The Witcher Adventure Game

BGG Rank: 3856

Players: 2 - 4, Recommended: 4, Best: 4+

Playing Time: 120 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.46 / 5

Mechanisms: Action Points, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Pick-up and Deliver, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers

Category: Adventure, Fantasy, Novel-based, Travel, Video Game Theme

Family: Admin: Better Description Needed!, Books: The Witcher, Components: Dice with Icons, Components: Miniatures, Creatures: Monsters, Digital Implementations: Steam, Theme: Witches

Designer: Ignacy Trzewiczek

Artist: Damien Mammoliti

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Arclight Games, CD Projekt RED, Edge Entertainment, Game Harbor, Giochi Uniti, Heidelberger Spieleverlag

Category: Storytelling Tag: The Witcher

The Witcher Adventure Game takes players on a journey across the world of The Witcher, a detailed world, rich in lore and characters, fleshed out by Andrzej Sapkowski's famous series of novels, and honed by The Witcher video game trilogy. Players assume the roles of four distinct characters from this series: Geralt of Rivia, monster slayerÍ¾ Triss Merigold, cunning sorceressÍ¾ Yarpen Zigrin, dwarven warriorÍ¾ and Dandelion, roguish bard. Each character has unique skills and multiple ways of overcoming obstacles, but you decide what to do during the game: Do you fight your way to victory, call on your charm, or try your hand at diplomacy? You can bring enemies around to your point of view with a sword as Geralt - or bribe them with gold and threaten to call on powerful friends as Dandelion. If a situation calls for strength in numbers, Yarpen has his own fellowship of dwarves to command, and Triss can rely on her expert skill with magic to save the day. Each character has its own deck of Development Cards, so each time you play you can discover something new by trying out varied characters and experimenting with different builds. For example, when playing as Geralt of Rivia, the main hero of the Witcher franchise, you can develop your character either by specializing in brewing and utilizing combat Elixirs, or else by growing your ability to cast powerful Witcher Signs. A variety of quests invite players to hunt monsters, earn gold and interact with the characters they meet in a web of alliances and treachery. Decide whether you’ll help the other players or look after your own interests first, and keep an eye on the progress of your friends while you carefully work your way towards victory.

Average Playing Time	2-4 hours
Best Player Count	4 Best
Collection	Kevin
Difficulty	Standard
Played	Unplayed
Recommended Player Count	2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players

rahdo rated: N/A/10

really solid race adventure game, but kind of empty with only 2 players, and a bit too AT-ish for our tastes

chopperdan rated: N/A/10

Big fan of the Witcher video games, so I'm interested in seeing how it translates to the board game realm.

lastalchemist rated: N/A/10

GenCon Publisher: FFG Booth: 809 Priority: 3

twistd rated: N/A/10

I'm waiting for it!

PhineusPhule rated: N/A/10

received beta key-pc version 8/'14 received Xmas 12/'16

Finnan rated: N/A/10

davidcoleman rated: N/A/10

Final original game in NZ.

leonidas98 rated: N/A/10

Digital - Steam

Gorgoneion rated: N/A/10

If the computer version is anywhere near the original tabletop game, the game has significant downtime, no significant decisions to make storywise, and it is a multiplayer solitaire. The good things are the graphics, and the theme, will these be enough to make this worth a buy? Hm...

jayjonbeach rated: N/A/10

Watched some of the videos. Was hoping more "Robinson" would be brought into the fold here, instead we have the same ole' go here, explore or fight, roll dice, then go here R&R etc type D&D simple boardgame template, don't see much narrative and story elements coming into play here, nor the tough decisions of Robby. As someone in a thread said looks like more Runebound than Descent which for me means likely too simplistic to get the full RPG flavour out of it, much like Castle Ravenloft and the Pathfinder Card game before it, which are passes for me Hopefully with the Boardgame version there will be more "to it" (and less downtime) than what videos show, but if so it will likely come out in typical FFG multi-expansion style where you need to spend $150+ to try and get the full game. Likely off my wantlist until played and more info comes out.

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