Dungeons & Dragons Related Products - Board Games

Board Games

Several board games have been sold either under the Dungeons & Dragons trademark or in association with it:

• Dungeon! (1975), a board game published by TSR, featured similar gameplay and genre tropes to D&D and was frequently advertised in D&D products.
• Dungeons & Dragons Computer Labyrinth Game (1980) This was the first computer/board game hybrid and the first D&D licensed game that contained digital electronics.
• Quest for the Dungeonmaster (1984)
• Dragons of Glory (1986)
• Dragon Lance (1988)
• Mertwig's Maze (1988) by Tom Wham
• The New Dungeon (1989)
• The New Dungeon Miniatures and Game Supplement (1989)
• Magestones (1990)
• Greyhawk Wars (1991)
• Dragon Quest (1992)
• The New Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons (1991) This game is in a way an introduction to RPG but is played as a board game. Three expansions were released for it: Dragon's Den, Haunted Tower, Goblin's Lair.
• The Classic Dungeon (1992)
• DragonStrike (1993) used a simplified form of D&D and included an instructional video tape in which costumed actors, combined with computer-generated imagery, played the characters and monsters from the board game.
• First Quest (1994) was the name of the AD&D game that first featured an audio CD which included instructions and two quests that coincide with two of the four adventures in the included Adventure Book.
• Introduction to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1995) An introductory board version of the AD&D system via basic scenarios played with miniatures (plastic, included), and a campy/nifty CD for both ambiance and automated DM instructions.
• Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game (2000) Based upon the role-playing system D&D here we have a typical dungeon crawl game.
• Clue Dungeons & Dragons (2001) Standard Clue with a D&D fantasy theme and optional wandering monsters.
• Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Adventure Boardgame (2002) Cooperative dungeon crawl game in which a party of four heroes strives to complete adventures that the Dungeon Master puts before them (In the Style of HeroQuest). Two expansions have been released for this game:
  • Eternal Winter (2004)
  • Forbidden Forest (2005)
• Dungeons & Dragons Basic Game (2004 & 2006) A simplified version of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, designed as an introduction to role-playing, but is in essence a boardgame in the style of presentation.
• Castle Ravenloft Board Game (2010)
• Wrath of Ashardalon (2011)
• Conquest of Nerath (2011)
• The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)
• Lords of Waterdeep (2012) A German-style board game
• Dungeon Command (2012)