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- rank: 268
- rating: 8.3
- published: 2022
- designers: Tim Burrell-Saward, Rob Daviau, Isaac Childres, Noah Cohen, Justin Jacobsen, & Brian Neff
Print Status
- available
Why It's On The List
- A completely immersive cooperative game that utilizes the "gimmick" of the tower beautifully, integrates the app into the game in ways that make the game more playable, and doubles down on the usual gorgeous production from Restoration Games.
Tips & Tricks:
- There are not many games that work well across all player counts - Return to Dark Tower breaks that rule.
- The Alliances expansion seems to work better with 3-4 players, but I don't think we've played it enough at lower counts to be sure of this.
- Solo play is great... except you need to build a barrier of some kind on the opposite side of the tower from you when the game starts spitting skulls out in that direction.
- Everything is important: fulfilling quests, buffing heroes, defeating monsters, cleansing skulls... and you can't do all of it. Wisely choose to send the best equipped hero to do a chore... rather than make decisions solely based on proximity to a task.
Extras
- While we enjoy the Alliances expansion, the more recent Covenant expansion has been a group favorite - and it's not just the cool monuments or the extra heroes. The whole package is chockful of new twists for an already incredible game.
- I've written a good bit about Return to Dark Tower:
- Return to Dark Tower OR How I Learned to Love The Tower - the story of how I decided to back the Kickstarter
- I Was Victorious - A Return to Dark Tower Review - my glowing review after five plays the first weekend we had the game
- Return to Return to Dark Tower - An OG Re-Review - 14 plays later, I came back and added a lot to the original review
- It's not strictly necessary... but the Dark Hordes box of "bad guy" miniatures makes the game even cooler on the table.
- My younger son has played with folks at a convention who have 3D-printed extra stuff (including tiny red LED lights inside them) to bling it out even more!
- This is the sixth of six (6!) games designed by Rob Daviau on this countdown... and the third of three for Justin Jacobsen... and the second of two for Noah Cohen & Brian Neff.
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