Recommend a good fantasy boardgame?

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Divine Right would be my pick if money was no object - fantastic game, but it'll probably set you back a fair amount since it's a collector's item nowadays. I keep hearing about plans to republish it, but none of them have come to fruition so far.

Actually, Divine Right was reprinted in a limited edition 25th anniversary edition. Our group bought it for one of our players birthdays a year or two ago. It's officially sold out now, but you can get it some places (Noble Knight Games has it in stock for $59.95)

http://www.rightstuf.com/divine/

http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductD...cturerID_E_291_A_CategoryID_E_13_A_GenreID_E_

 

[Templetroll]

Oh, there is a fantasy train-track building game called Steel Dragon, if you want to go that way (at least I think it was called Steel Dragon).

Iron Dragon. Cool railroad game with neat fantasy elements built in. We have it and it is a blast to play.

 

[CalicoDave]

There's a fairly new game out called Runebound by Fantasy Flight Games. It's gotten some good reviews and seems to get compared to Talisman quite often.

When my group can't play DnD we usually play Settlers of Catan, Bang!, and/or Puerto Rico!

Boardgamegeek is a really good resource when researching games to get.

 

[Shallown]

Runebound is a great fantasy game though there are a few equipment cards that are rather iffy in how powerful they are. Settlers of Catan And Star farrers of Catan are both excellent games. I have the 4 and 6 player versions for both. We play them a good bit when we don't game.

Dungeoneer is also a blast even though I have only played it once.

Later

 

[Orius]

Any of these games still available?

I immensely enjoyed the Hero Quest game back in the day.

Hero Quest's been out of print for years. You can still find it on eBay, though some of the expansions cost a lot.

 

[ssampier]

Any like HeroQuest?

I knew HeroQuest was out-of-print (and unlikely to be reprinted because of trademarks issues with Games Workshop). Is there any games that have a similar feel to HeroQuest?

 

[John Crichton]

I knew HeroQuest was out-of-print (and unlikely to be reprinted because of trademarks issues with Games Workshop). Is there any games that have a similar feel to HeroQuest?

Warhammer Quest is basically the same thing.

 

[reapersaurus]

HeroScape is a new minatures board game put out by Hasbro, from the designers of BattleMasters, etc that is getting RAVE reviews.
I strongly recommend it. It is a very fun, very simple to play but solid rules, with something for everyone, genre-wise.
Seriously, it's known to "bring out the kid in everyone."
It has the best quality miniatures for the price anywhere, a revolutionary interlocking tile/terrain system, and is insanely customizable. For only $40.
I can't believe more boardgamers on ENWorld aren't playing this.
Read the Boardgamegeek page full of praise for this wonderful new game.
I can almost guarantee you will not be disappointed.

 

[devilish]

HeroScape is a new minatures board game put out by Hasbro, from the designers of BattleMasters, etc that is getting RAVE reviews.
I strongly recommend it. It is a very fun, very simple to play but solid rules, with something for everyone, genre-wise.
Seriously, it's known to "bring out the kid in everyone."
It has the best quality miniatures for the price anywhere, a revolutionary interlocking tile/terrain system, and is insanely customizable. For only $40.
I can't believe more boardgamers on ENWorld aren't playing this.
Read the Boardgamegeek page full of praise for this wonderful new game.
I can almost guarantee you will not be disappointed.

Actually saw a commercial on TV for it this weekend -- it did look
cool! They show you pulling characters(miniatures) out from
different time periods to wage war. On the list...

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

LotR Risk is fun. Significant strategy differences from normal Risk.