Face Beasts & Then Feast In D&D: The Yawning Portal Board Game

March 3, 2023 by brennon

Avalon Hill has been working on a new Dungeons & Dragons-based board game, The Yawning Portal, which is available for you to buy right now. Face down magical beasts and then get prepared for a proper feast in this family-weight board game.

Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal // Avalon Hill

The Yawning Portal works with between one and four players and can be played by anyone twelve and up. When you visit The Yawning Portal you'll be faced with a whole host of very hungry adventurers who are all looking to be fed their favourite meals.

During gameplay, you'll be looking to match the food tokens to the different heroes and earn coloured gems. The gems that appear most frequently on the board will have the highest value so you'll want to not only get the right meals to the right heroes but also tip the score in your favor. You can also achieve objective challenges in the middle of the game and work towards endgame bonuses to snag some extra points.

Dungeons & Dragons: The Yawning Portal // Avalon Hill

The variety of different heroes that you'll be seeing to serve plus the changing state of the board when it comes to scoring means that it should be fun to come back to The Yawning Portal. Having a game feature a modular nature to its set-up and play is always a bonus for me. I do like that there is also a solo mode included with the game so if you're looking to rack up a good score, you can sit down and challenge yourself without the rest of your D&D party on hand.

It would be neat to give this a go and see what the gameplay cycle is like from turn to turn. It seems like there is a bunch of decision-making to do so hopefully it will be engaging from start to finish.

Could you be tempted by The Yawning Portal?

"When you visit The Yawning Portal you'll be faced with a whole host of very hungry adventurers who are all looking to be fed their favourite meals..."

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