I got to play-test a neat board game called Dreadbound at Comic-con Phoenix this weekend.

It's a 2-4 player cooperative tower defense game, with a really well illustrated horror-sci-fi theme.

The creator obviously implored everyone in our group to try and share it, because how else does somebody launch a board game but by garnering interest on social media. With that said, I'm not paid, and this is my legitimate review.

The character roles that were available were sufficiently interesting that the player count felt satisfying. More players and the difficulty would have to spike considerably, and turns would be a lot slower trying to optimize your team strategy.

The game was pretty accurate to the advertised play length (~45 minutes).

We didn't get to playtest the production version, so some features (2 items,2 monsters,1 boss) were absent, but the game overall felt really good. I mean, obviously it did, I'm taking the time to spread my experience, so it at the absolute least wasn't bad.

It didn't feel as challenging as say, Pandemic, given that we succeeded on our first run. With that said, the creator did say we were only the fifth group to actually beat the game, we are a pretty experienced group of table-top players, and a number of game elements weren't present that would presumably make it more challenging or dynamic.

Some time later in the day, we all agreed that we wanted a copy of it right now to play again, so, yeah. 'twas fun.

If that sounds intriguing, or you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. I wish these guys luck, because it'd be real freakin' cool if I could get my hands on the Fantasy Skin Pack stretch goal.

Obligatory Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/677060997/dreadbound?ref=category_newest