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okmjr's Lego Heroica: Waldurk (Other)
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| [February 10, 2016 09:19:22 PM]
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So Lego Heroica is a simple RPG Lego game meant for ages 8 and up. My Friend and I decided to play the Waldurk version of the game.
Objectives differ depending on the map, but usually it's either find the Chalice of Life or defeat the Dark Druid.
There are many Resources in the game. 4 health, a potion that can restore 2 health, a potion that can instantly kill a monster, gold, weapons that add an extra ability to your character, arguably the special ability your character starts with, the Chalice of Life, Chests, Magic Doors and Magic Spaces, and the monsters you kill on a playthrough/round/mission of the game. Resources can carry over to other missions/playthroughs/rounds of the game. As my friend and I did not purchase any weapons from the store I will not list the bonus abilities they grant.
Procedure wise is that the player rolls a die and moves their character around the board.
The die is used in movement, combat, and the results of opening chests. It's a six sided lego die with 4 different kinds of faces. There are two 3-sword sides to the die and two 2-skull sides to the die, along with one Heroica Shield side and one 1-sword-skull side on the die. The numbers pretty much help show how many spaces you can move, with Heroica Shield allowing you to either use your special Ranged ability or move 4 spaces. In combat if you roll the sword, you kill the monster. If you roll the skull, you lose health equal to the monster's strength and move back one space. If you roll the skull-sword side, you kill the monster, lose health based on the monster's strength, and move back a space. If you roll the Heroica shield, you can kill the monster or activate the character's Melee Skill.
The characters the player can choose from each have a unique ability they start with. The Barbarian has a Melee skill that lets him kill all adjacent enemies and move one space. The Druid has a ranged ability that lets him restore health to full. The Ranger has a ranged ability that lets him take out a monster 5 spaces away in a straight line and move one space after doing so.
There are three kinds of enemies: The Spiders, Werewolf, and Dark Druid. There is only one Dark Druid. The Spiders have 1 strength, the Werewolves have 2 strength, and the Dark Druid has 3 strength. The Monsters are stationary unless we decided to include Battle Heroica rules, in which one player would play as all the monster against the "Hero" players.
If a player character dies, he must remain stationary and roll every turn until they have recovered their full health, the Heroica shield even allowing an insta heal.
In both play sessions, I played the Barbarian and my friend played the Ranger.
First Play Session: Friend killed two spiders, two werewolves, and the Dark Druid. He collected one gold and the health potion. I killed two spiders and one werewolf, got one gold coin, got boobytrapped by the treasure chest on the map. I eventually got the Chalice of Life. We both died at least once.
Second Play Session: Friend killed two spiders, two werewolves, collected a total of 4 gold by the end of the game. I collected four gold total, used the strength potion to kill a werewolf, killed two spiders, and killed the dark druid.
It's a relatively simple tabletop RPG boardgame that can easily be enjoyed by kids or RPG players, or even people who don't often play tabletop RPGs. Every time I've shared this game or its variations with other people, they always have a good time. The game's rules encourge experimenting with the map and rules, as the whole point of legoes is to be creative. I'd personally say these games capture the spirit of both Legoes and boardgames perfectly in that regard. The board is assembled yourself, and the two maps included in the game are very easy straightforward maps. While you are playing "hero" characters, you're usually also competing against your fellow players, unless you're using the rules where one player is the monsters and everyone else are the heroes.
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okmjr's Lego Heroica: Waldurk (Other)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Wednesday 10 February, 2016
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