Alliance factions must compete to be the first to defeat the invincible Overlord – be it the lich-king Kel'Thuzad, the dragon Nefarian, or the demon Kazzak – or, failing that, to be the last faction standing when it comes to all-out war!

Details

World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a fantasy adventure board game for 2-6 players, based on the popular MMORPG from Blizzard Entertainment. Adventure across Lordaeron, vanquish monsters, gain experience and power, and earn honor for your faction – whether Horde or Alliance.

Play as one of 16 heroes from nine classes and eight races, advance your character and gather treasure, battle thirteen different types of monsters, and ultimately challenge one of three invincible Overlords.

The fate of Azeroth is in your hands!^[1]

World of Warcraft: The Board Game contains:

Rules booklet
1 game board
120 plastic creature figures, including:
- 8 green, 4 red, and 4 blue Murlocs
- 8 green, 4 red, and 4 blue Gnolls
- 6 green, 3 red, and 3 blue Ghouls
- 8 green, 4 red, and 4 blue Scarlet Crusaders
- 4 green, 2 red, and 2 blue Naga
- 4 green, 2 red, and 2 blue Giant Spiders
- 4 green, 2 red, and 2 blue Worgen
- 4 green, 1 red, and 1 blue Wildkin
- 4 green, 1 red, and 1 blue Ogres
- 6 green, 3 red, and 3 blue Wraiths
- 2 green, 1 red, and 1 blue Doom Guards
- 2 green, 1 red, and 1 blue Drakes
- 2 green, 1 red, and 1 blue Infernals
16 plastic character figures
7 double-sided character sheets
2 single-sided character sheets
63 character counters (7 for each class )
15 cardboard Stun tokens
15 cardboard Curse tokens
6 cardboard Bag tokens
6 cardboard Spellbook tokens
1 turn marker
216 Class cards (for 9 distinct classes)
120 Item cards
40 Alliance Quest cards
40 Horde Quest cards
47 Event cards
5 Kel’Thuzad Event cards
3 Overlord sheets
58 Energy tokens (in 1’s and 3’s)
58 Health tokens (in 1’s and 3’s)
138 gold tokens (in 1’s and 3’s)
40 Hit tokens
20 Armor tokens
21 eight-sided dice (7 red, 7 blue, and 7 green)
2 Creature Reference Sheets
5 Lord Kazzak Overlord counters
1 Kel’Thuzad Overlord counter
1 Nefarian Overlord counter
5 Point of Interest tokens
6 Alliance Quest tokens
6 Horde Quest tokens
8 War tokens (2 each of four different colors)
12 Action tokens

Expansions

BlizzCon Epic Armor Pack
Shadow of War
- This expansion was released in late 2006. It added new talents, powers, Blue Quests, Destiny cards, and nearly 200 new item cards.
The Burning Crusade
- This expansion was released in September 2007. It added new monsters, Outland, dungeons, flying mount, level 6 (the max level before was 5), new powers and talents for level 6, new quests , new overlords and a few new event cards.
Scion of Darkness
- This expansion was announced at the Blizzard Worldwide Invitational of 2008 and started production in late 2008 though never released due to Fantasy Flight Games losing their license.