Fully cooperative or verses (rivalry mode). There are two ways to play Orcs Must Die. How to Play: The player mats will house a players gear, hit points and skulls. I would expect an official FAQ/Errata from Petersen Games very soon. Unfortunately, it could definitely have used some refinement as there are quite a few issues and typos in it, more than once I had to hop online to figure out a rules question. Everything here was high quality and garnered no complaints from our team.įinally, the game’s rulebook was thick and printed on a high quality stock. Moving on, the game also comes with 29 tiles (some with very humorous names), 4 decks of cards, custom dice and oversized player cards. While I was able to glue them back together, I am guessing that this won’t be an isolated issue. This caused two of my minis to arrive damaged. On the other hand, some minions were also just loose in an area in the bottom of the box. In an amazing stroke of inspiration, they also included a handy visual aid to easily put each minion back in it’s proper place (you hear that CMON Games? Take note!). For the good, most of the minis come in a plastic tray that keeps them secure. In regards to the minis, Peteresen Games did something really good and really odd. The game comes with 50+ miniatures (4 heroes and lots of minions) in a variety of sculpts that match their video game counter parts. The main attraction for Orcs Must Die are the miniatures. So I had high hopes with Orcs Must Die.Īnd for the most part, Petersen Games didn’t disappoint. Their first offering, Cthulhu Wars ( reviewed here), was one of the best looking board games put out that year. ![]() If you’ve spent any time with a Petersen Games product, you know they like to put out quality games. The game is played over nine rounds, and if at the end the invasion, the rift is still standing, players win! Game Components: Some of the minis come in a plastic tray, with a guide for putting them back! In Orcs Must Die!: The Order – The Board Game (hereto referred to as simply Orcs Must Die for brevity’s sake) players must work together to defend the rift tile from increasingly larger waves of enemies.Įach round, players will be laying traps, purchasing gear, fighting hordes of orcs and other monsters, all while trying to keep their head above water. Owning both versions will allow you to play rivalry mode (more on that later). However game play between the two versions is mostly identical, other than components. For this review, we’ll be going over (and using pictures from) The Order version of the game. There are actually two different versions of Orcs Must Die! The Board Game, Unchained and The Order. Orcs Must Die: The Board Game plays well at any player count. ![]() ![]() Orcs Must Die! The Board Game is a cooperative tower defense style board game for 1-4 players (up to 8 with the partner game) that takes about 60-120 minutes to play. We’ve take Orcs Must Die! The Board Game out for a spin and we’re ready to let you know if it holds up to the fun of the video game. Petersen Game’s successful Kickstarter campaign funded to over 1,500 loyal backers and arrived in backers hands near the end of 2016. Heroes, gratuitous use of traps, lots of combat, and even a bit of humor define this series, now in its third iteration.įlash back to 2015, veteran game designer Sandy Petersen (Cthulhu Wars, Call of Cthulhu RPG) decided to take a stab at bringing this popular video game to our tabletop. If you aren’t familiar with it, Orcs Must Die! is an action tower defense style video game where players are trying to defend a rift from an onslaught of orcs. If you are even a casual video gamer, then chances are you’ve heard of the Orcs Must Die! video game series.
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