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Play Overview
Legacy of Dragonholt (2017) is a tabletop role-play game in the style of Dungeons & Dragons. Here though, things are approachable with less reading and no one (game master) who has to run the game. With up to six friends, you quickly build unique heroes explore a central village hub-world and embark on a choose-your-own-adventure narrative. The twist is that which choices you can make depends on your characters, and the variety of branching paths is huge.
Play is a mix of D&D and choose-your-own-adventure. Your aim is not to win or beat other players, but to create a compelling story together. Once you have chosen one of the six races (humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, and catfolk), a class and other traits you set out on your journey.
As you progress there are two forms of play: exploring the village and developing your characters and setting out on one of the six quests. As you go you encounter colourful characters with ongoing stories and learn about the living breathing world.
You work through the quests by reading the scenario and making choices about how to progress and interact with the story. The number of options available at each point is really high. Which ones you can take will depend on your abilities and character traits. This eventually leads you to the village where things become more expansive.
The village has a map to explore with shops, inns and inhabitants. The things you decide to do take time, and move the game clock forward. As days progress you are moved on to new entries in the book. For instance, a bakery may only be open early in the day, and the baker themselves may take a shine to you if you’ve already met their cousin, or if they’ve heard of the great deeds you’ve accomplished earlier in your stay in the village. This means you won't see everything the first time you play it.
As you progress there are a variety of overarching mysteries and stories that you can try and solve. For example, the letter you receive at the start of the game only starts to really make sense as you play on through the world. There's a murder to solve and items to find that offer rewards.
The result is an approachable D&D-style adventure that does all the heavy-lifting elements for you. For families, it offers an easy way into these games, and a good step on from the choose-your-own-adventure books. If you've ever wanted to try a game like this but have been put off by the impenetrable complexity, this is a perfect solution.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Legacy of Dragonholt 23 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.
Play is a mix of D&D and choose-your-own-adventure. Your aim is not to win or beat other players, but to create a compelling story together. Once you have chosen one of the six races (humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, gnomes, and catfolk), a class and other traits you set out on your journey.
As you progress there are two forms of play: exploring the village and developing your characters and setting out on one of the six quests. As you go you encounter colourful characters with ongoing stories and learn about the living breathing world.
You work through the quests by reading the scenario and making choices about how to progress and interact with the story. The number of options available at each point is really high. Which ones you can take will depend on your abilities and character traits. This eventually leads you to the village where things become more expansive.
The village has a map to explore with shops, inns and inhabitants. The things you decide to do take time, and move the game clock forward. As days progress you are moved on to new entries in the book. For instance, a bakery may only be open early in the day, and the baker themselves may take a shine to you if you’ve already met their cousin, or if they’ve heard of the great deeds you’ve accomplished earlier in your stay in the village. This means you won't see everything the first time you play it.
As you progress there are a variety of overarching mysteries and stories that you can try and solve. For example, the letter you receive at the start of the game only starts to really make sense as you play on through the world. There's a murder to solve and items to find that offer rewards.
The result is an approachable D&D-style adventure that does all the heavy-lifting elements for you. For families, it offers an easy way into these games, and a good step on from the choose-your-own-adventure books. If you've ever wanted to try a game like this but have been put off by the impenetrable complexity, this is a perfect solution.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Legacy of Dragonholt 23 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Role-Play game with Narrative elements. You can play with 1 to 6 players in the same room. It's a flexible game that works surprisingly well for a single player because it is an enjoyable read in its own right.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Learn to Play: This takes half an hour to learn. If you haven't played a D&D game before you do need to take some time to familiarise yourself with how these games work and creating a character. This reading up is on the context and set-up, there are no complex rules to learn as the game takes you through that as you go.
The first time you play you can opt to use one of the pre-made characters from the game website rather than create your own.
Play Time: This game will take between 1 hour and 4 hours to complete. The nature of the game means the duration varies for each play through.
The first time you play you can opt to use one of the pre-made characters from the game website rather than create your own.
Play Time: This game will take between 1 hour and 4 hours to complete. The nature of the game means the duration varies for each play through.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
10+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content.
Content Rating
We rate this suitable for 12+ years-olds. The game includes fantasy themes of goblins, thrilling dangers, dark crypts, spells and undead creatures. This is largely depicted as text with some hand-drawn pictures.
Costs
Game Details
Release Date: 01/01/2017
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Players: 1-6
Genres: Role-Play and Narrative
Accessibility: 34 features
Components: Cards, Text and Tokens
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