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The Red Dragon Inn: Allies - Adonis vs the Lich King

Name: The Red Dragon Inn: Allies - Adonis vs the Lich King
Brand: SlugFest Games
SKU: SFG027
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Publisher	SlugFest Games
Players	2-4
Playtime	45 mins
Suggested Age	13 and up
Expansion For	The Red Dragon Inn The Red Dragon Inn 2 The Red Dragon Inn 3 The Red Dragon Inn 4 The Red Dragon Inn 5 The Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains
Additional Info	233290/red-dragon-inn-allies-adonis-vs-lich-king http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233290/red-dragon-inn-allies-adonis-vs-lich-king/forums/63

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Expand the party with a cocky new bard and a diabolical new mage!

The Magnificent Adonis, Bard of the Ages

This bard’s pretentious title (self-given, of course) makes him the envy of other bards… Okay, not really, but he can carry a tune and he’s good in a fight. He uses his three preferred instruments, the flute, the lyre and the drum, to cast bardic magic or just bash bad guys over the head!

The Good: Adonis is a fine specimen of a man.
The Bad: … and he won’t let you forget it!

The Lich King

Look over there! It’s the Lich King! This ancient skeletal mage has transferred part of his essence and power to his severed hand, making him highly resistant to attack by the good guys. But even this near-immortal embodiment of evil enjoys a pint at the tavern once in a while!

The Bad: Good luck getting past his formidable defenses.
The Worse: He knows how to “throw a punch.” Literally.

The Red Dragon Inn: Allies – Adonis vs. The Lich King expands the party at the Red Dragon Inn with a new hero and a new villain. These archenemies bring new mechanics and fun to the party, and can be combined with any Red Dragon Inn base set. The Lich King includes a side deck allowing him to be played as a boss in the Boss Battle variant introduced in The Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains. As an added bonus, this set includes custom Player Mats and Deck Dividers that are compatible with The Red Dragon Inn 5: The Character Trove!

Top notch

Probably the best coins I’ve ever seen for a game.

Way Better Than I Was Expecting

I was a bit on the fence when I saw semi-cooperative, but you have options for that. You can play the game in campaign mode or one-off mode, and from there you have the option of full competitive, semi-cooperative, or full co-operative.

I've only played Green Hill Zone so far, which hasn't been difficult, but I'd expect the later zones and the unlockables to be much tougher. Basically, you have 3 options for building a dice pool each turn, and then a few things at your disposal to mitigate bad rolls.

Without spoiling too much, this game can technically go up to 6 players, which I tried once. Played fine as it was, but made the robotniks a bit too easy, so I'll probably come up with a house rule to balance that one out.

Incredibly Worth It

This box has so much content in it for the price you pay. 25 scenarios, but actually a few more because there's sometimes an A and a B for scenarios, and each scenario can take 1-3 hours depending on your party. My only gripe is there's 6 heroes, but only up to 4 players for the scenario booklets. You can always try to house rule more in though.

Basically, it's a scenario-based skirmisher. Initiative bag decides who goes when, and you have some power over your foes because you know what action they are going to take and even have a little bit of say in how it carries out sometimes. But don't expect that to make this a walk in the park, because even on Veteran difficulty, we've had a few close calls throughout the campaign so far.

Great puzzle game! Works great solo too!

The Expansions Really Improve Bang

My first experience with the series was the Dice Game, followed by Samurai Sword. I'd say Samurai Sword is my favourite mechanically, but it only has one expansion, so it doesn't have the variety this Dynamite Box offers.

Bang is a decently old title, so the base game has its share of issues, but the expansions do a pretty good job of addressing those.

The heavy use of symbology (one of which isn't even on the reference cards), and the confusing rules behind the different coloured cards are issues that I plan to solve by printing my own reference cards. Highly recommend that at least one player is incredibly well-versed with the rules before playing with multiple expansions at once.

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