“Dungeons & Dragons: the gaping portal” is a standalone board game in the D&D universe and can therefore be played without any prior knowledge of the colorful world of the D&D franchise. The board game is not only suitable for die-hard role-playing fans, but is aimed at the whole family.
Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal” is currently available from Amazon for a proud price 45 percent cheaper for only 30.49 euros. The board game is currently not available cheaper anywhere.
“Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal”: the slightly different D&D
Experienced D&D players know The Yawning Portal in the German version as The gaping portal, a well-known tavern in Waterdeep with a huge gaping hole in the middle. This gives adventurers access to the Unterberg below the city. The tavern is therefore well visited.
This is where you as a player come into play: You take on the role of host from the Gaping Portal and will have your hands full providing food and drinks to the hungry hordes. To do this, you need to put the right dishes in the right places on the large festive table or seat the guests at the table correctly. If you are right, you will receive a reward in the form of gems.
Serving gets really wild when it comes to this many action and hero cards. Because they swap the food or create other effects that make you sweat a lot and leave those who eat anything but satisfied. Planning is required here. Points are awarded for certain achievements. Whoever has collected the most points at the end wins the game.
The Gaping Portal: Game material stands out
This is particularly remarkable Game footage of “Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal”. According to some reviews, the gems and tokens look and feel of high quality. The cards are beautifully illustrated and beautifully capture the flair of the D&D world.
The board game is intended for one to four players aged approximately ten years and has a playing time of approximately one hour designed to be very entertaining. Unlike many other D&D games, “The Yawning Portal” is also very suitable as a family game. However, it should be noted that the board game is best played with two people, otherwise it can quickly become very chaotic and luck-heavy due to the many effect cards.
“Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Mayhem”: Wild D&D card game
If you’re looking for more independent games from the D&D universe, you’ll find this one “Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Mayhem” a very entertaining and cheap alternative to “The Yawning Portal”.
Here you throw yourself into a wild battle of twos, threes or fours, until there is only one character left. One round lasts just five to ten minutes and offers a lot of spectacle at the table. You choose one of the four game figures and the corresponding card deck and then have to decide turn by turn whether you attack, defend or draw more cards. The individual cards improve your actions or have other effects that can cause chaos at the table.