Note from Video: Linda is our DM and has been playing and running Dungeons and Dragons games longer than I dare ask. She also volunteers at GenCon's True Dungeon events, and if anybody has a picture of her in her Drow costume, please send it to me. We have yet to see it.
I think Castle Ravenloft is an interesting take on a D&D boardgame. (I know some were calling it D&D for Dummies, but that's what D&D Essentials is supposed to be. lol.)
The random aspect of the dungeon helps make it interesting, as do the encounter cards, but the fact that a monster spawns in EVERY room is kind of dull. It's kind of an "Oh look, a monster. And it gets to attack me first - again. Oh, wow... am I surprised [/sarcasm]" At least the characters each have their own little quirks that make things interesting, and not just a set of different stats.
Overall, fun to play, but not without flaws. 3 stars out of 4.
