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| Brand: Fantasy Flight Games
Category: Toy
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 16330
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 4.3 x 23.3
MPN: 4099159
ISBN: 1589942388
UPC: 086661900002
EAN: 9781589942387
ASIN: B000AR84BA
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| Features:
| • | More than 125 plastic figures crafted from 29 individual sculpts | | • | More than 1,000 high-quality componets! | | • | World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a fantasy adventure board game for 2-6 players, playable in 2-4 |
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Product Description
The hugely popular massively multiplayer RPG is coming to your tabletop! The World of Warcraft Online Roleplaying Game is one of the most successful computer games ever, and has garnered enthusiastic acclaim from its more than 3 million players worldwide. Play your favorite Warcraft classes and races as you explore the world of Azeroth in this enormous board game. Battle opponents, gather treasure, and gain levels! Embark on quests to grow ever more powerful and compete to be the greatest hero in all the land. The epic World of Warcraft Board Game production includes gorgeously crafted components, including over 150 highly detailed, sculpted plastic figures representing the multiple races of the World of Warcraft. Players will be able to take the roles of all nine of the World of Warcraft classes, each with its own unique and fun talents and powers. The World of Warcraft Board Game is a massive production that will ship in Fantasy Flight Game's signature Epic Style Box.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
WoW basically only much more hands on May 28, 2008
I am an avid Warcraft fan, I play Warcraft III and World of Warcraft. I also read the books, and all the fan fiction I can find. This was the logical next step for me. If you have 2-5 friends that you want to spend the day playing a really fun and deep game with some fairly omplicated game mechanics involved then this is for you.
Quality of the board and artwork are top notch, the player pieces and monster models are fair quality, but not great. The colors of take me out of the experience but not enough to take away the fun.
This game has A LOT of pieces, and you will use every single one of them.
1st play through was 6 hours with full group, the next few after that were around 5 hours.
I am ready to start playing with expansions, so I will be looking at the Burning Crusade expansion first.
J.Vaughn
 Good Solid Game May 28, 2008
Fans of old classics like Talisman should enjoy this game. You don't have to play the online game to understand the basics of the game, though the names for talents/items/etc come straight from the online portion. A four person game takes about 6 hours to play unless you all know the rules. My group found the game to be a good replacement for a nightly RPG session when you are missing people or don't have enough time to prepare a decent RPG.
World of Warcraft Board Game December 17, 2007
World of Warcraft boardgame seems at first to be ultra-expensive. But for what you get, and the outstanding quality of the pieces and components, it is a fair price. It's a great game. Takes about 4 - 6 hours for 2 - 6 players to complete. Great companion to the on line game.
 Good for the first hour... or two... December 17, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The WOW board game is a well put together game overall, and relatively fun to play... at first.
I'm not going to rehash the points made by the other reviewers, as they are valid, but the overall experience is what leads me with a middle of the road review.
The game is great from the standpoint that you incorporate RPG elements in "building" your character... the quests and items all lend a distinct flavor to the game, but the mechanics of the game are what drag down the rating.
From a fun factor standpoint (which is why we play GAMES, no?) the game drags you along for a 4+ hour ride. At first, it is relatively enjoyable.. but eventually the game wears thin and gets repetitive. VERY repetitive, despite the various quests.
Eventually it becomes not much more than a turn-swapping, roll massive amounts of dice ordeal. Combine this with one "slow" player or a "tactically slow/meticulous" player and you could find yourself waiting in excess of 20 minutes for a turn to come up.
The beginning of the game moves quickly, but as the mechanics stay the same and the game does not mature with the character progression, the game is doomed by folks waiting on line for a turn. It almost seems as if the game can be played independently from the other players save when a PvP element is introduced into play. Based on this standpoint, luck is often the determining factor in who is the victor (who drew the better cards, strategy aside).
So it's good, it's long, and then it gets strained... and eventually the strain saps the fun out a promising idea.
 Just play the computer game August 26, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Just play the computer game. This game is long, contains hundreds of little cardboard bits (but not enough of certain ones), and has way too many rules. If you like games with those values, it is a good game. I didn't find it particularly enjoyable. The rules are VERY well crafted, there were no "rule says this, no it doesn't" fights. For as many as there are, they were straight forward and easy to understand. But good mechanics do not change the tedious nature of the game play. We spent 6 hours playing the 30 rounds of the game, and I left before the PVP section started.
One thing that really needs to change is the way the blue monsters are handled. Only quests give you anything and blue monsters aren't associated with quests, so everyone avoids them and they become pointless roadblocks everywhere.
For the price, the minis should have been painted. They are well sculpted but many were badly molded and trimmed. The Wizards minis are farm better quality.
This game is made by the same company that did Arkham Horror, and they are rather similar. WOW has better rules, but Arkham Horror is far more fun (subjectively speaking, that one still takes forever too but I enjoy it much more).
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