My favorite crawler? | Tales from the Red Dragon Inn review | With Mike | Review copy provided 

Several people on our Discord ended up creating an "initiative row" that doesn't change round to round. That's an easy variant to try if you don't love the bag.

@@OneStopCoopShopgood to know! I’ll give it a shot if the random initiative doesn’t feel fun

Hope you love it too!

It’s so funny to me that this company made the original RDI, this ultra competitive take that game, and followed it up with this one and Battle for Greyport, two of my favorite cooperative games 😅

I love both RDI and Battle for Greyport. I’m so glad they made a solid co-op crawler!

Just for my tastes! Won’t be all pros for everyone ;)

Glad you are enjoying it

Cant argue with any of your negatives, but glad you are still having an awesome time

Agreed, solo has been fun both ways.

Hope you have a blast if you end up getting it

Get it.

@@SpoonyBard88 every time I go to the game store I pick it up and look at it, but I just have so many other games I haven’t played!!

Yeah, I'd compare this one to playing D&D with a GM who wants to get to the hack & slash as quickly as possible. The story is THERE, and it's pretty FUN, but there isn't much exploration of story, no branching choices, etc. You read some stuff, kill some stuff, repeat :)

It’ll definitely be in retail, but I don’t know the price. It’s a huge box, packed full of stuff, so I don’t expect it to be cheap

Glad you’re enjoying it!

Sorry! Hopefully you enjoy it too :)

@@OneStopCoopShop Ahhh. You probably mentioned that it was on KS. I can’t find a retail copy anywhere at this time. Maybe it’ll show up later.

@@tonybowers9490 they said recently that it is definitely coming to retail, hopefully soon.

That’s what a few of our discord members did too

@@OneStopCoopShop I feel like I'd still use the bag, but draw them all at once at the beginning of each round. That way it's still random each round, but you know when you're going, so combos can be orchestrated.

@daveh9047 that’s a great idea!

My 7 year-old barely games with us, usually. He's able to play a bit of Small World, a bit of Rallyman, and of course more basic kids' games like Gulo Gulo. The fact that he can do well with this one surprised me, and he still needs handholding from time to time. I think it would be tough for a 5 or 6 year-old. Coraquest is definitely MUCH more straightforward. Also, the scenarios here take longer, so attention span becomes a factor.

@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks! Exactly the info I was looking for :)

So the odd thing is he’s been kind of against playing hobby games. His brother was easy to get interested, but the youngest often refuses to play, walks away halfway through a game, etc. This one, for some reason, really grabbed his attention. I think it’s maybe partially because he’s started playing tears of the kingdom (new Zelda game on switch), and it’s gotten him into an RPG leveling mindset, so suddenly a crawler with power ups and items seems really cool to him? Hard to say!

@@OneStopCoopShop Haha yeah, I guess each kiddo has their own temperament and interests. Have to let them get interested on their own timeline.

Nothing wrong with being obsessed with Lego 😉

@@Carfilliot exactly can’t complain!

It has been for my family. Kinfire Chronicles is also good for that age range if availability opens up. Jaws of the Lion didn’t hold my kids’ interest as much.

@@OneStopCoopShop thanks for the reply!

Definitely much faster than Gloomhaven. There’s little to no terrain to set up and no enemy decks to search for. You do still need to get the cards for each hero and set up all the standees of course

@@OneStopCoopShop Ok thanks. Think I'm try to see if I can find a copy.

Glad you are enjoying it too. And yes, it’s often funny for us as well!

Barry, just a suggestion to make one comment with several questions, instead of a whole bunch of comments with one question each. It makes it easier for us to respond. That being said: "Can I see them releasing side quests" - No idea! I hope the game does well and they make more stuff. "How does it compare to Altar Quest" - Not very much, except that they are both dungeon crawlers and both have forgiving dice systems with exploding crits. Altar Quest has no story in the main mode, has room exploration and random spawns, is all about card management and combos, and isn't very well balanced unfortunately. "Do you think Pooky is too powerful?" - Not in my experience so far. Certainly fun though! "One off mode" - This is pretty easy to do. You just have to unlock some cards from the Vault and then you are ready to play any mission you want.

It is in the process of delivering from the Kickstarter, then it will be available in retail afterwards. So the “out of stock” doesn’t mean much yet I think :)

We’ve never minded having one set, but if you roll a ton of exploding crits you will have to keep track of your total damage as to reroll the same dice

My 7 year old is getting there with reading, but since you have the same selection of abilities for a few scenarios in a row (and the game slowly adds to them as you go), he hasn’t had much trouble. Now that’s only with me giving him the most straightforward melee tank character, to be clear, and him not swapping items and abilities much between battles :)

@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks! It's great getting input from people with similar aged kids.

Pretty quickly, since all the relevant info is generally printed on the map. When you start a new act of the game you do have to punch and organize standees and such, but then those same enemies are used for the next 4-6 scenarios.

They have confirmed that it is coming to retail, yes, after crowdfunding fulfillment finishes.

They said yes. They are currently finishing up fulfillment, but should be in retail some time after

I see it listed as a pre-order on Amazon. It’s too pricey for me right now

Just to be clear, the pro/mix/con part only refers to my tastes and preferences. The idea of the reviews (hopefully they do this) is to discuss the key parts of a game so you can figure out if they will be pros or cons for you instead of me :) So hopefully the answer to that is yes, and you love the game!

It’s the truth, at least at this point in time. Love this game!

Which Descent? I like red dragon more than any of them, but if you mean the most recent descent with the app and all that, then the gulf is even wider. That one was sadly a disappointment for my group (though I’m still going to check out the upcoming expansion and hopefully it improves the experience). But your opinion is yours and mine is mine, so no worries if they don’t match 😅

Yeah, I don’t disagree if I stare at it really closely, but it doesn’t bother me at all while I’m playing

Compared to the art of RDI and BfG it definitely lacks some richness, detail, and warmth.

The art is the reason I cannot bring myself to buy the game. Looks hideous.

The art is fine and fits the tone.

​@@SpoonyBard88Yeah, God forbid a game actually try to stand out and not be "gritty" and gloomy brown mess.