Board to be Wild Reviews:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Intro

Take on the role of one of a team of heroes from World of Warcraft, working together to defeat the terrible Lich King, through co-ordinated card play and clever management of the scourge of ghouls that threatens to cover Northrend in everlasting doom.

TL;DR:

This cooperative game set in the WoW universe using the Pandemic system is tense and challenging, but particularly satisfying and aesthetically pleasing.

A round in a brief:

  • Take 4 actions (move, fight, quest or rest)
  • Draw 2 cards (you need these to help with quests)
  • Spawn new ghouls (they just keep coming)
  • Resolve abominations (and they do damage to heroes)

Despite ourselves, we quite enjoyed:

  • Jumping around squishing a bunch of ghouls
  • Using the Pandemic card system to determine locations for new ‘infections’
  • Questing in a way that felt like cheating (because you don’t discard the cards)

We are WoW noobs, so really didn’t fully appreciate:

  • The heroes from across Azeroth and their asymmetric powers
  • A whole map full of names that meant nothing to us

What made us want to play this one as much as we did:

  • Gorgeous minis (rather than just cubes)
  • Quite challenging puzzle (even at lower difficulty)
  • How the tension ramps up and keeps everyone engaged
  • Relatively quick play time (doesn’t outstay its welcome)