The custom dice that you’ll frequently use in the game.
You’ll use these dice when in combat(the main way of removing ghouls and abominations from the board) and progressing in quests. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game also comes with two custom dice. Image by Paul Benson.Īnd much like the other miniatures, the Hero miniatures themselves are nicely detailed for their size, and accurate to their appearances in World of Warcraft. The reverse side of Bronzebeard’s Hero sheet. Having a picture of the actual miniature erases any possible confusion as to which miniature is which. The latter two are especially useful, as the piece of the map reproduced on the Hero sheet allows for quick placement of the miniature during setup. On the other side of each Hero sheet, you’ll find a bit of history on each character, as well as where the character starts on the game board, and a picture of their miniature. And not that it matters for gameplay, but each Hero also has the symbol of their faction in the upper left corner, so you know whether they belong to the Alliance, the Horde, or the Argent Crusade. The sheet, which is printed on card, also has a health track different heroes will start with a different amount of health. These are usually an action, and a passive ability. Each of them has a couple of unique special abilities, as shown on their Hero sheet. There are 7 different Heroes to choose from in the game. One of the three Abominations found in the game.
These are almost as big as the Lich King, and again look like they leapt straight out of the video game. Rounding out things on the bad guys’ side, you get 3 Abominations. And again, if you’re familiar with the MMO, then these little buggers will be instantly identifiable, despite their miniscule size. I appreciated that the Ghouls came in a few different poses, rather than all being exactly identical.
Instead of the “disease cubes” from the original Pandemic game, there are dozens of tiny Ghouls. The miniatures in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game are all quite nice, and evocative of their counterparts from the World of Warcraft MMO. The Lich King, set up for his fight with the heroes. The Icecrown Citadel model manages to combine a fairly simple assembly along with strong graphical elements to create a striking piece that adds some looming threat to the board, alongside the larger miniature of the Lich King himself. The cardboard Icecrown Citadel on its spot on the game board. Finally, Icecrown Citadel has its own discrete location on the map, sized perfectly for the 3-dimensional cardboard Citadel that will sit in that location. And while there are not room for the Hero cards or Scourge cards on the board itself(largely due to the large Quest Sheets), there are graphical indicators on where to place the corresponding decks and discard piles adjacent to the board. The Scourge track, which increases the difficulty of the game over time, and the Despair track, which acts a doom timer, are both discretely located, and have their own matching tokens to track progress. Icecrown Citadel has its own discrete location on the map, sized perfectly for the 3-dimensional cardboard Citadel that will sit in that location. The map is divided into 3 different regions, all distinctly color coded both for their locations and for where each region’s quest cards will sit. The underlying map doesn’t distract from what’s going on game-wise, however.
True to its lineage, there’s a lovingly illustrated map of Northrend that will be instantly familiar to any fan of World of Warcraft. The game board manages to both be one of the more graphically interesting boards for a Pandemic game, yet also one of the best laid out. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game Components It also has one of the longest game titles that I have ever seen. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game was designed by Alexandar Ortloff, Justin Kemppainen, and Michael Sanfilippo, and published by Z-Man Games and Asmodee, with illustrations by Atha Kanaani. You can also preorder a copy directly from Asmodee. It retails for $59.99, and is currently available exclusively at Target until November, when it will go into wide release at other stores. The game combines the long-running Blizzard Entertainment MMO World of Warcraft with the Pandemic game system. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game is a cooperative game for 1- 5 players, ages 15 and up, and takes about 45-60 minutes to play. Can you complete your quests to defeat the Lich King before he conquers Azeroth? What Is World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – A Pandemic System Game? The armies of the Lich King are on the march, and the heroes of both The Horde and The Alliance must brave the frozen reaches of Northrend to fight this menace.
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