Blizzard recently announced the release of the latest game in the Warcraft franchise. This time the series steps out of the digital realm and onto the cardboard of a conventional board game. Created in partnership with Fantasy Flight Games, World of Warcraft: The Board Game is a tabletop fantasy adventure for 2-6 players, playable in 2-4 hours.

From the game's website:

Based on the popular World of Warcraft Massively Multiplayer Online Game from Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft: the Board Game invites the players to choose from 16 characters, drawn from the eight races and nine character classes of the Warcraft universe, and take up arms for the glory of the Horde ... or the Alliance. Travel across Lordaeron, vanquish monsters, gain experience and power, and earn honor for your faction.

World of Warcraft: the Board Game is a team-based fantasy adventure. The Horde and the Alliance factions must compete to be the first to defeat the invincible Overlord – be it the lich-king Kel'Thuzad, the dragon Nefarian, or the demon Kazzak – or, failing that, to be the last faction standing when it comes to all-out war!

WoW: The Board Game

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