Forbidden Island
Posted: December 12th, 2012, 7:43 amBlackthorn wrote:I have to say that I really didn't enjoy this game as much as I thought I would. My 21 year old daughter and I gave up just before the second adventure was completed. We found the rules, cards and counters too fiddly and the game play too complicated to run smoothly. We were constantly forgetting the order of play and all of the conditional rules on the cards. We'd realize too late that we had forgotten to play a certain card or move a counter and we ran into questions that the rules could not clarify. We eventually got weary of being beaten down by monsters and encounter cards as we made our way through the castle which lacked the atmosphere of our beloved HeroQuest. In retrospect , I don't think the cooperative nature of the game really suits the dungeon crawl experience as you have to constantly alternate between your character and the evil things that attack it. We do enjoy Forbidden Island which is a cooperative game with smoother mechanic and a nice theme. You really start to feel the tension as the island sinks beneath your feet.
Anyway, you'll probably see my copy of Ravenloft for sale here. Perhaps someone else would like to give it a try...or just use the miniatures for HeroQuest.
I also play the forbidden island! I even bought 6 miniatures from Reaper last weekend, along with some other figures for HQ, just for this game!
50007: Veronica Blaze, Agent of G.U.A.R.D. (4.49) x1
50058: Navy Seal Diver (3.74) x1
50087: Dan McDermott, Archaeologist (4.49) x1
50158: Grant Dylan, Heroic Pilot (4.49) x1
59003: Dr. Darius Hellstromme (5.24) x1
60106: Pathfinder Explorer (5.47) x1
Courier:
Diver:
Explorer:
Pilot:
Engineer:
Navigator:
The only thing about Forbidden Island I'd change would be to use miniatures instead of pawns for the player characters. Your choices look perfect. Are these metal miniatures or plastic?
