Just before the weekend I surprisingly received the prototype version from The GameCrafter, faster than expected. The website stated a manufacturing and delivery time of over a month, but apparently a few other orders were skipped or canceled.
Overall, the Prototype looks great and feels like a final board game. Game Crafter uses laser cutting for many things, so these components have some black soot around the edges that needs to be wiped off with a wet cloth – definitely some extra work, but not too bad. The box itself has a slight green color touch (not as visible in the below photo, can only be seen in daylight). Other than that, all components came out as expected and have great colors.
A few of the cards, standees and tokens have a small drift on front and back, but all is within usual parameters and does not look too off. Unfortunately, GameCrafter does not have the correct card size (we need Euro Mini for most cards, GameCrafter only offers US Mini). The US Mini cards are a bit smaller and therefore the cards look a bit like cut off at top and bottom, but all is visible and definitely usable for a prototype.
After a few smaller corrections and improvements, I will order two additional copies and send them out to the first reviewers. If you have any preferred reviewers that definitely should have a look at the game, let me know on one of these channels: sign up for the newsletter (you can also reply to the newsletter emails), like the Facebook Page (comment one of the posts or write via messenger) or give feedback on BGG or Discord.
Following you can see all images I made while unpacking the prototype and packing everything together after I cleaned all parts from the soot. Directly below you can see a few photos of the game and scenes like playing the game, further down in the second gallery you can see photos of all components (click on pictures for bigger versions).
The game box
The box with the prototype front and side artContents of the box as delivered by GameCrafter
The game scenes
Character mat with some cards and the character sheet next to itFilled character sheet (name and stats)Initiative board with player tokens, round marker, doom counter and XPSample game with character and monster standees as well as a few triggered traps and loot tokens that can still be searched
All components
Additional ReadMe document for reviewersDice and plastic standeesRulebook, Tutorial and Single Scenarios (rulebook is split in two parts as GameCrafter only allows for 40 pages, 8 pages extra)The 4 included campaignsCampaign book contents and mapInvasion of the Greenskins sample scenarioRulebook with table setupBack of rulebook with complete map of DoriaCharacter mats (front for laying equipment cards and back with character artwork)Initiative Board (includes Doom Counter and Game Phases with Group XP)Back of Initiative Board (not used, just to not have empty white space)Standee punchboards before punching themAll standeesMonsters (this prototype still includes a few silhouettes, currently being illustrated)All 8 characters (6 color standees included, the orange one is a replacement as GameCrafter does not offer that)Comparison between the Ranger and the Troll (biggest monster)Biggest monsters and a few character standeesPads with both character sheets (double sided for notes between scenarios on the back) and Campaign Overview (when playing 8 campaign scenarios)16 Campaign items for 3 of the campaigns16 Standard Character Items (can be used when creating a character)4 decks of monster level cards with 19 cards for each monster Monster level deck with all 19 monstersMonster deck for revealing random monsters and modificationsLoot deck of 480 cards (includes potions, spells, ranged and melee weapons, traps)Rules reference cards to help new players8 Standard Character cards (use these stats or create your own characters)HP/Armor counter for monsters and tokens for the Initiative BoardDungeon Markers (Loot, Traps, Scenario Markers)Equipment Bonus Markers“Character Poisoned” and “Equipment Damaged” markers (double sided with both)
