WarCraft: The Board Game

The Blizzard strategy classic as a board game: gather gold and wood, build a village and crush rivals with Humans, Orcs, Night Elves or Undead.

Designer: Kevin Wilson
Publishers: Blizzard Entertainment, Fantasy Flight Games
Editions by: Devir, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, Delta Vision Publishing, Bard Centrum Gier, Smart Ltd, KADABRA, Nexus Editrice, Ubik, PS-Games, Beacon Multimedia S.A.

The real-time strategy video game, shrunk down onto your table. In WarCraft: The Board Game, a 2003 release from Fantasy Flight Games and Blizzard, you lead the Humans, Orcs, Night Elves or Undead across a modular board of resource spots, victory point locations and town halls. You harvest gold and wood, build up your village, then send your armies to conquer and destroy. The Command and Movement system tries to capture the pace of the PC game, so orders pile up and clash at the same moment. It can also be played as a team game, Humans and Night Elves against Orcs and Undead. Expect a long, dice-flavored fight over territory.

Four factions with their own powersModular board with resources and town hallsTeam play as two alliances

Who it's for

You grew up with the PC game and want its feel on a table, with a group of four and a free afternoon.

Not for you if…

You dislike long dice-driven wargames or have never touched the video game. It also drags with fewer than four.

Vibe's take

Busy and warlike. You balance economy and army while the Command and Movement orders keep everyone moving at once, and dice remind you that no battle is ever certain.