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I Was A Teenage Dungeon Master: Apples & Oranges

Posted by Mark Jackson

08 Apr 2011

Mark Jackson

(gamemark)

United States
Fresno
California

Am I a man or am I a muppet? If I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet!

You may or may have heard of The Apples Project ( http://applesproject.blogspot.com/)... it was/is my attempt to recognize great games based upon their theme or mechanic rather than on the year that they were published. Back in 2002 (the first time I did The Apples Project), I added a category that was not well-received... but fits right in with our discussion here: "D&D in a board game". The winners were:

* Drakon
* Dungeonquest
* Heroquest/Advanced Heroquest
* Lord of the Rings (Knizia)
* Wiz War

If I was going to make up a similar list today, here's the five games I'd put on it:

* Catacombs
* Dungeonquest
* Heroscape
* Prophecy
* Return of the Heroes

Your mileage may vary. :-)

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Fri Apr 8, 2011 12:30 pm

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Nate

(kungfugeek)

Claustrophobia?

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 2:06 pm
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Tristan Hall

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Manchester

Google 'NinjaDorg Fantasy Quest'

Strange that all the various D&D boardgames are missing from that list!

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 2:13 pm
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Chris Brua

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Allen Park
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/28

Your choices are too fluffy Mark!

I have no respect for any "D&D in a board game" list that doesn't include Descent: Journeys in the Dark. To me it defines the genre, just like Heroquest did before it.

And as Ninjadorg said, it's hard to talk about D&D board games and not include actual D&D board games! Well, at least the good ones anyway:
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game
Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game
Dungeons & Dragons: The Fantasy Adventure Board Game

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 3:50 pm
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Mark Jackson

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cbrua wrote:

Your choices are too fluffy Mark!

The only one of those that I've played was Castle Ravenloft - which I liked. But not as much as the ones I listed.

I've spend the last couple of days blogging about Descent, Chris.

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 5:40 pm
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Mark Jackson

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kungfugeek wrote:

Claustrophobia?

I absolutely LOVED my one playing of Claustrophobia. I'd put it at #6, right next to Tannhauser (which isn't really a classic fantasy game, but has the right "explore & fight" feel.)

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 5:41 pm
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Antonio Rettore

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Castelfranco V.to (Treviso)

Being a fan of it, I include in the list Dragon Quest whistle

Posted Fri Apr 8, 2011 8:04 pm
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Chris Brua

(cbrua)

United States
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/28

gamemark wrote:

I've spend the last couple of days blogging about Descent, Chris.

LOL. Sorry! I don't read all of your blogs. If one happens to hit the front page when I check the site for the day, and it's a topic I'm interested in, I give it a read. Dungeon crawl games are one of my favorite types of games. I didn't realize this entry was just one in an epic series of "My Life with Fantasy Games". Hmmm...maybe I'll go read the other entries.

BTW. I entered D&D-hood at the same point you did (70's blue box set) but never actually played it. I happened upon the AD&D books at Toys R Us and decided to play that instead. I mean, come on, it was "advanced".

Posted Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:48 pm
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Mark Jackson

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Am I a man or am I a muppet? If I'm a muppet then I'm a very manly muppet!

cbrua wrote:

I didn't realize this entry was just one in an epic series of "My Life with Fantasy Games". Hmmm...maybe I'll go read the other entries.

Very popular choice!

Posted Tue Apr 12, 2011 1:49 am
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